Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE)
Children — Special educational needs Parochial and private schools Public instruction department of
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, for each child with a disability who attends a private school under the Special Needs Scholarship Program, the private school participating in the SNSP must implement 1) the child’s most recent individualized education program or services plan, as modified by agreement between the private school and the child’s parent, and 2) related services not included in the child’s individualized education program or services plan, as agreed to by the private school and the child’s parent. Under the bill, a private school participating in the SNSP must implement a participating child’s most recent IEP or services plan.
Under current law and the bill, a private school may choose to submit to the Department of Public Instruction a financial statement that documents the costs incurred to comply with the requirement described above for a participating child. If a private school submits the financial statement, the private school receives an annual SNSP payment for the child that is greater than the standard annual payment amount set by law.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)
11 cosponsors
Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , McCarville (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 1
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hong, Clancy, Sheehan, Neubauer, Andraca, Bare, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Tenorio and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Hesselbein, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff and Spreitzer
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 25, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 21, 2026 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor