Assembly Bill 447
Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma
Topics: Industrial development, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Board, School: Branches of instruction, Technical college
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 27, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “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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Author
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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
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, a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has earned at least 4 credits of English, 3 credits of social studies, 2 credits of science, 2 credits of mathematics, 1.5 credits of physical education, and 0.5 credits of health education.
This bill authorizes a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma to a pupil if the pupil:
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1. Satisfies the above requirements.
2. Earns in grades 9 to 12 the same total number of credits that the school board requires of other pupils for high school graduation.
3. Successfully completes a vocational education program, established by the school board, in one or more subjects.
The bill authorizes a school board, in establishing a vocational education program, to incorporate standards for industry-wide certifications. The school board must indicate on a pupil's vocational high school diploma the certifications attained by the pupil.
Finally, the bill directs the Department of Public Instruction annually to provide each school board that offers high school grades a list of industry certifications.
Who's behind it
22 lawmakers are its . 14 are Republicans, 7 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Radcliffe · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
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 were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 0 · Jan 27, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 2 · Jan 27, 2012
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 8, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 13, 2012
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 27, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 27, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 2.
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Jan 10, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 9, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 27, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Dec 27, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 27, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Litjens, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Brooks, E. Coggs, Doyle, Endsley, Farrow, Kaufert, Kerkman, Krug, Marklein, Pridemore, Ringhand, Ripp, Rivard, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt, Young, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Olsen
- Dec 27, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Jan 5, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Radcliffe
- Jan 9, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 9, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Radcliffe
- Jan 10, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 18, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 27, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Jan 27, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 2
- Jan 27, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:09 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22
- Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly
Representative Petryk added as a coauthor
- Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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