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2021 Senate Committee on Education


Committee Clerk

Jerry Ponio

Legislative Council Staff

Emily Hicks

Raine Black

Hearing Notices

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB561
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Darling
    S-Education
  • AB563
    Relating to: required instruction in civic education in the elementary and high school grades; high school graduation requirements; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
    Representative Vos
    Senator Bernier
    S-Education
  • AB830
    Relating to: model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Murphy
    Senator Jacque
    S-Education
  • AB843
    Relating to: comprehensive firearm education for high school pupils.
    Representative Pronschinske
    Senator Jacque
    S-Education
  • AB854
    Relating to: the authority of school boards to approve or deny owner-initiated petitions to detach and attach small territories of school districts and modifying a waiting period that applies to filing multiple petitions.
    Representative Summerfield
    Senator Bernier
    S-Education
  • AB971
    Relating to: promotion of pupils from the third grade to the fourth grade based on passage of the standardized reading test; reading readiness assessments in public schools; grants to increase licensure of reading teachers; sunsetting the Achievement Gap Reduction program; programs to identify and address pupils with dyslexia; parental opt-out of pupils in grades kindergarten to three from statewide examinations; and making an appropriation.
    Representative Wittke

    S-Education
  • EAKENNEY
    of Madison, as a Public Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2023.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Education
  • EDUWIGDAHL
    of Menomonie, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUDOBKOSKI
    of Holmen, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUST.GERMAINE
    of Hayward, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDURYAN
    of Kenosha, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUCOLLINS
    of Superior, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUZINKEL
    of Wausau, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUFALLAHI
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUKRUEGER
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUWILSON
    of St. Croix Falls, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUHAHN
    of Burlington, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • SB379
    Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans.
    Senator Wimberger
    Representative Snyder
    S-Education
  • SB436
    Relating to: counting summer school enrollment for purposes of school district revenue limits.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Vining
    S-Education
  • SB459
    Relating to: requiring voter education instruction in the elementary and high school grades and incorporating voter education instruction into the state model social studies standards.
    Senator Roys
    Representative Hintz
    S-Education
  • SB567
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Duchow
    S-Education
  • SB598
    Relating to: gender identity and sexual orientation programs in public schools.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Cabral-Guevara
    S-Education
  • SB732
    Relating to: school-based mental health services grants.
    Senator Agard
    Representative Vining
    S-Education
  • SB746
    Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Spiros
    S-Education
  • SB761
    Relating to: model academic standards related to climate change; grants to develop climate change curriculum resources; funding for the University of Wisconsin System and special education; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB762
    Relating to: an energy efficiency grant program for school districts, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Neubauer
    S-Education
  • SB781
    Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of employing school nurses.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB782
    Relating to: community school start-up grants, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Bowen
    S-Education
  • SB808
    Relating to: the authority of school boards to approve or deny owner-initiated petitions to detach and attach small territories of school districts and modifying a waiting period that applies to filing multiple petitions.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Summerfield
    S-Education
  • SB841
    Relating to: requiring one credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Dallman
    S-Education
  • SB854
    Relating to: model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Murphy
    S-Education
  • SB950
    Relating to: academic and career planning services for pupils in grades 6 to 12.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Kurtz
    S-Education
  • SB956
    Relating to: the additional child and dependent care tax credit, a rebate for individual residents, and a family caregiver tax credit; various changes to statutes related to elementary and secondary education in this state; increasing funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical college system, special education, general equalization aids, and per pupil aid; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Neubauer
    S-Education
  • SB961
    Relating to: state aid to the resident school district of a pupil attending a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB967
    Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Education
  • SB983
    Relating to: phasing out parental choice programs and the Special Needs Scholarship Program, repealing the achievement gap reduction program and the student achievement guarantee program, creating a new student achievement guarantee program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Education
  • SB986
    Relating to: teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention education and training.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Kerkman
    S-Education
  • SB1016
    Relating to: reporting on, and charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
