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2021 Assembly Committee on Education


Committee Clerk

Katie Scott

Legislative Council Staff

Katie Bender-Olson

Hearing Notices

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB59
    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.
    Representative Dittrich
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB82
    Relating to: information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
    Representative Allen
    Senator Darling
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB118
    Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Tabled
  • AB119
    Relating to: applications for full-time open enrollment.
    Representative Loudenbeck
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Rules
  • AB122
    Relating to: microschools.
    Representative Sortwell
    Senator Nass
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB160
    Relating to: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district.
    Representative Rodriguez
    Senator Bradley
    A-Rules
  • AB196
    Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.
    Representative Dittrich
    Senator Bernier
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • AB222
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Representative Krug
    Senator Jacque
    A-Rules
  • AB261
    Relating to: the department of public instruction's waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Stroebel
    A-Tabled
  • AB383
    Relating to: school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Kuglitsch
    Senator Jagler
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB405
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.
    Representative James
    Senator Bradley
    A-Tabled
  • 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
  • AB428
    Relating to: the membership of the Higher Educational Aids Board.
    Joint Legislative Council
    S-Universities and Technical Colleges
  • AB446
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Bernier
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB488
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make information about learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction available to the public.
    Representative Behnke
    Senator Stroebel
    A-Tabled
  • AB560
    Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program.
    Representative Novak
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Tabled
  • AB561
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Darling
    S-Education
  • AB562
    Relating to: gender identity and sexual orientation programs in public schools.
    Representative Cabral-Guevara

    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB602
    Relating to: reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative James
    Senator Jagler
    A-Tabled
  • AB611
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Darling
    A-Tabled
  • AB617
    Relating to: early admission to kindergarten and first grade at a private school participating in a parental choice program.
    Representative Rodriguez
    Senator Wanggaard
    A-Tabled
  • AB621
    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.
    Representative Schraa
    Senator Jagler
    A-Tabled
  • AB721
    Relating to: the number of independent charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.
    Representative Steffen
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Tabled
  • 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
  • AB893
    Relating to: grants to support the teaching of college courses in high schools.
    Representative Murphy
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Tabled
  • AB899
    Relating to: requiring one credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation.
    Representative Dallman
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB964
    Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    Senator Darling
    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB969
    Relating to: reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers.
    Representative Duchow

    S-Judiciary and Public Safety
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • CR20-071
    Relating to alternative completion standards for educator preparation programs.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-082
    Relating to general updates to open enrollment procedures.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-031
    Relating to age waivers for general educational development tests.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-007
    Relating to revisions to pupil nondiscrimination procedures.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-046
    Relating to Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs offsetting revenue, statements of actual cost, and affecting small business.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-010
    Relating to biennial cleanup of DPI administrative rules.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR20-024
    Relating to changes to rules governing substitute educational interpreter licenses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-072
    Relating to sensory impairment terminology and deaf-blindness.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-012
    Relating to tier I, 3-year school district-sponsored licenses with stipulations.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-005
    Relating to grade ranges for school administrators and speech-language pathologists.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-006
    Relating to calculation of aid under the achievement gap reduction program.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-074
    Relating to speech and language impairment criteria.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-077
    Relating to educator preparation program and licensing flexibilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • SB238
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Krug
    A-Rules
  • SB589
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Mursau
    S-Enacted into law

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB59
    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.
    Representative Dittrich
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB82
    Relating to: information about sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities.
    Representative Allen
    Senator Darling
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB118
    Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Tabled
  • AB119
    Relating to: applications for full-time open enrollment.
    Representative Loudenbeck
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Rules
  • AB122
    Relating to: microschools.
    Representative Sortwell
    Senator Nass
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB160
    Relating to: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district.
    Representative Rodriguez
    Senator Bradley
    A-Rules
  • AB196
    Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.
    Representative Dittrich
    Senator Bernier
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • AB222
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Representative Krug
    Senator Jacque
    A-Rules
  • AB261
    Relating to: the department of public instruction's waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Stroebel
    A-Tabled
  • AB383
    Relating to: school district membership in an interscholastic athletic association in the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Kuglitsch
    Senator Jagler
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB405
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.
    Representative James
    Senator Bradley
    A-Tabled
  • 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
  • AB428
    Relating to: the membership of the Higher Educational Aids Board.
    Joint Legislative Council
    S-Universities and Technical Colleges
  • AB446
    Relating to: reading readiness assessments and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Bernier
    A-Veto Sustained
  • AB488
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make information about learning materials and educational activities used for pupil instruction available to the public.
    Representative Behnke
    Senator Stroebel
    A-Tabled
  • AB560
    Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program.
    Representative Novak
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Tabled
  • AB561
    Relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.
    Representative Duchow
    Senator Darling
    S-Education
  • AB562
    Relating to: gender identity and sexual orientation programs in public schools.
    Representative Cabral-Guevara

    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB602
    Relating to: reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative James
    Senator Jagler
    A-Tabled
  • AB611
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Darling
    A-Tabled
  • AB617
    Relating to: early admission to kindergarten and first grade at a private school participating in a parental choice program.
    Representative Rodriguez
    Senator Wanggaard
    A-Tabled
  • AB621
    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.
    Representative Schraa
    Senator Jagler
    A-Tabled
  • AB721
    Relating to: the number of independent charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.
    Representative Steffen
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Tabled
  • 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
  • AB893
    Relating to: grants to support the teaching of college courses in high schools.
    Representative Murphy
    Senator Kooyenga
    A-Tabled
  • AB899
    Relating to: requiring one credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation.
    Representative Dallman
    Senator Ballweg
    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB964
    Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.
    Representative Thiesfeldt
    Senator Darling
    A-Rules
  • 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
  • AB969
    Relating to: reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers.
    Representative Duchow

    S-Judiciary and Public Safety
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • CR20-071
    Relating to alternative completion standards for educator preparation programs.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-082
    Relating to general updates to open enrollment procedures.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-031
    Relating to age waivers for general educational development tests.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-007
    Relating to revisions to pupil nondiscrimination procedures.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR21-046
    Relating to Parental Choice and Special Needs Scholarship Programs offsetting revenue, statements of actual cost, and affecting small business.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-102
    Relating to specific learning disability evaluations in homeschool and private school settings.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-008
    Relating to expanding virtual summer and interim session courses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-010
    Relating to biennial cleanup of DPI administrative rules.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-011
    Relating to changes to criteria Relating to specific learning disabilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • CR20-024
    Relating to changes to rules governing substitute educational interpreter licenses.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-072
    Relating to sensory impairment terminology and deaf-blindness.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-012
    Relating to tier I, 3-year school district-sponsored licenses with stipulations.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-073
    Relating to emotional behavior disability criteria.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-005
    Relating to grade ranges for school administrators and speech-language pathologists.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-006
    Relating to calculation of aid under the achievement gap reduction program.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR20-074
    Relating to speech and language impairment criteria.
    Public Instruction
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-077
    Relating to educator preparation program and licensing flexibilities.
    Public Instruction
    A-Administrative Rules
  • SB238
    Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.
    Senator Jacque
    Representative Krug
    A-Rules
  • SB589
    Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Mursau
    S-Enacted into law