Sentences with phrase «school accountability bill»

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

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.

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

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

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.

While much of the charter school accountability bill is waiting for action by the House deals with fiscal transparency, there is also a critically important section on criminal background checks.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

While it's commonly referred to as a school accountability bill, Vos said the lawmakers behind it see it as a school improvement effort.

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, right, discusses a school accountability bill that could force failing public schools to close with its lead sponsors Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, left, and Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, center, on Jan. 7 in Madison.

Senate Republicans introduce their version of a school accountability bill that creates two review boards.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 latest draft of a school accountability bill released this week focuses «on punishment and labels, not support for struggling schools,» State Superintendent Tony Evers said in a letter Thursday.

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.

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