Bill No. | Description, Main Author(s) and Status | WASB |
| AB 8 | Requires written policies on locker room privacy (Schneider) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 118
| Monitor |
| AB 26 | Increases the penalties for disobeying crossing guards (Gottlieb/ Lassa) Status: Approved by the Assembly and approved by the Senate Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB 30 | Allows educational agencies to refuse to employ unpardoned felons (Petrowski/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB 47 | Creates a health savings account tax credit (Kaufert/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB 51 | Prohibits harassing computer messages (Friske/Lassa) Status: Approved by the Assembly, public hearing held by the Senate Judiciary, Corrections and Housing Committee on Feb. 27, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB 55 | Changes the criteria for newspapers eligible to publish legal notices (Jeskewitz) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly State Affairs Committee on Feb. 27, 2007; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB 63 | Encourages veterans to volunteer in the classroom (Wieckert/Plale) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 22
| Monitor |
| AB 77 | Distributes the school levy credit to counties for distribution to the municipalities (Sherman/Jauch) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 190
| Monitor |
| AB 78 | Requires instruction in Hmong history (Seidel/Lehman) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AB 94 | Creates a publicly financed health care system (Benedict/Miller) Status: Referred to the Assembly Health and Healthcare Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB 99 | Allows a diploma to be granted to a foreign exchange student (Schneider/Lehman) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committee on Sept. 25, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB103 | Requires an additional credit of math and science for high school graduation (Davis/Olsen) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AB110 | Provides municipal employers greater flexibility in health care bargaining (Vukmir/Darling) Status: Available for scheduling for a vote by the full Assembly; failed to pass.
 WASB Testimony (114.38 KB)
| Support |
| AB112 | Exempts school districts from the motor vehicle fuel tax (Bies/Lasee) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Transportation Committee on April 19, 2007; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (61.49 KB) | Support |
| AB127 | Creates a math/science teacher tuition loan program (Davis/Olsen) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB136 | Allows school districts to claim a refund for the state motor vehicle fuel tax (Ballweg/Lassa) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (38.83 KB) | Support |
| AB140 | Allows school boards to approve subdivision plats (Schneider) Status: Referred to the Assembly Urban and Local Affairs Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB165 | Requires transportation of four-year-old pupils to private school only if the public school has a 4K program (Friske/Lehman) Status: Laid on the table by the Assemblyp; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (52.50 KB) | Support |
| AB170 | Allows the posting of legal notices on the Internet (Owens/Roessler) Status: Referred to the Assembly Urban and Local Affairs Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB176 | Allows school district residents to object to use of ethnic logos, nicknames and mascots (Musser/Coggs) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AB180 | Prohibits the use of ethnic logos, nicknames and mascots (Schneider) Status: Referred to the Assembly State Affairs Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AB184 | Requires certain post-employment benefit investments to be held in separate trusts (Gottlieb/Lassa) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 82
| Monitor |
AB199
| Extends the same privileges of private K-12 schools and their students to tribal K-12 schools and their students. (Joint Legislative Council) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Reform Committee on Nov. 13, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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| AB203 | Requires electronic seat check reminders on school buses (Sheridan/Coggs) Status: Referred to the Assembly Transportation Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AB207 | Relates to cable franchises and public access channels (Montgomery/Plale) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 42
WASB Memo to JFC (52.37 KB) AB 207 Comparison with Illionois Law Protections (441.76 KB)
| Oppose |
AB221
| Requires the state budget bill to not authorize general purpose revenue expenditures in excess of expected revenues. (Wieckert/Leibham) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on May 30, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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| AB233 | Allows school boards to grant high school diplomas to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities (Sheridan/Sullivan) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AB273 | Extends the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses. (Mason) Status: Referred to the Assembly Organization Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB282 | Creates a felony offense for threatening a school employee. (Albers/Schultz) Status: Approved by the Assembly and referred to the Senate Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB286 | Defines virtual charter schools and extends the open enrollment deadlines for pupils enrolling in virtual charter schools. (Pridemore) Status: Assembly Rules Committee; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (64.95 KB) | Monitor |
| AB290 | Requires funding for state-imposed mandates on local governments. (Wieckert/Grothman) Status: Available to be scheduled for a vote by the full Assembly; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB317 | Attempts to minimize impact of federal education laws. (Schneider/Erpenbach) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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| AB321 | Requires public and private schools to conduct semi-annual fire or other hazard drills and maintain records of the drills for seven years, among other emergency requirements. (Joint Legislative Council) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 79
| Monitor |
| AB326 | Prohibits a person required to register as a sex offender from being in any school building or on school property without notifying school officials. (Friske/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly and referred to the Senate Judiciary, Corrections and Housing Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB327 | Eliminates Youth Options as a mandatory program and allows school boards to set their own policies for Youth Options participation. (Mursau/Schultz) Status: Referred to the Joint Committee on Finance; failed to pass.
