SB21-SSA1,991,2114 (b) By no later than the notification deadline for the school year in which an
15employment contract for a person described in sub. (1) is set to expire, the employing
16school board shall give notice in writing either of renewal of the contract or of refusal
17to renew such person's contract. If no notice is given, the contract then in force shall
18continue in force for 2 years. Any person who receives notice of renewal, or who does
19not receive notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract by the
20notification deadline, shall accept or reject the contract in writing no later than 30
21days after the notification deadline.

SB21-SSA1,992,324 118.30 (1) (a) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations
25designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th,

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110th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state
2superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter
3Balanced Assessment Consortium.

SB21-SSA1,992,185 118.30 (1) (b) The state superintendent shall review and adopt or approve a
6summative examination system consisting of examinations to be administered
7beginning in the 2015-16 school year to pupils in each of the grades 3 through 10 and
8in each of the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.
9Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall replace the
10examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 4 and 8 in each of the
11subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics with the
12examinations adopted or approved under this paragraph. The state superintendent
13shall either replace the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades
149 and 10 and in any of the subject areas identified under this paragraph with the
15examinations adopted or approved for those grades under this paragraph or use the
16examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 9 and 10 and in any of
17those subject areas to satisfy the requirements under this paragraph. The state
18superintendent shall:

SB21-SSA1,992,2119 1. Ensure that each examination adopted or approved under the summative
20examination system satisfies the assessment and accountability requirements
21under federal law.

SB21-SSA1,992,2322 2. Ensure that the summative examination system adopted or approved under
23this paragraph satisfies the following criteria:

SB21-SSA1,992,2424 a. The system is vertically scaled and standards-based.

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1b. The system documents pupil progress toward national college and career
2readiness benchmarks derived from empirical research and state academic
3standards.

SB21-SSA1,993,54 c. The system measures individual pupil performance in the subject areas of
5English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.

SB21-SSA1,993,86 d. The system provides for the administration of examinations primarily in a
7computer-based format but permits examinations to be administered with pencil
8and paper in certain limited circumstances.

SB21-SSA1,993,119 e. Pupil performance on examinations adopted or approved under the system
10serves as a predictive measure of pupil performance on college readiness
11assessments used by institutions of higher education.

SB21-SSA1,993,1813 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. By January 1, 2000, or by January 1 of the 1st school year of
14operation, whichever is later, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
15or (2x) shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and
16writing, geography and history. The operator of the charter school may adopt the
17pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated
18January 13, 1998.

SB21-SSA1,994,320 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. The governing body of each private school participating in the
21program under s. 119.23 and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant
22to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation
23and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and
24partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall
25adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing,

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1geography, and history. The governing body of the private school may adopt the pupil
2academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January
313, 1998.

SB21-SSA1,994,115 118.30 (1g) (c) Each school board operating elementary grades and each
6operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates elementary
7grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil
8attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its
9own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts
10in the 8th grade. If the school board or operator of the charter school develops or
11adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.

SB21-SSA1,994,1813 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-SSA1,994,2220 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-SSA1,994,2524 118.30 (1r) (intro.) Annually each the operator of a each charter school under
25s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall do all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,995,62 118.30 (1r) (ar) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade
3examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all
4pupils enrolled in the charter school in spring session of the 9th grade. The charter
5school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the
6spring session.

SB21-SSA1,995,108 118.30 (1r) (d) If the operator of the charter school maintains an Internet site
9for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
10examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

SB21-SSA1,995,1812 118.30 (1s) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school
13participating in the program under s. 119.23, other than a private school at which
14fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 119.23, and
15the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c)
163., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a
17school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s.
18119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall do all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,995,2420 118.30 (1s) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session
21administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state
22superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private
23school under s. 119.23. The private school shall administer the examination once in
24the fall session and once in the spring session.

