AB379-ASA1,8,2318 115.383 (1) (a) Develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information
19system for the standardized collection of pupil data. The proposal shall allow schools
20and school districts to use their vendor of choice and include reporting requirements
21that can reasonably be met by multiple vendors. The state superintendent may not
22establish a student information system unless the proposal is approved by the joint
23committee on finance under subd. 2 par. (b).
AB379-ASA1,9,424 (c) If the proposal is approved under subd. 2. par. (b), the state superintendent
25shall ensure that information about pupils enrolled in charter schools and about

1pupils enrolled in private schools participating in a parental choice program under
2s. 118.60 or 119.23, including their academic performance and demographic
3information, aggregated by school district, school, and teacher, is collected and
4maintained in the student information system.
AB379-ASA1,9 5Section 9. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013
6Wisconsin Act 20
, is renumbered 115.383 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB379-ASA1,9,157 115.383 (2) (intro.) If the student information system is established under par.
8(a)
sub. (1), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system
9under par. (a) sub. (1) shall include in the system the following information for each
10teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher preparatory
11education program described in sub. s. 115.28 (7) (a) or (e) 2. and located in this state
12or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state
13on or after January 1, 2012, or, for each teacher teaching in a private school
14participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, who obtained
15a bachelor's degree from an institution located in this state on or after July 1, 2010
:
AB379-ASA1,10 16Section 10. 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 115.383
17(2) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
AB379-ASA1,9,2018 115.383 (2) (a) The name of the teacher preparatory program or teacher
19education program the teacher attended and completed or the name of the institution
20from which the teacher obtained a bachelor's degree
.
AB379-ASA1,9,2221 (b) The term or semester and year in which the teacher completed the teacher
22education
program described in subd. 1 or obtained a bachelor's degree.
AB379-ASA1,11 23Section 11. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
2420
, is renumbered 115.383 (3) (a) and amended to read:
AB379-ASA1,10,5
1115.383 (3) (a) If the student information system is established under par. (a),
2sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the
3establishment of the system under par. (a), every school district and every charter
4school, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), is using the
5system, and that.
AB379-ASA1,10,12 6(b) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall ensure
7that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and
every private school
8participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using
9the system under par. (a) sub. (1) or is using a system that is interoperable with the
10system under par. (a). The
commercially available, capable of providing the
11information required under s. 115.39, and able to obtain pupil identification
12numbers under sub. (5).
AB379-ASA1,10,16 13(c) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), the state
14superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to
15any person that uses the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation
16account under s. 20.255 (1) (he).
AB379-ASA1,12 17Section 12. 115.38 of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is
18repealed.
AB379-ASA1,13 19Section 13. 115.383 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,10,2320 115.383 (4) A private school participating in a parental choice program under
21s. 118.60 or 119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are not
22attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the system it is using under
23sub. (3).
AB379-ASA1,14 24Section 14. 115.383 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,11,6
1115.383 (5) The state superintendent shall assign to each pupil attending a
2public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under
3s. 118.60 or 119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information
4system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification
5number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number or that
6uses any other personally identifying information.
AB379-ASA1,15 7Section 15. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,11,88 115.385 (3) This section does not apply after September 30, 2017.
AB379-ASA1,16 9Section 16. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,11,12 10115.39 School and school district accountability system. (1) In this
11section, "school" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private
12school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,11,15 13(2) The department shall establish a comprehensive school and school district
14accountability system beginning in the 2017-18 school year that includes all of the
15following components:
AB379-ASA1,11,1816 (a) Multiple measures to determine a school's and school district's performance,
17including all of the following categorized by English language proficiency, disability,
18income level, and race or ethnicity:
AB379-ASA1,11,1919 1. Pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.
AB379-ASA1,11,2120 2. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using
21a value-added methodology that includes demographic controls.
AB379-ASA1,11,2322 3. Gap closure in growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics and
23in graduation rates.
AB379-ASA1,12,3
14. Rates of attendance and of high school graduation. The measure under this
2subdivision shall include a measure of improvement in addition to a measure of
3attainment.
AB379-ASA1,12,64 (b) Measures to ensure that all applicable data elements collected and
5calculations performed are done consistently and in a uniform manner for all schools
6and school districts.
AB379-ASA1,12,87 (c) A grading system to rate a school's and a school district's level of
8performance as A, B, C, D, or F.
AB379-ASA1,12,9 9(3) The department shall do all of the following:
AB379-ASA1,12,1710 (a) Except as provided in sub. (6), annually grade the performance of each
11school and school district under sub. (2) (c) and issue an accountability report for the
12school or school district that is clear and easily understandable. Except with regard
13to pupil achievement and attendance and high school graduation status, the
14department shall base the grade on data derived from at least 2 consecutive school
15years, and from 3 consecutive school years when feasible. To the extent feasible, the
16grade shall be calculated with 25 percent of the weight given to each of the measures
17under sub. (2) (a).
AB379-ASA1,12,2118 (c) Collect and disseminate the best practices from schools, except that the
19department may not collect information for this purpose from a private school
20participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 without the
21private school's consent.
AB379-ASA1,13,522 (d) On the accountability report for a private school participating in a parental
23choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, identify the grade derived from data
24generated by pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 as a choice
25pupil report and, if the private school submits achievement data as provided in sub.