| Support |
AB329
| Prohibits the Legislature from approving legislation that exceeds revenues and requires excess revenues to be deposited in a "rainy day fund." (Hahn/Roessler) Status: Referred to the Joint Committee on Finance; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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| AB343 | Increases the low revenue ceiling by $300 in 2007-08 and 2008-09. (Mursau/Schultz) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Commmittee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB344 | Awards grants to school districts for consolidation feasibility studies. (Mursau/Lasee) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AB345 | Allows the Department of Public Instruction to prorate any dollars remaining in the transportation categorical aid to school districts after all claims have been paid. (Mursau/Lasee) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committee on Sept. 25, 2007; failed to pass.
| Support |
AB350
| Creates a Joint Committee on State Mandates and requires state funding of mandates. (Roth/Darling) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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| AB352 | Eliminates the Chapter 220 program. (Friske/Schultz) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
AB355
| Reforms the state campaign finance laws (Pocan/Risser) Status: Referred to the Assembly Elections and Constitutional Law Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB366
| Increases the penalties for crimes on school premises. (Staskunas/Carpenter) Status: Approved by the Assembly Education Committee on March 6, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB367
| Increases the penalties for trespassing on school premises. (Staskunas/Carpenter) Status: Approved by the Assembly Education Committee on March 6, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB375
| Eliminates the 180-day requirement, but maintains the minimum number of hours of instruction. (Mursau/Kedzie)
Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committee on Oct. 9, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB376
| Eliminates the 180-day requirement and increases the minimum number of hours of instruction (Mursau/Lasee) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB383
| Increases funding for the Youth Apprenticeship Program. (Van Akkeren/ Hansen) Status: Referred to the Assembly Workforce Development Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB389
| Eliminates the maximum amount of the academic excellence scholarship amounts. (Ballweg/Lassa) Status: Referred to the Assembly Colleges and Universitites Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB391
| Requires schools participating in the Milwaukee school choice voucher program to maintain progress records, provide copies of the records to parents if requested and transfer the records to the Milwaukee Public Schools if the school closes. (Pope-Roberts/Taylor)
Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB395
| Extends the Family Medical Leave Act to include school conferences and activities. (Black/Carpenter) Status: Referred to the Assembly Jobs and the Economy Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB398
| Allows the public school district to provide the same transportation reimbursement for two or more students from the same residence attending the same private school as allowed for one private school student. (Wasserman/Lassa) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB402
| Expands the eligibility criteria school boards may use in accepting or rejecting a student applying for full- or part-time open enrollment. (Staskunas/Olsen) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committee on Feb. 12, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB404
| Allows school boards to use federal, state, local or private funds to pay for the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by students eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches. (Pope-Roberts/Breske)
Status: Laid on the table by the Assembly; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB415
| Allows parents to copy a birth certificate in order for a child to participate in an organized youth sport. (Gottlieb/Grothman)
Status: Referred to the Assembly State Affairs Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB420
| Exempts a city, village, town or school district from the county library tax under certain conditions. (J. Ott/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB428
| Attempts to minimize the impact of federal education mandates. (Schneider) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Education; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB441
| Extends the open enrollment deadline for certain residents of the Marinette School District. (Mursau) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Education; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB447
| Allows municipal employers to contract for services without negotiation. (Gottlieb/Lazich) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB448
| Prohibits final offers submitted to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Council from including a higher percentage increase than what the district had received in revenue limit increases. (Gottlieb/Lazich) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB449
| Prohibits an employer from paying an employee's first three percent of earnings required by the Wisconsin Retirement System. (Gottlieb/Lazich) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB451
| Prohibits an employer or an employee from ending any grievance arbitration agreement during a contract hiatus and for an employer to end any fair-share agreement during a contract hiatus. (Mason/Hansen) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB452
