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AB 119

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requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, attendance in school is compulsory for children between the

ages of six and 18. A child who has reached the age of four years may enroll in

four-year-old kindergarten if the school district in which the child resides operates

a four-year-old kindergarten program, and a child who has reached the age of five

years may enroll in five-year-old kindergarten. However, enrollment in and the

completion of kindergarten is not required.

Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, this bill requires a child to complete

five-year-old kindergarten as a prerequisite to being admitted to first grade in a

public school, including a charter school. The bill permits a school board and the

operator of an independent charter school to establish policies, standards,

conditions, and procedures for the parent or guardian of a child to seek an exemption

from the requirement that the child complete kindergarten. The bill also requires

a child who is enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten in a public or private school to

regularly attend kindergarten during the school year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Benedict (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Clark (D) , Colon (D) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , Hixson (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Richards (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Soletski (D) , Zigmunt (D)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Coggs (D) , Lehman (D) , Plale (D) , Robson (D) , Toles and Young , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 1

Passed 11–1 Jun 16, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 50, Noes 48

Passed 50–48 Sep 16, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44, Paired 2

Passed 53–44 Sep 16, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 17, Noes 15

Passed 17–15 Sep 22, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Smith, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Richards, Soletski, Colon, Sinicki, Mason, Pasch, Fields, Hebl, Benedict, Hixson, Milroy, Clark, Zigmunt, Bernard Schaber and A. Ott;Cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Lehman, Carpenter, Vinehout, Plale and Robson

  2. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Mar 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 31, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Smith

  6. May 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 1

  8. Jun 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  9. Jun 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-16-2009 by committee on Rules

  11. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Davis

  13. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 50, Noes 48

  14. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted

  15. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Representatives Toles and Young added as coauthors

  16. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44, Paired 2

  19. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Sep 17, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Sep 21, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Sep 21, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  24. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 17, Noes 15

  28. Sep 22, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Sep 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Oct 6, 2009 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 10-5-2009

  32. Oct 6, 2009 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 10-6-2009. 2009 Wisconsin Act 41

  33. Oct 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Published 10-20-2009