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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 485

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Relating to: the pupil application process to attend a private school under a parental choice program and modifying and creating administrative rules related to pupil applications to participate in parental choice programs.

Administrative rules — Revisions Parochial and private schools Parole or probation Public instruction department of School — Attendance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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, for purposes of determining whether a pupil is eligible to continue participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the Racine Parental Choice Program, or the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (parental choice program), the Department of Public Instruction is prohibited from requiring documentation to verify the pupil’s residence unless the pupil’s residence has changed since documentation was last used to verify the pupil’s residence. The bill also updates DPI’s administrative rules related to pupil eligibility for the parental choice programs to be consistent with changes made in the bill.

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , O'Connor (R) , Sortwell (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Wanggaard (R)

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

  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Donovan, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, O'Connor and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Hutton, Jacque and Wanggaard

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1