Assembly Bill 847
Child care worker loan repayment assistance, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
Topics: Day care, Higher Educational Aids Board, Scholarships and loans
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
Mar 12, 2010
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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 Children and Families. 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a program of child care worker loan repayment assistance to be administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB). Under the program, HEAB reimburses a child care worker for 10 percent of the outstanding principal amount of the child care worker's student loans or $1,000, whichever is less, after the child care worker has been continuously employed full time in this state for at least 12 months as a child care worker and after each additional 12-month period of such continuous full-time employment, subject to a maximum of five assistance payments, if all of the following apply:
1. The child care worker graduated on or after May 1, 2009, with a degree in an area relating to early childhood education.
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2. The child care worker is currently repaying a student loan and is not in default on repayment of the loan.
3. The child care worker has submitted to HEAB a statement by the lender certifying the outstanding principal amount of the student loan and that the child care worker is not in default on repayment of the loan.
Who's behind it
Spencer Black, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
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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Mar 30, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 26, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.
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Mar 12, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 12, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Black
- Mar 12, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families
- Mar 26, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 30, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 30, 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate