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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 67

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Relating to: pupil assessments, evaluation of educator effectiveness, and school accountability reports. (FE)

Public instruction, department of School School — Board School — Evaluation and testing School — Finance Teacher

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to annually

prepare accountability reports that evaluate the performance and improvement of

each school and school district in the state and, beginning in the 2015-16 school year,

of each participating private school and independent charter school. DPI must place

each school and school district into one of five performance categories based on

certain measures including pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.

This bill prohibits DPI from issuing a school accountability report for the

2014-15 school year.

Current law directs DPI to develop a system to evaluate the effectiveness of

teachers and principals in public schools, including independent charter schools.

Current law requires each school board and the governing body of each independent

charter school to evaluate teachers and principals in the school district or charter

school beginning in the 2014-15 school year. This bill delays until the 2015-16 school

year the requirement to evaluate the effectiveness of teachers and principals.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Farrow (R) , Gudex (R) , S. Fitzgerald (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

10 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 12, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 12, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Education and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 63

Failed 36–63 Apr 14, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 May 7, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 5, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, Gudex, Vukmir and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, Jagler, Horlacher, Kleefisch, Murphy and Thiesfeldt

  2. Mar 5, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations

  3. Mar 10, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 10, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 11, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Farrow

  6. Mar 12, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Mar 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Mar 12, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Mar 13, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time

  16. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Passed

  17. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Nass added as a coauthor

  18. Mar 17, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Mar 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Mar 26, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  21. Mar 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  22. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Education and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 63

  23. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  24. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  25. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  26. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-13-2015 by Committee on Rules

  27. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  28. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  29. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  34. May 19, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  35. May 19, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-19-2015

  36. May 20, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-20-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 20

  37. May 20, 2015 · Senate

    Published 5-21-2015