119.9002 Commissioner; duties.
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119.9002 Commissioner; duties. The commissioner, the entities selected to operate and manage schools transferred to the program under this subchapter, and each school transferred to the program under this subchapter shall be subject to ss. 118.016 , 118.13 , 118.30
(1m), and 118.38 , other than s. 118.38
(a)9. , and to subch. V of ch. 115 and federal law applicable to children with disabilities. The commissioner shall do all of the following:
(1)Policies for identifying eligible schools to be transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program; partnership initiatives.
(a)Establish policies for providing qualitative analysis of each eligible school, identified in the annual report submitted by the state superintendent under s. 115.28
(a), to determine whether the school is suitable for transfer to the opportunity schools and partnership program. The commissioner shall include as a criterion in his or her policies the level of interest within the school and the school’s community in transferring the school to the program, as determined from community engagement. The commissioner shall establish a method for evaluating community engagement.
(b)Develop and manage partnership programs to more efficiently and effectively deploy wraparound services to residents of the county.
(2)Selection of schools for transfer to the opportunity schools and partnership program and limit on the number of schools transferred in any one school year.
1. During the 2015-16 school year, from the report submitted by the state superintendent under s. 115.28
(a), and using the policies established under sub.
(a), select at least one and not more than 3 eligible schools to be transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program for the following school year.
2. During the 2016-17 school year, from the report submitted by the state superintendent under s. 115.28
(a), and using the policies established under sub.
(a), select not more than 3 additional eligible schools to be transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program for the following school year.
3. During the 2017-18 school year, and in any subsequent school year, from the report submitted by the state superintendent under s. 115.28
(a), and using the policies established under sub.
(a), select not more than 5 additional eligible schools to be transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program for the following school year.
(b)Develop a request-for-proposal process for soliciting proposals from individuals, groups, persons, and governing bodies of private schools to operate and manage an eligible school upon transfer of the school to the opportunity schools and partnership program.
(c)After selecting one or more eligible schools to be transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program as provided under par.
(a), initiate the request-for-proposal process under par.
(b)for each selected school and make a determination regarding the entity that will operate the school. Upon receipt of proposals under par.
(b), the commissioner may engage the families of pupils enrolled in the school and community members and organizations to cultivate support for the transfer of the school to the program.
(d)For each eligible school selected under par.
(a), determine which of the following will be responsible for the operation and general management of the school upon its transfer to the opportunity schools and partnership program:
1. An individual or group not currently operating a school.
2. A person who is operating a charter school. The commissioner may proceed under this subdivision only if one of the following applies:
a. The performance, on the most recent examinations administered under s. 118.30
(1r), of pupils attending a school operated by the person exceeds the performance, on the most recent examinations administered under s. 118.30
(1), of pupils attending the school being transferred to the person under this subdivision.