Amendment SSA1-SB286

February 10, 2014 - Offered by Senator Olsen.

SB286-SSA1,1,4 An Act to renumber 115.28 (12) (title); to renumber and amend 115.28 (12) (a), 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.), 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. and 115.28 (12) (b); to amend 20.255 (1) (e) and 20.255 (1) (he); and to create 115.383 (4) and 115.383 (5) of the statutes; relating to: the student information system.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information system (SIS). DPI must submit the proposal to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) for its approval. If JCF approves the proposal, DPI must implement it and must ensure that information about pupils enrolled in charter schools and about pupils enrolled in private schools participating in a parental choice program (PCP) is collected and maintained in the SIS. Current law also provides that if the SIS is established, DPI must ensure that within five years, every school district and every charter school is using the SIS, and that every private school participating in a PCP is either using the SIS or is using a system that is interoperable with the SIS. Current law authorizes DPI to promulgate rules establishing a fee for use of the SIS.

This substitute amendment provides that if the SIS is established, DPI must ensure that within five years, every school district and every charter school, other than an independent charter school, is using the system. The substitute amendment also provides that, beginning in the 2015-16 school year, DPI must ensure that every independent charter school and every private school participating in a PCP is either using the SIS or is using a system that is commercially available, capable of providing the information required, and able to obtain pupil identification numbers. If the SIS is established, the substitute amendment allows DPI to promulgate rules establishing a fee for using the SIS.

Finally, the substitute amendment specifies that a private school participating in a PCP is not required to include in the SIS it is using information about pupils who are not attending the private school under the PCP.

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

SB286-SSA1,1 Section 1. 20.255 (1) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,2,5 20.255 (1) (e) Student information system. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the student information system under s. 115.28 (12) 115.383.

SB286-SSA1,2 Section 2. 20.255 (1) (he) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,2,10 20.255 (1) (he) Student information system; fees. All moneys received from fees charged as authorized under s. 115.28 (12) (b) 115.383 (3) (c) to be used for the student information system established under s. 115.28 (12) (a) 115.383 (1).

SB286-SSA1,3 Section 3. 115.28 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.383 (title).

SB286-SSA1,4 Section 4. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is renumbered 115.383 (1), and 115.383 (1) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,3,3 115.383 (1) (a) 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 par. (b).

SB286-SSA1,3,9 (c) If the proposal is approved under subd. 2. par. (b), 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.

SB286-SSA1,5 Section 5. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is renumbered 115.383 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,3,20 115.383 (2) (intro.) If the student information system is established under par. (a) sub. (1), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system under par. (a) sub. (1) shall include in the system the following information for each teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher preparatory education program described in sub. s. 115.28 (7) (a) or (e) 2. 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, or, for each teacher teaching in a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, who obtained a bachelor's degree from an institution located in this state on or after July 1, 2010:

SB286-SSA1,6 Section 6. 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 115.383 (2) (a) and (b) and amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,3,25 115.383 (2) (a) The name of the teacher preparatory program or teacher education program the teacher attended and completed or the name of the institution from which the teacher obtained a bachelor's degree.

SB286-SSA1,4,2 (b) The term or semester and year in which the teacher completed the teacher education program described in subd. 1 or obtained a bachelor's degree.

SB286-SSA1,7 Section 7. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is renumbered 115.383 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB286-SSA1,4,9 115.383 (3) (a) If the student information system is established under par. (a), sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the system under par. (a), every school district and every charter school, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), is using the system, and that.

SB286-SSA1,4,16 (b) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall ensure that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using the system under par. (a) sub. (1) or is using a system that is interoperable with the system under par. (a). The commercially available, capable of providing the information required under s. 115.39, and able to obtain pupil identification numbers under sub. (5).

SB286-SSA1,4,20 (c) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), 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) (he).

SB286-SSA1,8 Section 8. 115.383 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB286-SSA1,4,25 115.383 (4) A private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are not attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the system it is using under sub. (3).

SB286-SSA1,9 Section 9. 115.383 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB286-SSA1,5,7 115.383 (5) The state superintendent shall assign to each pupil attending a public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number or that uses any other personally identifying information.

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