Assembly Bill 583
Requiring passage of a supplemental examination in reading instruction to obtain a teaching license
Topics: Children: Special education, Literacy, Public Instruction, Department of, Teacher: Certificate
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.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 16, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
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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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Beginning July 1, 2015, this bill prohibits the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) from issuing or renewing a license as a reading specialist or as a special education teacher, or that authorizes the holder to teach in an elementary grade or to teach reading, unless he or she passes a supplementary examination, developed or adopted by DPI, that assesses knowledge of the following topics:
1. Reading development and scientifically based reading instruction;
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integration of knowledge and understanding phonological and phonemic awareness;
concepts of print and the alphabetic principles; the role of phonics in promoting reading development; word analysis skills and strategies; vocabulary development;
how to apply reading comprehension skills and strategies to imaginative, literacy, informational, and expository texts; formal and informal methods of assessing reading development; and multiple approaches to reading instruction.
2. Simultaneous and multi-sensory, structured language methods and curricula.
3. How to assess the results of devices used to screen pupils for phonemic awareness and rapid naming and provide appropriate reading instruction and intervention.
The bill directs DPI to offer training in the above topics and authorizes DPI to charge a reasonable fee for the training.
Who's behind it
8 representatives are its . All 8 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 26, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 16, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Nov 16, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Ripp, Suder, Townsend, A. Ott, Brooks, Gunderson, Kestell and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Darling and Lassa
- Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Jan 26, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate