If a school board determines to contract with a person to operate the school as
a charter school, the operator of the charter school must do all of the following in the
school:
1. Replace the school's principal.
2. Implement a rigorous staff evaluation and development system.
3. Reward staff who increase pupil academic achievement or high school
graduation rates.
4. Institute comprehensive instructional reform.
5. Increase the time provided for pupil instruction.
6. Apply community-oriented school strategies.
7. Provide greater operational flexibility and support for the school.
All teachers who have been assigned to the school are dismissed and must
reapply in order to be rehired. Any teacher who scores in the lowest 20 percent in
the educator effectiveness program statewide (see below) may not be rehired. The
substitute amendment specifies that the new principal of the school, not the school
board or school district administrator, must select the teachers employed for the
school if the charter school is an instrumentality of the school district. The school
board must pay the charter school operator, for each full-time equivalent pupil
attending the school, at least 90 percent of the average per-pupil cost for the school
district.
The requirement to close a public school or contract with a person to operate the
school as a charter school does not apply if DPI determines, based on information
provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center,
that the school demonstrates high-value added growth. In addition, a newly
constructed school may not be sanctioned based on the grades received during its
first two school years of operation.
These sanctions (and the sanctions described below for charter schools and
choice schools) take effect in the school year following the school year in which the
accountability report for the third (or fifth) school year is issued by DPI.
Accountability reports are expected to be issued in September.
Charter schools
The substitute amendment provides that if DPI determines that a charter
school has received a grade of "fails to meet expectations" for any school year, the
charter school operator must seek (and maintain) accreditation for the school from
an accrediting agency approved by DPI.
If DPI determines that a charter school has received a grade of "fails to meet
expectations" for three consecutive school years, or has received a grade of "fails to
meet expectations" in three of five consecutive school years and a grade no higher
than "meets few expectations" in the other two school years, the school board or
entity that contracted for the establishment of the charter school must revoke the
contract. If the charter school reopens as a private school, it may not participate in
a PCP.
The substitute amendment provides, however, that a charter school's contract
may not be revoked on the basis of grades received during the school's initial two
school years. The substitute amendment also provides that a charter school's
contract may not be revoked if DPI determines, based on information provided by the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, that the school
demonstrates high-value added growth.
Choice schools
If DPI determines that a private school participating in a PCP has received a
grade of "fails to meet expectations" for three consecutive school years, or has
received a grade of "fails to meet expectations" in three of five consecutive school
years and a grade no higher than "meets few expectations" in the other two school
years, DPI must issue an order permanently barring the private school from
accepting any new pupils under the PCP. This requirement does not apply, however,
if DPI determines, based on information provided by the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, that the school demonstrates
high-value added growth. A private school barred from accepting new pupils may
not reopen as a charter school. In addition, a choice school may not be sanctioned
based on grades received during the school's first two years of participating in a PCP.
Applicability of sanctions
The substitute amendment provides that none of the sanctions described above
for failing public schools, charter schools, and choice schools apply unless another
state law requires that they be imposed.
Charter schools; contracts
Under current law, an entity authorized to establish an independent charter
school may do so itself or by contracting with a third party. This substitute
amendment allows charter schools to be established by contract only.
Currently, a contract with a charter school may be for any term not exceeding
five school years and may be renewed for one or more terms not exceeding five school
years. This bill provides that the initial contract with a charter school must be for
a term of five years if the charter school requests it.
Transfer of pupil records
Currently, school districts and private schools participating in a PCP are
subject to various requirements relating to the transfer of a pupil's records when the
pupil transfers to another school. This substitute amendment subjects all charter
schools to the same requirements.
Educator effectiveness
Current law directs DPI to develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system
for the evaluation of teachers and principals of public schools, including independent
charter schools. The system must be designed to place a teacher or principal in one
of multiple performance categories.
This substitute amendment directs the Academic Accountability Council to
make recommendations to DPI on modifications to the educator effectiveness
program.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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1Section
1. 15.377 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.377
(5) Academic accountability council. (a) There is created in the
3department of public instruction an academic accountability council consisting of the
4state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee and the following
5members appointed for 3-year terms:
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1. Three persons appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
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2. One person appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
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3. Three persons appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
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4. One person appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
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5. Two persons appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction.
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6. Two persons appointed by the governor.
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(b) The members appointed under par. (a) 1. to 6. shall have experience in an
13academic field. They may not be legislators.
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(c) The state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee shall
15serve as chairperson of the academic accountability council. Beginning in 2015, the
16council shall meet at least twice each year.
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17Section
2. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
18the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
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120.255
(1) (e)
Student information system. As a continuing appropriation, the
2amounts in the schedule for the student information system under s.
115.28 (12) 3115.383.
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20.255
(1) (he)
Student information system; fees. All moneys received from fees
7charged as authorized under s.
115.28 (12) (b) 115.383 (3) (c) to be used for the student
8information system established under s.
115.28 (12) (a) 115.383 (1).
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9Section
5. 20.255 (3) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.255
(3) (fm)
Value-Added Research Center. The amounts in the schedule to
11pay the costs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Ad
ded Research
12Center under ss. 115.39 (4m) (b), 118.40 (5) (b) 4., 118.425 (4) (d) 1., 118.60 (9m) (a)
134., and 119.23 (9m) (a) 4.
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14Section
6. 115.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.001
(1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
16with a school board under s. 118.40 or with
one of the entities an entity under s.
17118.40 (2r) (b)
, or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s.
