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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 122

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Relating to: microschools. (FE)

School — Attendance — Compulsory School — Curriculum Sunset Supreme court

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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

Under current law, in general, a person having charge of a child who is 6 to 18

years old must ensure that the child attends school regularly. This requirement is

known as compulsory school attendance, which is satisfied if a child attends a public,

private, or tribal school or participates in a home-based private educational

program, commonly known as homeschooling. This bill creates another educational

option, microschools, that may be used to satisfy the compulsory school attendance

requirement.

Under the bill, a “microschool” is an instruction program provided to a child by

the child's parent, or a person designated by the parent, that is provided to 1) two to

five family units; 2) no more than 20 children; and 3) participating children at a

physical location. Under current law, an instruction program provided to a child by

the child's parent, or a person designated by the child's parent, that is provided to

more than one family unit does not qualify as a home-based private educational

program.

Under current law, for purposes of the compulsory school attendance

requirement, a home-based private educational program must satisfy the same

criteria that an educational institution must satisfy in order to be a private school,

including that the program must provide at least 875 hours of instruction each year;

must provide a curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, language arts,

mathematics, social studies, science, and health; and may not be operated for the

purpose of avoiding the compulsory school attendance requirement. A microschool

must also satisfy this criteria in order for instruction at the microschool to satisfy the

compulsory school attendance requirement.

Finally, the bill treats microschools in the same manner that home-based

private educational programs are treated under current law. For example, under

current law, a school board must allow a resident pupil who is enrolled in a

home-based private educational program to participate in interscholastic sports and

extracurricular activities in the school district. The bill extends these provisions to

resident pupils who are enrolled in a microschool.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

2 cosponsors

Nass (R) , Steffen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6

Passed 7–6 Nov 15, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6

Passed 7–6 Nov 15, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 60–34 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 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. Mar 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Thiesfeldt, Allen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Edming, Gundrum, Magnafici, Murphy, Ramthun, Rozar, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Nass

  2. Mar 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 30, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  8. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  9. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Apr 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  11. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6

  12. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 6

  13. Nov 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  15. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  16. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Neubauer, Pope, Hebl, Considine, Vruwink, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Hesselbein, Hong, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Haywood

  19. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  20. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  21. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 60, Noes 34

  22. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  23. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  24. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  25. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  28. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  30. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  31. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  32. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

  33. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  34. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  35. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  36. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  37. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  38. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  39. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  40. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  42. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  43. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022

  44. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  45. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  46. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  47. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82