Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,961,23 115.28 (7) (g) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3), (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), grant a charter school teaching license to any person who has a bachelor's degree and demonstrates, based upon criteria established by the department, that the person is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach. The license authorizes the person to teach that subject or those subjects in a charter school. The license is valid for 3 years and is renewable for 3-year periods.

AB40-ASA1,1731m Section 1731m. 115.28 (7) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,962,2 115.28 (7) (h) Promulgate a rule requiring an applicant for a license to provide his or her home address.

AB40-ASA1,1732m Section 1732m. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB40-ASA1,962,10 115.28 (12) (a) 1. Develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information system for the standardized collection of pupil data. The proposal shall allow schools and school districts to use their vendor of choice and include reporting requirements that can reasonably be met by multiple vendors. The state superintendent may not establish a student information system unless the proposal is approved by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2.

AB40-ASA1,962,17 2. Submit the proposal to the joint committee on finance for its approval, disapproval, or modification. If the joint committee on finance approves the proposal, or modifies and approves the proposal, the state superintendent shall implement the proposal and the joint committee on finance may release to the state superintendent funds from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (a) for the purpose of paying the costs incurred by schools and school districts to meet the proposal's reporting requirements.

AB40-ASA1,962,23 3. If the proposal is approved under subd. 2., the state superintendent shall ensure that information about pupils enrolled in charter schools and about pupils enrolled in private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, including their academic performance and demographic information, aggregated by school district, school, and teacher, is collected and maintained in the student information system.

AB40-ASA1,1733 Section 1733. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,963,7 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each If the student information system is established under par. (a), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system under par. (a) shall include in the system the following information for each teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher preparatory program described in sub. (7) (a) and located in this state or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state on or after January 1, 2012:

AB40-ASA1,1734 Section 1734. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,963,16 115.28 (12) (b) Ensure If the student information system is established under par. (a), ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the system under par. (a), every school district and charter school is using the system, and that every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using the system under par. (a) or is using a system that is interoperable with the system under par. (a). The state superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to any person that uses the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (1) (jm) (he).

AB40-ASA1,1735 Section 1735. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,963,21 115.28 (27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide professional development for teachers; and enable video conferencing.

AB40-ASA1,1736 Section 1736. 115.28 (54) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,964,5 115.28 (54) Collaborative content delivery and online instruction. Promote the delivery of digital content and collaborative instruction among schools within a school district and between 2 or more school districts, including through online courses. To accomplish the objectives of this subsection, the department may not promulgate a rule that requires a licensed teacher or instructional staff person, defined as required under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2., to be physically present in a classroom in which the delivery of content or collaborative instruction is being provided in that classroom digitally or through an online course.

AB40-ASA1,1737 Section 1737. 115.28 (59) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,964,9 115.28 (59) Academic and career planning. (a) Ensure that, beginning in the 2017-18 school year, every school board is providing academic and career planning services to pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 in the school district.

AB40-ASA1,964,12 (b) Procure, install, and maintain information technology, including computer software, to be used statewide by school districts to provide academic and career planning services to pupils in grades 6 to 12.

AB40-ASA1,964,16 (c) Provide guidance, training, and technical assistance to school districts and school district staff, including teachers and counselors, on how to implement model academic and career plans, including training and technical assistance that is necessary to implement the information technology under par. (b).

AB40-ASA1,964,17 (d) Promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB40-ASA1,1738 Section 1738. 115.28 (60) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,964,21 115.28 (60) Teach for America. Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (cm) to Teach for America, Inc., to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in low-income or urban school districts in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1739 Section 1739. 115.297 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,965,2 115.297 (1) (a) "Agencies" means the department, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the department of children and families, the department of workforce development, the technical college system board, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

AB40-ASA1,1740 Section 1740. 115.297 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,965,10 115.297 (3) (a) Requires that the agencies establish and maintain a longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool programs to postsecondary education programs, and describes the process by which the data system will be established and maintained, and ensures its interoperability with the work force data systems maintained by the department of workforce development. The data system may consist of separate record systems integrated through agreement and data transfer mechanisms.

AB40-ASA1,1741 Section 1741. 115.297 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,965,13 115.297 (3) (d) Requires the agencies to exchange student and work force data to the extent necessary to perform the evaluation or study approved under par. (c).

AB40-ASA1,1742 Section 1742. 115.297 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,965,18 115.297 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any of the agencies may submit student or work force data to the longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a), to another agency, or to a public or private research organization, to support an evaluation or study under this section.

AB40-ASA1,1743 Section 1743. 115.297 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,965,22 115.297 (6) Report. Annually by October 1, the agencies shall submit a joint report to the secretary of administration regarding their progress in establishing a longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a).

AB40-ASA1,1744 Section 1744. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,966,2 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. or 2m., 2n., or 2p. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB40-ASA1,1745 Section 1745. 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,966,7 115.38 (1) (d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course in a nonresident school district at an educational institution under s. 118.52, the number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s. 118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.

AB40-ASA1,1746 Section 1746. 115.385 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,966,11 115.385 School and school district accountability report. (1) Annually by September 30, the department shall publish a school and school district accountability report that includes all of the following components:

AB40-ASA1,966,13 (a) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, including all of the following:

AB40-ASA1,966,14 1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics.

AB40-ASA1,966,16 2. Measures of college and career readiness for high school pupils and measures indicative of being on track for college and career readiness in the elementary grades.

AB40-ASA1,966,18 3. Gaps in pupil achievement and rates of graduation, categorized by race, English language proficiency, disability, and income level.

AB40-ASA1,966,20 (b) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and annually place each school into one of 5 performance categories.

AB40-ASA1,966,25 (2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12) (b), or begins using a system that is interoperable with that system, the department shall include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1).

AB40-ASA1,1748 Section 1748. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,967,5 115.415 (2) (intro.) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system according to the following framework, and may charge a fee to a school district and the governing body of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) to use the system developed under this subsection:

AB40-ASA1,1749 Section 1749. 115.415 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,967,11 115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department may award grants to school districts and the governing body of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) to implement an educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by rule under sub. (3).

AB40-ASA1,1750 Section 1750. 115.42 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,967,14 115.42 (1) (a) 5. The person has a rating of "effective" or "highly effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department.

AB40-ASA1,1751e Section 1751e. 115.42 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,967,20 115.42 (2) (d) In any of the 9 school years following the receipt of a grant under sub. (1), if the grant recipient fails to maintain a rating of "effective" or "highly effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department, he or she is not eligible for a grant under this subsection in that school year.

AB40-ASA1,1751m Section 1751m. 115.437 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,967,24 115.437 Per pupil aid. (1) In this section, "number of pupils enrolled" has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.) and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment.

AB40-ASA1,968,5 (2) Annually on the 4th Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year and by $150 in each school year thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (aq).

AB40-ASA1,1755 Section 1755. 118.016 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,968,18 118.016 (1) Beginning in In the 2012-13 2013-14 school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to first grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. Beginning in the 2014–15 school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to second grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The department shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.

AB40-ASA1,1756 Section 1756. 118.145 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,968,25 118.145 (4) The school board of a school district operating high school grades shall allow a pupil enrolled in a private school, or a pupil enrolled in a tribal school, or a pupil enrolled in a home-based educational program, who has met the standards for admission to high school under sub. (1), to take up to 2 courses during each school semester if the pupil resides in the school district in which the public school is located and if the school board determines that there is sufficient space in the classroom.

AB40-ASA1,1757 Section 1757. 118.19 (13) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1758 Section 1758. 118.19 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,969,7 118.19 (16) The department shall ensure that teaching experience gained while a person held an emergency permit issued by the department under s. PI 34.21 (2), Wis. Adm. Code, counts toward fulfillment of the teaching experience requirement for a license based on experience under s. PI 34.195 (2), Wis. Adm. Code, or for a license in a school administrator category under s. PI 34.32, Wis. Adm. Code.

AB40-ASA1,1759 Section 1759. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,969,11 118.30 (1) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th and, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

AB40-ASA1,1760 Section 1760. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,969,18 118.30 (1m) (ar) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 9th grade. The school board shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

AB40-ASA1,1760m Section 1760m. 118.30 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,969,22 118.30 (1m) (b) Except as provided in sub. (7), administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session of the 10th grade.

AB40-ASA1,1761 Section 1761. 118.30 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,3 118.30 (1m) (c) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 11th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session of the 11th grade.

AB40-ASA1,1762 Section 1762. 118.30 (1r) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,8 118.30 (1r) (ar) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 9th grade. The charter school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

AB40-ASA1,1762m Section 1762m. 118.30 (1r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,11 118.30 (1r) (b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the spring session of the 10th grade.

AB40-ASA1,1763 Section 1763. 118.30 (1r) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,15 118.30 (1r) (c) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 11th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the spring session of the 11th grade.

AB40-ASA1,1764 Section 1764. 118.30 (1s) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,21 118.30 (1s) (a) 2m. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 119.23. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

AB40-ASA1,1764m Section 1764m. 118.30 (1s) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,970,25 118.30 (1s) (a) 3. Administer In the spring session, administer the 10th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 10th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB40-ASA1,1765 Section 1765. 118.30 (1s) (a) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,971,5 118.30 (1s) (a) 3m. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year in the spring session administer the 11th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 11th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.

AB40-ASA1,1766 Section 1766. 118.30 (1t) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,971,11 118.30 (1t) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 118.60. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

AB40-ASA1,1766m Section 1766m. 118.30 (1t) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,971,15 118.30 (1t) (c) Administer In the spring session, administer the 10th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 10th grade in the private school under s. 118.60.

AB40-ASA1,1767 Section 1767. 118.30 (1t) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,971,20 118.30 (1t) (cm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 11th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 11th grade in the private school under s. 118.60.

AB40-ASA1,1768 Section 1768. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: