Assembly Bill 739
The requirements for an achievement gap reduction contract. (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
Jan 16, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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.
Under the Achievement Gap Reduction program, a school board receives aid for low-income pupils who are enrolled in a participating grade at a participating school if the participating school complies with an AGR contract between the Department of Public Instruction and the school board. Current law requires that an AGR contract include, among other things, that the school board will implement one or more of the following strategies in the participating grades at a participating school:
1. Reduce class sizes to no more than 18 pupils, or 30 pupils if the classroom has at least two regular classroom teachers, and provide professional development for teachers related to small group instruction.
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2. Provide data-driven instructional coaching for teachers.
3. Provide data-informed one-to-one tutoring for pupils at risk of difficulty with math or reading.
This bill eliminates the option for a school board to implement one or more of the strategies described above and instead requires that, under an AGR contract, a school board must reduce class size to no more than 18 pupils, or 30 pupils if the classroom has at least two regular classroom teachers, and provide professional development for teachers related to small group instruction. Additionally, the bill creates a process for a school board to obtain a waiver from this requirement during the first three years of an AGR contract if the school board makes a good faith effort to implement the small class size strategy.
Finally, under current law, a “participating grade” is defined as five-year-old kindergarten to third grade at a school that is subject to an AGR contract. Under the bill, four-year-old kindergarten is also a participating grade.
Who's behind it
13 representatives are its . All 13 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 29, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 16, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Jan 16, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives L. Myers, Crowley, Emerson, Vruwink, Haywood, Kolste, Billings, C. Taylor, Sinicki, Brostoff, Bowen, Pope and Goyke; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Wirch and Larson
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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.
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