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Senate Passes SAA Mandate Relief Bill
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 21, 2011
On Thursday, the State Senate passed Senate Bill 95 after lengthy debate by a margin of 17-16. The SAA worked closely with the bill’s author, Senator Luther Olsen (R-Ripon), on the bill’s development. SB 95 is an omnibus bill featuring 10 separate items of mandate relief, clarification and added flexibility relating to the following: granting high school credit for extracurricular sports; services provided by a special education program; transportation aid paid to school districts; the use of moneys received by a school district from the common school fund; using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate, discharge, suspend, or discipline a teacher or for the nonrenewal of a teacher’s contract; the number of teaching days scheduled in the Milwaukee Public Schools; permitting a school district to limit the grades in which to reduce class size under the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program; permitting a school board to deny enrollment to a pupil who has been expelled from an out-of-state school or from an independent charter school in this state and permitting an independent charter school to expel a pupil; use of law enforcement records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district’s athletic code; and changing the date by which a school district must certify the amount of its property tax levy.
After Senate action, the bill was messaged to the Assembly where we are hopeful of concurrence. The SAA will keep the membership informed of any developments regarding this important bill.
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