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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 493

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts. (FE)

Public instruction department of Teacher — Salary

  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

Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must pay a $7,000 bonus

to any teacher who has been licensed by DPI and employed by a school board

continuously for five school years. Under the bill, the first school year counted for

the longevity bonus payments is the 2024-25 school year, such that DPI will begin

making bonus payments in the 2029-30 school year. Teachers are eligible for

additional bonus payments for subsequent five-year periods that do not overlap.

The bonus is not considered earnings for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement

System.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

23 cosponsors

Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Smith, Agard, Spreitzer, Carpenter and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Jacobson, C. Anderson, Myers, Shankland, Cabrera, Clancy, Considine, Emerson, Joers, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck, Vining, Conley, Bare, Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Madison, J. Anderson and Neubauer

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1