Amendment ASA1-AB549

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 549

February 27, 2014 - Offered by Representative Kooyenga.

AB549-ASA1,1,5 An Act to renumber 118.19 (11); to amend 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.); and to create 115.385 (3), 118.19 (11) (b), 118.40 (3) (f), 118.60 (2) (c) 3. and 119.23 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes; relating to: replicating independent charter schools, educator effectiveness, school district accountability, school principal licenses, and student teaching at a private school participating in a parental choice program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB549-ASA1,1 Section 1. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB549-ASA1,1,10 115.385 (3) For purposes of measuring a school district's performance under sub. (1), the department may not include data derived from a virtual charter school that is considered to be located in the school district under s. 118.51 (18) if at least 50 percent of the pupils are attending the virtual charter school under s. 118.51.

AB549-ASA1,2 Section 2. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB549-ASA1,2,12 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) that uses the process under this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:

AB549-ASA1,3 Section 3. 118.19 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 118.19 (11) (a).

AB549-ASA1,4 Section 4. 118.19 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB549-ASA1,2,19 118.19 (11) (b) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a) and sub. (9) and subject to subs. (4) and (10), the department shall issue a school principal license to an applicant who is licensed, or otherwise credentialed, to be a school principal in another state if the applicant pays the fee established under s. 115.28 (7) (d) for a school principal license and satisfies all of the following:

AB549-ASA1,2,20 a. The applicant holds the license or other credential in good standing.

AB549-ASA1,2,21 b. The applicant has completed 3 years of full-time classroom teaching.

AB549-ASA1,2,25 2. The department may not require a person licensed under subd. 1. to complete additional credit hours or course work if the person received a bachelor's or post graduate degree from a regionally accredited nonprofit, postsecondary educational institution.

AB549-ASA1,5 Section 5. 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB549-ASA1,3,11 118.40 (3) (f) 1. In this paragraph, a person has a proven track record of success if, during each of the 2 immediately preceding school years, a person operated a charter school in which the total percentage of pupils attending the charter school who received a score of advanced or proficient on the state assessments for math and reading under ss. 118.30 and 121.02 (1) (r), or on alternate assessments for math or reading under individualized education programs, in all tested grades is at least 10 percentage points greater than the total percentage of pupils attending public schools operated by the school board that governs the school district in which the charter school is located who received the same scores on the same assessments in the same grades.

AB549-ASA1,3,17 2. Subject to subd. 4., an entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. that has contracted with a person to operate a charter school shall, upon receiving a letter of intent under subd. 3. from the person, amend the existing contract or enter into a new contract with the person to authorize the person to operate one or more additional charter schools if the person has a proven track record of success for each charter school the person operates in this state.

AB549-ASA1,3,19 3. To operate an additional charter school under subd. 2., a person must submit to the entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. a letter of intent that includes all of the following:

AB549-ASA1,3,20 a. The date on which instruction will begin at each additional charter school.

AB549-ASA1,3,21 b. The general location of each additional charter school.

AB549-ASA1,3,24 c. A description of any potential facility that may be used by each additional charter school, including the approximate number of pupils that each facility may safely accommodate.

AB549-ASA1,4,2 d. Evidence demonstrating that the person has a proven track record of success for each charter school the person operates in this state.

AB549-ASA1,4,5 4. An entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. shall authorize a person to operate no more than 2 additional charter schools per school year under this paragraph, unless the parties agree to more than 2.

AB549-ASA1,4,9 5. An additional charter school authorized under this paragraph is not a satellite or subsidiary campus of the charter school for which the operator demonstrated a proven track record of success under subd. 2. and is considered an individual school for funding purposes.

AB549-ASA1,6 Section 6. 118.60 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB549-ASA1,4,18 118.60 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6., a person who is enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education, has earned at least 48 higher education credits, has completed at least 80 hours of training, and has had a criminal background check conducted to ensure that he or she has not been convicted of an offense specified in s. 118.19 (4) (a) may engage in student teaching at a private school participating in the program under this section during its summer session if the person supervising the student teacher satisfies all of the following requirements:

AB549-ASA1,4,19 a. Has a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education.

AB549-ASA1,4,21 b. Has taught full-time at an elementary or secondary school for at least 2 years.

AB549-ASA1,4,22 c. Supervises no more than 3 student teachers during the same semester.

AB549-ASA1,4,24 d. Is often present in the student teacher's classroom to observe his or her teaching.

AB549-ASA1,4,25 e. Meets with the student teacher before and after school each school day.

AB549-ASA1,5,1 f. At least weekly, reviews the lesson plans of the student teacher.

AB549-ASA1,5,3 g. At least weekly, provides an individual coaching session to the student teacher.

AB549-ASA1,7 Section 7. 119.23 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB549-ASA1,5,12 119.23 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6., a person who is enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education, has earned at least 48 higher education credits, has completed at least 80 hours of training, and has had a criminal background check conducted to ensure that he or she has not been convicted of an offense specified in s. 118.19 (4) (a) may engage in student teaching at a private school participating in the program under this section during its summer session if the person supervising the student teacher satisfies all of the following requirements:

AB549-ASA1,5,13 a. Has a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education.

AB549-ASA1,5,15 b. Has taught full-time at an elementary or secondary school for at least 2 years.

AB549-ASA1,5,16 c. Supervises no more than 3 student teachers during the same semester.

AB549-ASA1,5,18 d. Is often present in the student teacher's classroom to observe his or her teaching.

AB549-ASA1,5,19 e. Meets with the student teacher before and after school each school day.

AB549-ASA1,5,20 f. At least weekly, reviews the lesson plans of the student teacher.

AB549-ASA1,5,22 g. At least weekly, provides an individual coaching session to the student teacher.

AB549-ASA1,8 Section 8. Initial applicability.

AB549-ASA1,6,3 (1) Charter school contracts. The treatment of section 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes first applies to a contract for the establishment of a charter school that is entered into, modified, or renewed on the effective date of this subsection.

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