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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 961

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Relating to: state aid to the resident school district of a pupil attending a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program. (FE)

Public instruction department of Racine city of Referendum School — Attendance School — State aid

  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 prohibits the Department of Public Instruction from making certain

reductions in state aid paid to a school district until the electors of the school district

have approved the reduction in state aid by a referendum vote. Current law requires

DPI to reduce the state aid paid to a school district in a school year by the amount

paid in that school year to a private school participating in the Racine or statewide

parental choice program for each pupil who resides in that school district but who

attends a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

14 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hintz (D) , Milroy (D) , Pope (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 9, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bewley, Erpenbach, Larson, Roys, Ringhand, Agard, Smith, Pfaff and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Considine, Shelton, Spreitzer, Hebl, Emerson, Vruwink, B. Meyers, Milroy, Anderson, Sinicki, Hintz and Cabrera

  2. Feb 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1