Assembly Bill 533
Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining
Topics: Collective bargaining, School: Board, School: Branches of instruction, Teacher
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 29, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
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 results of the state-required standardized examinations and the standardized examinations required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act to be used for the evaluation of teacher performance if certain conditions are met.
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The school board must develop a teacher evaluation plan that includes a description of the evaluation process, multiple criteria in addition to examination results, the rationale for using examination results for evaluating teachers, and an explanation of how the school board intends to use the evaluations to improve pupil academic achievement. This bill also requires a school district to bargain collectively over the development of the teacher evaluation plan.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . All 4 are Democrats.
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Authors (4)
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 5 · Nov 3, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 5, 2009
“Placed at the foot of the calendar of 11-5-2009” (the official wording)
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Nov 3, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 3, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 5.
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Nov 3, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 2, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 29, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Oct 29, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 29, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Sinicki and Hixson
- Oct 29, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Nov 2, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Davis
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Davis
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-5-2009 by committee on Rules
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Placed at the foot of the calendar of 11-5-2009
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Davis and Vukmir
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 4 offered by Representatives Davis and Vukmir
- Nov 5, 2009 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote