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  Some Education Bills of Interest of the 2009-2010 Session

To research any of these bills, click on the bill number.  This will take you to the history of the bill where you can read the bill or look at other information about the bill by clicking on the highlighted portion of the history.  Click on the SEN VOTE and ASSM VOTE following individual bills to see how they voted on a bill.  This is page 2 of 4 some of the currently listed education bills of interest.  Updated 5/15/10.

2009-2010 REGUALR SESSION EDUCATION BILLS
AB 315 The financial institutions in which the investment instrument of a college savings account may be held
AB 358 & SB 41 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools SB 41 SEN VOTE 27-5  ASSM VOTE 64-29
AB 378 & SB 253 Traffic control devices used by school safety patrols SB 253 SEN VOICE
AB 393 & SB 258  Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers
AB 398 & SB 260 Granting police authority to technical college district boards
AB 434 Eliminating Special Transfer Program aid
AB 437 Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public
              Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission

AB 443
& SB 311 Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants'
                Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the program, project,
                and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective
                bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds
                             
SB 311  SEN VOTE 26-6    ASSM VOTE 74-20  WI ACT 53
AB 444 & SB 310 Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in
               Research, Statistics, and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the
               professional research, statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds

AB 458
& SB 324 Providing instruction in human growth and development
                         
AB 458 ASSM VOTE 48-43  SEN VOTE 18-15  WI ACT 134
AB 459 & SB 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy
AB 461
& SB 328 Allowing a school district to carry over unused revenue limit authority to the following school year
AB 509 & SB 378 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a
               referendum 
AB 509 ASSM VOTE 64-31
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
AB 520 Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to inter-
              scholastic athletic associations
AB 533 & 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
SB 372 SEN VOTE 18-14
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
AB 535 & SB 373 Establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school SB 373 SEN VOICE ASSM VOICE
AB 536 & 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
SB 371 SEN VOTE 25-7  ASSM VOTE 73-20
AB 537 & SB 370 Grants for improving academic achievement SB 370 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOTE 91-2
AB 538 & 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
AB 557 & SB 379 Notification of school closings and reopenings  SB 379 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 305
AB 579 special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University
                       
ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 159
AB 583 Requiring passage of a supplemental examination in reading instruction to obtain a teaching license
AB 584 Screening pupils for phonemic awareness and rapid naming
AB 593 Special adjustment aid to school districts
AB 597 Requiring the University of Wisconsin System to obtain the approval of the Joint Committee on Finance in order to
              acquire property by condemnation
AB 604 Eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships  TABLED
AB 615 The powers and duties of the board of school directors and the superintendent of schools in a first class city school
               district, awarding a grant to a nonprofit corporation, requiring a referendum, and granting rule-making authority
AB 616 & SB 414 School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils SB 414 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE
AB 617 Applicability to private roads and driveways of certain rules of the road governing passing school buses
AB 620 Physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making
               authority
AB 622 & SB 342 Pupils attending a school district under the Open Enrollment Program who are habitually truant
                     
SB 342 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 304
AB 624 & 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
SB 431 SEN VOTE 29-2   ASSM VOTE 53-44






SB 250 Accepting pupils under the full-time Open Enrollment Program  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 303
SB 253 & AB 378 Traffic control devices used by school safety patrols SB 253 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 88
SB 258 & AB 393 Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers
SB 260 & AB 398 Granting police authority to technical college district boards
SB 276 Requiring governmental bodies of school districts and certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and
             minutes on their Web sites 
SEN VOTE 21-12  ASSM VOICE
SB 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program
SB 310 & AB 444 Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in
              Research, Statistics, and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the
              professional research, statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds
                     
SB 310 SEN VOTE 26-6   ASSM VOTE 76-18  WI ACT 52
SB 311 & AB 443 Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants'
              Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the program, project,
              and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective
              bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds
                             
SB 311  SEN VOTE 26-6    ASSM VOTE 74-20  WI ACT 53
SB 324 & AB 458 Providing instruction in human growth and development
                   
AB 458 ASSM VOTE 48-43  SEN VOTE 18-15  WI ACT 134
SB 326 & AB 459 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy
SB 328
& AB 461 Allowing a school district to carry over unused revenue limit authority to the following school year
SB 342 & AB 622 Pupils attending a school district under the Open Enrollment Program who are habitually truant
                   
SB 342 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 304
SB 357 & 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
SB 359 & AB 115 Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people
SB 370 & AB 537 Grants for improving academic achievement SB 370 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOTE 91-2  WI ACT 58
SB 371 & 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
SB 371 SEN VOTE 25-7  ASSM VOTE 73-20  WI ACT 59
SB 372 & 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
                         
SB 372 SEN VOTE 18-14    ASSM VOTE 47-46    WI ACT 60
SB 373 & AB 535 Establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school 
                         
SB 373 SEN VOICE   ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 61
SB 378 & AB 509 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a
               referendum
AB 509 ASSM VOTE 64-31
SB 379 & AB 557 Notification of school closings and reopenings SB 379 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 305

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