AB748: Bill Text

AB748,20,8 5. Provide the Internet address of the Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools and the scores reported as required under subd. 1. b. in the school newsletter at least twice during the school term.

AB748,20,12 6. Provide a list of the names of the members of the board of directors of the private school or of the entity that oversees the private school. Prominently display the measures of Academic Progress growth assessments on the wall of the private school.

AB748,20,19 7. Prominently display the Measures of Academic Progress growth assessments and the growth assessments for any other nationally recognized assessments administered during the school year to pupils attending the private school on the wall of the private school within 30 days of receiving scores from the assessment company. The display under this subdivision shall provide mean average class growth for each grade and class in the school to which the assessments were administered in the school year in each of the following subjects:

AB748,20,20 a. Reading.

AB748,20,21 b. Language arts.

AB748,20,22 c. Math.

AB748,20,23 d. Science.

AB748,20,24 e. Social studies.

AB748, s. 24 Section 24. 119.23 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB748,21,5 119.23 (6p) A private school participating in the program under this section is not required to categorize the information under sub. (6m) (e) 1. or disclose the information under sub. (6m) (e) and (f) 1., 2., and 4., if the number of pupils in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual pupil.

AB748, s. 25 Section 25. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB748,21,20 119.23 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (b) 1. The audit under this subdivision shall be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make payments under subs. (4) and (4m), except that the certified public accountant conducting the audit shall include a report on the private school's compliance with par. (b) 4. and 6. The auditor shall conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

AB748, s. 26 Section 26. 119.23 (7) (b) 8., 9., 10., 11. and 14. of the statutes are created to read:

AB748,21,24 119.23 (7) (b) 8. Post on the private school's Internet site the current report card prepared for the private school by the department as required under sub. (11) (d).

AB748,22,3 9. a. Except as provided in subd. 9. b., beginning in the 2012-13 school year, ensure that every teacher, supervisor, administrator, and professional staff member holds a license or permit to teach issued by the department.

AB748,22,8 b. For any teacher, supervisor, administrator, or professional staff member teaching in a participating private school on the effective date of this subd. 9. b. .... [LRB inserts date], ensure that the teacher, supervisor, administrator, or professional staff member holds a license or permit to teach issued by the department beginning in the 2017-18 school year.

AB748,22,16 10. Develop policies on truancy, excused and unexcused absences, bullying, pupil engagement in learning activities, promoting the emotional development of pupils, student differentiation, promoting practices designed to provide instruction to each pupil based on the pupil's abilities, and promoting parental involvement and volunteerism. The latter policy shall describe the circumstances under which a pupil's parent or guardian may volunteer, shadow the pupil in school, and observe the pupil in the pupil's classes. The department shall develop model policies on all of these subjects.

AB748,22,22 11. a. Except as provided in subd. 11. b., make available the scores and other information prepared and reported under sub. (6m) (f) 1. on the private school's Internet site as soon as the information becomes available and no later than 30 days after receiving scores from the testing company. The private school shall prominently display on the home page of the private school's Internet site a link to the scores reported as required under this subd. 11. a.

AB748,22,25 b. If a private school does not have an Internet site, the information required to be made available under subd. 11. a. shall be made available on the Internet site of the religious entity that operates or oversees the private school.

AB748,23,5 14. Annually evaluate the effectiveness of each teacher employed by the private school on the basis of pupil scores on the examinations administered under sub. (7) (e) 1.; the Measures of Academic Progress, developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association; the ACT tests; and the Scholastic Math Inventory and Scholastic Inventory assessments, developed by Scholastic, Inc.

AB748, s. 27 Section 27. 119.23 (7) (e) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (7) (e) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB748,24,2 119.23 (7) (e) 1. (intro.) In the 2009-10 school year, each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer a nationally normed standardized test in reading, mathematics, and science to pupils attending the school under the program in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Beginning in the 2010-11 school year and annually thereafter, each private school participating in the program under this section shall administer the examinations required under s. 118.30 (1s) to pupils attending the school under the program. The private school may administer additional standardized tests to such pupils. Beginning in 2006 and annually thereafter until 2011, the private school shall provide the scores of all standardized tests and examinations that it administers under this subdivision to the School Choice Demonstration Project. If the private school administers the Iowa test to pupils, the private school shall determine the average scores and the mean percentage or mean percentile for each class and the percentile distribution of the scores of the pupils to whom the Iowa test was administered in each of the following categories and shall post the results of the determination under this subdivision on the Internet site of the private school, or, if the private school does not maintain an Internet site, on the Internet site of the religious entity that operates or oversees the private school, and shall provide a written copy of the results of this determination, reported by class and grade when possible, to the department and to the parent or guardian of each such pupil:

