Assembly Bill 938
Allowing certain child care providers to participate in the teacher loan program and making an appropriation. (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 20, 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
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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
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 this bill, students enrolled in programs leading to a bachelor's degree in early childhood education are eligible for loans under a program under current law.
Current law requires the Higher Educational Aids Board to establish a program for making loans to students enrolled in programs leading to teaching licenses in disciplines that the federal Department of Education has identified as teacher shortage areas. To be eligible for the loans, a student must be a state resident who is enrolled at an in-state institution of higher education. In addition, the student must maintain a specified minimum grade point average. Current law requires HEAB to forgive 25 percent of a loan and interest for each year that a loan recipient is employed full-time as a teacher in a high-demand area related to the discipline identified by the federal Department of Education. In addition, to be eligible for forgiveness, the loan recipient must be employed by a private or public elementary or secondary school in a rural county or the city of Milwaukee.
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Under this bill, a student enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor's degree in early childhood education is also eligible for loans under the program, if he or she is a state resident who is enrolled at an in-state institution of higher education and he or she maintains the specified minimum grade point average. Also, the bill requires HEAB to forgive 25 percent of a loan and interest for each year that the loan recipient is employed full-time as a child care provider in the area of early childhood education by a public or private school or a licensed child care center that provides services to individuals who receive a child care subsidy under Wisconsin Shares, without regard to the location of the school or center.
Who's behind it
14 representatives are its . All 14 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · 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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Mar 6, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 20, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Feb 20, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Billings, Hebl, Stubbs, Emerson, Crowley, Kolste, Subeck, Considine, Sargent, Pope, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Brostoff and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Carpenter, Larson, Erpenbach and Smith
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 6, 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