Bills by subject

Public Instruction, Department of

197 bills and resolutions. 33 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 100 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 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 1 Changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 457 The conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 998 Recommendations made by the council on early literacy curricula.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 1085 Longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 24, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 109

May 13, 2026
AB 1: Changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Oct 31, 2025
AB 2: Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 91: The requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 101: Requiring school districts to report information related to American Indian children attending school in the school district.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 109: A lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach an American Indian language in an American Indian language program and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 110: The membership of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 129: Providing safe drinking water in public and private schools. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 316: Grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 335: Stipend payments for school social worker interns and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 339: Aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 340: Payment for school medical services. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 341: Grants for prospective school social workers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 342: Grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 343: School mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 354: The timing of equalization aid payments to school districts. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 364: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 457: The conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 485: 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.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 495: General equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 533: Requiring voter education instruction in the elementary and high school grades and incorporating voter education instruction into the state model social studies standards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 570: Payments for pupils who withdraw from a parental choice program, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, or an independent charter school. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 16, 2026
AB 592: Professional development for science teachers. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 613: Notifying parents if a pupil is removed from the classroom. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 615: Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 620: Teacher and administrator licensure in parental choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 645: Grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 646: Requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 647: Whole grade sharing grants for school boards. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 649: Supplemental funding for whole grade sharing grants, supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts, grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 795: Including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 810: Recess in public schools. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 818: Demonstration charter school operators. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 825: A grant program to support parent and guardian volunteer programs in schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 827: School lockdown announcements. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 828: Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 835: Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 876: An energy efficiency grant program for school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 933: Updating references to PI 34 of the administrative code and eliminating an obsolete grandfather provision related to a license to teach industrial arts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 946: Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 948: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 13, 2026
AB 998: Recommendations made by the council on early literacy curricula.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1003: The voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an investigation of immoral conduct, and records related to an investigation of immoral conduct.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1041: Required instruction in African American history in the elementary and high school grades and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 1095: Speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 25, 2026
AB 1101: Grants to encourage individuals to pursue a career in teaching or to facilitate teacher licensure, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 22, 2026
AB 1102: Longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1114: Grants for fine arts teacher mentorship and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 1148: Grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 21, 2026
AB 1150: Implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1157: Pupil discrimination and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1176: General equalization aids, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, excluding special education reimbursement from certain per pupil payments, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1183: Grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 1, 2026
AB 1184: Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 1198: Grants to school districts for safe transportation for school-sponsored events and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 16, 2026
AB 1209: Modifying the income and franchise tax rate structure for individuals and corporations, creating a school aid fund, supplemental school aid, school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 18: Changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 87: A lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach an American Indian language in an American Indian language program and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 88: The membership of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 89: Requiring school districts to report information related to American Indian children attending school in the school district.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 100: The requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 104: Providing safe drinking water in public and private schools. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 320: Grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 325: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 340: Stipend payments for school social worker interns and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 341: The timing of equalization aid payments to school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 346: Grants for prospective school social workers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 347: Aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 349: Payment for school medical services. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 350: School mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 352: Grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 451: The conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 491: General equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 565: Pupil discrimination and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 568: Payments for pupils who withdraw from a parental choice program, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, or an independent charter school. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 21, 2026
SB 569: Implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 582: 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.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 588: Professional development for science teachers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 604: Teacher and administrator licensure in parental choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 612: Notifying parents if a pupil is removed from the classroom. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 616: Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 655: Requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 667: Whole grade sharing grants for school boards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 669: Grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 9, 2026
SB 673: School board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 785: Including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 805: Recess in public schools. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 818: Demonstration charter school operators. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 828: Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 833: Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 834: A grant program to support parent and guardian volunteer programs in schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 836: School lockdown announcements. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 863: An energy efficiency grant program for school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 912: Updating references to PI 34 of the administrative code and eliminating an obsolete grandfather provision related to a license to teach industrial arts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 926: Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 957: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 972: Recommendations made by the council on early literacy curricula.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 999: The voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an investigation of immoral conduct, and records related to an investigation of immoral conduct.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1026: Required instruction in African American history in the elementary and high school grades and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1056: Speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 24, 2026
SB 1085: Longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 1109: Grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1142: Grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1143: Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1145: Grants to school districts for safe transportation for school-sponsored events and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1151: General equalization aids, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, excluding special education reimbursement from certain per pupil payments, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 40

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2009–10 session: 48

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 188: Awarding grants to school districts for language immersion schools and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 196: Providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 201: The date of pupil counts in second semester of school year.
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 235: The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science.
Stopped in committee.
Feb 16, 2010
AB 236: Requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits.
Became law.
May 18, 2009
AB 255: Eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and payment of extended benefits; excluding recovery and reinvestment act moneys from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments; eligibility for participation in the programs of a community action agency; financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program; the confidentiality of pupil records provided to the Department of Public Instruction; financial assistance for criminal justice programs; authorizing political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans; definition of low-income household under energy and weatherization assistance programs; eligibility and notice changes for state continuation of coverage for health insurance; changes to enterprise zone jobs credits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
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 437: Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
Stopped in committee.

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Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject