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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 971

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Relating to: early literacy programs administered by the Department of Public Instruction.

Literacy Public instruction department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

2023 Wisconsin Act 20

created the Office of Literacy in the Department of

Public Instruction. Act 20 requires the office to establish and supervise an early

literacy coaching program to improve literacy outcomes. As part of that program, the

office must contract for up to 64 full-time literacy coaches to provide support to

administrators, school-based literacy coaches, principals, and teachers to build

teacher and school capacity to teach reading and language arts using science-based

early reading instruction. Act 20 also requires school boards and operators of charter

schools to ensure that kindergarten to third grade teachers, elementary school

principals, and reading specialists receive certain professional development related

to literacy instruction by no later than July 1, 2025. Finally, Act 20 requires DPI to

award grants to school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools

participating in a parental choice program that adopt a recommended literacy

curriculum that contains the components of science-based early reading instruction

and does not include three-cueing.

As part of

2023 Wisconsin Act 19

, the biennial budget act, $50,000,000 was

appropriated for a literacy program administered by DPI. This bill creates a

structure for DPI to expend these funds as they are transferred by the Joint

Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Stroebel (R)

1 cosponsors

Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 7, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 7, 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. Jan 26, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Stroebel; cosponsored by Representative Wittke

  2. Jan 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 6, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  6. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  8. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  9. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 9, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 12, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel

  12. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Stroebel

  13. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of 2-13-2024

  14. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)

  15. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  17. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 adopted

  18. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  20. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

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

  25. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  26. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Feb 23, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Feb 23, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-23-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader

  34. Feb 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 100

  35. Feb 29, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-1-2024

  36. May 13, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  37. May 14, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass partial veto notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82