Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 41
5	5	February 3, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Q UINN and CABRAL-GUEVARA,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives ALLEN, MURPHY, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE,
7	7	EDMING, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, KNODL, MURSAU and SPIROS. Referred to
8	8	Committee on Education.
9	9	AN ACT to amend 118.016 (1) (b); and to create 118.016 (3) and 118.016 (4) of
10	10	the statutes; relating to: reading readiness assessments and making an
11	11	appropriation.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	Under current law, school boards and independent charter schools must
14	14	annually assess pupils enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade for
15	15	reading readiness using an assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the
16	16	school board or independent charter school. The selected reading readiness
17	17	assessment must evaluate whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter
18	18	sound knowledge. Current law does not provide a timeline for completing the
19	19	assessment. Current law also requires a school board or independent charter school
20	20	to provide interventions or remedial reading services to a pupil if the reading
21	21	readiness assessment indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. Current
22	22	law requires school boards and independent charter schools to report the results of
23	23	a pupil's reading readiness assessment to the pupil's parent or guardian but does not
24	24	require school boards and independent charter schools to report reading readiness
25	25	assessment results to the Department of Public Instruction or the legislature.
26	26	This bill requires school boards and independent charter schools to 1) assess
27	27	pupils in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade for reading readiness, as
28	28	required under current law, by November 15 of each school year and 2) submit to DPI
29	29	the number of pupils identified as at risk of reading difficulty based on the results
30	30	of the reading readiness assessment by January 1 of each school year. Under the bill,
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36	36	DPI must submit the information it receives from school boards and independent
37	37	charter schools to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by no later
38	38	than April 1. The bill also provides onetime funding in the amount of $500,000 to
39	39	DPI to establish a system to track data that school boards and independent charter
40	40	schools must submit to DPI. Finally, the bill authorizes DPI to promulgate rules
41	41	related to the administration of the reading readiness assessment requirements.
42	42	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
43	43	an appendix to this bill.
44	44	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
45	45	enact as follows:
46	46	SECTION 1. 118.016 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
47	47	118.016 (1) (b) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year By November 15 of each
48	48	school year, each school board and the operator of each charter school established
49	49	under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable
50	50	assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the school board or operator,
51	51	annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the
52	52	school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The school board or
53	53	operator shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses
54	54	phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. A school board or operator may
55	55	administer computer adaptive assessments.
56	56	SECTION 2. 118.016 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
57	57	118.016 (3) (a) By January 1 of each school year, each school board and operator
58	58	of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the department the
59	59	number of pupils in the school district or charter school whose assessment under sub.
60	60	(1) indicates that the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty.
61	61	(b) By April 1 of each school year, the department shall submit the information
62	62	it receives under par. (a) to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
63	63	under s. 13.172 (3).
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86	86	SECTION 3. 118.016 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
87	87	118.016 (4) The department may promulgate rules to administer this section.
88	88	SECTION 4.0Nonstatutory provisions.
89	89	(1) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), if the increase under SECTION 5 (1) of this
90	90	act occurs in the 2024-25 fiscal year, in submitting information under s. 16.42 for
91	91	purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of public instruction
92	92	shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) as
93	93	though the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (f) for the 2024-25 fiscal
94	94	year was $500,000 less than the total amount that was actually appropriated under
95	95	s. 20.255 (1) (f) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
96	96	SECTION 5.0Fiscal changes.
97	97	(1) ASSESSMENTS OF READING READINESS. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
98	98	the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the
99	99	dollar amount for the fiscal year during which the effective date of this subsection
100	100	occurs is increased by $500,000 to establish necessary systems for tracking the data
101	101	required to be submitted under s. 118.06 (3) (a).
102	102	SECTION 6.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first July 1 after
103	103	publication, except as follows:
104	104	(1) SECTION 5 (1) of this act takes effect on the first July 1 after publication, or
105	105	on the 2nd day after publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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