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5. One administrator, as defined in s. 115.39 (1) (a), of a private school
7participating in a parental choice program, as defined in s. 115.39 (1) (d), nominated
8by the state superintendent.
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6. One teacher employed by a private school, participating in a parental choice
10program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, nominated by the state superintendent.
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7. One representative of a technical college located in this state, nominated by
12the state superintendent.
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8. One representative of a private college or university in this state, nominated
14by the governor.
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9. One individual nominated by the governor.
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10. One principal of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r),
17nominated by the minority leader of the assembly.
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11. One individual nominated by the speaker of the assembly.
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12. One teacher employed by a school district, nominated by the senate
20minority leader.
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13. One individual nominated by the senate majority leader.
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(b) The academic review board may appoint nonvoting members to serve on the
23board in an advisory capacity.
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24Section
4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
25the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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1Section
5. 20.255 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.255
(1) (fm)
Value-Added Research Center. The amounts in the schedule to
3pay the costs of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Value-Added Research Center
4under s. 115.39 (4) (e).
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5Section
6. 115.28 (61) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.28
(61) Educational options. Annually, in January, inform the parent or
7guardian of each child who is at least 3 years old but not yet 18 years old who resides
8in the school district of the educational options available to the child, including public
9schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools,
10full-time open enrollment, youth options, and course options.
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11Section
7. 115.28 (62) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.28
(62) Alternative tests. Publish on the department's Internet site a list
13of alternative tests approved by the academic review board under s. 115.39 (9) (a) 6.
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14Section
8. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.385
(3) This section does not apply after September 30, 2017.
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16Section
9. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
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17115.39 School review system. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Administrator" means the superintendent, supervising principal,
19executive director, or other person who acts as the administrative head of a private
20school participating in a parental choice program.
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1(b) "Child at risk" has the meaning given in s. 118.153 (1) (a).
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(c) "Focus school" means a Title I public school identified as a focus school by
3the department or by the school district as eligible to receive funding under
20 USC
46303 (g) for the purpose of developing and implementing a school reform plan.
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(d) "Parental choice program" means the program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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(e) "Priority school" means a Title I public school identified as a priority school
7by the department or by the school district as eligible to receive funding under
20
8USC 6303 (g) for the purpose of implementing rigorous interventions in the school.
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(f) "Research center" means the University of Wisconsin-Madison
10Value-Added Research Center.
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(g) "Review board" means the academic review board.
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(h) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private
13school participating in a parental choice program.
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(i) "Title I" means Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education
15Act of 1965.
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16(2) Review system; evaluation and grades. No later than 24 months after the
17effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the review board shall
18establish, by rule, a comprehensive school review system to be implemented by the
19department beginning in the 2017-18 school year. The review board shall include
20all of the following components in the review system:
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(a) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., multiple measures to determine a school's
22performance, including all of the following categorized by English language
23proficiency, disability, income level, and race or ethnicity:
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a. Pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.
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1b. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using
2a value-added methodology that includes demographic controls.
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c. Gap closure in growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics and,
4when available, in graduation rates.
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d. Rates of attendance or of high school graduation. The measure under this
6subd. 1. d. shall include a measure of improvement in addition to a measure of
7attainment.
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2. Beginning 4 years after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts
9date], and once every 2 years thereafter, the review board shall review the measures
10under subd. 1. to determine whether the measures sufficiently and accurately reflect
11the performance of a school. The review board shall prepare and furnish to the
12governor, the speaker of the assembly, the senate majority leader, and the
13department a report summarizing the findings under this subdivision.
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3. The department shall determine the appropriate weight to be given each of
15the measures under this paragraph for the grades under par. (c).
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(b) Measures to ensure that all applicable data elements collected and
17calculations performed are done consistently and in a uniform manner for all schools.
