Assembly Bill 451
Payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas
Topics: Organization, Miscellaneous, Public Instruction, Department of, School, School: Branches of instruction, School: State aid
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 29, 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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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
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to pay to the Second Chance Partners for Education, Inc. (SCPE), a nonprofit corporation operating a program in which children at risk participate in apprenticeships while earning high school diplomas, $4,610 for each pupil participating in the program.
The amount of state aid that a school district is eligible to be paid is reduced by an amount equal to the amount paid to SCPE for pupils enrolled in the school district.
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Under this bill, DPI must pay SCPE, and any other nonprofit corporation operating a program in which disengaged high school pupils are enrolled in a work-based learning program, for each pupil participating in the program, the amount paid per pupil to independent charter schools. The bill requires one-half of the payment to be made by October 15th and the other half to be made by February 15th. The reduction in state aid to school districts is unchanged.
The bill takes effect on July 1, 2012.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 10 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- John Klenke · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Radcliffe · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · 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 was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 0 · Feb 16, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. 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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Feb 16, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 16, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Jan 18, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 10, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 29, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 29, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Dec 29, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 29, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Farrow, Klenke, Bernier, Kuglitsch, Bies, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Thiesfeldt, Endsley, Loudenbeck and Ripp;Cosponsored by Senators Vukmir and Schultz
- Dec 29, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Dec 29, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 10, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 18, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 3, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Farrow and Kestell
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Farrow
- 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 11:10 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22
- 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