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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 978

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Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE)

Children — Adoption Children — Protection and services Children — Special educational needs Children and families department of Chiropractic Federal aid Public instruction department of Scholarships and loans School University of wisconsin — Finance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 Children and Families to provide

scholarships to adopted children and their biological siblings who do not reside in the

same household to attend programs together in order to build sibling connections.

The bill also provides additional funding for the University of Wisconsin and for

special education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts,

independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county

children with disabilities education boards, for purposes of maintaining compliance

with maintenance of effort requirements of the federal Consolidated Appropriations

Act and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hong (D) , Pope (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

3 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Vining, Andraca, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hong, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Roys and L. Taylor

  2. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1