AB40,797,1412 111.825 (1r) (ef) Instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the
13University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established
14by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats.
AB40,1726 15Section 1726. 111.825 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,797,1816 111.825 (2) (f) Instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the
17University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established
18by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats.
AB40,1727 19Section 1727. 111.92 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,797,2520 111.92 (1) (c) Any tentative agreement reached between the governing board
21of the charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2011 stats.,
22acting for the state, and any labor organization representing a collective bargaining
23unit specified in s. 111.825 (1r) (ef) shall, after official ratification by the labor
24organization and approval by the chancellor of the University of
25Wisconsin-Parkside, be executed by the parties.
AB40,1728
1Section 1728. 114.33 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,798,122 114.33 (6) (a) For the purposes of carrying out this section and ss. 114.35 and
3114.37, the secretary may acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation any
4lands for establishing, protecting, laying out, enlarging, extending, constructing,
5reconstructing, improving and maintaining airports, or interests in lands in and
6about airports. After completion of the improvements, subject to any prior action
7under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1),
the secretary may convey as provided in this
8subsection lands that were acquired under this subsection, but were not necessary
9for the airport improvements. The conveyances may be made with reservations
10concerning the future use and occupation of those lands so as to protect the airports
11and improvements and their environs and to preserve the view, appearance, light,
12air and usefulness of the airports.
AB40,1729 13Section 1729. 114.33 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,799,414 114.33 (10) Subject to the approval of the governor under this subsection and
15subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1)
, the secretary may
16sell at public or private sale property of whatever nature owned by the state and
17under the jurisdiction of the secretary when the secretary determines that the
18property is no longer necessary for the state's use for airport purposes and, if real
19property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 16.310. The
20secretary shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the property to
21be sold, the reason for the sale, and the minimum price for which the property should
22be sold, together with an application for the governor's approval of the sale. The
23governor shall investigate the proposed sale as he or she deems necessary and
24approve or disapprove the application. Upon approval and receipt of the full
25purchase price, the secretary shall by appropriate deed or other instrument transfer

1the property to the purchaser. The funds derived from the sale shall be deposited in
2the appropriate airport fund, and the expense incurred by the secretary in
3connection with the sale shall be paid from that fund. This subsection does not apply
4to real property that is sold under s. 16.848.
AB40,1730 5Section 1730. 115.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,799,96 115.001 (1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
7with a school board under s. 118.40 or with one of the entities an entity under s.
8118.40 (2r) (b) 1., or a school established and operated by one of the entities an entity
9under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. a. to d.
AB40,1731 10Section 1731. 115.28 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,799,1611 115.28 (7) (g) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3), (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14),
12grant a charter school teaching license to any person who has a bachelor's degree and
13demonstrates, based upon criteria established by the department, that the person
14is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach. The license
15authorizes the person to teach that subject or those subjects in a charter school. The
16license is valid for 3 years and is renewable for 3-year periods.
AB40,1732 17Section 1732. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,799,2318 115.28 (12) (a) Working with the office of the governor, establish a student
19information system to collect and maintain information about pupils enrolled in
20public schools, and charter schools and, subject to par. (b), about pupils enrolled in
21private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23,

22including their academic performance and demographic information, aggregated by
23school district, school, and teacher.
AB40,1733 24Section 1733. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,800,6
1115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each Each school
2district, charter school, and private school using the system under par. (a) shall
3include in the system the following information for each teacher teaching in the
4school district or school who completed a teacher preparatory program described in
5sub. (7) (a) and located in this state or a teacher education program described in sub.
6(7) (e) 2. and located in this state on or after January 1, 2012:
AB40,1734 7Section 1734. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,800,158 115.28 (12) (b) Ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the system
9under par. (a), every school district and charter school is using the system, and that
10every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
11119.23 is either using the system under par. (a) or is using a system that is
12interoperable with the system under par. (a)
. The state superintendent may
13promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to any person that uses
14the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.255
15(1) (jm) (he).
AB40,1735 16Section 1735. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,800,2017 115.28 (27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called
18WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer
19online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide
20professional development for teachers; and enable video conferencing.
AB40,1736 21Section 1736. 115.28 (54) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,801,422 115.28 (54) Collaborative content delivery and online instruction. Promote
23the delivery of digital content and collaborative instruction among schools within a
24school district and between 2 or more school districts, including through online
25courses. To accomplish the objectives of this subsection, the department may not

1promulgate a rule that requires a licensed teacher or instructional staff person,
2defined as required under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2., to be physically present in a classroom
3in which the delivery of content or collaborative instruction is being provided in that
4classroom digitally or through an online course.