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(c) A grading system to rate a school's level of performance. The department
19shall use the following grading system consisting of a letter grade:
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25(3) Review report. The department shall do all of the following:
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1(a) Beginning with data collected from the 2015-16 school year for a public
2school other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), and with data
3collected from the 2016-17 school year for a private school participating in a parental
4choice program and a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), except as
5provided in sub. (5) (c), annually grade the performance of each school using the
6grading system under sub. (2) (c) and issue a review report for the school that is clear
7and easily understandable. Except with regard to pupil achievement and attendance
8and high school graduation status, the department shall base the grade issued for
9each school year on data derived from the preceding school year.
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(b) Collect and disseminate the best practices from schools, except that the
11department may not collect information for this purpose from a private school
12participating in a parental choice program without the private school's consent.
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(c) On the review report for a private school participating in a parental choice
14program, specify the percentage of pupils attending the private school under a
15parental choice program and comply with one of the following:
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1. For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils
17attending the private school under the parental choice program, identify the grade
18derived from data about those pupils as a choice pupil grade.
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2. Notwithstanding sub. (5) (b), for a private school that submits achievement
20data under sub. (4) (a) or (e) for those pupils attending the private school under the
21parental choice program and for all other pupils attending the private school,
22identify the grade derived from data about pupils attending the school under a
23parental choice program as a choice pupil grade. The department shall also identify
24a 2nd grade, derived from data about all pupils attending the private school
25including pupils attending the private school under the parental choice program, as
1the private school grade. The department may use only the choice pupil grade
2identified under this subdivision in determining when a sanction may be imposed
3under this section.
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(d) Include a data component in a school review report for a school year only
5if the component includes data from at least 20 pupils in that school year.
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(e) At least 30 days before issuing a review report for a school under this section,
7provide the school an opportunity to review a preliminary version of the report and
8correct errors.
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(f) Annually provide the review board with a copy of the review report.
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10(4) Data used to evaluate school performance. Subject to sub. (5) (b), the
11department may use only the following information for each measure specified in
12sub. (2) (a):
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(a) For measuring pupil achievement in reading and mathematics under sub.
14(2) (a) 1. a.:
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1. Scores on the reading and mathematics examinations administered under
16s. 118.30, including scores on the alternate reading and mathematics examinations
17administered to children with significant cognitive disabilities.
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2. The disability status of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
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3. The grade level of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
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4. The race or ethnicity of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
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5. The English proficiency status of pupils taking the examinations under s.
22118.30.
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6. The economic status of pupils taking the examinations under s. 118.30.
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(b) For measuring growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics
25under sub. (2) (a) 1. b., the information under par. (a).
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1(c) For measuring gap closure in growth in pupil achievement in reading and
2mathematics and in graduation rates under sub. (2) (a) 1. c., the information under
3par. (d). When measuring gap closure, the department shall ensure that a subgroup
4with a sufficient number of pupils within a school is compared to the statewide
5performance of pupils who are not in that subgroup.
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(d) For measuring rates of attendance and of high school graduation under sub.
7(2) (a) 1. d.:
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1. The information under par. (a).
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2. Attendance data.
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3. Data about pupils who graduate from high school with a regular diploma
11within 4 school years, within 5 school years, and within 6 school years.
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4. Data about pupils identified in sub. (5) (c) 1. who graduate from high school
13with a regular diploma within 6 school years.
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(e) If a school administers a nationally recognized, norm-referenced test that
15has been approved by the review board under sub. (9) (a) 6. or 7. to pupils attending
16the school, achievement data derived from the test. The department shall submit the
17data to the research center, which shall statistically equate the scores so that the
18data may be used to measure the achievement and growth of pupils attending the
19school. The department shall then use the data to do so. The department shall pay
20the center's costs from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (fm).
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21(5) Data to evaluate performance; sources and special circumstances. (a)
22To the extent practicable, the department shall use data obtained through the
23student information system under s. 115.383 for the purposes of this section and
24shall develop data submittal and collection procedures that reduce the
1administrative burden and cost for private schools participating in a parental choice
2program.
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(b) For a private school participating in a parental choice program, the
4department may use for each measure specified in sub. (2) (a) only the information
5in this subsection that pertains to pupils attending the private school under the
6program unless the private school submits achievement data under sub. (4) (a) or (e)
7for pupils attending the private school other than under the parental choice program.
