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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 148

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Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Children — Special educational needs Parochial and private schools Persons with disabilities Public instruction, department of School — Attendance School — Employee

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a private school participating in a parental choice program

(PCP) that enrolls a child with a disability to employ a teacher or therapist who is

licensed by DPI to provide special education or related services. The bill also requires

a private school participating in a PCP to comply with Part A of Title II of the

Americans with Disabilities Act. Finally, DPI may prohibit a private school from

participating in a PCP if the private school fails to satisfy these requirements.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Danou (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

9 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Wirch (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 Education and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 61

Failed 35–61 Jan 12, 2016 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. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barnes, Mason, Pope, Johnson, Sargent, Goyke, Genrich, Riemer, Brostoff, Jorgensen, Billings, Hebl, Kahl, Zamarripa, Kessler, Subeck, Ohnstad, Berceau, Milroy, Kolste, Sinicki, Hesselbein, Danou, C. Taylor and Wachs; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Wirch, Risser, Ringhand, Harris Dodd, Carpenter, Hansen, Erpenbach and L. Taylor

  2. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Education and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 61

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1