AB379-ASA2,22,75 5. The revocation of a contract under subd. 1. or 2. is initially effective on the
6July 1 following the issuance of the school's accountability report under s. 115.39 (3)
7containing the department's determination under subd. 1. or 2.
AB379-ASA2,22,108 6. If a charter school that has had its contract revoked under subd. 1. or 2.
9reopens as a private school, it may not participate in a parental choice program under
10s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA2,31 11Section 31. 118.42 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,13 12118.42 (title) Low-performing school districts and schools; state
13superintendent interventions.
AB379-ASA2,32 14Section 32. 118.42 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB379-ASA2,33 15Section 33. 118.42 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB379-ASA2,34 16Section 34. 118.42 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,1817 118.42 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) If the state superintendent issues a directive under par.
18(a) or (b), he or she shall do all of the following:
AB379-ASA2,35 19Section 35. 118.42 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,2220 118.42 (3) (c) 2. If a school board receives a directive from the state
21superintendent under par. (a) or (b), the school board shall seek input from school
22district staff, parents, and community leaders on implementing the directive.
AB379-ASA2,36 23Section 36. 118.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,23,224 118.42 (4) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing
25criteria and procedures for determining whether a school or school district is in need

1of improvement and whether a school is among the lowest performing 5 percent of
2all public schools in the state,
for the purposes of this section.
AB379-ASA2,37 3Section 37. 118.425 of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,23,5 4118.425 Low-performing public schools. (2) Applicability. This section
5applies beginning on July 1, 2019.
AB379-ASA2,23,12 6(4) Sanctions. (a) Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines
7under s. 115.39 (3) that a public school, other than a charter school, has received the
8grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive school years, or has received the
9grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years and a grade
10no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school years, the
11school board shall determine whether to permanently close the school or contract
12under s. 118.40 with a person to operate the school as a charter school.
AB379-ASA2,23,2113 (b) 1. If the school board determines to contract with a person to operate the
14school as a charter school, it shall issue a request for proposals and publish a class
151 notice under ch. 985 of the statutes within 30 days of the department's
16determination under par. (a). The school board shall enter into the contract by the
17February 1 following the department's determination under par. (a). The contract
18shall provide for the attendance of pupils beginning in the following school year. The
19contract may not require the person operating the school to purchase or lease the
20school. The contract shall require the operator of the charter school to do all of the
21following in the school:
AB379-ASA2,23,2222 a. Replace the school's principal.
AB379-ASA2,23,2323 b. Implement a rigorous staff evaluation and development system.
AB379-ASA2,23,2524 c. Reward staff who increase pupil academic achievement or high school
25graduation rates.
AB379-ASA2,24,1
1d. Institute comprehensive instructional reform.
AB379-ASA2,24,22 e. Increase the time provided for pupil instruction.
AB379-ASA2,24,33 f. Apply community-oriented school strategies.
AB379-ASA2,24,44 g. Provide greater operational flexibility and support for the school.
AB379-ASA2,24,95 2. A school board that contracts with a person to operate the school as a charter
6school under subd. 1. shall ensure that all teachers who had been assigned to the
7school must reapply in order to be reassigned to the school. Any teacher who scores
8in the lowest category of teacher effectiveness under s. 115.415 may not be reassigned
9to the school.
AB379-ASA2,24,1310 (c) If the school board determines to permanently close the school under par.
11(a), the school closing takes effect on the July 1 following the issuance of the school's
12accountability report under s. 115.39 (3) containing the department's determination
13under par. (a).
AB379-ASA2,24,1714 (d) 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines, based on the
15recommendation of the academic accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and
16on information provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added
17Research Center, that the school demonstrates high-value added growth.
AB379-ASA2,24,1918 2. A newly constructed school may not be sanctioned under par. (a) based on
19the grades received by the school during the school's first 2 school years of operation.
AB379-ASA2,24,2220 3. A school board is not required to close a school or contract under s. 118.40
21with a person to operate the school as a charter school under par. (a) unless it is
22otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,25,223 (e) Notwithstanding s. 118.40 (3) (b), the school board shall pay the operator
24of a charter school established under par. (b), for each full-time equivalent pupil

