2015 WISCONSIN ACT
71
An Act
to amend
118.44 (4) (a) (intro.), 1. (intro.), 2. and 3., 118.44 (4) (b) (intro.), (c) and (d) and 118.44 (7) (a);
to repeal and recreate
118.44 (1) (c) and 118.44 (4) (title); and
to create
118.44 (4) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to:
the Achievement Gap Reduction program.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
118.44 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by
2015 Wisconsin Act 53
, is repealed and recreated to read:
118.44
(1)
(c) "Low-income pupil" means a pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria under
42 USC 1758
(b) (1).
Section
1e
.
118.44 (4) (title) of the statutes, as created by
2015 Wisconsin Act 53
, is repealed and recreated to read:
118.44
(4)
(title)
Contract requirements.
Section
2
.
118.44 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
118.44
(4)
(intro.) The terms of a contract under sub. (3) shall require all of the following:
Section
3
.
118.44 (4) (a) (intro.), 1. (intro.), 2. and 3. of the statutes, as created by
2015 Wisconsin Act 53
, are amended to read:
118.44
(4)
(a) (intro.)
Strategies: class size; instructional coaching; tutoring.
The
department shall require a
school board
that has entered into a contract under sub. (3)
to implement one or more of the following strategies in each
class in each participating grade at each
participating school:
1. (intro.) Provide professional development related to small group instruction and reduce the class size
in one or more classes in one or more participating grades
to one of the following:
2. Provide data-driven instructional coaching for
one or more teachers of one or more participating grades
the class teachers
. The instruction shall be provided by licensed teachers who possess appropriate content knowledge to assist classroom teachers in improving instruction in math or reading and possess expertise in reducing the achievement gap.
3. Provide data-informed, one-to-one tutoring to pupils in
one or more classes in one or more participating grades
the class
who are struggling with reading or mathematics or both subjects. Tutoring shall be provided during regular school hours by a licensed teacher using an instructional program found to be effective by the What Works Clearinghouse of the Institute of Education Sciences.
Section
4
.
118.44 (4) (b) (intro.), (c) and (d) of the statutes, as created by
2015 Wisconsin Act 53
, are amended to read:
118.44
(4)
(b)
Annual reporting.
(intro.) The
department shall require a
school board
that has entered into a contract under sub. (3)
to annually report all of the following to the department:
(c)
Goals.
Each contract entered into under sub. (3) shall include
The school board to provide
a description of the performance objectives for the academic achievement of the pupils enrolled in participating grades in each participating school and the formative and summative assessments that will be used to evaluate success in attaining those objectives. The school board and participating schools shall identify specific, measurable, and achievable performance objectives, including reducing the achievement gap in math and reading in each participating grade.
(d)
School board review.
The school district shall require each
Each
participating school to present information regarding the school's implementation of the contract requirements under par. (a), its performance objectives under par. (c), and its success in attaining the objectives to the school board at the end of every semester of the contract.
118.44
(7)
(a) Beginning in the
2017-18
2018-19
school year, the department shall arrange for an annual evaluation of the program under this section and shall allocate from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cu) $125,000 for that purpose.
