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Special Committee on Charter Schools

Chair: Rep. Leah Vukmir
Legislative Council Staff: Joyce L. Kiel and Russ Whitesel
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The special committee is directed to study current state laws relating to charter schools and to develop proposed legislation for new charter schools to be created and to improve the ability of charter schools to serve pupils.  The committee may examine funding of charter schools, including providing funding for technology in charter schools and financing of charter school facilities; accountability for charter school pupil performance; transportation of pupils to charter schools; the types of entities that may establish or contract for the establishment of charter schools; the types of entities with which a chartering entity may contract to operate a charter school; benefits provided to charter school employees; the process by which charter schools are established or a contract is renewed or terminated; benefits or protections provided to other schools that may be expanded to apply to charter schools; and other issues relating to modernizing charter school law.

Report to the Joint Legislative Council (no recommendation)
  • Report to the Legislature, 2007-16, Special Committee on Charter Schools (no legislation) (December 13, 2007)
Proposed Report to the Joint Legislative Council
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature, 2007-16, Special Committee on Charter Schools (no legislation) (July 19, 2007)
Based on a survey of the availability of committee members, the Special Committee on Charter Schools will NOT meet on Friday, June 29, 2007.
 
June 25, 2007 Meeting (no quorum)
  • WLC:  0087/1, relating to permitting additional entities to establish charter schools and creating a process to request consideration be given to establishing a charter school, a process to request that a charter school be established, and a process to appeal a decision not to establish a charter school or not to renew a charter.
  • A map to the Legislative Council Staff offices.
  • Letter from Public Member Noelle Mudrak (June 22, 2007).
June 12, 2007 Joint Legislative Council Meeting
  • Memorandum to the Joint Legislative Council, from Representative Leah Vukmir, Chair, Special Committee on Charter Schools, regarding status of the Special Committee on Charter Schools (6/5/07)
April 9, 2007 Meeting [CANCELED]
  • WLC:  0087/1, relating to permitting additional entities to establish charter schools and creating a process to request consideration be given to establishing a charter school, a process to request that a charter school be established, and a process to appeal a decision not to establish a charter school or not to renew a charter.
December 19, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 4, Draft Legislation to Authorize Additional Entities to Establish Charter Schools (December 11, 2006)
    • WLC: 0030/1, relating to permitting additional entities to establish charter schools
  • WLC: 0031/1, relating to creating a process to request that consideration be given to establishing a charter school and a process to appeal a decision not to establish a charter school or not to renew a charter school
  • Members of Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
  • List, of colleges and schools accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
  • Internal Revenue Service letter, relating to Minnesota retirement plan, distributed by Department of Employee Trust Funds
  • Memorandum, Charter school inquiries to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning's offices, from Public Member Cindy Zautcke
November 28, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 2, Creating an Appeal Process for Denial, Nonrenewal, and Revocation of a Charter (November 20, 2006)
  • Memo No. 3, Expanding the Entities Which May Authorize Charter Schools (November 21, 2006)
  • Outline of remarks, by John Vincent, Administrator, Division of Trust Finance and Employer Services, and Bob Conlin, Director, Legislation, Communications, and Planning (November 28, 2006)
October 17, 2006 Meeting
  • Report, 2003-2004 Legislative Report on Charter Schools, DPI (August 2006)
  • Handout, Authorizers and Appeals From Education Commission of the States Database "State Policies for Charter Schools", distributed by Todd Ziebarth, Senior Policy Analyst, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
  • Handout, Charter Law Provisions Regarding State Retirement Systems, distributed by Todd Ziebarth, Senior Policy Analyst, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
  • Remarks, The Importance of Innovation in Chartering, by Ted Kolderie and Joe Graba, Education/Evolving (October 17, 2006)
  • Memo, WASB Charter School Position, from Sheri Krause, Legislative Services Coordinator, Wisconsin Association of School Boards (October 17, 2006)
  • Written testimony, submitted by Russ Allen, Wisconsin Education Association Council (October 17, 2006)
September 26, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Background Information About Charter School Law and Charter Schools in Wisconsin (September 11, 2006)
  • Presentation, by Brian Pahnke, Assistant State Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
  • Presentation, by Robert Soldner, School Management Services Director, DPI
  • Presentation, by David Loppnow, Legislative Fiscal Bureau (September 26, 2006)
  • Testimony, by Senn Brown, Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Charter Schools Association (September 26, 2006)
  • Presentation, by Todd Ziebarth, Senior Policy Analyst, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (September 26, 2006)