| Creates a homeowner's tax credit. (Jorgensen/Hansen) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB476
| Extends the open enrollment deadline for certain students formerly attending a private school to attend the Auburndale School District in the 2006-07 school year. (Vruwink/Lassa) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Education; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB478
| Requires gifts or grants from a class of a particular school to be used for that school unless otherwise specified. (Richards/Plale) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Education on Feb. 12, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB482
| Prohibits Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on its teachers. (Gunderson/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB484
| Grants all school employees the authority to remove a student from school property or from a school-sponsored activity. (Ballweg/Lehman) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Education on Sept. 26, 2007; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (140.17 KB)
| Oppose
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AB492
| Requires school districts to provide information to students entering grades 6-12 about the human papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. (Hines/Taylor) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Public Health on Sept. 26, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB506
| Appropriates state aids to school districts for the 2007-09 biennium. (Huebsch) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Organization Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB513
| Requires certain high school agriculture courses to be counted as a science credit. (Mursau/Schultz) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Education on March 6, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB517
| Eliminates racial balance as a basis for rejecting a pupil under the Open Enrollment Program. (Nass/Lazich) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB553
| Creates a new method for entering into a contract for certain public works. (Gottlieb/Plale) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB585
| Eliminates the Sept. 1 start date requirement. (J. Ott/Lehman) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Tourism, Recreation and State Properties Committee on Feb. 14, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB620
| Requires the Department of Transportation to provide planning assistance for proposed school construction or enlargement projects upon request. (Wieckert/Lassa) Status: Available for scheduling for a vote by the full Assembly; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB625
| Authorizes a school board to construct or acquire a renewable resource facility. (Suder/Jauch) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 70
| Support
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AB626
| Creates a revenue limit exemption for school security costs. (Black/Jauch) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB633
| Includes numerous biennial state budget reforms. (Kaufert/Cowles) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB637
| Allows private schools that are outside of the city of Milwaukee, but inside Milwaukee County, to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program for grades 9-12. (Pridemore/Darling) Status: Approved by the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB644
| Requires inspections of alternative school vehicles to be conducted by the Department of Transportation. (Friske/Lehman) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Transportation on Jan. 17, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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| AB653 | Increases the low-revenue ceiling; authorizes a school board to exceed its revenue limits under certain circumstances; modifies the declining enrollment hold harmless revenue limit exemption; and distributes transportation aid balances to school districts. (Joint Legislative Council) Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Eduction Reform; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB658
| Permits a senior with at least a 3.8 GPA to receive the academic excellence higher education scholarship if the senior who is designated as a scholar or the alternate does not enroll in a participating higher education institution. (Ballweg/Miller)
Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Committee on Education on Feb. 12, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB670
| Makes the reasons for renewal or nonrenewal of a teacher's contract a prohibited subject of bargaining and allows teachers with five years of experience to receive two-year contracts. (Pridemore/Grothman) Status: Available for scheduling for a vote by the full Assembly; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (61.02 KB)
| Support
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AB675
| Creates a multifunction school activity bus category for vehicles that do not transport students to or from students' homes. (Pope-Roberts/Schultz) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Transportation Committee on Feb. 14, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB678
| Increases the amount of money that counties are allowed to retain from fines, fees and forfeitures that otherwise would be deposited in the Common School Fund. (LeMahieu/Grothman) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Urban and Local Affairs Committee on Feb. 12, 2008; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB697
