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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 393

Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers

Topics: School: Board, School: Branches of instruction, Teacher

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 26, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law directs school districts to administer certain standardized examinations to pupils enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Current law prohibits a school board from using the results of the examinations to evaluate teacher performance; to discharge, suspend, or formally discipline a teacher; or as the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract.

This bill allows the use of the examination results for the evaluation of teacher performance. The bill first applies to examinations administered during the 2009-10 school year.

Who's behind it

18 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 18 are Republicans.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 24 names

Authors (18)

Signed on in support (6)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly vote

Failed, 43 to 51 · Mar 4, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Refused to withdraw from committee on Education and refer to committee on Rules, Ayes 43, Noes 51”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 10, 2009

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Aug 26, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  4. Aug 26, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Davis, Ripp, Ballweg, Friske, Gottlieb, Huebsch, Kerkman, Knodl, Montgomery, Nerison, Nygren, Rhoades, Spanbauer, Strachota, Townsend, Van Roy, Zipperer and Nass;Cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Darling, Grothman, Lazich and Olsen

  2. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Petersen added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Refused to withdraw from committee on Education and refer to committee on Rules, Ayes 43, Noes 51

  5. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote