City of Milwaukee - File #: 100381

• File #: 100381
• Version: 1
• Type: Motion
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/7/2010
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/1/2010
• Title: Substitute motion revoking the charter of and terminating the City of Milwaukee’s charter school contract with the Academy of Learning and Leadership.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CHARTER SCHOOLS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/1/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	APPROVED	Pass	14:0
7/27/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Pass	15:0
7/15/2010	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Dr. Howard Fuller, Chair, Charter School Review Committee Sue Gramling, Children’s Research Center Janice Ereth, Children’s Research Center Atty. Michael Schaalman, President, Academy of Learning and Leadership Board Camille Mortimer, Founder, Academy of Learning and Leadership	Pass	8:0
7/14/2010	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/7/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
100381
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
060090, 021365
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute motion revoking the charter of and terminating the City of Milwaukee’s charter school contract with the Academy of Learning and Leadership.
Analysis
Pursuant to the procedure set forth in s. 338-29 of the Code of Ordinances, this motion revokes the charter of and terminates the City of Milwaukee’s charter school contract with the Academy of Learning and Leadership, effective at the end of the regular 2009-2010 school year. The Academy of Learning and Leadership was first granted a charter by Common Council File Number 021365 on January 22, 2003.
Body
Whereas. Section 118.40(2r), Wis. Stats., authorizes the Milwaukee Common Council to operate charter schools within its corporate limits, provided the schools meet certain criteria; and

Whereas, Pursuant to this authority, the City enacted ch. 330 of the Code of Ordinances to regulate the granting, denial, governance and revocation of school charters; and

Whereas, On January 22, 2003, by Common Council File Number 021365, the Common Council moved to grant a charter and enter into a contract with the Academy of Learning and Leadership; and

Whereas, The contract between the Academy of Learning and Leadership and the City was amended by Common Council File Number 060090 on May 31, 2006, extending the contract through the 2010-2011 school year; and

Whereas, On July 13, 2010, the Charter School Review Committee held a public hearing to investigate the operations and performance of the Academy of Learning and Leadership and to consider the possible termination of the Academy of Learning and Leadership’s charter contract and revocation of its charter; and

Whereas, The Charter School Review Committee determined that pupils enrolled at the Academy of Learning and Leadership have failed to make sufficient progress toward attaining educational goals under s. 118.01, Wis. Stats., or the academic performance criteria...