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Also, Thursday, the chief author of the Senate's school accountability bill said he'd consider dropping a proposal to create two review boards for Wisconsin schools.

Assembly Republicans hope to pass a school accountability bill by the end of January, Speaker Robin Vos, R - Rochester, said Wednesday.

Gov. Scott Walker and the Assembly speaker are at odds over whether a school accountability bill needs to include sanctions for poor - performing schools, creating another roadblock to the proposal's passage.

Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers are dismayed their own school accountability bill is going ignored by the Republican majority.

As voucher school advocates in Wisconsin celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Milwaukee school choice program this week, an effort to pass a school accountability bill appears to be dead in the water.

State Superintendent Tony Evers said Tuesday night before Gov. Scott Walker's state of the state address that the Senate version of the school accountability bill was «on the right trajectory» in dealing with the constitutional issues raised by the Assembly version.

The Senate version of a school accountability bill sets the Senate far apart from legislation introduced last week by Assembly Republicans and appeases some critics of the Assembly bill.

Other hot - button issues likely to come up during this session include right - to - work legislation, a rewrite of campaign finance laws, changes to the state Government Accountability Board and John Doe investigations, expansion of the statewide voucher program and a school accountability bill.

In fact, he's the sponsor of a strict school accountability bill that relies largely on testing.

Vos, in a meeting with the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board, said a school accountability bill would be the Assembly's top priority and that he's hoping to make it the first bill introduced in January.

One of several changes made recently to GOP Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt's school accountability bill is troubling top public school district decision makers.

The lead author of an Assembly school accountability bill abruptly called off a committee vote scheduled for Thursday, saying he would like more time to negotiate with senators drafting their own accountability measures.

The revised Assembly school accountability bill was released Tuesday and outlines a series of sanctions for persistently low - performing public schools, including converting them into charter schools or allowing the school board to hire an education management agency that would have the power to fire principals.

Lawmakers plan to meet this summer to iron out legislation that creates a comprehensive school accountability system after passing a limited school accountability bill in March that didn't impose consequences for low - performing voucher schools or make changes to the state's school report card system.

The chief sponsor of the school accountability bill in the Assembly, Education Committee Chairman Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he's now looking at requiring failing schools to choose from a variety of sanctions.

The state Assembly could vote as early as next week on the latest version of a school accountability bill that outlines a series of sanctions for persistently low - performing public schools, including converting them into charter schools or allowing the school board to hire an education management agency that would have the power to fire principals.

Rep. Mayo passed a similar charter school accountability bill in 2014, focusing on required governance training for the board members of charter schools.

He is an organizer of a «Stop the Train» forum that will examine issues surrounding a pair of school accountability bills before the state Legislature from 6 - 9 p.m. Monday at Anderson Auditorium at Edgewood College.

Republican leadership kicked off the current legislative session with a pair of school accountability bills in the Assembly and Senate that would set mandatory performance standards for state schools, and perhaps sanctions for schools that don't meet them.

Gov. Scott Walker would like to see a school accountability bill on his desk that he could sign by the end of this term, spokesman Tom Evenson said.

A vote on a heavily amended school accountability bill has been postponed by the chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly's Education Committee.

Last month, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he wouldn't support statewide school vouchers unless the Legislature also passed a school accountability bill.

Sen. Paul Farrow, R - Pewaukee, author of the Senate school accountability bill, said Tuesday the Senate will still work on its accountability bill, and is likely going to remove the legislation's proposal to create two review boards for schools at the state's DPI and Department of Administration.

In February, Walker told the State Journal editorial board that he hoped to sign a voucher school accountability bill before the budget was approved.

Not exact matches

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The state requires LEAs to annually complete the online Wellness Policy Builder assessment tool to document their consideration of the state's School Wellness Policy Guidelines (2010) as required by Senate Bill 154.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, «With the governor's support, this bill will provide the transparency and accountability, as well as parent participation, which will allow our school system's progress to continue.»

New York taxpayers simply can not afford to return to the bad old days of skyrocketing tax bills, little accountability and schools with the highest costs in the nation without the results to match.»

The Senate bill would increase the cap to 460 schools from 200 schools and establish new standards for accountability and services to special education students and English language learners.

WASHINGTON — The Senate sent to President Obama an education bill that would return to the states significant control over school accountability and testing.

Three weeks ago Colorado's legislature passed a school finance bill which will increase funding and, allegedly, accountability.

In City Journal, Charles Sahm urges New York City major Bill de Blasio not to roll back the accountability - based, competition - driven school reforms put in place by his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg.

On Top of the News Bill Gates touts charter schools, accountability 06/29/10 Seattle Post Intelligencer

Back in 1989, Bill Clinton and his fellow governors first pushed labor to swallow more demanding learning standards and stiff accountability measures, betting this would renew voters» confidence in the schools.

Insisting that accountability to parents is enough, they disenfranchise the more than 70 percent of taxpayers who do not have school - age children but who would nonetheless pay the voucher bill.

In the new issue of Ed Next, Bill Tucker writes about the new data system being rolled out by Texas, «one that aims to move districts from collecting data solely for accountability to collecting it to improve schools.»

Prior to joining NewSchools, Secretary Peyser was Education Advisor to Governors Bill Weld, Jane Swift, and Mitt Romney, where he helped shape state policy regarding standards and assessments, school accountability, and charter schools.

Some measures in the bill, such as new transparency requirements on finances and contracting, represent healthy new accountability bringing charters in line with district public schools.

(Sec. 8007) For schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, Interior shall define standards, assessments, and an accountability system consistent with the bill.

The groups say that this role must be maintained in any bill to reauthorize the ESEA, along with ensuring that each state adopts college and career - ready state standards, aligned statewide annual assessments, and a state accountability system to improve instruction and learning for students in low - performing schools.

Panelists discussed school accountability in New York City under Mayor Bill de Blasio and new opportunities for school accountability.

The 2005 legislative session was relatively quiet on the subject of K - 12 education, despite tension over changes to the state's school accountability system between Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican, and the Colorado legislature, which was controlled for the first time in 40 years by Democrats

As of late July, both the Senate and the House bills defer to the states on the question of how to design their school accountability programs.

Education secretary Arne Duncan has indicated that the administration will not support a bill that doesn't strengthen federal oversight of school accountability measures.

The bill would continue to extend all of ESEA's accountability measures to charter schools.

An initial bill should be limited to addressing the accountability provisions of NCLB (required student testing, labeling of schools, and required actions for schools not meeting targets).

The letter lauds the bill for leaving teacher evaluations up to states and local districts, maintaining collective bargaining rights, improving assessments for English language learners and rolling back No Child Left Behind's punitive accountability system that scores schools and states based on student proficiency.

The bill encourages — but doe not mandate — the inclusion of the same data in a school's Local Control Accountability Plan.

«A bipartisan bill will not have everything that everyone wants, but it must build on our common interests: high standards; flexibility for states, school districts and schools; and a more focused federal role that promotes equity, accountability and reform,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement about Harkin's bill Tuesday.