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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1109

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — Administration Teacher — Certificate Wage

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, this bill requires a school board to pay each student teacher who student teaches in the school district an hourly wage of at least $15 per hour. The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction to reimburse school boards for the cost of paying student teachers an hourly wage of $15 per hour. Under the bill, annually on the third Monday in June, DPI must provide aid to school boards in an amount equal to $15 times the total number of hours student teachers student taught in the school district during the preceding school term.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

24 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (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

  1. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Keyeski, Larson, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Smith and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, McCarville, Brown, Sheehan, Anderson, Clancy, Stroud, Udell, Roe, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Palmeri, Stubbs, Joers, Vining, Miresse, Hysell, Sinicki, DeSmidt and Tenorio

  2. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  7. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received