    Senator Testin
    Representative Wittke
    S-Education
  • SB1029
    Relating to: administration of Internet-based parental choice program applications and enrollments.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Education
  • SB1030
    Relating to: minority teacher loan program information.
    Senator Testin
    Representative Wittke
    S-Education
  • SB1055
    Relating to: prohibiting vaping on public and private school property.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1056
    Relating to: paid preparation time for teachers.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1057
    Relating to: requiring school boards to compensate teachers for time spent on nonclassroom services.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1058
    Relating to: adding a teacher representative to school boards.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1059
    Relating to: establishing minimum salaries for public school teachers.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1060
    Relating to: health insurance for school district employees.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1061
    Relating to: longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1062
    Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Smith
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1063
    Relating to: creating a teacher pledge loan repayment program administered by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB122
    Relating to: microschools.
    Representative Sortwell
    Senator Nass
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB411
    Relating to: anti-racism and anti-sexism pupil instruction and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees of school districts and independent charter schools.
    Representative Wichgers
    Senator Jacque
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB420
    Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB903
    Relating to: programs for gifted and talented pupils.
    Representative Petryk
    Senator Bernier
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB963
    Relating to: rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child.
    Representative Gundrum
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB965
    Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB966
    Relating to: reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB967
    Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB968
    Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB970
    Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Roth
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB975
    Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    Senator Darling
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB995
    Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option.
    Representative Vos
    Senator Kapenga
    A-Veto Sustained
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-046
    Relating to Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs offsetting revenue, statements of actual cost, and affecting small business.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR21-077
    Relating to educator preparation program and licensing flexibilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-095
    Relating to reevaluation criteria for orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, and significant developmental delay disability categories.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-024
    Relating to changes to rules governing substitute educational interpreter licenses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-010
    Relating to biennial cleanup of DPI administrative rules.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-082
    Relating to general updates to open enrollment procedures.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-074
    Relating to speech and language impairment criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-031
    Relating to age waivers for general educational development tests.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-005
    Relating to grade ranges for school administrators and speech-language pathologists.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-006
    Relating to calculation of aid under the achievement gap reduction program.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-012
    Relating to tier I, 3-year school district-sponsored licenses with stipulations.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-072
    Relating to sensory impairment terminology and deaf-blindness.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-007
    Relating to revisions to pupil nondiscrimination procedures.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR20-071
    Relating to alternative completion standards for educator preparation programs.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAWEGENKE
    of Sun Prairie, as a Private Schools Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2023.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EALECHLEITER-LUKE
    of New Lisbon, as a Public Schools Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EASENTER
    of Rhinelander, as a Public Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2021.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EDUPASQUALUCCI
    of Green Bay, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUHERZOG
    of Oshkosh, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUTRAYNORA
    of Eau Claire, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUKOSTUCK
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2017.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUCALLOPE
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUCALLOPED
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUKOSTUCKS
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUPASQUALUCCIA
    of Green Bay, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUTRAYNOR
    of Eau Claire, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUMARSOLEK
    of Wausaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUMARSOLEKK
    of Wausaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUELLIOTT
