Senate Bill 639
Allowing the School District of New Berlin to give preference to residents of New Berlin in accepting full-time open enrollment applications
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 8, 2020
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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 1, 2020: “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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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a pupil may attend a public school in a school district other than the pupil's resident school district (nonresident school district) under the full-time open enrollment program (OEP). Under the OEP, a nonresident school district must annually determine the number of regular education and special education spaces that it has available for nonresident pupils under the OEP. If a nonresident school district receives more applications than it has available in a particular grade or program, the nonresident school board must determine, on a random basis, which applications to accept, after applying certain preferences.
Under current law, when accepting OEP applications, a nonresident school board must give preference to pupils and siblings of pupils who are already attending the nonresident school district and, if the nonresident school district is a union high school district, to pupils attending an underlying elementary school district under the OEP. This bill allows the New Berlin School Board to also give preference to pupils who reside in New Berlin.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (2)
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 8, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jan 8, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kooyenga and Craig; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo and Kuglitsch
- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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
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