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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AR 23

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Relating to: the closing of LifeSkills Academy in the city of Milwaukee.

Interstate relations Legislature — Committees Milwaukee — School Milwaukee county Public instruction, department of Reports State agencies State capitol

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

On or about December 12, 2013, the LifeSkills Academy in the city of

Milwaukee ceased operations. LifeSkills Academy was a private school

participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Newspaper reports

indicated that the owners of the school relocated to Florida and have started another

private school in Daytona Beach. This resolution does the following:

1. Requests that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) immediately

contact the relevant state agency in the state of Florida that regulates the operation

of private schools in that state to inform the agency of the closing of LifeSkills

Academy.

2. Directs the Committee on Assembly Organization to contact the appropriate

Wisconsin state agencies to request that the agencies immediately commence

proceedings to recover any state funds that may be collectible from LifeSkills

Academy or its agents.

3. Requests that DPI provide the assembly with all information relating to

whether any other private schools that participate in a parental choice program in

this state have abruptly closed and relocated to another state after receiving state

funding.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Clark (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Sinicki (D) , Wright (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

Failed 39–59 Jan 21, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Zamarripa, Barca, Pasch, Pope, Sinicki, Wright, C. Taylor, Clark, Hesselbein and Kolste

  2. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1