Assembly Bill 537
Grants for improving academic achievement
Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Milwaukee: School, Public Instruction, Department of
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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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the school board of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) may apply to the Department of Administration (DOA) for an annual grant to be used by MPS to improve pupil academic achievement. MPS must include with the application a plan describing the initiatives for which the grant moneys will be used.
If DOA approves the plan, it must notify the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and the state superintendent must pay MPS the amount specified in the notice from DOA.
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This bill changes the department to which MPS may apply for a grant from DOA to DPI.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . All 4 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (4)
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 1 · 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 11, Noes 1”. 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
1 more senator signed on in support.
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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, 11 to 1.
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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
Executive action taken
- Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 1
- 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
Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor
- 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
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.
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
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