Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: teacher preparatory programs.
State superintendent of public instruction Teacher — Certificate
- Introduced, completed
- Passes Senate, completed
- Passes Assembly, stopped here
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction may approve a teacher preparatory program only if students in the program are required to complete student teaching that consists of full days for a full semester at a cooperating elementary or secondary school. This bill authorizes the state superintendent to also approve a teacher preparatory program if the program requires students to complete student teaching that consists of full days for a full summer session at a cooperating elementary or secondary school.
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 7
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Votes
Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Passed 3–2 Nov 10, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Sep 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Marklein and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Duchow, Behnke, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy and Mursau
- Sep 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Sep 30, 2025 · Senate
Senator Keyeski withdrawn as a coauthor
- Nov 4, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 24, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Dec 4, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
- Dec 5, 2025 · Senate
Report vetoed by the Governor on 12-5-2025
- May 12, 2026 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- May 13, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82