More on Gerrymandering Supreme Court Case
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 20, 2017
I found this column by Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to be interesting analysis of the key issues at the heart of the Wisconsin gerrymandering case. Check it out.
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La Crosse Area Educators Weigh In on ESSA
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 20, 2017
Check out the La Crosse Tribune coverage of the ESSA hearing held at CESA 4 yesterday.
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SWIB Executive Director to Retire
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 20, 2017
From WisPolitics.com …
Michael Williamson, the executive director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, will retire at the end of the year.
SWIB, which manages state retirement assets, said it’s added $1 billion above the market’s returns since Williamson started leading the agency in 2012.
David Stein, the Board of Trustees chairman, said Williamson has “provided steady and skillful leadership for the organization as it navigated through difficult financial times and a major transformation of its operations.”
Williamson, meanwhile, said he’s “looking forward to becoming a beneficiary” of retirement benefits after 41 years of public service, including in the city of Madison, UW-Madison, the District of Columbia Retirement Board and the North Carolina Retirement System.
The Board of Trustees, which is now launching a nationwide search for a new executive director, plans on hiring someone before Williamson retires.
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Evers Announces Districts of Innovation
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 19, 2017
The Department of Public Instruction unveiled a new effort today to encourage innovation, increase educational equity, and remove barriers that schools may face in helping all students graduate college and career ready.
Additional information is available in the DPI news release here.
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Public Hearing on PI 34 Emergency Rule
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | June 19, 2017
The Department of Public Instruction is submitting an emergency rule on PI 34 under s. 115.28(7)(a), Stats. The emergency rule and corresponding public hearing notice are linked below. The emergency rule will be effective on Saturday, June 17th. The public hearing will be held on Thursday, July 6 in Madison.
PI 34 contains the current administrative rules governing the licensure of school personnel. Section 115.425, Wis. Stats., and PI 34.36, Wis. Admin. Code, provide the duties of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, which advises and makes recommendations to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction on matters pertaining to the licensure of teachers. The PSC developed a strategic plan for addressing school staffing challenges in Wisconsin with the goal of developing, supporting, and retaining teachers, and some of those recommendations were reviewed by stakeholder groups and used in this rule development. Such strategies include fewer licenses with greater flexibility, easing the licensing process for out-of-state license holders, reducing the testing burden, and expanding pathways into the profession.
Written comments on the emergency rule must be received no later than July 21, 2017, and will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.
PI 34 Emergency Rule Public Hearing Notice
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