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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.

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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.»

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.

«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.

Up next from Kline are bills that deal with school accountability and teacher quality, said education committee press secretary Jennifer Allen.

Jim Spady, a member of the state's Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission — known as the A + Commission — said he was disappointed by Billings» switch on charter schools.

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

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.

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«Governor Walker has said he wants an accountability bill that includes a repeal of Common Core and bottom line is he wants to make sure that no school district in the state is required to use the Common Core standards,» said spokeswoman Laurel Patrick.

In that case, the teachers union urged lawmakers to defeat the bill because they said it would impose new accountability restrictions on local schools before they had a chance to fully implement the new accountability provisions of the Local Control Funding Formula.

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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.

But Thiesfeldt said his bill takes school accountability a step further and answers the «Then what?»

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.

Holden's bill, he said, would «strengthen one of our best tools against truancy — the School Attendance Review Board» by increasing their accountability for reporting additional information, such as the number of students referred to them, how the student's issues were addressed and follow - up on how the student is performing after the intervention.

Supporters of a charter - school reform bill passed last year, House Bill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schobill passed last year, House Bill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schoBill 2, and of new evaluations for school sponsors say they aim to bring more accountability and transparency to a charter system that spends about $ 1 billion annually to educate more than 120,000 Ohio students attending 374 charter schools.

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.

«Unfortunately, this morning the Senate Education and Youth Committee passed a gutted bill that would actually furnish less equitable funding to our public charter schools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools Assocschools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools AssocSchools Association.

The bill was also sharply criticized by disability rights groups, who say it would strip hard - won legal rights from families with special - needs children, and by the state Department of Public Instruction, which faults the bill for demanding no accountability from private schools for actually providing the special education services that would be the basis for the vouchers.

«It will need to be heard in the next two weeks,» Curtis said late last week, if his bill to improve voucher accountability is to survive the legislative session — and bring any improved financial oversight is to the school voucher program.

Upon news of the bill's defeat, Achievement First's Co-CEO, Dacia Toll cheered on the legislators» decision to look the other way on real charter school accountability saying, «The moratorium on public charter schools would have been a huge step backward.»

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

Their bills would «fix» NCLB by strengthening state accountability systems, improving teacher and principal professional development programs, combining federal education programs and increasing the number of charter schools, they said on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.

The NEA also says it isn't clear in the bill that charters are subject to the same accountability requirements as other public schools.

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 addition, he wants any expansion to include an accountability bill for all schools receiving state funds,» she said in an email.