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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 494

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Relating to: publication of school and school district accountability reports.

Milwaukee — School Public instruction, department of School — Evaluation and testing

  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

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to publish its annual

school and school district accountability report by November 30, rather than in

September. The school accountability report provides information about pupil

achievement in reading and mathematics and rates of high school graduation,

among other measures.

This bill also changes the date by which DPI must determine whether a school

is eligible to be placed in the Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program. Under

current law, a school is eligible to be placed in the OSPP based in part on how the

school performed on the two most recent accountability reports prepared for the

school and DPI must make this determination by October 15. This bill changes the

date to November 30.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R)

16 cosponsors

Considine (D) , Duchow (R) , Genrich (D) , Hebl (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Miller (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Dec 22, 2017 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. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Olsen, Darling, Bewley, Cowles, Marklein and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Duchow, Considine, Genrich, Hebl, Horlacher, Mursau, Novak, Pope, Quinn, Ripp, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler and Zimmerman

  2. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 19, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 21, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Dec 22, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  6. Dec 22, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 19, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  9. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  12. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a coauthor

  13. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Feb 26, 2018 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Apr 2, 2018 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  25. Apr 3, 2018 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 209

  26. Apr 3, 2018 · Senate

    Published 4-4-2018