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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 966

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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, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  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: Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

12 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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.

Full history

  1. Feb 9, 2022 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

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

  9. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1