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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 558
March 5, 2012 - Offered by Representative Pope-Roberts.
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6115.38 (title)
School accountability system; performance report;
7educational program review.
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8Section 18g. 115.38 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.38 (1m), and 115.38
9(1m) (intro.), (c) and (e), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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115.38
(1m) (intro.)
The Annually, the state superintendent shall
develop 11prepare a school and school district performance report
for use by school districts
1under sub. (2). The report shall include all of the following by school and by school
2district:
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(c) Staffing and financial data information, as determined by the state
4superintendent, not to exceed 10 items. The state superintendent may not request
5a
school or school board to provide information solely for the purpose of including the
6information in the report under this paragraph.
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(e) The method of reading instruction used in the
school or school district and
8the textbook series used to teach reading in the
school or school district.
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(1e) In this section, "school" means a public school, including a charter
11school, and a private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
12118.60 or 119.23.
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13(1g) The department shall establish a comprehensive school and school district
14accountability system beginning in the 2012-13 school year that includes all of the
15following components:
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(a) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's
17improvement status under s. 118.42, including all of the following:
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1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics.
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2. Measures of college and career readiness for high school pupils and measures
20indicative of being on track for college and career readiness in the elementary grades.
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3. Gaps in pupil achievement and rates of graduation, categorized by race,
22English language proficiency, disability, and income level.
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(b) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and annually
24place each school into one of 6 performance categories based on data derived from
25multiple school years. The department shall collect and disseminate the best
1practices from the schools placed in the highest performance category. For schools
2placed in the lowest performance category, the department shall identify
3opportunities to provide support and shall intervene as provided in pars. (d) to (f).
4As part of that intervention, the department shall establish performance
5improvement benchmarks, which shall reflect the annual improvement necessary to
6remove the school from the lowest performance category within 3 years.
7Performance improvement benchmarks shall be as uniform as reasonably possible
8for all schools other than those serving predominantly children at risk, as defined in
9s. 118.153 (1) (a).
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(c) The production of annual school and school district reports that are timely,
11useful, and understandable. Each school and school district shall display
12prominently on the school's and school district's Internet sites the reports produced
13by the department under this section and make copies available upon request in the
14school's office.
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(d) If the department determines that a public school other than a charter
16school is in the lowest performance category, the department shall do all of the
17following:
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1. Direct a department-approved, on-site, diagnostic review of the school to
19determine the cause of the school's poor performance.
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2. Direct the school board to implement department-approved improvement
21activities, based on the diagnostic review, within 3 school years or close the school.
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3. If the school board chooses to implement department-approved
23improvement activities under subd. 2. but after 3 school years remains in the lowest
24performance category, direct the activities of the school in a manner consistent with
25s. 118.42.
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14. If the diagnostic review under subd. 1. reveals that the school district has
2been in need of improvement for 3 consecutive school years, s. 118.42 applies.
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(e) If the department determines that a charter school is in the lowest
4performance category, the charter school shall do one of the following:
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1. After participating in a department-approved, on-site, diagnostic review,
6implement department-approved improvement activities. After 3 years, if the
7charter school remains in the lowest performance category, the department shall
8revoke the school's charter.
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2. Enter into a performance agreement with the department in which the
10charter school agrees to meet annual, department-approved, performance
11benchmarks. If a benchmark is not met in any year, the department shall revoke the
12school's charter.
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(f) If the department determines that a private school participating in a
14program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is in the lowest performance category, the private
15school shall do one of the following:
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1. After participating in a department-approved, on-site, diagnostic review
17paid for by the private school, pay for and implement department-approved
18improvement activities. After 3 years, if the private school remains in the lowest
19performance category, the department shall bar the school from participating in the
20program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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2. Enter into a performance agreement with the department in which the
22private school agrees to meet annual, department-approved, performance
23benchmarks. If a benchmark is not met in any year, the department shall bar the
24school from participating in the program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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1(1i) In establishing the accountability system under sub. (1g), the department
2shall consult with all of the following:
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(a) The governor.
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(b) The chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and the senate whose
5subject matter is elementary and secondary education.
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(c) The ranking minority members of each of the committees under par. (b).
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(d) Members of education groups representing school boards, school
8administrators, and teachers.
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(e) Members of organizations representing pupils and parents.
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10(1k) (a) The department shall annually report to the appropriate standing
11committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) the performance category to which
12each school has been assigned.
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(b) Each school board, the governing body of each charter school under s. 118.40
14(2r), and the governing body of each private school participating in a program under
15s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall annually report to the parent of each pupil enrolled in the
16school or school district the performance category to which the school has been
17assigned.
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(1s) The governing body of a private school participating in a parental
20choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall provide the state superintendent with
21any information he or she requests for the purpose of preparing the school
22performance report under sub. (1m). The state superintendent shall prepare the
23report for each private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
24118.60 or 119.23 using only information relating to the pupils who are attending the
25private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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(2) (a) Annually by January 1, each school board shall notify the parent
3or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district of the right to request a school
4and school district performance report under this subsection. Except as provided in
5par. (b), annually by May 1, each school board shall, upon request, distribute to the
6parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district, including pupils
7enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, or give to each pupil to bring
8home to his or her parent or guardian, a school and school district performance report
9that includes the information specified by the state superintendent under sub.
(1) 10(1m). The report shall also include a comparison of the school district's performance
11under sub.
(1) (1m) (a) and (b) with the performance of other school districts in the
12same athletic conference under sub.
(1) (1m) (a) and (b). If the school district
13maintains an Internet site, the report shall be
made available to the public at 14prominently displayed on that site.
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(b) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized
16American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school
17board shall, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled
18in the charter school a school and school district performance report that includes the
19information specified by the state superintendent under sub.
(1) (1m), regardless of
20the location of the charter school.".
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(3) (f) No charter school may be established by contract unless the
24contract authorizes the department to revoke the contract under sub. (5) (b).
