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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 965

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Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — Evaluation and testing

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the Department of Public Instruction to annually, by

November 30, publish a school and school district accountability report, commonly

referred to as school and school district report cards. DPI must establish an index

system and, using this index system, place each school and school district in a

performance category based upon certain measures, including pupil achievement,

growth in pupil achievement, and graduation rates, for the preceding school year.

This bill requires DPI, for school and school district report cards published for

the 2021-22 school year, to use the measures, index system, and other components,

methods, and formulas that DPI used to publish the school and school district report

cards for the 2018-19 school year. Going forward, DPI may change the measures,

index system, and other components, methods, and formulas that DPI uses only by

promulgating rules.

The bill also specifies that, in determining a school's overall score on a school

report card, DPI may not give more weight to measures of growth in pupil

achievement in reading and mathematics than to measures of actual pupil

achievement in reading and mathematics.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wittke (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Roth (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 5

Passed 9–5 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 60–33 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 20–11 Mar 8, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Allen, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Ballweg

  2. Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  8. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  10. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 60, Noes 33, Paired 2

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  18. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  19. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

  20. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  22. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 11

  27. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Mar 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2022

  30. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  31. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  32. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  33. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82