AB40,1737 5Section 1737. 115.28 (59) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,801,86 115.28 (59) Academic and career planning. (a) Ensure that, beginning in the
72017-18 school year, every school board is providing academic and career planning
8services to pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 in the school district.
AB40,801,119 (b) Procure, install, and maintain information technology, including computer
10software, to be used statewide by school districts to provide academic and career
11planning services to pupils in grades 6 to 12.
AB40,801,1512 (c) Provide guidance, training, and technical assistance to school districts and
13school district staff, including teachers and counselors, on how to implement model
14academic and career plans, including training and technical assistance that is
15necessary to implement the information technology under par. (b).
AB40,801,1616 (d) Promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
AB40,1738 17Section 1738. 115.28 (60) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,801,2018 115.28 (60) Teach for America. Distribute the amounts appropriated under
19s. 20.255 (3) (cm) to Teach for America, Inc., to recruit and prepare individuals to
20teach in low-income or urban school districts.
AB40,1739 21Section 1739. 115.297 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,801,2522 115.297 (1) (a) "Agencies" means the department, the board of regents of the
23University of Wisconsin System, the department of children and families, the
24department of workforce development,
the technical college system board, and the
25Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
AB40,1740
1Section 1740. 115.297 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,802,82 115.297 (3) (a) Requires that the agencies establish and maintain a
3longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool
4programs to postsecondary education programs, and describes the process by which
5the data system will be established and maintained, and ensures its interoperability
6with the work force data systems maintained by the department of workforce
7development
. The data system may consist of separate record systems integrated
8through agreement and data transfer mechanisms.
AB40,1741 9Section 1741. 115.297 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,802,1110 115.297 (3) (d) Requires the agencies to exchange student and work force data
11to the extent necessary to perform the evaluation or study approved under par. (c).
AB40,1742 12Section 1742. 115.297 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,802,1613 115.297 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any of the agencies may submit
14student or work force data to the longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a), to
15another agency, or to a public or private research organization, to support an
16evaluation or study under this section.
AB40,1743 17Section 1743. 115.297 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,802,2018 115.297 (6) Report. Annually by October 1, the agencies shall submit a joint
19report to the secretary of administration regarding their progress in establishing a
20longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a).
AB40,1744 21Section 1744. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,802,2522 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with
23which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid
24per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. or 2m. or 2n. in the current school year
25multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.
AB40,1745
1Section 1745. 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,803,52 115.38 (1) (d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course
3in a nonresident school district at an educational institution under s. 118.52, the
4number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s.
5118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.
AB40,1746 6Section 1746. 115.385 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,803,9 7115.385 School and school district accountability report. (1) Annually
8by June 30, the department shall publish a school and school district accountability
9report that includes all of the following components:
AB40,803,1110 (a) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's
11improvement, including all of the following:
AB40,803,1212 1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics.
AB40,803,1413 2. Measures of college and career readiness for high school pupils and measures
14indicative of being on track for college and career readiness in the elementary grades.
AB40,803,1615 3. Gaps in pupil achievement and rates of graduation, categorized by race,
16English language proficiency, disability, and income level.
AB40,803,1817 (b) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and annually
18place each school into one of 5 performance categories.
AB40,803,23 19(2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
20or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
21119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12) (b), or begins
22using a system that is interoperable with that system, the department shall include
23the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1).
AB40,1747 24Section 1747. 115.40 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,804,7
1115.40 School performance incentive program. (1) Grants to high
2performing schools
. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year and annually thereafter,
3from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the department shall award an
4amount determined as follows to the school board of any school that is placed in a
5performance category of "significantly exceeds expectations" or "exceeds
6expectations" on the accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385
7at the end of the immediately preceding school year:
AB40,804,108 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (da) by the sum of the
9number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this
10subsection.
AB40,804,1211 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils
12enrolled in the school.
AB40,804,20 13(2) Grants to schools that demonstrate improvement. Beginning in the
142014-15 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
15(2) (db), the department shall award an amount determined as follows to the school
16board of any school that increases the numeric score, used as the basis for the
17performance category within which the school was placed on the accountability
18report published for the school under s. 115.385 at the end of the immediately
19preceding school year, by at least 3 points over the numeric score received on the
20accountability report published for the school at the end of the previous school year:
AB40,804,2421 (a) For each school eligible to receive an award under this paragraph, multiply
22the number of pupils enrolled in the school by the number of points by which the score
23on the most recent accountability report published for the school exceeded the score
24received in the previous school year.
