SB21-SSA1,3198 21Section 3198. 115.385 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,946,2422 115.385 (1) (a) 3. Gaps Gap closure in pupil achievement in reading and
23mathematics
and, when available, rates of graduation, categorized by race, English
24language proficiency, disability, and income level
.
SB21-SSA1,3199 25Section 3199. 115.385 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1
1115.385 (1) (a) 4. Rates of attendance or of high school graduation.
SB21-SSA1,3200 2Section 3200. 115.385 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.385 (1) (b)
3(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,64 115.385 (1) (b) (intro.) An index system to identify a school's level of
5performance and a school district's level of improvement and to annually place assign
6to
each school into and school district one of 5 the following performance categories.:
SB21-SSA1,3201 7Section 3201. 115.385 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,88 115.385 (1) (b) 1. "Five stars out of 5 — Significantly Exceeds Expectations."
SB21-SSA1,3202 9Section 3202. 115.385 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1010 115.385 (1) (b) 2. "Four stars out of 5 — Exceeds Expectations."
SB21-SSA1,3203 11Section 3203. 115.385 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1212 115.385 (1) (b) 3. "Three stars out of 5 — Meets Expectations."
SB21-SSA1,3204 13Section 3204. 115.385 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1414 115.385 (1) (b) 4. "Two stars out of 5 — Meets Few Expectations."
SB21-SSA1,3205 15Section 3205. 115.385 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1616 115.385 (1) (b) 5. "One star out of 5 — Fails to Meet Expectations."
SB21-SSA1,3206 17Section 3206. 115.385 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,1918 115.385 (1) (c) A qualitative definition for each of the 5 performance categories
19in par. (b).
SB21-SSA1,3207 20Section 3207. 115.385 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,947,2221 115.385 (1m) For purposes of determining a school's performance or a school
22district's improvement under sub. (1) all of the following apply:
SB21-SSA1,947,2423 (a) The department may not include the following pupils or pupil examination
24scores:
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11. A pupil who attended a private school under the program under s. 118.60 or
2119.23 in the 8th grade and who transfers to a public school, including a charter
3school, for the 9th grade.
SB21-SSA1,948,64 2. A pupil who was enrolled in a public school, including a charter school, in the
58th grade and who transfers to a private school under the program under s. 118.60
6or 119.23 for the 9th grade.
SB21-SSA1,948,87 3. A pupil, other than a pupil enrolled in the 9th grade, who was enrolled in the
8school or school district for less than one year prior to taking the pupil examination.
SB21-SSA1,948,139 (b) 1. Subject to subd. 2., if the department uses pupil examination scores to
10determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, the department
11shall account for the length of time a pupil was enrolled in the school or school district
12prior to taking the pupil examination by weighting pupil examination scores as
13follows:
SB21-SSA1,948,1514 a. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least one
15year but less than 2 years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 1.
SB21-SSA1,948,1716 b. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least 2 years
17but less than 3 years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 2.
SB21-SSA1,948,1918 c. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for more than 3
19years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 3.
SB21-SSA1,948,2220 2. The department may not, for purposes of determining a school's
21performance, account for the length of time a 9th grade pupil was enrolled in the
22school.
SB21-SSA1,949,623 (c) The department shall consider the impact of poverty on pupil achievement
24and growth by adjusting the importance given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1.
25and 1m. based on the percentage of pupils in the school or school district who are

1economically disadvantaged. In this paragraph, an economically disadvantaged
2pupil is a pupil that satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or
3reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as
4determined by the department. Of the total weight the department allocates to the
5measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. and 1m. for the purpose of determining a school's
6performance or a school district's improvement, the department shall do as follows:
SB21-SSA1,949,97 1. If 5 percent or less of the school or school district membership is comprised
8of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 90
9percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 10 percent.
SB21-SSA1,949,1210 2. If 65 percent or more of the school or school district membership is comprised
11of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 10
12percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 90 percent.
SB21-SSA1,949,1513 3. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school
14district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department
15shall determine the weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as follows:
SB21-SSA1,949,1616 a. Divide 80 by 60.
SB21-SSA1,949,1817 b. Multiply the quotient determined under subd. 3. a. by the percentage of
18economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership.
SB21-SSA1,949,1919 c. Add 3.35 to the result under subd. 3. b.
SB21-SSA1,949,2420 4. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school
21district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department
22shall determine the weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. by subtracting the
23weight given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as determined under subd. 3.
24from 100.
SB21-SSA1,950,4
1(d) For purposes of measuring a school district's improvement, the department
2may not include data derived from a virtual charter school that is considered to be
3located in the school district under s. 118.51 (18) if at least 50 percent of the pupils
4attending the virtual charter school are attending under s. 118.51.
SB21-SSA1,3208 5Section 3208. 115.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,950,156 115.385 (2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s.
7118.40 (2r) or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
8118.60 or 119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12)
9(b), or begins using a system that is interoperable with that system, the
with the
10accountability report published for the 2015-16 school year, the
department shall
11include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1) charter
12schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private schools participating in
13a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The department shall use the
14same criteria to measure the performance of all schools included in the annual school
15accountability report
.
SB21-SSA1,3209 16Section 3209. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,950,2017 115.385 (3) On an accountability report published for a private school
18participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department shall specify
19the percentage of pupils attending the private school under the program and comply
20with one of the following:
SB21-SSA1,950,2421 (a) For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils
22attending the private school under the program, assign to the private school a
23performance category derived from data about those pupils attending the private
24school under the program.
SB21-SSA1,951,8
1(b) For a private school that submits achievement data for those pupils
2attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 and achievement data for all
3other pupils attending the private school, assign to the private school a performance
4category derived from data about pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or
5119.23 and identify the performance category as the choice pupil performance
6category. The department shall also assign a 2nd performance category, derived from
7data about all pupils attending the private school including pupils attending the
8private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, as the private school performance category.
SB21-SSA1,3210 9Section 3210. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,951,1910 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each
11private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
12shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of
13each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously
14provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the
15educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school
16district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice
17program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time open enrollment, youth options,
18course options, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational
19program.
SB21-SSA1,3211 20Section 3211. 115.385 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,951,2421 115.385 (5) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and biennially thereafter, the
22appropriate standing committee of each house of the legislature shall conduct a
23review of school and school district accountability reports published under this
24section.
SB21-SSA1,3211p
1Section 3211p. 115.415 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
2Act 20
, is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,952,103 115.415 (1) (a) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness
4evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with the department's
5evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals of public schools,
6including teachers and principals of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
7or (2x), as provided in this section. Subject to par. (b), each school board and the
8operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall evaluate
9teachers and principals in the school district or charter school beginning in the
102014-15 school year.
SB21-SSA1,3211r 11Section 3211r. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,952,1512 115.415 (2) (intro.) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness
13evaluation system according to the following framework, and may charge a fee to a
14school district and the governing body board of a charter school established under s.
15118.40 (2r) or (2x) to use the system developed under this subsection:
SB21-SSA1,3211t 16Section 3211t. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,953,317 115.415 (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:
SB21-SSA1,3211v 4Section 3211v. 115.415 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,953,95 115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department
6may award grants to school districts and the governing body board of a charter school
7established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to implement an educator effectiveness
8evaluation system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by
9rule under sub. (3).
SB21-SSA1,3212 10Section 3212. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,953,1411 115.42 (2) (c) The amount of each grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 in any
12school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at least 60 percent
13of the pupils enrolled are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or
14reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
SB21-SSA1,3213 15Section 3213. 115.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,953,1816 115.43 (1) Definition. In this section, " economically disadvantaged pupil"
17means a pupil who is eligible satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or
18reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
SB21-SSA1,3215 19Section 3215. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,3215d 20Section 3215d. 115.437 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,953,2421 115.437 (1) In this section, "number of pupils enrolled" has the meaning given
22in s. 121.90 (1) (intro.) and includes 40 percent of the summer enrollment. "Number
23of pupils enrolled" does not include pupils described in the exception under s. 121.90
24(1) (f).
