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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 3 of 4 of some of the currently listed education bills of interest.  Updated 5/15/10.

2009-2010, DECEMBER 2009 SPECIAL SESSION EDUCATION BILLS
AB 1 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 2 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

2009-2010 REGUALR SESSION EDUCATION BILLS
AB 620 Physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making
               authority
AB 622 Pupils attending a school district under the Open Enrollment Program who are habitually truant
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  WI ACT 300
AB 625 Authority to modify speed limits in school zones
AB 632 Directing the University of Wisconsin Law School to require students to complete a clinical practicum
AB 669 & 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
AB 677 Sentencing for crimes on school premises and providing a penalty
AB 678 Trespass on school premises and providing a penalty
AB 682 & SB 468 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and
              requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
AB 702 The veterans tuition reimbursement program
AB 721 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable
              operators
AB 725 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated
              external defibrillator to high school pupils 
ASSM VOTE 57-40  SEN VOICE 
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
AB 738 Limiting nonallocable segregated fee and resident tuition increases at the University of Wisconsin System
AB 745 & 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
AB 746 & SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority
                   
AB 746 ASSM VOTE 92-6   SEN VOTE 23-10  SB 536 TABLED  WI ACT 293
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
AB 781 remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical
              college 
ASSM VOTE 98-0
AB 798 Accepting pupils under the full-time Open Enrollment Program
AB 804 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical
              college
AB 805 & SB 599 Grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies, granting rule-making
               authority, and making an appropriation
AB 806 & SB 598 The procedure for school district consolidations SB 598 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 307
AB 807 & SB 596 Transportation aid to school districts
AB 808 & SB 593 Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts
                       
AB 808 ASSM VOTE 68-29  SEN VOICE   SB 593 TABLED  WI ACT 301
AB 809 & SB 595 Transportation of private school pupils  AB 809 ASSM VOICE 
AB 810 & SB 617 Creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors  SB 617 SEN VOICE   ASSM VOICE
AB 840 & SB 603 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment
AB 865 The limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
AB 880 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Neenah Joint School District and making an
               appropriation
AB 881 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or
               university
AB 882 & SB 638 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin
                System or the Technical College System





SB 405 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
SB 407 Eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships  SEN VOTE 24-9  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 306
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
                   
SEN VOTE 32-1   ASSM VOTE 88-9
SB 414 & AB 616 School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils
                 
SB 414 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 160
SB 421 Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises
SB 431 & 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
SB 431 SEN VOTE 29-2  ASSM VOTE 53-44  WI ACT 300
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 
SEN VOTE 18-15  ASSM VOTE 50-47  WI ACT 215
SB 449 Possession of a firearm at school or under the supervision of a school authority
SB 462 & 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
SB 466 Regulation by the office of the commissioner of insurance of self-insured health plans offered by a city, town, village,
             county, or school district, providing a penalty, and granting rule-making authority
SB 468 & AB 682 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and
             requiring the exercise of rule-making authority

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