SB461,7,5 225.79 Governor's read to lead development fund. There is established a
3separate nonlapsible trust fund, designated the governor's read to lead development
4fund, consisting of all gifts, grants, bequests, and other contributions made to the
5fund.
SB461, s. 15 6Section 15. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461,7,167 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state,; make rules
8establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
9licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192,
10and 118.195,; prescribe by rule standards , requirements, and procedures for the
11approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, including a
12requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher
13preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of
14graduates, together with their date of graduation, from each term or semester of the
15program's most recently completed academic year;
file in the state superintendent's
16office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses; and register each such license.
SB461, s. 16 17Section 16. 115.28 (7) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461,8,418 115.28 (7) (e) 2. Promulgate rules establishing requirements for licensure as
19an alternative education program teacher and for the approval of teacher education
20programs leading to licensure as an alternative education program teacher. The
21rules shall include a requirement that each teacher education program described in
22this subdivision and located in this state shall, beginning on July 1, 2012, and
23annually thereafter, submit to the department a list of graduates, together with their
24date of graduation, from each term or semester of the program's most recently
25completed academic year.
The rules shall encompass the teaching of multiple

1subjects or grade levels or both, as determined by the state superintendent. The
2rules may require teacher education programs to grant credit towards licensure as
3an alternative education program teacher for relevant experience or demonstrated
4proficiency in relevant skills and knowledge.
SB461, s. 17 5Section 17. 115.28 (7g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,8,66 115.28 (7g) Evaluation of teacher preparatory programs.
SB461,8,117 (a) The department shall, in consultation with the governor's office, the
8chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and senate whose subject matter is
9elementary and secondary education and ranking members of those committees, the
10University of Wisconsin System, the technical college system, and the Wisconsin
11Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, do all of the following:
SB461,8,1612 1. Determine how the performance of recent graduates of teacher preparatory
13programs described in s. 115.28 (7) (a) and located in this state and teacher education
14programs described in sub. 115.28 (7) (e) 2. and located in this state will be used to
15evaluate the teacher preparatory and education programs, including by defining
16"recent graduate" and identifying measures of performance.
SB461,8,1817 2. Determine how the measures of performance of recent graduates identified
18as required under subd. 1. will be made accessible to the public.
SB461,8,2119 3. Develop a system to publicly report the measures of performance identified
20as required under subd. 1. for each teacher preparatory and education program
21identified in subd. 1.
SB461,9,222 (b) Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the department shall use the system
23developed under par. (a) 3. to annually report for each program identified in par. (a)
241. the passage rate on first attempt of students and graduates of the program on

1examinations administered for licensure under s. 115.28 (7) and any other
2information required to be reported under par. (a) 1.
SB461,9,83 (c) Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, each teacher preparatory and
4education program shall prominently display and annually update the rate of
5passage of recent graduates of the program on examinations administered for
6licensure under s. 115.28 (7) and any other information required to be reported under
7par. (a) 1. on the program's Web site and provide this information to persons receiving
8admissions materials to the program.
SB461, s. 18 9Section 18. 115.28 (12) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,9,1510 115.28 (12) (ag) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each school district
11using the system under par. (a) shall include in the system the following information
12for each teacher teaching in the school district who graduated from a teacher
13preparatory program described in sub. (7) (a) and located in this state or from a
14teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state on or
15after January 1, 2012:
SB461,9,1716 1. The name of the teacher preparatory program or teacher education program
17the teacher attended and from which the teacher graduated.
SB461,9,1918 2. The term or semester and year in which the teacher graduated from the
19program described in subd. 1.
SB461, s. 19 20Section 19. 115.415 of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,9,25 21115.415 Educator effectiveness. (1) The department shall develop an
22educator effectiveness evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with
23the department's evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals as
24provided in this section, and shall require each school district to evaluate teachers
25and principals in the district beginning in the 2014-15 school year.
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1(2) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system
2according to the following framework:
SB461,10,73 (a) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal
4shall be based upon measures of student performance, including performance on
5state assessments, district-wide assessments, student learning objectives,
6school-wide reading at the elementary and middle-school levels, and graduation
7rates at the high school level.
SB461,10,98 (b) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal
9shall be based upon one of the following:
SB461,10,1210 1. For a teacher, the extent to which the teacher's practice meets the core
11teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support
12Consortium.
SB461,10,1513 2. For a principal, the extent to which the principal's practice meets the 2008
14Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy
15Standards.
SB461,10,1716 (c) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
17of multiple performance categories.
SB461,10,25 18(3) (a) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process
19aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for school districts
20seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and principal
21practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria established
22in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008
23Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy
24Standards, and a school district that uses the process under this subsection shall
25evaluate the performance of teachers in the following 4 domains:
SB461,11,1
11. Planning and preparation.
SB461,11,22 2. The classroom environment.
SB461,11,33 3. Instruction.
SB461,11,44 4. Professional responsibilities and development.
SB461,11,65 (b) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
6of multiple performance categories.
SB461, s. 20 7Section 20. 118.016 of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,11,15 8118.016 Assessments of reading readiness. (1) Beginning in the 2012-13
9school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school
10established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate assessment of literacy
11fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in
125-year-old kindergarten in the school district or in the charter school for reading
13readiness. If the department determines that sufficient moneys are available, the
14school board and governing body shall also assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old
15kindergarten.
SB461,11,19 16(2) The school board of the school district or governing body of the charter
17school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide a pupil whose assessment under
18sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk of reading difficulty with remedial reading
19services, as described under s. 121.02 (1) (c).
SB461, s. 21 20Section 21. 118.19 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,12,721 118.19 (14) (a) The department may not issue an initial teaching license that
22authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education
23unless the applicant has passed an examination that evaluates the applicant's
24knowledge of reading development and scientifically based reading instruction;
25integration of knowledge and understanding phonological and phonemic awareness;

1concepts of print and the alphabetic principles; the role of phonics in promoting
2reading development; word analysis skills and strategies; vocabulary development;
3the application of reading comprehension skills and strategies to imaginative,
4literary, informational, and expository texts; formal and informal methods of
5assessing reading development; multiple approaches to reading instruction;
6development of reading curricula; and the evaluation of the results of instruments
7used to screen pupils for reading acquisition skills.
SB461,12,108 (b) Any teacher who passes the examination under par. (a) shall notify the
9department, which shall add a notation to the teacher's license indicating that he or
10she passed the examination.
SB461, s. 22 11Section 22. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 85,
12is amended to read:
SB461,12,2213 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1466.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
15115.345, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06,
16118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15,
17118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
18118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292,
19118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to
20(27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m),
21and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district
22and board.
SB461, s. 23 23Section 23. 120.12 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,13,224 120.12 (2m) Educator effectiveness. (a) Beginning in the 2014-15 school
25year, evaluate the effectiveness of each teacher and principal employed by the school

1district using either the system established under s. 115.415 (2) or the equivalency
2process established by rule under s. 115.415 (3).
SB461,13,43 (b) Ensure that the results of evaluations conducted under this subsection are
4not subject to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s. 19.35.
SB461, s. 24 5Section 24. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB461,13,106 121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment under s. 118.016 indicates that
7the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. If this subdivision applies, the services
8provided the pupil shall be evidence-based and shall address all areas in which the
9pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state standards in reading and
10language arts.
SB461, s. 25 11Section 25. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB461,13,1712 (1) Educator effectiveness evaluation system. Notwithstanding section
1316.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the
14statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill, the department of public
15instruction shall submit information concerning the cost of developing and
16implementing the educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process
17under section 115.415 of the statutes, as created by this act.
SB461, s. 26 18Section 26. Fiscal changes.
SB461,13,2219 (1) Transfer to governor's read to lead development fund. There is
20transferred from the general fund to the governor's read to lead development fund
21$400,000 in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes
22effect.
SB461, s. 27 23Section 27. Initial applicability.
SB461,14,3
1(1) Teaching license. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes
2first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of
3public instruction on January 1, 2014.
SB461,14,44 (End)
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