SB461-engrossed,6,5 225.79 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-engrossed, s. 15 6Section 15. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461-engrossed,6,187 115.28 (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
14individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by
15the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual's date
16of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently
17completed academic year;
file in the state superintendent's office all papers relating
18to state teachers' licenses; and register each such license.
SB461-engrossed, s. 16 19Section 16. 115.28 (7) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461-engrossed,7,820 115.28 (7) (e) 2. Promulgate rules establishing requirements for licensure as
21an alternative education program teacher and for the approval of teacher education
22programs leading to licensure as an alternative education program teacher. The
23rules shall include a requirement that each teacher education program described in
24this subdivision and located in this state shall, beginning on July 1, 2012, and
25annually thereafter, submit to the department a list of individuals who have

1completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for
2licensure under this subdivision, together with each individual's date of program
3completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed
4academic year.
The rules shall encompass the teaching of multiple subjects or grade
5levels or both, as determined by the state superintendent. The rules may require
6teacher education programs to grant credit towards licensure as an alternative
7education program teacher for relevant experience or demonstrated proficiency in
8relevant skills and knowledge.
SB461-engrossed, s. 17 9Section 17. 115.28 (7g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,7,1010 115.28 (7g) Evaluation of teacher preparatory programs.
SB461-engrossed,7,1511 (a) The department shall, in consultation with the governor's office, the
12chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and senate whose subject matter is
13elementary and secondary education and ranking members of those committees, the
14Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and the Wisconsin
15Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, do all of the following:
SB461-engrossed,7,2216 1. Determine how the performance of individuals who have recently completed
17a teacher preparatory program described in s. 115.28 (7) (a) and located in this state
18or a teacher education program described in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 2. and located in this
19state will be used to evaluate the teacher preparatory and education programs. The
20determination under this subdivision shall, at minimum, define "recently
21completed" and identify measures to assess an individual's performance, including
22the performance assessment made prior to making a recommendation for licensure.
SB461-engrossed,7,2523 2. Determine how the measures of performance of individuals who have
24recently completed a teacher preparatory or education program identified as
25required under subd. 1. will be made accessible to the public.
SB461-engrossed,8,3
13. Develop a system to publicly report the measures of performance identified
2as required under subd. 1. for each teacher preparatory and education program
3identified in subd. 1.
SB461-engrossed,8,84 (b) Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the department shall use the system
5developed under par. (a) 3. to annually report for each program identified in par. (a)
61. the passage rate on first attempt of students and graduates of the program on
7examinations administered for licensure under s. 115.28 (7) and any other
8information required to be reported under par. (a) 1.
SB461-engrossed,8,149 (c) Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, each teacher preparatory and
10education program shall prominently display and annually update the passage rate
11on first attempt of recent graduates of the program on examinations administered
12for licensure under s. 115.28 (7) and any other information required to be reported
13under par. (a) 1. on the program's Web site and provide this information to persons
14receiving admissions materials to the program.
SB461-engrossed, s. 18 15Section 18. 115.28 (12) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,8,2116 115.28 (12) (ag) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each school district
17using the system under par. (a) shall include in the system the following information
18for each teacher teaching in the school district who completed a teacher preparatory
19program described in sub. (7) (a) and located in this state or a teacher education
20program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state on or after January 1,
212012:
SB461-engrossed,8,2322 1. The name of the teacher preparatory program or teacher education program
23the teacher attended and completed.
SB461-engrossed,8,2524 2. The term or semester and year in which the teacher completed the program
25described in subd. 1.
SB461-engrossed, s. 19
1Section 19. 115.415 of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,9,9 2115.415 Educator effectiveness. (1) The department shall develop an
3educator effectiveness evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with
4the department's evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals of
5public schools, including teachers and principals of a charter school established
6under s. 118.40 (2r), as provided in this section. Each school board and the governing
7body of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall evaluate teachers
8and principals in the school district or charter school beginning in the 2014-15 school
9year.
SB461-engrossed,9,11 10(2) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system
11according to the following framework:
SB461-engrossed,9,1612 (a) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal
13shall be based upon measures of student performance, including performance on
14state assessments, district-wide assessments, student learning objectives,
15school-wide reading at the elementary and middle-school levels, and graduation
16rates at the high school level.
SB461-engrossed,9,1817 (b) Fifty percent of the total evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal
18shall be based upon one of the following:
SB461-engrossed,9,2119 1. For a teacher, the extent to which the teacher's practice meets the core
20teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support
21Consortium.
SB461-engrossed,9,2422 2. For a principal, the extent to which the principal's practice meets the 2008
23Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy
24Standards.
SB461-engrossed,10,2
1(c) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
2of multiple performance categories.
SB461-engrossed,10,11 3(3) (a) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process
4aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school district or
5a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) seeking to utilize an alternative
6process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this
7subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher
8Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders
9Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school
10district or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) that uses the process under
11this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
SB461-engrossed,10,1212 1. Planning and preparation.
SB461-engrossed,10,1313 2. The classroom environment.
SB461-engrossed,10,1414 3. Instruction.
SB461-engrossed,10,1515 4. Professional responsibilities and development.
SB461-engrossed,10,1716 (b) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
17of multiple performance categories.
SB461-engrossed, s. 20 18Section 20. 118.016 of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,10,25 19118.016 Assessments of reading readiness. (1) Beginning in the 2012-13
20school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school
21established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable
22assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess
23each pupil enrolled in kindergarten in the school district or in the charter school for
24reading readiness. The department shall ensure that the assessment evaluates
25whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.
SB461-engrossed,11,3
1(1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch.
2115, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall
3comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
SB461-engrossed,11,5 4(1r) The school board or governing body of the charter school shall report the
5results of a pupil's assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.
SB461-engrossed,11,9 6(2) The school board of the school district or governing body of the charter
7school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide a pupil whose assessment under
8sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk of reading difficulty with interventions or
9remedial reading services, as described under s. 121.02 (1) (c).
SB461-engrossed, s. 21 10Section 21. 118.19 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,11,1811 118.19 (14) (a) The department may not issue an initial teaching license that
12authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education, an
13initial license as a reading teacher, or an initial license as a reading specialist, unless
14the applicant has passed an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test
15administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. The
16department shall set the passing cut score on the examination at a level no lower
17than the level recommended by the developer of the test, based on this state's
18standards.
SB461-engrossed,11,2119 (c) Any teacher who passes the examination under par. (a) shall notify the
20department, which shall add a notation to the teacher's license indicating that he or
21she passed the examination.
SB461-engrossed, s. 22 22Section 22. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 85,
23is amended to read:
SB461-engrossed,12,824 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
2566.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,

1115.345, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06,
2118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15,
3118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
4118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292,
5118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to
6(27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m),
7and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district
8and board.
SB461-engrossed, s. 23 9Section 23. 120.12 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,12,1310 120.12 (2m) Educator effectiveness. (a) Beginning in the 2014-15 school
11year, evaluate the effectiveness of each teacher and principal employed by the school
12district using either the system established under s. 115.415 (2) or the equivalency
13process established by rule under s. 115.415 (3).
SB461-engrossed,12,1514 (b) Ensure that the results of evaluations conducted under this subsection are
15not subject to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s. 19.35.
SB461-engrossed, s. 24 16Section 24. 121.02 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461-engrossed,12,1817 121.02 (1) (c) (intro.) Provide interventions or remedial reading services for a
18pupil in grades kindergarten to 4 if any of the following occurs:
SB461-engrossed, s. 25 19Section 25. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-engrossed,12,2420 121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment under s. 118.016 indicates that
21the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. If this subdivision applies, the interventions
22or services provided the pupil shall be scientifically based and shall address all areas
23in which the pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state standards in
24reading and language arts.
SB461-engrossed, s. 26 25Section 26. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB461-engrossed,13,6
1(1) Educator effectiveness evaluation system. Notwithstanding section
216.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the
3statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill, the department of public
4instruction shall submit information concerning the cost of developing and
5implementing the educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process
6under section 115.415 of the statutes, as created by this act.
SB461-engrossed,13,117 (2) Read to lead development council. Notwithstanding the length of terms
8specified in section 14.017 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes, as created by this act, 5 of the
9initial members under that section shall be appointed for 2-year terms, 6 of the
10initial members shall be appointed for 3-year terms, and 5 of the initial members
11shall be appointed for 4-year terms.
SB461-engrossed, s. 27 12Section 27. Fiscal changes.
SB461-engrossed,13,1613 (1) Transfer to governor's read to lead development fund. There is
14transferred from the general fund to the governor's read to lead development fund
15$400,000 in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes
16effect.
SB461-engrossed, s. 28 17Section 28. Initial applicability.
SB461-engrossed,13,20 18(1) Teaching license. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes
19first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of
20public instruction on January 1, 2014.
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