AB748, s. 28 Section 28. 119.23 (7) (e) 1. a. to f. of the statutes are created to read:

AB748,24,4 119.23 (7) (e) 1. a. Reading, including vocabulary and reading comprehension.

AB748,24,6 b. Language, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, usage, and expression.

AB748,24,8 c. Math, including concepts, estimations, problem solving, data interpretation, and computation.

AB748,24,9 d. Social studies.

AB748,24,10 e. Sources of information, including maps, diagrams, and reference materials.

AB748,24,11 f. Composite totals.

AB748, s. 29 Section 29. 119.23 (7) (e) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB748,24,15 119.23 (7) (e) 1m. The department shall post the information received from a private school that administers the Iowa exam, as provided under subd. 1., on the department's Internet site.

AB748, s. 30 Section 30. 119.23 (7) (f) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB748,24,19 119.23 (7) (f) A private school that is not accredited under sub. (2) (a) 7. shall apply for accreditation by December 31 of the school year in which it enters or reenters the program under this section.

AB748, s. 31 Section 31. 119.23 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB748,24,21 119.23 (10) (am) 4. The private school has violated s. 100.18 (1).

AB748, s. 32 Section 32. 119.23 (10) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB748,25,3 119.23 (10) (d) The state superintendent may withhold payment from a private school under subs. (4) and (4m) if the private school violates this section or s. 118.125 (4).

AB748, s. 33 Section 33. 119.23 (11) (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:

AB748,25,7 119.23 (11) (c) Develop a format for private schools participating in the program under this section to electronically transmit scores from the Iowa test when that test is administered by a participating private school.

AB748,25,11 (d) Using the information reported to the department as required under sub. (6m) (b) 3. and 5., annually, by October 1, prepare a report card for each private school participating in the program under this section and post the report cards on the department's Internet site.

AB748, s. 34 Section 34. 119.23 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB748,25,16 119.23 (12) The department may develop a format for private schools participating in the program under this section to electronically transmit scores from any standardized examination administered to pupils attending a participating private school.

AB748, s. 35 Section 35. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB748,25,18 (1) Results of examinations.

AB748,25,25 (a) By the 30th day after the day of publication of this act, each private school participating in the program under section 118.60 or 119.23 of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall ensure that the results of all standard examinations administered in the previous 5 years to pupils attending the private school under section 118.60 or 119.23 of the statutes, as affected by this act, categorized by subject area, grade, sex, race, disability, and economic status, are provided to the department of public instruction. The department shall post the results on its Internet site.

AB748,26,5 (b) A private school participating in the program under section 118.60 or 119.23 of the statutes, as affected by this act, is not required to categorize the information under paragraph (a) if the number of pupils in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual pupil.

AB748,26,9 (2) School assessment guide. The department of public instruction shall ensure that the school assessment guide required under section 115.28 (27) of the statutes, as created by this act, is available by the first day of the 10th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB748, s. 36 Section 36. Initial applicability.

AB748,26,15 (1) The treatment of section 118.60 (6m) (e) and (f), (7) (am) 1., (b) 10., and (10) (am) 4. of the statutes first applies to private schools participating in the program under section 118.60 of the statutes and to pupils who apply to attend, and to pupils who attend, a private school under section 118.60 of the statutes in the 2012-13 school year.

AB748,26,20 (2) The treatment of sections 119.16 (15) and 119.23 (6m) (e) and (f), (7) (am) 1., (b) 10., and (f), and (10) (am) 4. of the statutes first applies to private schools participating in the program under section 119.23 of the statutes and to pupils who apply to attend, and to pupils who attend, a private school under section 119.23 of the statutes in the 2012-13 school year.

AB748,26,23 (3) The treatment of section 118.225 (intro.) and (3) of the statutes first applies to pupil assessments and examinations administered during the 2012-13 school year.

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