Senate Bill 89
Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten
Topics: Kindergarten, School, School: Board, School: Branches of instruction
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
Feb 25, 2009
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, attendance in school is compulsory for children between the ages of six and 18. A child who has reached the age of four years may enroll in four-year-old kindergarten if the school district in which the child resides operates a four-year-old kindergarten program, and a child who has reached the age of five years may enroll in five-year-old kindergarten. However, enrollment in and the completion of kindergarten is not required.
Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, this bill requires a child to complete five-year-old kindergarten as a prerequisite to being admitted to first grade in a public school, including a charter school. The bill permits a school board and the operator of an independent charter school to establish policies, standards, conditions, and procedures for the parent or guardian of a child to seek an exemption from the requirement that the child complete kindergarten. The bill also requires a child who is enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten in a public or private school to regularly attend kindergarten during the school year.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Judy Robson · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Pedro Colon · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 3 · Jul 10, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3”. 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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Jul 10, 2009
“Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Jul 10, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 3.
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Apr 2, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 17, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 25, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Coggs, Lehman, Carpenter, Vinehout, Plale and Robson;Cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Richards, Soletski, Colon, Sinicki, Mason, Pasch, Fields, Hebl, Benedict, Hixson, Milroy, Clark, Zigmunt, Bernard Schaber and A. Ott
- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Mar 17, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 31, 2009 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Coggs
- Apr 2, 2009 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jul 9, 2009 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jul 10, 2009 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3
- Jul 10, 2009 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Jul 10, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Sep 16, 2009 · Senate
Placed on calendar 9-22-2009 by committee on Senate Organization
- Sep 22, 2009 · Senate
Read a second time
- Sep 22, 2009 · 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