AB40,805,2
1(b) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (db) by the sum of the
2products under par. (a).
AB40,805,43 (c) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (b) by the number of pupils enrolled
4in the school.
AB40,805,14 5(3) Grants to schools that fail to meet expectations. Beginning in the
62014-15 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
7(2) (dd), the department shall award grants under this subsection to school boards
8within which a school that was placed in a performance category of "fails to meet
9expectations" on the accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385
10at the end of the immediately preceding school year if the school board includes with
11the notice of intent required under this subsection a written school improvement
12plan for each school eligible to receive an award under this subsection and if the
13department determines that the school improvement plan includes and
14comprehensively addresses all of the following components:
AB40,805,1515 (a) A plan to achieve improvements in math and reading.
AB40,805,1716 (b) A plan to collaborate with a high-performing school or a high-performing
17school district to obtain best practices.
AB40,805,1918 (c) A plan to use the educator effectiveness system developed under s. 115.415
19to achieve teacher and principal improvement.
AB40,805,2020 (d) A plan to make administrative or staffing changes to achieve improvement.
AB40,805,2321 (e) A plan to meet goals, set jointly by the school board and the department, that
22are based on measurable objectives, including those included on accountability
23reports published for the school under s. 115.385.
AB40,806,2 24(4) Intent to participate; distribution of funds. (a) The school board of a
25school eligible to receive an award under this section shall submit an intent to

1participate to the department within 60 days after the department publishes the
2accountability report for the school as required under s. 115.385.
AB40,806,53 (b) 1. The administrator of a school eligible to receive an award under this
4section shall comply with the policy prepared under s. 120.12 (2r) for the distribution
5of funding to the school.
AB40,806,96 2. Upon compliance with the requirement under subd. 1., the school board of
7the school district within which the eligible school is located shall distribute the full
8amount of any award determined for the eligible school under sub. (1) or (2), or the
9full amount awarded to the eligible school under sub. (3), to that school.
AB40,1748 10Section 1748. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,806,1411 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 body of a charter school established under s. 118.40
14(2r) to use the system developed under this subsection
:
AB40,1749 15Section 1749. 115.415 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,806,2016 115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department
17may award grants to school districts and the governing body of a charter school
18established under s. 118.40 (2r) to implement an educator effectiveness evaluation
19system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by rule under
20sub. (3).
AB40,1750 21Section 1750. 115.42 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,806,2522 115.42 (1) (a) 5. If the person is licensed by the department as a master educator
23under s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code, he or she has a rating of "effective" or "highly
24effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the
25department.
AB40,1751
1Section 1751. 115.42 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,807,52 115.42 (2) (a) 5. If the person is licensed by the department as a master educator
3under s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code, he or she maintains a rating of "effective" or
4"highly effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by
5the department.
AB40,1752 6Section 1752. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,807,107 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b)
82., if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school
9district under s. 115.7915, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), "local educational agency"
10means the school district that the child is attending.
AB40,1753 11Section 1753. 115.791 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,807,1712 115.791 (4) Subject to s. 115.77 (1m) (d) and (e), this section does not require
13a local educational agency to pay the cost of education, including special education
14and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility,
15including a child with a disability attending a private school under s. 115.7915,
if the
16local educational agency made a free appropriate public education available to the
17child and the child's parents elected to place the child in a private school or facility.
AB40,1754 18Section 1754. 115.7915 of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,807,20 19115.7915 Special Needs Scholarship Program. (1) Definition. In this
20section:
AB40,807,2421 (a) "Eligible school" means a public school located in this state but outside the
22pupil's school district of residence; a charter school located in this state, including a
23charter school located in the pupil's school district of residence and a charter school
24under s. 118.40 (8); or a private school located in this state.
AB40,807,2525 (b) "Services plan" has the meaning given in 34 CFR 300.37.
AB40,808,3
1(1m) Scholarship requirements. Subject to sub. (1r), beginning in the
22013-14 school year, a child with a disability shall receive a scholarship under this
3section to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:
AB40,808,84 (a) The school district in which the eligible public school is located, the eligible
5charter school, or the eligible private school notified the department of its intent to
6participate in the program under this section. The notice shall specify the number
7of pupils who may participate in the program under this section for whom the school
8has space.
AB40,808,169 (b) The school, if a private school, is approved by the state superintendent
10under s. 118.165 (2) or is accredited by the Wisconsin North Central Association,
11Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent
12Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
13School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, the diocese or
14archdiocese within which the private school is located, or any other organization
15recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation as of the August
161 preceding the school term for which the scholarship is awarded.
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