|
MADISON - The Wisconsin Legislature has
passed a series of education reform bills designed to make the state
compete for nearly $4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.
The action came after President Barack
Obama touted the Race to the Top grant program in Madison on Wednesday.
The Assembly passed three reform bills on
Thursday, but the final vote didn't come until 3 a.m. Friday morning
after Democrats met for more than three hours before closed doors.
The bill in question would remove a
prohibition in state law from using student test data to evaluate
teachers. That ban would make Wisconsin ineligible for the federal
grants.
Even with the ban removed, teachers could
not be disciplined or removed based on student test scores.
Republicans argued the change was
useless.
|