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(c) 1. If the department determines that there is insufficient data about a school
9to grade its performance under sub. (3) (a) or that a grade under sub. (2) (c) is
10inappropriate because the mission of the school is to serve predominantly or
11exclusively pupils in any of the following categories, the department shall issue a
12review report for the school but grade the school as "satisfactory" or "needs
13improvement":
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a. A child at risk.
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b. A pupil for whom an individualized education program or individualized
16family service plan is in effect.
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c. A pupil who has provided the school with a letter from a physician, a
18psychologist licensed under s. 455.04, or a professional counselor licensed under s.
19457.12 that specifies the pupil's special needs and the accommodations necessary in
20order to enable the pupil to take standardized assessments.
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2. If sub. (4) (e) applies to a private school participating in a parental choice
22program, but at which fewer than 20 pupils are attending the private school under
23the program, the private school may direct the department to display on the school's
24review report the percentile rank of pupil scores on the test instead of a grade under
25sub. (2) (c).
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13. If the department determines that the percentage of pupils in a school who
2participate in the examinations administered under s. 118.30 is inadequate, the
3department may use that as a factor in determining the school's grade under sub. (3)
4(a).
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5(6) Sanctions - step i. (a) Beginning with an accountability report received
6under s. 115.385 for the 2015-16 school year for a public school other than a charter
7school established under s. 118.40 (2r), and with a review report received in the
82016-17 school year for a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), if a public
9school, including a charter school, receives under sub. (3) (a) or s. 115.385 a grade of
10"D" in the 3rd school year of any 3 consecutive school years, the state superintendent
11shall require the school board or operator of the charter school to immediately
12undertake one of the following measures for improving the performance of the school:
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1. a. Develop goals, implement a reform plan, and, subject to subd. 1. b., comply
14for 4 school years with requirements imposed on a focus school.
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b. If the public school subject to sanctions under subd. 1. a. is designated a focus
16school or a priority school at the time the state superintendent requires action under
17this paragraph, at the end of the 4-school-year period described under subd. 1. a.,
18the public school shall be required to comply with any requirements in effect at the
19time action is required under this paragraph if those requirements have not been
20satisfied.
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2. Implement for 4 school years an alternative improvement plan approved by
22the review board.
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(b) Beginning with an accountability report received under s. 115.385 for the
242015-16 school year for a public school other than a charter school established under
25s. 118.40 (2r), and with a review report received in the 2016-17 school year for a
1charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), if a public school, including a charter
2school, receives under sub. (3) (a) or s. 115.385 a grade of "F" in the 3rd school year
3of any 3 consecutive school years, the state superintendent shall require the school
4board or operator of the charter school to immediately undertake one of the following
5measures for improving the performance of the school:
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1. a. Develop goals, implement a reform plan, and, subject to subd. 1. b., comply
7for 4 school years with requirements imposed on a priority school.
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b. If the public school subject to sanctions under subd. 1. a. is designated a focus
9school or a priority school at the time the state superintendent requires action under
10this paragraph, at the end of the 4-school-year period described under subd. 1. a.,
11the public school shall be required to comply with any requirements in effect at the
12time action is required under this paragraph if those requirements have not been
13satisfied.
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2. Implement for 4 school years an alternative improvement plan approved by
15the review board.
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(c) 1. Beginning with a review report received in the 2016-17 school year, if the
17state superintendent determines that a private school that has 20 or more pupils
18participating in a parental choice program has received under sub. (3) (a) a grade of
19"D" in the 3rd school year of any 3 consecutive school years in which the school has
20participated in a parental choice program, the state superintendent shall require the
21private school to immediately undertake one of the following measures for improving
22the performance of the private school as a condition for continued participation in a
23parental choice program:
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a. Develop goals, implement a reform plan, and comply for 4 years with
25requirements imposed on a focus school.
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1b. Implement for 4 school years an alternative improvement plan approved by
2the review board.