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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 848
March 15, 2016 - Offered by Senators Risser, Miller, Vinehout, Harris Dodd,
Ringhand, C. Larson, Carpenter, Wirch, Lassa and L. Taylor.
AB848-SA1,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
AB848-SA1,1,2 21. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:
AB848-SA1,1,4 3" Section 1. 16.99 (1d) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
4amended to read:
AB848-SA1,1,65 16.99 (1d) "Charter school sponsor" means an entity described under s. 118.40
6(2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school and the director under s. 118.40 (2x).
AB848-SA1,2 7Section 2. 20.255 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
8is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,1,119 20.255 (1) (f) Assessments of reading readiness. The amounts in the schedule
10to provide school districts and independent charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and
11(2x)
with the assessments of reading readiness under s. 118.016.
AB848-SA1,3 12Section 3. 20.255 (2) (fp) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
13is repealed.
AB848-SA1,5
1Section 5. 36.09 (2) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
2is repealed.
AB848-SA1,6 3Section 6. 36.29 (8) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
4repealed.
AB848-SA1,7 5Section 7. 36.64 of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
6repealed.
AB848-SA1,8 7Section 8. 115.001 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
8is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,2,129 115.001 (1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
10with a school board under s. 118.40, or with one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r)
11(b) 1., or with the director under s. 118.40 (2x), or a school established and operated
12by one of the entities under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. to d.
AB848-SA1,9 13Section 9. 115.34 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
14amended to read:
AB848-SA1,2,2415 115.34 (2) The state superintendent shall make payments to school districts,
16private schools, charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), tribal schools, the
17program under s. 115.52, and the center under s. 115.525 for school lunches served
18to children in the prior year as determined by the state superintendent from the
19appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn). Payments shall equal the state's matching
20obligation under 42 USC 1751 et seq. Payments in the current year shall be
21determined by prorating the state's matching obligation based on the number of
22school lunches served to children in the prior year. In this subsection, " private
23school" means any school defined in s. 115.001 (3r) which complies with the
24requirements of 42 USC 2000d.
AB848-SA1,10
1Section 10. 115.383 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,3,63 115.383 (3) (a) If the student information system is established under sub. (1),
4the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the
5system, every school district and every charter school, other than a charter school
6established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), is using the system.
AB848-SA1,11 7Section 11. 115.383 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
855
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,3,149 115.383 (3) (b) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent
10shall ensure that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and
11every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
12119.23 is either using the system under sub. (1) or is using a system that is
13commercially available and able to obtain pupil identification numbers under sub.
14(5).
AB848-SA1,12 15Section 12. 115.385 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
16is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,3,2217 115.385 (2) Beginning with the accountability report published for the 2015-16
18school year, the department shall include in its annual school accountability report
19under sub. (1) charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private
20schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The
21department shall use the same criteria to measure the performance of all schools
22included in the annual school accountability report.
AB848-SA1,13 23Section 13. 115.415 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
2455
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,4,8
1115.415 (1) (a) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness
2evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with the department's
3evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals of public schools,
4including teachers and principals of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
5or (2x), as provided in this section. Subject to par. (b), each school board and the
6operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall evaluate
7teachers and principals in the school district or charter school beginning in the
82014-15 school year.
AB848-SA1,14 9Section 14. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
10Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,4,1411 115.415 (2) (intro.) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness
12evaluation system according to the following framework, and may charge a fee to a
13school district and the governing board of a charter school established under s. 118.40
14(2r) or (2x) to use the system developed under this subsection:
AB848-SA1,15 15Section 15. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015
16Wisconsin Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,5,317 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency
18process aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school
19district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an
20instrumentality of the school district, or a charter school established under s. 118.40
21(2r) or (2x) seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and
22principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria
23established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and
24the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership
25Policy Standards, and a school district, charter school under contract with a school

1board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or charter school
2established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that uses the process under this subsection
3shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
AB848-SA1,16 4Section 16. 115.415 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
5is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,5,106 115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department
7may award grants to school districts and the governing board of a charter school
8established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to implement an educator effectiveness
9evaluation system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by
10rule under sub. (3).
AB848-SA1,17 11Section 17. 115.775 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
12is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,5,1513 115.775 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), an operator of a charter school under
14s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is a local educational agency, as defined in 20 USC 1401 (19), and
15shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482.
AB848-SA1,18 16Section 18. 115.775 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,5,2117 115.775 (2) The board of directors of the school district operating under ch. 119
18is a local educational agency under this section and shall comply with 20 USC 1400
19to 1482 if the board of directors enters into a written agreement with an operator of
20a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) under which the board of directors agrees
21to serve as the local educational agency.
AB848-SA1,19 22Section 19. 115.88 (1m) (am) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
2355
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,6,1224 115.88 (1m) (am) Subject to par. (b), if the operator of a charter school
25established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) operates a special education program and the

