SB21,3238 9Section 3238. 116.08 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1254,10 10116.08 (title) State Loans and local aid.
SB21,3239 11Section 3239. 116.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1254,2012 116.08 (1) An amount not to exceed $25,000 annually shall be paid to each
13agency for the maintenance and operation of the office of the board of control and
14agency administrator and
to match any federal funds received by the agency for
15vocational education administration. No state aid may be paid unless the agency
16submits by August 1 an annual report which includes a detailed certified statement
17of its expenses for the prior year to the state superintendent, and such statement
18reveals that the state aid was expended as provided by this section. In no case may
19the state aid exceed the actual expenditures for the prior year as certified in such
20statement.
SB21,3240 21Section 3240. 116.08 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 116.065 (4) and
22amended to read:
SB21,1255,223 116.065 (4) The school board of a school district that has withdrawn from
24cooperative educational service an agency no. 1 under s. 116.065 under this section

1and is not in any other agency may contract with the department for other programs
2and services the school district would be receiving if it were in an agency.
SB21,3241 3Section 3241. 116.08 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1255,94 116.08 (4m) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, each school board of a school
5district in an agency shall pay to the board of control the school district's proportional
6share of the cost of the maintenance and operation of the office of the board of control
7and agency administrator and to match any federal funds received by the agency for
8vocational education administration, as determined by the board of control under s.
9116.03 (5).
SB21,3242 10Section 3242. 116.08 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,3243 11Section 3243. 117.05 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1255,2112 117.05 (5) (a) Territory in district. All territory within this state shall be
13included in a school district operating elementary school grades and a school district
14operating high school grades or in a school district operating both elementary and
15high school grades, except for territory located in a school district that is not
16operating certain grades as a result of entering into a whole grade sharing agreement
17under s. 118.50
. No territory may be detached from a school district unless by the
18same order it is attached to another school district or included in a new school district
19created by the order. No territory may be detached from a school district that
20operates high school grades unless by the same order it is attached to or included in
21another school district that operates high school grades.
SB21,3244 22Section 3244. 117.30 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1256,1523 117.30 (1) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c) to (d), if a school district
24for 2 or more successive years has failed to operate sufficient classes at each grade
25level to provide all pupils who reside in the school district an opportunity to attend

1class at the appropriate grade level, the board shall attach the territory of the school
2district to one or more school districts that do so. Within 60 days of the date on which
3a school district becomes subject to this section, the state superintendent shall so
4notify the school district clerk and the clerk of each municipality in which part of the
5school district lies. Prior to August 30 of the year in which the school district becomes
6subject to this section, the board shall issue an order of school district reorganization
7attaching the school district to one or more operating school districts. Orders issued
8under this section take effect upon being filed as provided in s. 117.17 (2). The school
9board of each district to which any territory is attached under this section shall levy
10and collect a special tax against the property in the territory so attached for such
11amount as is payable for tuition and transportation, at the time of the attachment,
12by the school district in which the attached territory was located prior thereto, in the
13proportion that the equalized valuation of the attached territory bears to the total
14equalized valuation of the school district in which such territory was located prior
15to such attachment.
SB21,3245 16Section 3245. 117.30 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1256,1917 117.30 (1) (d) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the school district fails to operate
18one or more grades but provides for their operation by another school district
19pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50.
SB21,3246 20Section 3246. 118.134 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1256,2421 118.134 (3m) A pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district
22under s. 118.50 or 118.51 may not file a complaint under sub. (1) in which the pupil
23objects to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by the school
24board of the nonresident school district.
SB21,3247 25Section 3247. 118.153 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1257,5
1118.153 (1) (a) 5. Eighth grade pupils whose score in each subject area on the
2examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) 1. or 118.301 (3) was below the
3basic level, 8th grade pupils who failed the examination administered under s.
4118.30 (1m) (am) 2. or 118.301 (3), and 8th grade pupils who failed to be promoted
5to the 9th grade.
SB21,3248 6Section 3248. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1257,117 118.30 (1) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations
8designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th,
910th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state
10superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter
11Balanced Assessment Consortium.
SB21,3249 12Section 3249. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1257,1813 118.30 (1m) (ar) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school
14year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state
15superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including
16pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session
17of
9th grade. The school board shall administer the examination once in the fall
18session and once in the spring session.
SB21,3250 19Section 3250. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1257,2220 118.30 (1m) (d) If the school board maintains an Internet site for the school
21district, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations
22administered under this subsection to pupils in the school district.
SB21,3251 23Section 3251. 118.30 (1r) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1258,324 118.30 (1r) (ar) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade
25examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all

1pupils enrolled in the charter school in spring session of the 9th grade. The charter
2school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the
3spring session.
SB21,3252 4Section 3252. 118.30 (1r) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1258,75 118.30 (1r) (d) If the operator of the charter school maintains an Internet site
6for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
7examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
SB21,3253 8Section 3253. 118.30 (1s) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1258,129 118.30 (1s) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school
10participating in the program under s. 119.23, other than a private school at which
11fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 119.23,

12shall do all of the following:
SB21,3254 13Section 3254. 118.30 (1s) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1258,1814 118.30 (1s) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session
15administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state
16superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private
17school under s. 119.23. The private school shall administer the examination once in
18the fall session and once in the spring session.
SB21,3255 19Section 3255. 118.30 (1s) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1258,2220 118.30 (1s) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet
21site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
22examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
SB21,3256 23Section 3256. 118.30 (1t) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1259,224 118.30 (1t) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school
25participating in the program under s. 118.60, other than a private school at which

1fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 118.60,

2shall do all of the following:
SB21,3257 3Section 3257. 118.30 (1t) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1259,84 118.30 (1t) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session
5administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state
6superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private
7school under s. 118.60. The private school shall administer the examination once in
8the fall session and once in the spring session.
SB21,3258 9Section 3258. 118.30 (1t) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1259,1210 118.30 (1t) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet
11site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
12examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
SB21,3259 13Section 3259. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1259,1614 118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school
15board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub.
16(1m) or s. 118.301 (3).
SB21,3260 17Section 3260. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1259,2018 118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator
19of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall excuse the pupil from taking an
20examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (3).
SB21,3261 21Section 3261. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1259,2522 118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
23body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the
24pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) to (cm) or s.
25118.301 (3)
.
SB21,3262
1Section 3262. 118.30 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1260,52 118.30 (2) (b) 6. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
3body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall excuse the
4pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1t) (a) to (cm) or s.
5118.301 (3)
.
SB21,3263 6Section 3263. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1260,137 118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
8program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
9examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the
10department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s.
11119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall
12exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23
13who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.
SB21,3264 14Section 3264. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1261,215 118.30 (6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
16(2r) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or
17approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) or authorized under s. 118.301
18(3)
if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its own 4th
19and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter school
20provides the state superintendent with submits the examination results to the
21University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center to conduct

22statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
23approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), the University of
24Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center provides the statistical

1correlations to the state superintendent,
and the federal department of education
2approves.
SB21,3265 3Section 3265. 118.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1261,74 118.30 (7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally
5recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school,
6that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301
7(3)
regardless of the location of the charter school.
SB21,3266 8Section 3266. 118.301 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1261,10 9118.301 Alternative pupil assessments. (1) In this section, "research
10center" means the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center.
SB21,1261,20 11(2) (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
12date], the department shall request from the research center a list of nationally
13recognized, norm-referenced alternative examinations determined by the research
14center to be acceptable for statistical comparison with examinations adopted or
15approved under s. 118.30 (1). Within 90 days after the effective date of this
16paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the research center shall evaluate and approve at
17least 3 and no more than 5 of the examinations and shall submit the list of approved
18examinations to the department. The research center shall submit under this
19paragraph only those examinations that are consistent with the following
20parameters:
SB21,1261,2221 1. The examination aligns sufficiently with content standards established for
22examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1).
SB21,1261,2423 2. The examination is comprised of a variety of testing methodologies,
24including multiple choice and short answer, to assess a range of student skills.
SB21,1262,2
13. The examination includes accommodations or alternative assessments for
2students enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115.
SB21,1262,43 4. The examination provider makes available translations for limited-English
4proficient pupils, as defined in s. 115.955 (7).
SB21,1262,75 5. The examination may be administered in a variety of modes, including with
6paper and pencil, in an online format, in a fixed form format, and in an adaptive
7format.
SB21,1262,98 6. The examination has internal consistency reliability coefficients of at least
90.8.
SB21,1262,1110 (b) An examination approved under this subsection may be administered only
11by a school that notifies the department of its intent to administer the examination.
SB21,1262,20 12(3) (a) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1m), beginning in the 2015-16 school year,
13a school board is not required to administer an examination adopted or approved by
14the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination
15is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the school board administers in that
16grade an alternative examination approved by the research center under sub. (2).
17If the school board elects to administer an alternative examination under this
18paragraph, the school board shall notify the department of its intent to administer
19the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination
20on the school's Internet site.
SB21,1263,421 (b) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1r), beginning in the 2015-16 school year, an
22operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) is not required to administer an
23examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in
24any grade for which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30
25if the operator administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the

1research center under sub. (2). If the operator of the charter school elects to
2administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the operator shall
3notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish
4that fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.
SB21,1263,155 (c) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1s), beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the
6governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23
7that is required to administer an examination under s. 118.30 (1s) is not required to
8administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under
9s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered
10under s. 118.30 if the governing body administers in that grade an alternative
11examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the governing body
12of the private school elects to administer an alternative examination under this
13paragraph, the governing body shall notify the department of its intent to administer
14the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination
15on the school's Internet site.
SB21,1264,216 (d) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1t), beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the
17governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 that
18is required to administer an examination under s. 118.30 (1t) is not required to
19administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under
20s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered
21under s. 118.30 if the governing body administers in that grade an alternative
22examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the governing body
23of the private school elects to administer an alternative examination under this
24paragraph, the governing body shall notify the department of its intent to administer