1(4m) (b), include a grade derived from data generated by all pupils attending the
2private school and identify it as a choice school report. The department may use only
3the former grade in determining when a sanction under s. 118.60 (9m) or 119.23 (9m)
4may be imposed. The report shall also specify the number and percentage of pupils
5attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,13,86 (e) Include a data component in a school or school district accountability report
7for a school year only if the component includes data from at least 20 pupils in that
8school year.
AB379-ASA1,13,119 (f) At least 30 days before issuing an accountability report for a school or school
10district under this section, provide the school or school district an opportunity to
11review a preliminary version of the report and correct errors.
AB379-ASA1,13,1312 (g) Include on the first page of a school's or school district's accountability report
13all of the following:
AB379-ASA1,13,1414 1. Data about pupils who are dropouts, as defined in s. 118.153 (1) (b).
AB379-ASA1,13,1515 2. Data about pupils who are suspended or expelled from school.
AB379-ASA1,13,1616 3. The number of advanced placement courses that are offered.
AB379-ASA1,13,1717 4. The industry certifications that are offered.
AB379-ASA1,13,2218 5. If a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60
19or 119.23 submits achievement data as provided in sub. (4m) (b), the private school's
20grade derived from data generated by all pupils attending the private school,
21displayed just as prominently on the page as the private school's grade derived solely
22from data generated by pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,13,24 23(4) Subject to sub. (4m) (a), the department may use only the following
24information for each measure specified in sub. (2) (a):
AB379-ASA1,14,2
1(a) For measuring pupil achievement in reading and mathematics under sub.
2(2) (a) 1.:
AB379-ASA1,14,53 1. Scores on the reading and mathematics examinations administered under
4s. 118.30, including scores on the alternate reading and mathematics examinations
5administered to children with significant cognitive disabilities.
AB379-ASA1,14,66 2. The disability status of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
AB379-ASA1,14,77 3. The grade level of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
AB379-ASA1,14,88 4. The race or ethnicity of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
AB379-ASA1,14,109 5. The English proficiency status of pupils taking the examinations under s.
10118.30.
AB379-ASA1,14,12116. The eligibility for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) of
12pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
AB379-ASA1,14,1413 7. The enrollment status and history of pupils attending the school or school
14district.
AB379-ASA1,14,1615 (b) For measuring growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics
16under sub. (2) (a) 2., the information under par. (a).
AB379-ASA1,14,2217 (c) For measuring gap closure in growth in pupil achievement in reading and
18mathematics and in graduation rates under sub. (2) (a) 3., the information under par.
19(a) and the information under par. (d). When measuring gap closure, the department
20shall ensure that a subgroup with a sufficient number of pupils within a school or
21school district is compared to the statewide performance of pupils who are not in that
22subgroup.
AB379-ASA1,15,223 (d) For measuring rates of attendance and of high school graduation under sub.
24(2) (a) 4., the information under par. (a), attendance data, and data about pupils who

