State of the State Address Tonight
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 13, 2015
From WisPolitics.com…
Governor Scott Walker will deliver his annual State of the State address tonight in the Assembly chamber.
The guv is expected to add some detail to his plan to reorganize state government and touch on priorities like a school accountability bill and legislation that would ensure schools are not required to participate in Common Core.
But he is expected to largely save details on how he plans to solve a $2.2 billion budget shortfall until his budget address Feb. 3.
Tonight’s speech, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., will be broadcast live on Wisconsin Public TV and WisconsinEye.
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Legislative Council Memo Describes AB 1
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 12, 2015
?The Wisconsin Legislative Council has prepared a memo for legislators describing Assembly Bill 1.
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Assembly Bill 1 Has Critics on All Sides
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 12, 2015
?Erin Richards of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Assembly Bill 1 is headed to a public hearing before the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday with just one problem: few people like it.
Read more here.
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Response Needed — SAA Legislative Alert on Assembly Bill 1
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 12, 2015
The SAA is issuing a Priority Legislative Alert on Assembly Bill 1.
Assembly Bill 1 (AB 1), relating to school accountability, will have a public hearing before the Assembly Education Committee at 10:00am on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 in Room 417 North, State Capitol. The SAA is planning to testify in opposition to the bill.
Last Friday, January 9th, many district administrators and principals received a communication from the office of Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), chairman of the Assembly Education Committee. In addition to providing Rep. Thiesfeldt’s perspective and commentary on AB 1, it also invited school administrators to provide their input on the bill. WASDA and AWSA encouraged their members to respond to the invitation. We are aware that dozens of SAA members have already responded to this invitation.
But, we can’t stop there!!
Capitol sources indicate the Assembly Education Committee is prepared to take executive action (vote) on the bill following Wednesday’s public hearing. What’s more, Assembly leadership is planning to bring the bill to a floor vote in the Assembly as soon as next Tuesday, January 20th.
We urge SAA members to take action now! Please contact Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt and Rep. Sondy Pope (D-Verona) in opposition to AB 1. Rep. Pope is ranking Democrat on the Assembly Education Committee. We recommend that you frame your communication drawing from two documents you received from the SAA late last week, “SAA Concerns About the Accountability Bill” (AB 1) and the SAA press release on AB 1. Please draw from the points made in these two sources and add any personal reflections that complement this information. In addition to contacting Rep. Thiesfeldt and Rep. Pope, it is extremely important that you copy your own Assembly Representative and State Senator on this communication.
For your convenience in contacting your legislators, we have provided links to the Assembly Directory, the Senate Directory and Who Are My Legislators.
If you should have any questions please email me. Thanks for listening and, as always, thank you for everything you do on behalf of Wisconsin school children.
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Schools Potentially Impacted by Accountability Bill
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 9, 2015
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has produced a spreadsheet detailing the schools that could be impacted by the provisions of Assembly Bill 1, relating to school accountability, if the bill became law. We are providing this information as a service to SAA members.
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