    of Greenfield, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • SB39
    Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities and school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB41
    Relating to: applications for the full-time open enrollment program in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years and the family income requirement for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB69
    Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Plumer
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB95
    Relating to: information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Allen
    A-Rules
  • SB109
    Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Duchow
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB110
    Relating to: applications for full-time open enrollment.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Loudenbeck
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB177
    Relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Finance
  • SB182
    Relating to: the commencement of fall classes in public schools.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Knodl
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB201
    Relating to: microschools.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Sortwell
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB221
    Relating to: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district.
    Senator Bradley
    Representative Rodriguez
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB235
    Relating to: measuring a school district's improvement for the school and school district accountability report.
    Senator Bradley
    Representative Skowronski
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB238
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Krug
    A-Rules
  • SB302
    Relating to: the department of public instruction's waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Wittke
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB358
    Relating to: exempting cooperative educational service agency employees from wage payment frequency requirements.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Callahan
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB373
    Relating to: making school district and school financial information available to the public.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB384
    Relating to: school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Kuglitsch
    S-Tabled
  • SB411
    Relating to: anti-racism and anti-sexism pupil instruction and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees of school districts and independent charter schools.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Wichgers
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB423
    Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Duchow
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB431
    Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB454
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Kitchens
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB463
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make information about learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction available to the public.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Behnke
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB555
    Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Novak
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB587
    Relating to: state aid payments for pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 who transfer schools due to the existence or absence of mandates regarding pupil face coverings or COVID-19 vaccines; school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB589
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Mursau
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB597
    Relating to: early admission to kindergarten and first grade at a private school participating in a parental choice program.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Rodriguez
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB608
    Relating to: the prior year pupil attendance requirement to participate in the Racine Parental Choice Program or the statewide parental choice program and allowing a pupil who changes residence to transfer from the Racine Parental Choice Program or Milwaukee Parental Choice Program to the statewide parental choice program.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Schraa
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB695
    Relating to: the number of independent charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Steffen
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB828
    Relating to: administration of the online early learning pilot program in the 2022-23 school year.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB833
    Relating to: grants to support the teaching of college courses in high schools.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Murphy
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB860
    Relating to: programs for gifted and talented pupils.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Petryk
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB962
    Relating to: rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Gundrum
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB963
    Relating to: reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB964
    Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB965
    Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB966
    Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB974
    Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.
    Senator Roth
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1004
    Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1011
    Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Vos
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1012
    Relating to: grants to public schools to purchase and implement high-quality curricular materials for teaching reading and language arts.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Wittke
    A-Rules