1graduate from high school with a regular diploma within 4 school years, within 5
2school years, and within 6 school years.
AB379-ASA1,15,6 3(4m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), for a private school participating in a
4parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department may use for each
5measure specified in sub. (2) (a) only the information specified in sub. (4) that
6pertains to pupils attending the private school under the program.
AB379-ASA1,15,147 (b) If a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60
8or 119.23 administers a nationally recognized, norm-referenced test to all pupils
9attending the private school, the private school may submit to the department
10achievement data derived from the test. The department shall submit the data to
11the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, which shall
12statistically equate the scores so that the department may use the data to measure
13the achievement and growth of pupils attending the private school. The department
14shall pay the center's costs from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fm).
AB379-ASA1,15,1715 (c) To the extent practicable, the department shall coordinate and integrate
16data collection processes for private schools participating in a parental choice
17program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,15,19 18(5) Each school and school district shall provide a link on the home page of its
19Internet site to the report issued by the department under this section.
AB379-ASA1,15,25 20(6) (a) If the department determines that there is insufficient data about a
21school to grade its performance under sub. (3) (a) or that a grade under sub. (2) (c)
22is inappropriate because the school serves exclusively children at risk, as defined
23under s. 118.153 (1) (a), the department may grade the school as "satisfactory" or
24"needs improvement." The department shall issue an accountability report for the
25school.
AB379-ASA1,16,4
1(b) If the department determines that the percentage of pupils in a school who
2participate in the examinations administered under s. 118.30 is inadequate, the
3department may use that as a factor in determining the school's grade under sub. (3)
4(a).
AB379-ASA1,16,8 5(7) The legislative audit bureau shall study the department's methodology for
6calculating the performance of schools and school districts for the most recently
7issued accountability reports under this section and annually in January submit its
8findings to the joint legislative audit committee under s. 13.172 (3).
AB379-ASA1,16,11 9(8) The academic accountability council shall make recommendations to the
10department, and provide a copy of the recommendations to the appropriate standing
11committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3), on all of the following:
AB379-ASA1,16,1412 (a) The format and makeup of the school accountability report and qualifying
13score for each grade. The council shall make recommendations on revising the
14qualifying score for each grade at least biennially.
AB379-ASA1,16,1815 (b) Whether a school, determined by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
16Value-Added Research Center to demonstrate high-value added growth under s.
17118.40 (5) (b) 4., 118.425 (4) (d), 118.60 (9m) (a) 3., or 119.23 (9m) (a) 3., should be
18sanctioned under s. 118.40, 118.425, 118.60, or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,16,2019 (c) Whether a school board's request for a waiver under s. 118.425 (4) (b) 2.
20should be granted.
AB379-ASA1,17 21Section 17. 115.775 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA1,16,2422 115.775 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), an the operator of a charter school
23under s. 118.40 (2r) or 118.425 (4) is a local educational agency, as defined in 20 USC
241401
(19), and shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482.
AB379-ASA1,18 25Section 18. 118.125 (1) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,17,1
1118.125 (1) (bc) "Governing body" means the governing body of a school.
AB379-ASA1,19 2Section 19. 118.125 (1) (bL) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA1,17,53 118.125 (1) (bL) "Law enforcement unit" means any individual, office,
4department, division, or other component of a school district that is authorized or
5designated by the school board governing body to do any of the following:
AB379-ASA1,17,86 1. Enforce any law or ordinance, or refer to the appropriate authorities a matter
7for enforcement of any law or ordinance, against any person other than the school
8district
governing body.
AB379-ASA1,17,99 2. Maintain the physical security and safety of a public school.
AB379-ASA1,20 10Section 20. 118.125 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,17,1211 118.125 (1) (f) "School" means a public school; a charter school; or a private
12school that is participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,21 13Section 21. 118.125 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA1,17,1714 118.125 (1m) Applicability. Subsections (2), (2m), (3), and (5) to (7) do not
15apply to a pupil who is attending a private school participating in a parental choice
16program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 but who is not attending the private school under
17s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA1,22 18Section 22. 118.125 (2) (intro.), (c) 1., (cg), (ch), (ck), (cm), (d), (g), (i), (j) 2. and
193., (k), (L), (n) 1. and 2. and (p) and (3) to (5) and (7) of the statutes are amended to
20read:
AB379-ASA1,18,221 118.125 (2) Confidentiality and disclosure of pupil records. (intro.) All
22pupil records maintained by a public school shall be confidential, except as provided
23in pars. (a) to (p) and sub. (2m). The school board governing body shall adopt policies
24to maintain the confidentiality of such records and may adopt policies to promote the

1disclosure of pupil records and information permitted by law for purposes of school
2safety.
AB379-ASA1,18,63 (c) 1. The judge of any court of this state or of the United States shall, upon
4request, be provided by the school district governing body clerk, or his or her
5designee, with a copy of all progress records of a pupil who is the subject of any
6proceeding in such court.
AB379-ASA1,18,157 (cg) The school district governing body clerk, or his or her designee, shall
8provide a law enforcement agency with a copy of a pupil's attendance record if the
9law enforcement agency certifies in writing that the pupil is under investigation for
10truancy or for allegedly committing a criminal or delinquent act and that the law
11enforcement agency will not further disclose the pupil's attendance record except as
12permitted under s. 938.396 (1) (a). A school district governing body clerk, or his or
13her
designee, who discloses a copy of a pupil's attendance record to a law enforcement
14agency for purposes of a truancy investigation shall notify the pupil's parent or
15guardian of that disclosure as soon as practicable after that disclosure.
AB379-ASA1,18,2216 (ch) The school district governing body clerk, or his or her designee, shall
17provide a fire investigator under s. 165.55 (15) with a copy of a pupil's attendance
18record if the fire investigator certifies in writing that the pupil is under investigation
19under s. 165.55, that the pupil's attendance record is necessary for the fire
20investigator to pursue his or her investigation and that the fire investigator will use
21and further disclose the pupil's attendance record only for the purpose of pursuing
22that investigation.
AB379-ASA1,19,923 (ck) The school district governing body clerk, or his or her designee, shall make
24pupil records available for inspection or, upon request, disclose the contents of pupil
25records to authorized representatives of the department of corrections, the