18118.40 (2r) (b).
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19Section
7. 115.28 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.383 (title).
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20Section
8. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by
2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
21is renumbered 115.383 (1), and 115.383 (1) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended
22to read:
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115.383
(1) (a) Develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information
24system for the standardized collection of pupil data. The proposal shall allow schools
25and school districts to use their vendor of choice and include reporting requirements
1that can reasonably be met by multiple vendors. The state superintendent may not
2establish a student information system unless the proposal is approved by the joint
3committee on finance under
subd. 2 par. (b).
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(c)
If Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), if the proposal is approved under
subd.
52. par. (b), the state superintendent shall ensure that information about pupils
6enrolled in charter schools and about pupils enrolled in private schools participating
7in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, including their academic
8performance and demographic information,
aggregated by school district, school,
9and teacher, is collected and maintained in the student information system.
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115.383
(2) (intro.) If the student information system is established under
par.
13(a) sub. (1), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system
14under
par. (a) sub. (1) shall include in the system the following information for each
15teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher
preparatory 16education program described in
sub.
s. 115.28 (7) (a)
or (e) 2. and located in this state
17or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state 18on or after January 1, 2012:
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19Section
10. 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 115.383
20(2) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
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115.383
(2) (a) The name of the teacher
preparatory program or teacher 22education program the teacher attended and completed.
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(b) The term or semester and year in which the teacher completed the
teacher
24education program
described in subd. 1 .
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115.383
(3) (a) If the student information system is established under
par. (a), 4sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the
5establishment of the system
under par. (a), every school district and
every charter
6school
, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), is using the
7system
, and that.
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8(b) Except as provided in sub. (4) (b), beginning in the 2015-16 school year or
9in the first school year in which the department determines that the student
10information system is fully operational, whichever occurs later, the state
11superintendent shall ensure that every charter school established under s. 118.40
12(2r) and every private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
13118.60 or 119.23 is either using the system under
par. (a) sub. (1) or is using a system
14that is
interoperable with the system under par. (a). The commercially available,
15capable of providing the information required under s. 115.39, and able to obtain
16pupil identification numbers under sub. (5).
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17(c) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), the state
18superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to
19any person that uses the system.
The rules may not go into effect, however, unless
20the joint committee on finance approves. All fees shall be credited to the
21appropriation account under s. 20.255 (1) (he).
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24Section
13. 115.383 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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1115.383
(4) (a) A private school participating in a parental choice program
2under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are
3not attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the system it is using
4under sub. (3).
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(b) Subsections (1) (c) and (3) (b) do not apply to a private school participating
6in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 if no accountability report is
7issued for the school under s. 115.39 as a result of s. 115.39 (3) (e) or if the department
8determines under s. 115.39 (6) (a) that there is insufficient data about the school to
9grade its performance or that a grade is inappropriate.
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10Section
14. 115.383 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.383
(5) The state superintendent shall assign to each pupil attending a
12public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under
13s. 118.60 or 119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information
14system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification
15number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number or that
16uses any other personally identifying information. The state superintendent may
17not use a pupil's identification number for any purpose other than the student
18information system without the written consent of the pupil, if he or she is an adult,
19or the parent or guardian of the pupil, if the pupil is a minor.
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20Section
15. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.385
(3) This section does not apply after September 30, 2016.
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22Section
16. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
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23115.39 School and school district accountability system. (1) In this
24section, "school" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private
25school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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1(2) The department shall establish a comprehensive school and school district
2accountability system beginning in the 2016-17 school year that includes all of the
3following components:
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(a) Multiple measures to determine a school's and school district's performance,
5including all of the following categorized by English language proficiency, disability,
6income level, and race or ethnicity:
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1. Pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.
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2. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using
9a value-added methodology that includes demographic controls.
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3. Gap closure in growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics
11and, when available, in graduation rates.
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4. Rates of attendance or of high school graduation. The measure under this
13subdivision shall include a measure of improvement in addition to a measure of
14attainment.
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(b) Measures to ensure that all applicable data elements collected and
16calculations performed are done consistently and in a uniform manner for all schools
17and school districts.
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(c) A grading system to rate a school's and a school district's level of
19performance as one of the following:
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1. Significantly exceeds expectations.
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2. Exceeds expectations.
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3. Meets expectations.
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4. Meets few expectations.
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5. Fails to meet expectations.
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25(3) The department shall do all of the following:
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1(a) Except as provided in sub. (6), annually grade the performance of each
2school and school district under sub. (2) (c) and issue an accountability report for the
3school or school district that is clear and easily understandable. Except with regard
4to pupil achievement and attendance and high school graduation status, the
5department shall base the grade on data derived from at least 2 consecutive school
6years, and from at least 3 consecutive school years when feasible.
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(c) Collect and disseminate the best practices from schools, except that the
8department may not collect information for this purpose from a private school
9participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 without the
10private school's consent.
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(d) On the accountability report for a private school participating in a parental
12choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, identify the grade derived from data
13generated by pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 as a choice
14pupil report and, if the private school submits achievement data as provided in sub.
15(4m) (b), include a grade derived from data generated by all pupils attending the
16private school and identify it as a private school report. The department may use
17only the former grade in determining when a sanction under s. 118.60 (9m) or 119.23
18(9m) may be imposed. The report shall also specify the number and percentage of
19pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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(e) Include a data component in a school accountability report for a school year
21only if the component includes data from at least 20 pupils in that school year.