Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB40 Compare Versions

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5	5	February 13, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives ALLEN, MURPHY, ARMSTRONG,
6	6	BEHNKE, EDMING, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, KNODL, MURSAU and SPIROS,
7	7	cosponsored by Senators QUINN and CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee
8	8	on Education.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to amend 118.016 (1) (b); and to create 118.016 (3) and 118.016 (4) of
11	11	the statutes; relating to: reading readiness assessments and making an
12	12	appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under current law, school boards and independent charter schools must
15	15	annually assess pupils enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade for
16	16	reading readiness using an assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the
17	17	school board or independent charter school. The selected reading readiness
18	18	assessment must evaluate whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter
19	19	sound knowledge. Current law does not provide a timeline for completing the
20	20	assessment. Current law also requires a school board or independent charter school
21	21	to provide interventions or remedial reading services to a pupil if the reading
22	22	readiness assessment indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. Current
23	23	law requires school boards and independent charter schools to report the results of
24	24	a pupil's reading readiness assessment to the pupil's parent or guardian but does not
25	25	require school boards and independent charter schools to report reading readiness
26	26	assessment results to the Department of Public Instruction or the legislature.
27	27	This bill requires school boards and independent charter schools to 1) assess
28	28	pupils in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade for reading readiness, as
29	29	required under current law, by November 15 of each school year and 2) submit to DPI
30	30	the number of pupils identified as at risk of reading difficulty based on the results
31	31	of the reading readiness assessment by January 1 of each school year. Under the bill,
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37	37	DPI must submit the information it receives from school boards and independent
38	38	charter schools to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by no later
39	39	than April 1. The bill also provides onetime funding in the amount of $500,000 to
40	40	DPI to establish a system to track data that school boards and independent charter
41	41	schools must submit to DPI. Finally, the bill authorizes DPI to promulgate rules
42	42	related to the administration of the reading readiness assessment requirements.
43	43	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
44	44	an appendix to this bill.
45	45	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
46	46	enact as follows:
47	47	SECTION 1. 118.016 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
48	48	118.016 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year By November 15 of each
49	49	school year, each school board and the operator of each charter school established
50	50	under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable
51	51	assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the school board or operator,
52	52	annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the
53	53	school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The school board or
54	54	operator shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses
55	55	phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. A school board or operator may
56	56	administer computer adaptive assessments.
57	57	SECTION 2. 118.016 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
58	58	118.016 (3) (a) By January 1 of each school year, each school board and operator
59	59	of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the department the
60	60	number of pupils in the school district or charter school whose assessment under sub.
61	61	(1) indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty.
62	62	(b) By April 1 of each school year, the department shall submit the information
63	63	it receives under par. (a) to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
64	64	under s. 13.172 (3).
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87	87	SECTION 3. 118.016 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
88	88	118.016 (4) The department may promulgate rules to administer this section.
89	89	SECTION 4.0Nonstatutory provisions.
90	90	(1) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), if the increase under SECTION 5 (1) of this
91	91	act occurs in the 2024-25 fiscal year, in submitting information under s. 16.42 for
92	92	purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of public instruction
93	93	shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) as
94	94	though the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (f) for the 2024-25 fiscal
95	95	year was $500,000 less than the total amount that was actually appropriated under
96	96	s. 20.255 (1) (f) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
97	97	SECTION 5.0Fiscal changes.
98	98	(1) ASSESSMENTS OF READING READINESS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
99	99	the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the
100	100	dollar amount for the fiscal year during which the effective date of this subsection
101	101	occurs is increased by $500,000 to establish necessary systems for tracking the data
102	102	required to be submitted under s. 118.06 (3) (a).
103	103	SECTION 6.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first July 1 after
104	104	publication, except as follows:
105	105	(1) SECTION 5 (1) of this act takes effect on the first July 1 after publication, or
106	106	on the 2nd day after publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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