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1118.30 (1s) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet
2site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
3examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

SB21-SSA1,996,85 118.30 (1t) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school
6participating in the program under s. 118.60, other than a private school at which
7fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 118.60,
8shall do all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,996,1410 118.30 (1t) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session
11administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state
12superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private
13school under s. 118.60. The private school shall administer the examination once in
14the fall session and once in the spring session.

SB21-SSA1,996,1816 118.30 (1t) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet
17site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the
18examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

SB21-SSA1,996,2420 118.30 (2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under
21subch. V of ch. 115, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40
22(2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under
23s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under
24s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).

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1118.30 (2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent
2by rule, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x),
3governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or
4governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23
5may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a
6limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the
7pupil to be examined in his or her native language, or may modify the format and
8administration of an examination for such pupils.

SB21-SSA1,997,1210 118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school
11board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub.
12(1m) or s. 118.301 (3).

SB21-SSA1,997,1614 118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator
15of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall excuse the pupil from taking an
16examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (3).

SB21-SSA1,997,2118 118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
19body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the
20pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) to (cm) or s.
21118.301 (3).

SB21-SSA1,998,223 118.30 (2) (b) 6. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
24body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall excuse the

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1pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1t) (a) to (cm) or s.
2118.301 (3).

SB21-SSA1,998,104 118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
5program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
6examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the
7department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s.
8119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall
9exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23
10who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.

SB21-SSA1,998,2312 118.30 (6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
13(2r) or (2x) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted
14or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) or authorized under s.
15118.301 (3) if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its
16own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter
17school provides the state superintendent with submits the examination results to the
18University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center to conduct
19statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
20approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), the University of
21Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center provides the statistical
22correlations to the state superintendent, and the federal department of education
23approves.

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1118.30 (7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally
2recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school,
3that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301
4(3) regardless of the location of the charter school.

SB21-SSA1,999,7 6118.301 Alternative pupil assessments. (1) In this section, "research
7center" means the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center.

SB21-SSA1,999,16 8(2) (a) Within 30 days after the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the
9department shall request from the research center a list of nationally recognized,
10norm-referenced alternative examinations determined by the research center to be
11acceptable for statistical comparison with examinations adopted or approved under
12s. 118.30 (1). Within 180 days of the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the
13research center shall evaluate and approve at least 3 and no more than 5 of the
14examinations and shall submit the list of approved examinations to the department.
15The research center shall submit under this paragraph only those examinations that
16are consistent with the following parameters:

SB21-SSA1,999,1817 1. The examination aligns sufficiently with content standards established for
18examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1).

SB21-SSA1,999,2019 2. The examination is comprised of a variety of testing methodologies,
20including multiple choice and short answer, to assess a range of student skills.

SB21-SSA1,999,2221 3. The examination includes accommodations or alternative assessments for
22students enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115.

SB21-SSA1,999,2423 4. The examination provider makes available translations for limited-English
24proficient pupils, as defined in s. 115.955 (7).

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15. The examination may be administered in a variety of modes, including with
2paper and pencil, in an online format, in a fixed form format, and in an adaptive
3format.

SB21-SSA1,1000,54 6. The examination has internal consistency reliability coefficients of at least
50.8.

SB21-SSA1,1000,76 (b) An examination approved under this subsection may be administered only
7by a school that notifies the department of its intent to administer the examination.

SB21-SSA1,1000,18 8(3) (a) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1m), beginning in the first full school year
9following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved
10examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), a school board is not required to
11administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under
12s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered
13under s. 118.30 if the school board administers in that grade an alternative
14examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the school board
15elects to administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the school
16board shall notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and
17shall publish that fact and information about the examination on the school's
18Internet site.

SB21-SSA1,1001,419 (b) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1r), beginning in the first full school year
20following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved
21examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), an operator of a charter school
22under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is not required to administer an examination adopted or
23approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an
24examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the operator
25administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research

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1center under sub. (2). If the operator of the charter school elects to administer an
2alternative examination under this paragraph, the operator shall notify the
3department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that fact
4and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.