1state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying
2with 20 USC 1400 to 1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department
3of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the
4amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school
5year for salaries of full-time or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of
6special education, school nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school
7psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting
8teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child
9with a disability in a class and any other personnel, as determined by the state
10superintendent, as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s.
1120.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this paragraph and
12adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.
AB848-SA1,20 13Section 20. 115.88 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
14is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,6,2515 115.88 (2m) Other transportation aid. If the operator of a charter school
16established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) or established as a noninstrumentality
17charter school under s. 118.40 (2m) transports children with disabilities and the
18state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying
19with 20 USC 1400 to 1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department
20of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the
21amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school
22year for transportation under this subsection as costs eligible for reimbursement
23from the appropriations under s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit
24costs under this subsection and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible
25costs.
AB848-SA1,21
1Section 21. 115.88 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
2is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,7,73 115.88 (9) Distribution schedule. Each county, cooperative educational
4service agency, operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x)
5and school district entitled to state aid under this section shall receive 15% of its total
6aid entitlement in each month from November to March and 25% of its total
7entitlement in June.
AB848-SA1,22 8Section 22. 115.881 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
9is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,7,1610 115.881 (1) A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service
11agency, county children with disabilities education board, or operator of a charter
12school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may apply to the department for aid
13under this section if the applicant incurred, in the previous school year, more than
14$30,000 of nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related
15services to a child and those costs were not eligible for reimbursement under s.
16115.88, 115.93, or 118.255, 20 USC 1400 et seq., or federal medicaid.
AB848-SA1,23 17Section 23. 115.997 (2) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1855
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,7,2019 115.997 (2) (h) "Local education agency" means a school district or the operator
20of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
AB848-SA1,24 21Section 24. 118.016 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
2255
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,8,423 118.016 (1) (a) In the 2014–15 and 2015-16 school years, each school board and
24the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using
25the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by

1the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to
22nd grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The
3department shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses
4phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.
AB848-SA1,25 5Section 25. 118.016 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
655
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,8,147 118.016 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, each school board and the
8operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using
9the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by
10the school board or operator, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old
11kindergarten to 2nd grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading
12readiness. The school board or operator shall ensure that the assessment evaluates
13whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. A
14school board or operator may administer computer adaptive assessments.
AB848-SA1,26 15Section 26. 118.016 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
16is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,8,1917 118.016 (1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch.
18V of ch. 115, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
19or (2x) shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
AB848-SA1,27 20Section 27. 118.035 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
21is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,8,2322 118.035 (1) In this section, "school" means a public school and includes a
23charter school other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
AB848-SA1,28 24Section 28. 118.076 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
25Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,9,4
1118.076 (2) (intro.) Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, each school board
2operating high school grades, the operator of each charter school established under
3s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates high school grades, and the governing body of each
4private school that operates high school grades shall do all of the following:
AB848-SA1,29 5Section 29. 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
655
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,9,127 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. By January 1, 2000, or by January 1 of the 1st school year of
8operation, whichever is later, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
9or (2x) shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and
10writing, geography and history. The operator of the charter school may adopt the
11pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated
12January 13, 1998.
AB848-SA1,30 13Section 30. 118.30 (1g) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1455
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,9,2115 118.30 (1g) (c) Each school board operating elementary grades and each
16operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates elementary
17grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil
18attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its
19own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts
20in the 8th grade. If the school board or operator of the charter school develops or
21adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.
AB848-SA1,31 22Section 31. 118.30 (1r) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
23Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,9,2524 118.30 (1r) (intro.) Annually the operator of each charter school under s. 118.40
25(2r) or (2x) shall do all of the following:
AB848-SA1,32
1Section 32. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
255
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,10,73 118.30 (2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under
4subch. V of ch. 115, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40
5(2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under
6s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under
7s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
AB848-SA1,33 8Section 33. 118.30 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
955
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,10,1710 118.30 (2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent
11by rule, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x),
12governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or
13governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23
14may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a
15limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the
16pupil to be examined in his or her native language, or may modify the format and
17administration of an examination for such pupils.
AB848-SA1,34 18Section 34. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
1955
, is amended to read:
AB848-SA1,10,2220 118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator
21of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall excuse the pupil from taking an
22examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (3).
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