1the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination
2on the school's Internet site.
SB21,1264,93 (e) If a school administers an alternative examination in any grade under this
4subsection, and if the cost of the alternative examination exceeds the cost of the
5examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent for that grade, the
6school board, operator, or governing body of the school is responsible for the
7difference between the cost of the examination adopted or approved by the state
8superintendent for that grade and the cost of the alternative examination for that
9grade.
SB21,1264,14 10(4) (a) If a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), or
11the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or
12119.23 administers an alternative examination under sub. (3), the school board,
13operator, or governing body shall submit the examination results to the research
14center.
SB21,1264,2015 (b) The research center shall review all examination results received under par.
16(a) and statistically equate them to the pupil examinations required under s. 118.30.
17The research center shall provide the examination data, as statistically equated, to
18the school board, operator, or governing body and to the department. The
19department shall use data received under this subsection to determine a school's
20performance or school district's improvement under s. 115.385.
SB21,3267 21Section 3267. 118.33 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1265,522 118.33 (6) (a) 1. Each school board shall adopt a written policy specifying the
23criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade to the 5th grade and from the 8th
24grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the pupil's score on the examination
25administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (a) or (am) or s. 118.301 (3), unless the pupil has

1been excused from taking the examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b); the pupil's
2academic performance; the recommendations of teachers, which shall be based solely
3on the pupil's academic performance; and any other academic criteria specified by
4the school board. Except as provided in par. (b) 1. and 3., the criteria apply to pupils
5enrolled in charter schools located in the school district.
SB21,3268 6Section 3268. 118.33 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1265,147 118.33 (6) (b) 1. Each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall
8adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a pupil from the 4th grade
9to the 5th grade and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include
10the pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1r) (a) or (am) or
11s. 118.301 (3)
, unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under
12s. 118.30 (2) (b); the pupil's academic performance; the recommendations of teachers,
13which shall be based solely on the pupil's academic performance; and any other
14academic criteria specified by the operator of the charter school.
SB21,3269 15Section 3269. 118.33 (6) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1265,2416 118.33 (6) (c) 1. The governing body of each private school participating in the
17program under s. 119.23 shall adopt a written policy specifying criteria for promoting
18a pupil who is attending the private school under s. 119.23 from the 4th grade to the
195th grade and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the
20pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1s) (a) or (b) or s.
21118.301 (3)
, unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under
22s. 118.30 (2) (b); the pupil's academic performance; the recommendations of teachers,
23which shall be based solely on the pupil's academic performance; and any other
24academic criteria specified by the governing body of the private school.
SB21,3270 25Section 3270. 118.33 (6) (cr) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1266,9
1118.33 (6) (cr) 1. The governing body of each private school participating in the
2program under s. 118.60 shall adopt a written policy specifying criteria for promoting
3a pupil who is attending the private school under s. 118.60 from the 4th grade to the
45th grade and from the 8th grade to the 9th grade. The criteria shall include the
5pupil's score on the examination administered under s. 118.30 (1t) (a) or (b) or s.
6118.301 (3)
, unless the pupil has been excused from taking the examination under
7s. 118.30 (2) (b); the pupil's academic performance; the recommendations of teachers,
8which shall be based solely on the pupil's academic performance; and any other
9academic criteria specified by the governing body of the private school.
SB21,3271 10Section 3271. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1266,1411 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) All Except as provided in subd. 3., any of the following
12entities may establish by charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of their
13respective entities, may initiate a
contract with an individual or group a person to
14operate a school as a charter school:
SB21,3272 15Section 3272. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. e. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1266,1716 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. e. Any nonprofit, nonsectarian organization or consortium of
17such organizations approved by the charter school oversight board under par. (bm).
SB21,3273 18Section 3273. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (2r) (b)
192. (intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,1267,420 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. (intro.) A charter shall include all of the provisions specified
21under sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14. A contract shall include all of the provisions specified
22under sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and shall specify the effect of the establishment of the
23charter school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph. The
24contract shall also include all of the following provisions and may include other
25provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor of the University of

1Wisconsin-Milwaukee or of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may not establish
2or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school under this
3paragraph without the approval of the board of regents of the University of
4Wisconsin System.
:
SB21,3274 5Section 3274. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. a. to k. of the statutes are created to read:
SB21,1267,96 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. a. A requirement that the charter school governing board
7adhere to specified annual academic and operational performance standards
8developed in accordance with the performance framework of the entity with which
9it is contracting.
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