1department of health services, the department of justice, or a district attorney for use
2in the prosecution of any proceeding or any evaluation conducted under ch. 980, if
3the pupil records involve or relate to an individual who is the subject of the
4proceeding or evaluation. The court in which the proceeding under ch. 980 is pending
5may issue any protective orders that it determines are appropriate concerning pupil
6records made available or disclosed under this paragraph. Any representative of the
7department of corrections, the department of health services, the department of
8justice, or a district attorney may disclose information obtained under this
9paragraph for any purpose consistent with any proceeding under ch. 980.
AB379-ASA1,19,1310 (cm) If school attendance is a condition of a child's dispositional order under s.
1148.355 (2) (b) 7. or 938.355 (2) (b) 7., the school board governing body shall notify the
12county department that is responsible for supervising the child within 5 days after
13any violation of the condition by the child.
AB379-ASA1,20,414 (d) Pupil records shall be made available to persons employed by the school
15district which
governing body of the school that the pupil attends who are required
16by the department under s. 115.28 (7) to hold a license, law enforcement officers who
17are individually designated by the school board governing body and assigned to the
18school district, and other school district governing body officials who have been
19determined by the school board governing body to have legitimate educational
20interests, including safety interests, in the pupil records. Law enforcement officers'
21records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. shall be made available as provided in s.
22118.127. A school board member of a governing body or an employee of a school
23district
governing body may not be held personally liable for any damages caused by
24the nondisclosure of any information specified in this paragraph unless the member
25or employee acted with actual malice in failing to disclose the information. A school

1district
governing body may not be held liable for any damages caused by the
2nondisclosure of any information specified in this paragraph unless the school
3district
governing body or its agent acted with gross negligence or with reckless,
4wanton, or intentional misconduct in failing to disclose the information.
AB379-ASA1,20,65 (g) 1. The school board governing body may provide any public officer with any
6information required to be maintained under chs. 115 to 121.
AB379-ASA1,20,107 2. Upon request by the department, the school board governing body shall
8provide the department with any information contained in a pupil record that relates
9to an audit or evaluation of a federal or state-supported program or that is required
10to determine compliance with requirements under chs. 115 to 121.
AB379-ASA1,20,1611 (i) Upon request, the school district governing body clerk, or his or her designee,
12shall provide the names of pupils who have withdrawn from the public school prior
13to graduation under s. 118.15 (1) (c) to the technical college district board in which
14the public school is located or, for verification of eligibility for public assistance under
15ch. 49, to the department of health services, the department of children and families,
16or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23.
AB379-ASA1,21,317 (j) 2. If a school has notified the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem that
18a pupil's name and address has been designated as directory data, has informed the
19parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the pupil that he or she has 14 days
20to inform the school that the pupil's name and address may not be released without
21the prior consent of the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem, has allowed 14
22days for the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the pupil to inform the
23school that the pupil's name and address may not be released without the prior
24consent of the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem and the parent, legal
25guardian or guardian ad litem has not so informed the school, the school district

1governing body clerk or his or her designee, upon request, shall provide a technical
2college district board with the name and address of each such pupil who is expected
3to graduate from high school in the current school year.
AB379-ASA1,21,194 3. If a school has notified the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the
5information that it has designated as directory data with respect to any pupil, has
6informed the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the pupil that he or she
7has 14 days to inform the school that such information may not be released without
8the prior consent of the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem, has allowed 14
9days for the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the pupil to inform the
10school that such information may not be released without the prior consent of the
11parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem and the parent, legal guardian or
12guardian ad litem has not so informed the school, the school district governing body
13clerk or his or her designee, upon request, shall provide any representative of a law
14enforcement agency, district attorney, city attorney or corporation counsel, county
15department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or a court of record or municipal court
16with such information relating to any such pupil enrolled in the school district
17operated by the governing body for the purpose of enforcing that pupil's school
18attendance, investigating alleged criminal or delinquent activity by the pupil or
19responding to a health or safety emergency.
AB379-ASA1,21,2520 (k) A school board governing body may disclose personally identifiable
21information from the pupil records of an adult pupil to the parents or guardian of the
22adult pupil, without the written consent of the adult pupil, if the adult pupil is a
23dependent of his or her parents or guardian under 26 USC 152, unless the adult pupil
24has informed the school governing body, in writing, that the information may not be
25disclosed.
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