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB561
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Darling
    S-Education
  • AB563
    Relating to: required instruction in civic education in the elementary and high school grades; high school graduation requirements; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
    Representative Vos
    Senator Bernier
    S-Education
  • AB830
    Relating to: model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Murphy
    Senator Jacque
    S-Education
  • AB843
    Relating to: comprehensive firearm education for high school pupils.
    Representative Pronschinske
    Senator Jacque
    S-Education
  • AB854
    Relating to: the authority of school boards to approve or deny owner-initiated petitions to detach and attach small territories of school districts and modifying a waiting period that applies to filing multiple petitions.
    Representative Summerfield
    Senator Bernier
    S-Education
  • AB971
    Relating to: promotion of pupils from the third grade to the fourth grade based on passage of the standardized reading test; reading readiness assessments in public schools; grants to increase licensure of reading teachers; sunsetting the Achievement Gap Reduction program; programs to identify and address pupils with dyslexia; parental opt-out of pupils in grades kindergarten to three from statewide examinations; and making an appropriation.
    Representative Wittke

    S-Education
  • EAKENNEY
    of Madison, as a Public Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2023.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Education
  • EDUWIGDAHL
    of Menomonie, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUDOBKOSKI
    of Holmen, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUST.GERMAINE
    of Hayward, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDURYAN
    of Kenosha, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUCOLLINS
    of Superior, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUZINKEL
    of Wausau, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUFALLAHI
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUKRUEGER
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUWILSON
    of St. Croix Falls, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • EDUHAHN
    of Burlington, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2022.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Education
  • SB379
    Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans.
    Senator Wimberger
    Representative Snyder
    S-Education
  • SB436
    Relating to: counting summer school enrollment for purposes of school district revenue limits.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Vining
    S-Education
  • SB459
    Relating to: requiring voter education instruction in the elementary and high school grades and incorporating voter education instruction into the state model social studies standards.
    Senator Roys
    Representative Hintz
    S-Education
  • SB567
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Duchow
    S-Education
  • SB598
    Relating to: gender identity and sexual orientation programs in public schools.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Cabral-Guevara
    S-Education
  • SB732
    Relating to: school-based mental health services grants.
    Senator Agard
    Representative Vining
    S-Education
  • SB746
    Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Spiros
    S-Education
  • SB761
    Relating to: model academic standards related to climate change; grants to develop climate change curriculum resources; funding for the University of Wisconsin System and special education; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB762
    Relating to: an energy efficiency grant program for school districts, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Neubauer
    S-Education
  • SB781
    Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of employing school nurses.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB782
    Relating to: community school start-up grants, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Bowen
    S-Education
  • SB808
    Relating to: the authority of school boards to approve or deny owner-initiated petitions to detach and attach small territories of school districts and modifying a waiting period that applies to filing multiple petitions.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Summerfield
    S-Education
  • SB841
    Relating to: requiring one credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Dallman
    S-Education
  • SB854
    Relating to: model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Murphy
    S-Education
  • SB950
    Relating to: academic and career planning services for pupils in grades 6 to 12.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Kurtz
    S-Education
  • SB956
    Relating to: the additional child and dependent care tax credit, a rebate for individual residents, and a family caregiver tax credit; various changes to statutes related to elementary and secondary education in this state; increasing funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical college system, special education, general equalization aids, and per pupil aid; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Neubauer
    S-Education
  • SB961
    Relating to: state aid to the resident school district of a pupil attending a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program.
    Senator Bewley
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB967
    Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Education
  • SB983
    Relating to: phasing out parental choice programs and the Special Needs Scholarship Program, repealing the achievement gap reduction program and the student achievement guarantee program, creating a new student achievement guarantee program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Brostoff
    S-Education
  • SB986
    Relating to: teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention education and training.
    Senator Petrowski
    Representative Kerkman
    S-Education
  • SB1016
    Relating to: reporting on, and charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
    Senator Testin
    Representative Wittke
    S-Education
  • SB1029
    Relating to: administration of Internet-based parental choice program applications and enrollments.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Education
  • SB1030
    Relating to: minority teacher loan program information.
    Senator Testin
    Representative Wittke
    S-Education
  • SB1055
    Relating to: prohibiting vaping on public and private school property.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1056
    Relating to: paid preparation time for teachers.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1057
    Relating to: requiring school boards to compensate teachers for time spent on nonclassroom services.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1058
    Relating to: adding a teacher representative to school boards.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1059
    Relating to: establishing minimum salaries for public school teachers.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1060
    Relating to: health insurance for school district employees.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1061
    Relating to: longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1062
    Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Smith
    Representative Pope
    S-Education
  • SB1063
    Relating to: creating a teacher pledge loan repayment program administered by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Larson
    Representative Pope
    S-Education