SB21-SSA1,3216d
1Section 3216d. 115.437 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.437 (2) (a) and
2amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,954,93 115.437 (2) (a) Annually Except as provided in par. (b), annually on the 4th
4Monday of March, the department shall pay to each school district an amount equal
5to the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the current
6and 2 preceding school years multiplied by $75 in the 2013-14 school year and, by
7$150 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, and by $250 in each school year
8thereafter. The department shall make the payments from the appropriation under
9s. 20.255 (2) (aq).
SB21-SSA1,3216f 10Section 3216f. 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,954,1211 115.437 (2) (b) 1. The department shall make the payment under par. (a) for the
122015-16 school year on the 2nd Monday of July 2016.
SB21-SSA1,954,1813 2. The department shall consider the amount paid from s. 20.255 (2) (aq) under
14subd. 1. to be money appropriated to s. 20.255 (2) (aq) in the 2015-16 school year for
15purposes of calculating the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per
16pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. from the 2014-15 school year to the 2015-16 school
17year, from the 2015-16 school year to the 2016-17 school year, and from the 2016-17
18school year to the 2017-18 school year.
SB21-SSA1,3220 19Section 3220. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,954,2320 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b)
212.
, if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school
22district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), "local educational agency"
23means the school district that the child is attending.
SB21-SSA1,3220m 24Section 3220m. 115.775 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,955,3
1115.775 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), an operator of a charter school under
2s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is a local educational agency, as defined in 20 USC 1401 (19), and
3shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482.
SB21-SSA1,3220p 4Section 3220p. 115.775 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,955,95 115.775 (2) The board of directors of the school district operating under ch. 119
6is a local educational agency under this section and shall comply with 20 USC 1400
7to 1482 if the board of directors enters into a written agreement with an operator of
8a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) under which the board of directors agrees
9to serve as the local educational agency.
SB21-SSA1,3221 10Section 3221. 115.777 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,955,1811 115.777 (1) (a) A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or administrator
12of a social agency who reasonably believes that a child brought to him or her for
13services has a disability shall refer the child to the local educational agency. If the
14local educational agency to whom the referral is made is the school district in which
15the child resides but the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school
16district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school
17district in which the child resides shall provide the name of the child and related
18information to the school board of the school district that the child is attending.
SB21-SSA1,956,219 (b) A person who is required to be licensed under s. 115.28 (7), who is employed
20by a local educational agency and who reasonably believes a child has a disability,
21shall refer the child to the local educational agency. If the local educational agency
22to whom the referral is made is the school district that the child is attending but the
23child is a nonresident attending a public school in that school district under s. 118.50,
24118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child

1is attending shall provide the name of the child and related information to the school
2board of the child's school district of residence.
SB21-SSA1,956,103 (c) Any person other than those specified under par. (a) or (b) who reasonably
4believes that a child is a child with a disability may refer the child to a local
5educational agency. If the local educational agency to whom the referral is made is
6the school district in which the child resides but the child is attending a public school
7in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the
8school board of the school district in which the child resides shall provide the name
9of the child and related information to the school board of the school district that the
10child is attending.
SB21-SSA1,3222 11Section 3222. 115.78 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,956,1512 115.78 (1) Definition. In this section, for a child who is attending a public
13school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4),
14"local educational agency" means the school board of the school district that the child
15is attending.
SB21-SSA1,3223 16Section 3223. 115.78 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,956,2017 115.78 (1m) (h) If the child is attending a public school in a nonresident school
18district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), at least one person designated
19by the school board of the child's school district of residence who has knowledge or
20special expertise about the child.
SB21-SSA1,3224 21Section 3224. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,957,322 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child's
23individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b)
242.
, if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school
25district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school

1district that the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the
2child and shall pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child
3resides if required by the placement.
SB21-SSA1,3224g 4Section 3224g. 115.791 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,957,105 115.791 (4) Subject to s. 115.77 (1m) (d) and (e), this section does not require
6a local educational agency to pay the cost of education, including special education
7and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility,
8including a child with a disability attending a private school under s. 115.7915,
if the
9local educational agency made a free appropriate public education available to the
10child and the child's parents elected to place the child in a private school or facility.
SB21-SSA1,3224m 11Section 3224m. 115.7915 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,957,13 12115.7915 Special Needs Scholarship Program. (1) Definitions. In this
13section:
SB21-SSA1,957,1414 (a) "Eligible school" means a private school located in this state.
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