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More Bills Clear Assembly Education Committee
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | February 17, 2022
Several education bills were recommended for passage this morning by the Assembly Education Committee. The results of the committee’s executive session (voting) appears below. The SAA’s position on each bill was added at the end of each bill entry in bold italics. If you should have any questions or comments on any of the SAA positions on these bills, please contact the SAA.
From The Wheeler Report . . .
EXECUTIVE ACTION BY ASSEMBLY EDUCATION
AB-966 Reorganizing Milwaukee Schools (Wittke, Robert) Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission. Passage recommended, 7-6. SAA opposed.
AB-967 Charter Schools (Wittke, Robert) High-performing charter schools authorized by school boards. Passage recommended, 7-5. SAA opposed.
AB-968 Charter School Board (Wittke, Robert) Creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools. Passage recommended, 8-5. SAA opposed.
AB-970 Choice Income Limits (Wittke, Robert) 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. Passage recommended, 7-6. SAA opposed.
AB-971 Pupil Promotion (Wittke, Robert) 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. Am. 1 adopted, 9-4. Passage as amended recommended, 8-5. SAA opposed.
AB-975 Substitute Teachers (Thiesfeldt, Jeremy) Substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction. Am. 1 adopted, 9-4. Passage as amended recommended, 13-0. SAA supports.
AB-995 Face Covering Opt-Out (Vos, Robin) 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. Passage recommended, 8-5. SAA opposed.
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