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Non-Renewal Date Legislation Goes to the Governor
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 27, 2012
With the Assembly’s floor action last night, both houses of the Legislature have now passed legislation moving the non-renewal date from March 15 to May 15. Reliable sources inside the Capitol indicate that the Governor plans to sign the bill into law as soon as February 1st.
You might recall that this non-renewal language was adopted by the Assembly as an amendment to Senate Bill 2. SB 2, among other things, expanded the pen Enrollment application period from three weeks to three months and allowed for unlimited, year-round Open Enrollment. In addition to the non-renewal language, the Assembly, with strong SAA support, also adopted an amendment that closed the door on unlimited, year-round Open Enrollment. The Senate however, failed to concur in the Assembly amendments.
Subsequent negotiations among the parties produced an agreement for the Senate to concur in the Assembly amendments and for both houses to adopt an additional amendment providing students denied Open Enrollment by their resident school district an appeal to the DPI. On the strength of the Assembly amendments, the SAA changed its position on the bill from opposition to support.
The SAA will keep the membership informed of any further developments on this important legislation.
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