1attending the charter school, an amount equal to at least 90 percent of the average
2per-pupil cost for the school district.
AB379-ASA2,38 3Section 38. 118.60 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,25,94 118.60 (9m) (a) 1. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department
5determines under s. 115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program
6under this section has received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive
7school years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the
8private school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending
9the private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,25,1610 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department determines under s.
11115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program under this section has
12received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years
13and a grade no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school
14years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the private
15school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending the
16private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,25,2017 3. A private school participating in the program under this section may not be
18sanctioned under subd. 1. or 2. based on the grades received by the private school
19during the school's first 2 school years of participating in the program under this
20section.
AB379-ASA2,25,2521 4. If the department determines, based on the recommendation of the academic
22accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and on information provided by the
23University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, that the school
24demonstrates high-value added growth, the state superintendent may not issue an
25order under subd. 1. or 2.
AB379-ASA2,26,2
15. The state superintendent may not issue an order under subd. 1. or 2. unless
2he or she is otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,26,43 (b) A private school that has been barred from accepting new pupils under par.
4(a) may not reopen as a charter school.
AB379-ASA2,39 5Section 39. 118.60 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
620
, is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,26,97 118.60 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par.
8(a), (am), (ar), or (b), or sub. (9m), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or
9guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.
AB379-ASA2,40 10Section 40. 118.60 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,26,1311 118.60 (10) (d) The state superintendent may withhold payment from a private
12school under subs. (4) and (4m) if the private school violates this section or fails to
13participate in the student information system as required under s. 115.383 (3)
.
AB379-ASA2,41 14Section 41. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
15is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,26,2516 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1766.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
18115.345, 115.363, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.383, 115.39, 115.415, 115.445, 118.001
19to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to
20118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
21118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245,
22118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52,
23118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)
24(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3),
25and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.
AB379-ASA2,42
1Section 42. 119.23 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,27,72 119.23 (9m) (a) 1. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department
3determines under s. 115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program
4under this section has received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive
5school years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the
6private school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending
7the private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,27,148 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department determines under s.
9115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program under this section has
10received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years
11and a grade no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school
12years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the private
13school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending the
14private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,27,1815 3. A private school participating in the program under this section may not be
16sanctioned under subd. 1. or 2. based on the grades received by the private school
17during the school's first 2 school years of participating in the program under this
18section.
AB379-ASA2,27,2319 4. If the department determines, based on the recommendation of the academic
20accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and on information provided by the
21University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, that the school
22demonstrates high-value added growth, the state superintendent may not issue an
23order under subd. 1. or 2.
AB379-ASA2,27,2524 5. The state superintendent may not issue an order under subd. 1. or 2. unless
25he or she is otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,28,2
1(b) A private school that has been barred from accepting new pupils under par.
2(a) may not reopen as a charter school.
AB379-ASA2,43 3Section 43. 119.23 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
420
, is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,28,75 119.23 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par.
6(a), (am), (ar), or (b), or sub. (9m), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or
7guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.
AB379-ASA2,44 8Section 44. 119.23 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,28,119 119.23 (10) (d) The state superintendent may withhold payment from a private
10school under subs. (4) and (4m) if the private school violates this section or fails to
11participate in the student information system as required under s. 115.383 (3)
.
AB379-ASA2,45 12Section 45. 120.12 (26) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,28,1513 120.12 (26) Staffing and financial data. Upon request, provide to the
14department any staffing or financial data that the department needs to comply with
15state or federal reporting requirements.
AB379-ASA2,46 16Section 46. 121.006 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,28,1817 121.006 (2) (d) Comply with a directive issued by the state superintendent
18under s. 118.42 (3) (a) or (b).
AB379-ASA2,47 19Section 47. 121.02 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,28,2220 121.02 (1) (o) Annually comply with the requirements of s. 115.38 (2). The
21school board may include additional information in the report under s. 115.38 (2)

22115.39 (5).
AB379-ASA2,48 23Section 48.0 Nonstatutory provisions.
AB379-ASA2,29,224 (1) Prospective performance. No data derived from a school year prior to the
252016-17 school year may be used by the department of public instruction to

1determine a school's performance under section 115.39 of the statutes, as created by
2this act.
AB379-ASA2,29,33 (2) Academic accountability council.
AB379-ASA2,29,64 (a) Members. Notwithstanding section 15.377 (5) (a) of the statutes, as created
5by this act, the initial members of the academic accountability council shall be
6appointed for terms expiring as follows:
AB379-ASA2,29,8 71. One member appointed under section 15.377 (5) (a) 1., 3., 5., and 6. of the
8statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2015.
AB379-ASA2,29,11 92. The members appointed under section 15.377 (5) (a) 2. and 4. of the statutes,
10as created by this act, and one member appointed under section 15.377 (5) (a) 1. and
113. of the statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2016.
AB379-ASA2,29,13 123. One member appointed under section 15.377 (5) (a) 1., 3., 5., and 6. of the
13statutes, as created by this act, for terms expiring on July 1, 2017.
AB379-ASA2,29,1914 (b) Report to standing committees. By January 1, 2017, the academic
15accountability council shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of the
16legislature, in the manner provided in section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, a plan for
17including college and career readiness in the measures used for determining a
18school's and a school district's performance under section 115.39 (2) (a) of the
19statutes, as created by this act.
AB379-ASA2,49 20Section 49. Initial applicability.
AB379-ASA2,29,2221 (1) Charter school contracts. The treatment of section 118.40 (3) (b) of the
22statutes first applies to contracts entered into on the effective date of this subsection.
AB379-ASA2,50 23Section 50. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
24except as follows:
AB379-ASA2,30,3
1(1) Low-performing schools. The treatment of sections 118.42 (title), (2), (3)
2(b) and (c) 1. (intro.) and 2., and (4) and 121.006 (2) (d) of the statutes takes effect on
3July 1, 2019.
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