Amendment AA1-AB1069

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1069

February 7, 2024 - Offered by Representative Kitchens.

AB1069-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB1069-AA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 4: delete “development" and substitute “development and reading readiness assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year".

AB1069-AA1,1,4 2. Page 2, line 16: after that line insert:

AB1069-AA1,1,5 “ Section 4m. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB1069-AA1,2,2 (1) Four-year-old kindergarten; fundamental skills screening requirement. Notwithstanding s. 118.016 (2), as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, each school board and the operator of each independent charter school need only assess the early literacy skills of each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten in the school district or in the independent charter school one time during the 2024-25 school year using a fundamental skills screening assessment selected by the department of public instruction. The school board or operator of the independent charter school shall ensure that any fundamental skills screening assessment administered during the 2024-25 school year is administered after January 1, 2025, and no later than 45 days before the last day of the school term.

AB1069-AA1,2,4 (2) Early literacy assessments for 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade; universal screenings and diagnostic screenings.

AB1069-AA1,2,13 (a) Universal screenings. Notwithstanding s. 118.016 (3) (a), as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, each school board and the operator of each independent charter school need only screen each pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten to 3rd grade in the school district or independent charter school two times during the 2024-25 school year using a universal screening assessment selected by the department. The requirement for each school board and operator of each independent charter school to administer the first universal screening assessment under s. 118.016 (3) (a) 1., as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, does not apply during the 2024-25 school year.

AB1069-AA1,2,19 (b) Diagnostic assessments. The requirement for each school board and operator of each independent charter school to administer a diagnostic assessment under s. 118.016 (3) (b) 1., as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, does not apply during the 2024-25 school year. During the 2024-25 school year, the requirement to assess a pupil using a diagnostic assessment under s. 118.016 (3) (b) 3., as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, first applies to a request submitted on January 1, 2025.

AB1069-AA1,2,21 (3) Personal reading plan creation. Section 118.016 (5) (b) 1., as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, does not apply during the 2024-25 school year.”.

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