Senate Bill 968
Notice to the parent or guardian of a habitually truant child
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
Jan 26, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, a school attendance officer must include in the notice provided to the parent or guardian of a child who is habitually truant, which means the child has been absent without an excuse for part or all of five or more days during a school semester, that the parent or guardian may request an evaluation of whether the child is a child with a disability or, for a child who has been identified as a child with a disability and for whom an individualized education program has been prepared, a review of the IEP and, if appropriate, revision of the child's IEP. Under current law, a school attendance officer must provide a notice to the parent or guardian of a child who is habitually truant that includes 1) a statement of the parent's or guardian's responsibility to have the child to attend school regularly; 2) a statement that the parent or guardian may request certain program or curriculum modifications and that the child may be eligible for enrollment in a program for children at risk; 3) a request that the parent or guardian meet with the school to discuss the child's truancy; and 4) a statement of the penalties that may be imposed on the parent or guardian if the parent or guardian fails to have the child to attend school regularly.
Who's behind it
2 lawmakers are its . All 2 are Republicans.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (18)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Binsfeld · Republican, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 16, 2024
“Representatives Conley, Madison, Palmeri and Subeck withdrawn as cosponsors” (the official wording)
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Feb 1, 2024 to Feb 13, 2024
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 26, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jan 26, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 26, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Knodl and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Binsfeld, Behnke, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Green, Joers, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Palmeri, Schmidt, Stubbs, Subeck, Snyder and Madison
- Jan 26, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 1, 2024 · Senate
Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Representative Joers withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Feb 14, 2024 · Senate
Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Feb 16, 2024 · Senate
Representatives Conley, Madison, Palmeri and Subeck withdrawn as cosponsors
- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
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
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