Senate Bill 177
Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission
Topics: Governor: Appointments, Milwaukee: School, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Consolidation or reorganization, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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 24, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Effective July 1, 2013, this bill dissolves the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and creates in its place eight Milwaukee public school districts. Each new school district must operate grades kindergarten to 12. Each new school board must consist of seven members elected at large for three-year terms. The initial election of school board members occurs at the 2013 spring election.
The bill creates a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission (commission) consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction and two individuals appointed by the governor.
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The commission must determine the boundaries of the new school districts and, by July 1, 2011, submit to the legislature recommended changes to the statutes necessary to organize and operate the eight new school districts. The recommended legislation must do all of the following:
1. Transfer school buildings from the city of Milwaukee to one of the Milwaukee public school districts.
2. Address the taxing and borrowing authority of each Milwaukee public school district.
3. Ensure that employees of MPS prior to its dissolution are employed by one of the Milwaukee public school districts after the dissolution of MPS.
4. Address the rights of MPS employees under retirement, social security, group insurance and fringe benefit programs, and collective bargaining agreements upon the dissolution of MPS.
5. Provide for the continuation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, under which an eligible pupil who resides in the city of Milwaukee may attend a private school at state expense under certain conditions, in each of the eight new Milwaukee public school districts.
The bill directs the Department of Public Instruction to provide staff support to the commission and to assist each school district created under the bill.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 24, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Apr 24, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 24, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kanavas, Grothman, Darling and A. Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Vukmir, Vos, Nass, Gunderson, Zipperer, Bies and Lothian
- Apr 24, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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
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