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No school districts in Wisconsin will be considered eligible for a forced takeover program for schools that don’t meet state academic standards, according to a letter the Department of Public Instruction sent Wednesday to the Milwaukee School District.

No schools fell into the state’s lowest-performing category, in part, because lawmakers in the last state budget cycle changed the way state report cards are calculated.

DPI said in the letter that a preliminary, but reliable look at the way schools measure up under the new formula shows no school districts are now eligible for a new program lawmakers also created during the last budget cycle that would give county executives the power to turn such schools in their county into private voucher schools or independent charter schools.

Milwaukee School District Superintendent Darienne Driver also said Wednesday schools in the district have improved. Before the report card change, more than 50 schools in the Milwaukee district were eligible for takeover.