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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 408

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Relating to: counting pupils enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten. (FE)

Kindergarten School — State aid Search warrant

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 changes how a pupil enrolled in a four-year-old kindergarten is

counted by a school district for purposes of state aid and revenue limits. Under

current law, a pupil enrolled in a four-year-old kindergarten program is counted as

0.5 pupil unless the program provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach

activities, in which case the pupil is counted as 0.6 pupil. Under the bill, if the

four-year-old kindergarten program requires full-day attendance by pupils for five

days a week, a pupil enrolled in the program is counted as one pupil.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Wirch (D)

11 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Duchow (R) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , L. Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Oct 17, 2019 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. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Olsen, Cowles, Jacque, Petrowski, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Bowen, Duchow, Kulp, L. Myers, Novak, Snyder, Spiros, Tusler and Skowronski

  2. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 30, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Johnson added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 2, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  7. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  9. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 31, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Tusler withdrawn as a cosponsor

  11. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1