Assembly Bill 782
Requiring public schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program to employ a full-time librarian and a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of employing full-time librarians. (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
Dec 8, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, each school board must employ a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time basis for each school in the school district; each independent charter school must employ a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time basis; and each private school participating in a parental choice program must employ a licensed instructional library media specialist, or an individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent degree, on a full-time basis.
In addition, the bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the costs of a school board to comply with this requirement. Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil increase, if any, as provided by law.
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However, current law also includes several adjustments to the general revenue limit.
For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.
The bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the amount a school district spent during the previous school year to employ a full-time librarian in any school in the district that did not already have a full-time librarian.
Specifically, under the bill, a school board must state in a resolution for the revenue limit adjustment the extent to which the school board was already in compliance with the requirement to employ a full-time librarian for each school in the school district.
If the school board adopts the resolution, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the amount the school board spent in the previous school year to reach full compliance with that requirement.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . All 11 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 10, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 8, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Dec 8, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, Clancy, Drake, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki and Madison; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Hesselbein and Taylor
- Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate