Bills by subject

School: Branches of instruction

45 bills and resolutions. 13 became law and 17 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.

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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
SB 335 Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Became law. Last action Mar 30, 2012
SB 361 Payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas.
Became law. Last action Mar 30, 2012
AB 130 Granting high school credit for extracurricular sports; services provided by a special education program; transportation aid paid to school districts; the use of moneys received by a school district from the common school fund; using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate, discharge, suspend, or discipline a teacher or for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract; the number of teaching days scheduled in the Milwaukee Public Schools; permitting a school district to limit the grades in which to reduce class size under the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program; permitting a school board to deny enrollment to a pupil who has been expelled from an out-of-state school or from an independent charter school in this state and permitting an independent charter school to expel a pupil; use of law enforcement records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district's athletic code; and changing the date by which a school district must certify the amount of its property tax levy.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 447 Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2012

Every bill on this subject

2011–12 session: 13

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Mar 30, 2012
SB 335: Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Became law.
Mar 30, 2012
SB 361: Payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 567: Pilot farm to school programs and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 32

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 115: Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people.
Stopped in committee.
Oct 9, 2009
AB 119: Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten.
Became law.
Dec 15, 2009
AB 172: Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process.
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 204: Establishing a charter school in conjunction with an American Indian tribe.
Stopped in committee.
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.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 247: Granting high school diplomas to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 393: Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers.
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 459: The model academic standards for personal financial literacy.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 533: Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 534: Authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 538: Awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 584: Screening pupils for phonemic awareness and rapid naming.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 669: The governance, and election of members of the board of school directors, of a first class city school district, and tenure for school principals.
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 921: Pupil assessments.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 970: Grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 89: Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 11, 2010
SB 121: Requiring the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a career conversations program.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 124: Granting high school credit for extracurricular sports and requiring additional physical education credits for a high school diploma.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 135: Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 175: The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 258: Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 326: The model academic standards for personal financial literacy.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 357: Awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 359: Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 12, 2009
SB 372: Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
Became law.
May 3, 2010
SB 437: Authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 462: The governance, and election of members of the board of school directors, of a first class city school district, and tenure for school principals.
Stopped in committee.
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.

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