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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 437

Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission

Topics: Governor: Appointments, Milwaukee: School, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Consolidation or reorganization, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

    Sep 23, 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 Reform. 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.

Effective July 1, 2013, this bill dissolves the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and creates in its place eight Milwaukee public school districts. Each new school district must operate grades kindergarten to 12. Each new school board must consist of seven members elected at large for three-year terms. The initial election of school board members occurs at the 2013 spring election.

The bill creates a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission (commission) consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction and two individuals appointed by the governor.

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The commission must determine the boundaries of the new school districts and, by July 1, 2011, submit to the legislature recommended changes to the statutes necessary to organize and operate the eight new school districts. The recommended legislation must do all of the following:

1. Transfer school buildings from the city of Milwaukee to one of the Milwaukee public school districts.

2. Address the taxing and borrowing authority of each Milwaukee public school district.

3. Ensure that employees of MPS prior to its dissolution are employed by one of the Milwaukee public school districts after the dissolution of MPS.

4. Address the rights of MPS employees under retirement, social security, group insurance and fringe benefit programs, and collective bargaining agreements upon the dissolution of MPS.

5. Provide for the continuation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, under which an eligible pupil who resides in the city of Milwaukee may attend a private school at state expense under certain conditions, in each of the eight new Milwaukee public school districts.

The bill directs the Department of Public Instruction to provide staff support to the commission and to assist each school district created under the bill.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 8 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (8)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 23, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education Reform.

  3. Sep 23, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vukmir, Vos, Davis, Nass, Gunderson, Zipperer, Bies and Lothian;Cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Grothman, Darling and A. Lasee

  2. Sep 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education Reform

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

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Signed on in support

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Official term: Cosponsor. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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

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Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor

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