Senate Bill 659
Per pupil payments to private schools participating in parental choice programs. (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 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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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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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill changes the calculation of the per pupil amount the Department of Public Instruction pays to participating private schools in the Racine Parental Choice Program and the statewide parental choice program, known as the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (collectively, parental choice programs).
Under the bill, for each pupil attending a private school under a parental choice program, DPI must pay the private school participating in the parental choice program the lesser of a) the per pupil amount under current law; b) the amount the private school charges a pupil who is not attending the private school under a parental choice program for tuition and educational fees; or c) the per pupil amount of state aid for the pupil's resident school district, as calculated on October 15 of that school year.
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Under current law, for each pupil attending a private school under a parental choice program, DPI pays the participating private school an amount set by law, which includes an annual adjustment based on any increase in the statewide categorical aid per pupil amount and any per pupil increase in the school district revenue limit calculation. In the 2019-20 school year, the per pupil payment amount for a pupil in grades kindergarten to eight is $8,046 and the per pupil payment amount for a pupil in grades nine to twelve is $8,692. Current law provides an alternative calculation for a pupil attending a private school participating in a parental choice program that enrolls pupils in grades kindergarten to eight and grades nine to twelve.
Under current law and the bill, the amount DPI pays to a private school participating in a parental choice program for a pupil who began participating in a parental choice program in the 2015-16 school year or thereafter is deducted from the amount of state aid paid to the pupil's resident school district.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . All 7 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, 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 Erpenbach, Larson, Wirch, Smith, Risser, Bewley and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Considine, Emerson, Kolste, Sargent, Spreitzer, Billings, Milroy, Stubbs, Subeck, Neubauer, Gruszynski, Vruwink, Ohnstad, Sinicki, L. Myers and Brostoff
- 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