Assembly Bill 941
Creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools
Topics: Corporation: Taxation, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Kindergarten, Organization, Miscellaneous, Parochial and private educational institutions, Scholarships and loans, School
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
Apr 7, 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 joint committee on Finance. 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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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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 an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization. The amount of the credit is equal to 75 percent of the contribution, but the amount of the credit may not exceed $200,000 in any taxable year. The total amount of the credit that all businesses may claim in any taxable year is $12,000,000.
Under the bill, a scholarship-granting organization is a nonprofit entity that contributes at least 80 percent of its annual receipts to scholarship programs for pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 at private or public schools in this state. Under the bill, an educational improvement organization is a nonprofit entity that contributes at least 80 percent of its annual receipts as grants to public schools for innovative educational programs.
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This bill also creates a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for amounts spent by a claimant, for the claimant's dependent child, on eligible education expenses at public schools, private schools, or charter schools for grades kindergarten to 12. Because the credit is nonrefundable, no refund is paid if the amount of the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability.
Under the bill, education expenses include amounts that are spent for tuition, books, and other educational materials or supplies that are purchased by a claimant in the year to which the claim relates and that are related to the pupil's curricular activities and attendance at an eligible institution.
The maximum credit that may be claimed under the bill is $2,500 per year if the claimant files as a single individual, head of household, or married person filing separately. The maximum credit that may be claimed under the bill is $5,000 per year if the claimant is a married person filing a joint return. The amount of credit that may be claimed by a nonresident or part-year resident of this state is modified based on the ratio of the claimant's Wisconsin adjusted gross income (AGI) to his or her federal AGI.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . All 7 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Newcomer · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, 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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Apr 28, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 7, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 7, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 7, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Davis, Vos, Brooks, Huebsch, Lothian, Newcomer and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Darling and Schultz
- Apr 7, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Apr 28, 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