Senate Bill 685
The terms of teacher employment contracts
Topics: Collective bargaining, Milwaukee: School, School: Board, Teacher: Contract
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 13, 2010
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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 30, 2010: “Fiscal estimate received”
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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a school board must annually give a teacher employed by the board a written notice of renewal or refusal to renew the teacher's contract for the following school year. The statutory renewal provision may be modified, waived, or replaced by a collective bargaining agreement. Under current law, the board of directors in any city of the first class (currently, Milwaukee) is not required to provide written notice of renewal or refusal to renew the contract of a teacher employed by that board of directors.
This bill provides that the term of each teacher's employment contract is limited to one year, until the teacher has been continuously employed by the same board of directors for five years, at which point the term of the contract becomes two years.
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The bill also requires the board of directors in any city of the first class to provide written notice of renewal or refusal to renew the contract of a teacher employed by that board of directors. The bill limits the term of the employment contract of a teacher employed by the board of directors in a city of the first class to one year until the teacher has been continuously employed by the same board of directors for five years, at which point the term of the contract becomes two years.
Finally, this bill prohibits the nonrenewal of a contract for arbitrary or capricious reasons and provides that the reasons for renewal or nonrenewal are a prohibited subject of collective bargaining for school district employees.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 30, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 23, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 13, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Apr 13, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Grothman, Olsen and Hopper;Cosponsored by Representatives Pridemore, Vos, LeMahieu, Strachota and Townsend
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Apr 23, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 30, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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