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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 64

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Relating to: information on the school district and school accountability report.

Arts Public instruction department of School School — Curriculum School — Evaluation and testing

  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 requires the Department of Public Instruction to include in the annual

school district and school accountability report, commonly referred to as school and

school district report cards, the percentage of pupils participating in music, dance,

drama, and visual arts. Under the bill, DPI must include this information for each

high school and school district and must also include the statewide percentage of

pupils participating in each subject. The bill specifies that this information may not

be used to evaluate a school's performance or school district's improvement.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Olsen (R)

13 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Bowen (D) , Duchow (R) , Hebl (D) , Kitchens (R) , Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Pope (D) , Ramthun (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Thiesfeldt, Duchow, Hebl, Myers, Novak, Pope, Ramthun, Skowronski, Steffen and Vruwink

  2. Mar 1, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Apr 4, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 19, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga

  5. Jun 14, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1