SB 494

Under this bill, each school board must, in addition to its regular elected

members, have one teacher representative who is not a member and does not vote

at school board meetings but who is entitled to attend all school board meetings. The

bill provides that the teacher representative to a school board must be an employee

of the school district who is employed in a teaching role. The teacher representative

is selected by the employees of the school district who are employed in teaching roles

by secret ballot held no later than the spring election, which is the election at which

school board members are elected. The bill directs each school district clerk to

establish the timelines and procedures for providing notice of and conducting the

secret ballot and for notifying interested persons regarding the result of the secret

ballot.

The bill provides that a teacher representative takes office on the same date

that school board members take office, which is the fourth Monday in April. The

regular term of a teacher representative is three years, except that, in a first class

city school district (currently, only Milwaukee Public Schools), the term of a teacher

representative is four years.