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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 342

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Relating to: allowing school boards to employ a school district administrator who is not licensed by the department of public instruction.

Public instruction department of School — Administration

  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

Current law requires school boards to ensure that every administrator holds a

license issued by the Department of Public Instruction. Current law provides an

exception to this requirement for a school district administrator elected by the school

board of a first class city school district (currently, only Milwaukee Public Schools).

This bill creates a similar exception for school boards of common, union high, or

unified school districts. As a result, under the bill, all school boards are allowed to

employ a school district administrator who is not licensed by DPI.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Donovan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schraa (R) , Wittke (R)

8 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jagler (R) , Knodl (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 6

Passed 8–6 Jan 4, 2024 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. Jun 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Gundrum, Gustafson, Magnafici, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Rettinger and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Jagler, Marklein, Nass and Tomczyk

  2. Jun 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jul 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Knodl added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 6

  7. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Shelton, Sinicki and Cabrera

  10. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1