Bills by subject

Parochial and private educational institutions

94 bills and resolutions. 20 became law and 32 never got a public hearing. They span 2 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2011–12 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 40 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law. Last action Aug 2, 2012
AB 736 School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee. Last action May 10, 2012
SB 174 Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
Became law. Last action Apr 10, 2012
SB 386 Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools.
Became law. Last action Apr 10, 2012
AB 714 Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by professors, administrators, coaches, and other employees of a public, private, or tribal postsecondary educational institution.
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 3, 2012

Every bill on this subject

2011–12 session: 49

May 27, 2011
AB 7: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 33: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 92: Eliminating the enrollment cap for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and extending the program to permit private schools located in Milwaukee County to participate.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 94: The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 110: Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 112: Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 122: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 215: Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 227: Requiring teachers and administrators employed by and owners of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and in the choice program for other eligible school districts to be subject to the background investigation requirements and employment restrictions imposed upon teachers in public schools.
Stopped in committee.

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Dec 12, 2011
AB 245: Procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 276: Allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 314: Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 22, 2012
AB 322: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 324: Preaccreditation and accreditation of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the choice program for eligible school districts, certificates of occupancy for participating private school buildings, verification of income eligibility for pupils to participate in the programs, fees and tuition charged to pupils attending participating private schools, and standards of conduct for administrators of participating private schools.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 340: Credit cards issued to underage customers, higher education institutions and the marketing of credit cards, financial literacy requirements for higher education students, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 399: Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 443: Excluding sports officials from coverage under the worker's compensation law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 460: Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 466: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 481: Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 551: Professional teaching permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction, the qualifications necessary to teach in a private school participating in a parental choice program, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 564: A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 677: Counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; aid to school districts in which parental choice programs have been established; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; school district revenue limits; payments to independent charter schools and to private schools participating in a parental choice program; grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies; transportation aid to school districts; transportation of private school pupils; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 711: The parental choice programs; the operation of, and insurance requirements related to, school buses and alternative methods of pupil transportation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 713: Disclosure of research funding by employees of certain institutions of higher education.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2012
AB 714: Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by professors, administrators, coaches, and other employees of a public, private, or tribal postsecondary educational institution.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2012
AB 736: School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 748: Reporting of student testing results in public schools and in private schools participating in a parental choice program, a school assessment guide, licensure of teachers in private schools participating in a parental choice program, and evaluation of teachers and principals.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2011
AJR 29: Commending the Saint Norbert College men's hockey team.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Feb 16, 2012
AR 20: Proclaiming Catholic Schools Week.
Adopted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 45: Administration of medication to pupils.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 69: Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 86: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 159: Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 163: Requiring teachers and administrators employed by and owners of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and in the choice program for other eligible school districts to be subject to the background investigation requirements and employment restrictions imposed upon teachers in public schools.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 174: Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 179: Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 180: Procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 204: Allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector.
Became law.
Nov 7, 2011
SB 234: Preaccreditation and accreditation of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the choice program for eligible school districts, certificates of occupancy for participating private school buildings, verification of income eligibility for pupils to participate in the programs, fees and tuition charged to pupils attending participating private schools, and standards of conduct for administrators of participating private schools.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 258: Credit cards issued to underage customers, higher education institutions and the marketing of credit cards, financial literacy requirements for higher education students, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 293: Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 364: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 386: Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 419: A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 485: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 486: Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 45

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 99: Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 116: School conference and activities leave.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 118: Coverage of dependents under health care plans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 140: Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 210: Providing benefits and protections to tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and staff and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 299: Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 21, 2010
AB 335: The consumption of alcohol beverages in public places.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 358: Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 432: Notification requirements for persons who must register as sex offenders and who are on school premises and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 513: The amounts appropriated for tuition grants and for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin system students, technical college students, and tribal college students; grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; grants to businesses to make capital expenditures; increasing the total amount of angel investment credits; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 536: Authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 620: Physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 624: The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 641: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 682: The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
May 11, 2010
AB 725: Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 726: Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 745: Prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 772: Creating an Office of School Standards and Licensure in the city of Milwaukee and requiring all public schools and certain private schools in the city of Milwaukee to obtain a license in order to operate.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 809: Transportation of private school pupils.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 881: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 915: Authorizing the state superintendent to withhold payments from a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program if the private school is in arrears or default in contractual payments.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 921: Pupil assessments.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 922: Prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in private schools that participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 941: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 15, 2009
SB 41: Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 69: Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 70: Coverage of dependents under health care plans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 86: School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 111: Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 146: Providing benefits and protections to tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and staff and making an appropriation.
Became law.
May 14, 2010
SB 154: School safety plans, pupil records, and school bullying.
Became law.
Oct 9, 2009
SB 200: Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 234: The consumption of alcohol beverages in public places.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 313: Physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 12, 2009
SB 371: Authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data.
Became law.
May 26, 2010
SB 409: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 421: Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 431: The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 468: The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 509: Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 525: Prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 595: Transportation of private school pupils.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 686: Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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