SB21-SSA1,1001,165 (c) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1s), beginning in the first full school year
6following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved
7examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), the governing body of each private
8school participating in the program under s. 119.23 that is required to administer an
9examination under s. 118.30 (1s) is not required to administer an examination
10adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for
11which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the governing
12body administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research
13center under sub. (2). If the governing body of the private school elects to administer
14an alternative examination under this paragraph, the governing body shall notify
15the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that
16fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.

SB21-SSA1,1002,317 (d) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1t), beginning in the first full school year
18following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved
19examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), the governing body of a private
20school participating in a program under s. 118.60 that is required to administer an
21examination under s. 118.30 (1t) is not required to administer an examination
22adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for
23which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the governing
24body administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research
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1an alternative examination under this paragraph, the governing body shall notify
2the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that
3fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.

SB21-SSA1,1002,104 (e) If a school administers an alternative examination in any grade under this
5subsection, and if the cost of the alternative examination exceeds the cost of the
6examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent for that grade, the
7school board, operator, or governing body of the school is responsible for the
8difference between the cost of the examination adopted or approved by the state
9superintendent for that grade and the cost of the alternative examination for that
10grade.

SB21-SSA1,1002,15 11(4) (a) If a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or
12(2x), or the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s.
13118.60 or 119.23 administers an alternative examination under sub. (3), the school
14board, operator, or governing body shall submit the examination results to the
15research center.

SB21-SSA1,1002,2116 (b) The research center shall review all examination results received under par.
17(a) and statistically equate them to the pupil examinations required under s. 118.30.
18The research center shall provide the examination data, as statistically equated, to
19the school board, operator, or governing body and to the department. The
20department shall use data received under this subsection to determine a school's
21performance or school district's improvement under s. 115.385.

SB21-SSA1,1002,2423 118.305 (1) (h) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, and
24a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915.

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1118.33 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (d), (e), and (em), and (es), a
2school board may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil
3satisfies the requirement under sub. (1m) (a) and has earned:

SB21-SSA1,1003,135 118.33 (1) (b) A Except as provided in par. (es), a school board may not grant
6a high school diploma to any pupil unless, during the high school grades, the pupil
7has been enrolled in a class or has participated in an activity approved by the school
8board during each class period of each school day, or the pupil has been enrolled in
9an alternative education program, as defined in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1. Nothing in this
10paragraph prohibits a school board from establishing a program that allows a pupil
11enrolled in the high school grades who has demonstrated a high level of maturity and
12personal responsibility to leave the school premises for up to one class period each
13day if the pupil does not have a class scheduled during that class period.

SB21-SSA1,1003,1515 118.33 (1) (d) 3. The pupil satisfies the requirement under sub. (1m) (a).

SB21-SSA1,1003,2517 118.33 (1) (es) 1. A school board may adopt a resolution to allow pupils in the
18high school grades to earn high school credits in a subject area by demonstrating a
19level of proficiency in that subject area or by creating a learning portfolio related to
20that subject area. If a school board adopts a resolution under this paragraph, the
21school board shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for
22awarding credits under this paragraph. The school board shall include in its policies
23and procedures the manner in which a pupil may qualify for high school credit under
24this paragraph. A pupil may earn not more than one-half of the total number of
25credits required for a high school diploma under this paragraph.

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12. For a pupil who earns credit under this paragraph, a school board may waive
2the requirement under par. (b) that requires a pupil, during the high school grades,
3to be enrolled in a class or participate in an activity approved by the school board
4during each class period of each school day.

SB21-SSA1,1004,65 3. Nothing in this paragraph affects a school board's obligations to administer
6examinations under s. 118.30.

SB21-SSA1,1004,157 4. A nonprofit, for-profit, or public educational institution that provides an
8educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides
9a program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree or a program of
10training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, and
11admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from
12a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, shall treat a high
13school diploma awarded based, in part, on credits earned under this paragraph in the
14same manner as it treats a high school diploma awarded based on credits earned by
15enrolling in class.