| Defines virtual charter schools. (Davis/Olsen) Status: Amended by the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
LRB 4137/1 (34.80 KB) WASB Talking Points (51.50 KB)
| Monitor
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AB715
| Prohibits a public or private school from purchasing, storing or using mercury. (Pope-Roberts/Miller) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committeeon March 6, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB747
| Requires school boards to notify parents or guardians if the district is providing abstinence-only education. (Grigsby/Taylor) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB750
| Requires human growth and development programs to provide medically accurate information. (Grigsby/Taylor) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB814
| Provides grants for world language instruction in elementary schools. (Hebl/Lassa). Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Education Committee on March 6, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB826
| Requires driver education instruction to include instruction on the passing of emergency vehicles, tow trucks and highway machinery equipment. (Moulton/Kreitlow) Status: Laid on the table by the Assembly; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB832
| Appropriates funds for homeless students. (Mason/Lassa) Status: Referred to the Joint Finance Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB837
| Creates an income and franchise tax credit for hiring high school students. (Fields) Status: Referred to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB847
| Allows law enforcement to issue a citation for failure to stop for a school bus by certifiied mail without making three attempts to serve the citation in person. (Kramer) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Transportation Committee on Feb. 27, 2008; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB870
| Creates a definition of virtual charter schools and creates state standards for their operation. (Davis/Leibham) Status: Approved by the Assembly, referred to the Senate Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB878
| Requires school boards to provide information to their professional staff about the suicide prevention resources available from the Department of Public Instruction and others. (Van Akkeren/Lehman) Status: Approved by the Assembly; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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AB879
| Requires DPI licensure for instructional staff in schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice program. (Pope-Roberts/Taylor) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB906
| Determines the reimbursement for certain personnel for special education categorical aid reimbursement. (Davis/Lehman) Status: 2007 Wisconsin Act 221
| Support
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AB919
| Makes a number of changes regarding the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. (Sinicki/Lehman) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AB937
| Prohibits school bus drivers from operating a school bus if anyone is seated in last two rows of the bus unless all other seats are occupied. (Molepske) Status: Referred to the Assembly Transportation Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB940
| Requires school districts to spend at least 70 percent of their operating expenses on direct classroom expenditures. (Vos)
Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB944
| Prohibits a school bus operator from idling a school bus longer than five minutes unless certain conditions are met. (Pope-Roberts) Status: Referred to the Assembly Transportation Committee; failed to pass.
| Oppose
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AB959
| Changes the number of nomination paper signatures needed for school board candidates in certain school districts. (Zipperer) Status: Referred to the Assembly Elections and Consitutional Law Committee; failed to pass.
| Support
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AJR 1
| Prohibits partial vetoes from creating new sentences (second consideration.) (Friske/Carpenter) Status: Approvedy by the Assembly, hearing held by the Senate Ethics Reform and Government Operations Committee on June 18, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor
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| AJR 23 | Prohibits property tax rate increases (Albers) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Elections and Constitutional Law Committee on April 19, 2007; failed to pass.
| Oppose |
| AJR 27 | Requires the reimbursement of state mandates; prohibits use of segregated funds for other purposes (Wood/Lazich) Status: Hearing held by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on April 4, 2007; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AJR 34 | Creates state fund accounts and prohibits transfers (Hines/Breske) Status: Approved by the Assembly, hearing held by the Senate Ethics Reform and Government Operations Committee on Feb. 14, 2008; failed to pass.
| Monitor |
| AJR 35 | Requires school funding reform (Pope-Roberts/Breske) Status: Referred to the Assembly Education Reform Committee; failed to pass.
| Support |
| AJR 39 | Amends the uniformity clause in the state Constitution to allow local government bodies, including school boards, to set different property tax levy rates upon consolidating or changing boundaries. (Newcomer/Erpenbach) Status: Approved by the Assembly, approved by the Senate Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity Committee; failed to pass.
WASB Testimony (98.44 KB) | Monitor |
