Senate Bill 755
Opportunity Schools and Partnership Programs. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill repeals all three Opportunity Schools and Partnership Programs, created in 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 : the first class city OSPP, the superintendent of schools OSPP, under the control of the superintendent of schools of the Milwaukee Public Schools, and the OSPP for eligible school districts. An eligible school district is one that satisfies all of the following: 1) the school district was assigned to the lowest performance category on the accountability reports published for the district in the two most recent school years; 2) the membership of the school district is greater than 15,000; and 3) the school district received intradistrict transfer aid in the two school years described under item 1. Act 55 placed the first class city OSPP and each eligible school district OSPP under the supervision of a commissioner, appointed by the county executive of the county in which the school district is located.
Under each OSPP, an entity other than the school board was granted supervision over the operation and general management of certain eligible schools.
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These entities include a person who operates a charter school and the governing body of a nonsectarian private school participating in a parental choice program. An eligible school in each OSPP is a school that was assigned to the lowest performance category on the most recent accountability report published for the school.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 3, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 17, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 17, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators C. Larson and Harris Dodd; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Bowen, Barnes, Pope, Berceau, Riemer and Kessler
- Feb 17, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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