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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 314

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Relating to: the pupil participation limit in the state parental choice program.

School — Attendance Sunset Supreme court

  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

Current law limits the percentage of pupils in each school district who may attend a private school under the statewide parental choice program. The pupil participation limit started in the 2015-16 school year at 1 percent of a school district’s membership and increased gradually to 10 percent of a school district’s membership in the 2025-26 school year. Under current law, the pupil participation limit sunsets after the 2025-26 school year. This bill repeals the sunset and continues the pupil participation limit at 10 percent of a school district’s membership.

Sponsors

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

30 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Phelps, Andraca, Arney, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio and Vining

  2. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jun 19, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1