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB122
    Relating to: microschools.
    Representative Sortwell
    Senator Nass
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB411
    Relating to: anti-racism and anti-sexism pupil instruction and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees of school districts and independent charter schools.
    Representative Wichgers
    Senator Jacque
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB420
    Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB903
    Relating to: programs for gifted and talented pupils.
    Representative Petryk
    Senator Bernier
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB963
    Relating to: rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child.
    Representative Gundrum
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB965
    Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB966
    Relating to: reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB967
    Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB968
    Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Darling
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB970
    Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Roth
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB975
    Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    Senator Darling
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB995
    Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option.
    Representative Vos
    Senator Kapenga
    A-Veto Sustained
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-046
    Relating to Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs offsetting revenue, statements of actual cost, and affecting small business.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR21-077
    Relating to educator preparation program and licensing flexibilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-095
    Relating to reevaluation criteria for orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, and significant developmental delay disability categories.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-024
    Relating to changes to rules governing substitute educational interpreter licenses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-010
    Relating to biennial cleanup of DPI administrative rules.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-082
    Relating to general updates to open enrollment procedures.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-074
    Relating to speech and language impairment criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-031
    Relating to age waivers for general educational development tests.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-005
    Relating to grade ranges for school administrators and speech-language pathologists.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-006
    Relating to calculation of aid under the achievement gap reduction program.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-012
    Relating to tier I, 3-year school district-sponsored licenses with stipulations.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-072
    Relating to sensory impairment terminology and deaf-blindness.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-007
    Relating to revisions to pupil nondiscrimination procedures.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    S-Recalled
  • CR20-071
    Relating to alternative completion standards for educator preparation programs.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAWEGENKE
    of Sun Prairie, as a Private Schools Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2023.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EALECHLEITER-LUKE
    of New Lisbon, as a Public Schools Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2024.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EASENTER
    of Rhinelander, as a Public Representative on the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2021.
    Educational Communications Board
    S-Confirmed
  • EDUPASQUALUCCI
    of Green Bay, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUHERZOG
    of Oshkosh, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUTRAYNORA
    of Eau Claire, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUKOSTUCK
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2017.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUCALLOPE
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUCALLOPED
    of Whitewater, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUKOSTUCKS
    of Milwaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUPASQUALUCCIA
    of Green Bay, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUTRAYNOR
    of Eau Claire, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUMARSOLEK
    of Wausaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2018.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUMARSOLEKK
    of Wausaukee, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • EDUELLIOTT
    of Greenfield, as a Member on the Professional Standards Council, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2021.
    Professional Standards Council
    S-Withdrawn
  • SB39
    Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities and school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB41
    Relating to: applications for the full-time open enrollment program in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years and the family income requirement for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB69
    Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Plumer
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB95
    Relating to: information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Allen
    A-Rules
  • SB109
    Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Duchow
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB110
    Relating to: applications for full-time open enrollment.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Loudenbeck
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB177
    Relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Finance
  • SB182
    Relating to: the commencement of fall classes in public schools.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Knodl
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB201
    Relating to: microschools.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Sortwell
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB221
    Relating to: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district.
    Senator Bradley
    Representative Rodriguez
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB235
    Relating to: measuring a school district's improvement for the school and school district accountability report.
    Senator Bradley
    Representative Skowronski
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB238
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Krug
    A-Rules
  • SB302
    Relating to: the department of public instruction's waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Wittke
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB358
    Relating to: exempting cooperative educational service agency employees from wage payment frequency requirements.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Callahan
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB373
    Relating to: making school district and school financial information available to the public.
    Senator Felzkowski
    Representative Magnafici
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB384
    Relating to: school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Kuglitsch
    S-Tabled
  • SB411
    Relating to: anti-racism and anti-sexism pupil instruction and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees of school districts and independent charter schools.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Wichgers
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB423
    Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Duchow
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB431
    Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB454
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Kitchens
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB463
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make information about learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction available to the public.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Behnke
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB555
    Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program.
    Senator Ballweg
    Representative Novak
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB587
    Relating to: state aid payments for pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 who transfer schools due to the existence or absence of mandates regarding pupil face coverings or COVID-19 vaccines; school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year; and making an appropriation.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Dittrich
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB589
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Mursau
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB597
    Relating to: early admission to kindergarten and first grade at a private school participating in a parental choice program.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Rodriguez
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB608
    Relating to: the prior year pupil attendance requirement to participate in the Racine Parental Choice Program or the statewide parental choice program and allowing a pupil who changes residence to transfer from the Racine Parental Choice Program or Milwaukee Parental Choice Program to the statewide parental choice program.
    Senator Jagler
    Representative Schraa
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB695
    Relating to: the number of independent charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Steffen
    S-Veto Sustained
  • SB828
    Relating to: administration of the online early learning pilot program in the 2022-23 school year.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB833
    Relating to: grants to support the teaching of college courses in high schools.
    Senator Kooyenga
    Representative Murphy
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB860
    Relating to: programs for gifted and talented pupils.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Petryk
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB962
    Relating to: rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Gundrum
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB963
    Relating to: reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB964
    Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB965
    Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB966
    Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB974
    Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.
    Senator Roth
    Representative Wittke
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1004
    Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1011
    Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Vos
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB1012
    Relating to: grants to public schools to purchase and implement high-quality curricular materials for teaching reading and language arts.
    Senator Bernier
    Representative Wittke
    A-Rules