Senate Bill 593
Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts
Topics: Public Instruction, Department of, School: State aid
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 8, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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.
Current law allows an eligible school board that has entered into a five-year renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to reduce class size to 15 pupils in grades kindergarten to three in schools with specified low-income enrollment to receive $2,250 for each low-income pupil enrolled in grades eligible for SAGE funding. Current law permits a school to renew and receive payments under a renewed SAGE contract if the school board maintains the reduced class size achieved during the last school year of the original SAGE contract for the grades specified for the last school year of the contract. Current law also permits DPI to waive requirements of the SAGE program in a contract entered into between DPI and a school board.
This bill changes the requirement that a school board maintain the reduced class size achieved during the last school year of the original SAGE contract as a condition for receiving payments under an existing SAGE contract, and permits a school board operating under an existing SAGE contract to do each of the following:
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1) satisfy the class size requirement by reducing the class size to no more than 18 pupils; and 2) combine two classes with two classroom teachers to achieve a total class size of 30 pupils.
The bill also authorizes a school board, in the 2010-11 school year, to enter into a new, renewable, five-year SAGE contract with DPI to reduce class size to 18 pupils in grades kindergarten to three in one or more schools in the school district if, in the previous school year, at least one school in the school district had an enrollment of at least 50 percent low income and all of the following are satisfied:
1. In the previous school year, the school had an enrollment that was at least 30 percent low income.
2. The school is not receiving a grant from DPI for a preschool to grade five program.
3. The school is not already a beneficiary of a SAGE contract.
The school board may combine two classes with two classroom teachers to achieve a total class size of 30 pupils.
Finally, under the bill, DPI may not waive any requirement of the SAGE program in any SAGE contract entered into or renewed after the effective date of the bill.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Phil Garthwaite · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 2 · Apr 5, 2010
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 5, Noes 2”. 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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Apr 22, 2010
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 5, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 2.
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Mar 25, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 24, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 8, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Mar 8, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 8, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Kreitlow, Olsen, Lehman and Vinehout;Cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Hilgenberg, Garthwaite, Danou, Berceau, Clark, Hraychuck, Molepske Jr., Pasch, Pope-Roberts and Smith
- Mar 8, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Mar 24, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 25, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 31, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 2
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-22-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Senator Lassa added as a coauthor
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote