Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Education
Assembly Bill 1
Relating to: a school review system, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Thiesfeldt, Vos, Steineke, Rodriguez, Knodl, Nygren, Petryk, Schraa, Macco, A. Ott, Kleefisch, Gannon, Mursau, Weatherston, Rohrkaste, Czaja, Swearingen, Krug, Loudenbeck, VanderMeer, Ballweg, E. Brooks, T. Larson, R. Brooks, Kooyenga, Knudson, Kulp, Jarchow, Spiros, Kitchens, Kerkman and Edming.
January 07, 2015 Referred to Committee on Education
January 14, 2015 Public Hearing Held
Present: (15) Representative Thiesfeldt; Representatives Kitchens, Jagler, Knudson, Rodriguez, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Murphy, Quinn, Hutton, Pope, Sinicki, Genrich, Barnes and Considine.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (0) None.
Appearances For
· None.
Appearances Against
· Jeff Pertl - DPI
· Barbara Duff - Grandchildren-children of WI
· Kaila Haws - Protect Your Child's Future
· Darienne Driver - Milwaukee Public Schools
· Joann Sternke - Pewaukee School District
· Pete Christianson - South Eastern Wi Schools Alliance
· Mike Blecha - Green Bay School District/WASB
· Michelle Langenfeld - Green Bay Area Public Schools
· Brenda Warren - Green Bay Area Public Schools
· John Forester - School Administrators Alliance
· Rick Nettesheim - eAchieve Acadamy, iForward and WI Virtural School
· Tami Jackson - Disability Rights of WI Survival Coalition of Wi Disability Orgs
· Greg Nyen - Stevens Point School District
· Brian Casey - Stevens Point Area Public School District
· Barry O"Connor - Appleton School Board
· Jim Bowman - Appleton School District
· Maria Garcia-Lopez - Board Member of a Charter School
· Dan Rossmiller - WI Assn of School Boards
· Ronald Zahn
· Amy Mizialko - Milwaukee Teachers Ed. Assoc.
· Richard Melcher
· James Fortier
· Sheila Plotkn
· Tom German
· Libbey Meister
· Bob Wagner
· Mark Frey
· Jeffrey Horn
· Kristen Lombard
· Charles Uphoff
· Anna Moffit
· Donna Pahuski - Stop Special Needs Vouchers
· Todd Price
· Peg Randall Gardner
· Dean Gurell - Verona Schools
· Kyle Moore
· Andrew Martin
· Mary Arnold - Columbus School District
· Deb Cefalu
· Ed Perkins - Fox Valley Initiative
· Ruth Elmer
· Carol Troyer-Shank
· Susan Fox - School Board
· Martin Alvarado - ACLU WI
· Chris Miller
· John Dietz
· Emily Mahre
· Clarence Nicholas - NAACP 1st Vice
· Heather Dubois
· Jennifer Levie - Racine Education Assoc.
· Angelina Cruz
· Keith Kohlmann
· Maureen May-Grimm
· Margaret Shimpf
· Kyla Jenson
· Gary Kiltz - School District of Menomonee
· William Waser
· Jacob Gatlin - Amani United
· Tom McCann
· TJ Mertz
· Julie Vajda
· Edward Kuhorski
· Rachel Schlueter
· Carol Limbach
· Janet Oakley
· Kelly Albrecht
· Todd Price
· Susan Cohen
Appearances for Information Only
· Steve Baas - MMAC
· Jim Bender - School Choice WI
· Scott Jensen - American Federation for Children
· LaTonya Johnson - State Representative
· Sydney Johnson
· Kurt Miller
Registrations For
· Jorge Arauz
Registrations Against
· Jennifer Cheatham - Madison Schools
· Ryan Ruggles - Sun Prairie School District
· Nancy Hery
· Cory Mason - State Representative
· Greg Gordon
· Robert Hansen - Greenfield School Board
· Ron Tussler
· Sulynn Moore
· David Moore
· Dan Maes
· Thom Miron
· Sue Miron
· Paula Martzhal
· Mary Murphy
· Richard Schmidt
· Rosalie Greenley
· Larry Greenley
· Ray Hinz
· Sally Hinz
· Frank Sacco
· Ben Jenkins
· John Pavelski
· Marylynne Rasmussen
· Robert Allen
· Betty Allen
· Howard Miller
· James Haskins
· James Lucht
· James Leist
· Albert Forner
· Steven Hagen
· Gretchen Parks
· Genie Ogden
· Deb Kolste - State Representative
· Fred Kessler - State Representative
· Dana Wachs - State Representative
· Mary Bean
· Dave Hansen - State Senator
· Barbara Streibel
· Andy Jorgensen - State Representative
· Lashunda Manly
· Michelle Martin
· Bradley Geyer
· Amy Maurer
· Peter Sobol
· Charlene Brandl
· Paul Brandl
· Steve Doyle - State Representative
· William Martin
· Ann Griffin
· Kevin Murray - Janesville School Board
· Mariann Bloch
· Katrina Shankland - State Representative
· Evan Goyke - State Representative
· Charity Schmidt
· Jonathan Brostoff - State Representative
· Tod Ohnstad - State Representative
· Sarah Smith
· Suzanne Porath - Edgewood College
· Laura Chern
· Melissa Sargent - State Representative
· Cathy Pagel
· Mark Spreitzer - State Representative
· Andrea Kaminski - League of Women Voters of WI
· Greg Allan
· Chris Danou - State Representative
· Nancy Julisn
· Kay Houston
· Rick Moze - Greenfield School Board
· Kim Kohlhaas - AFT-Wisconsin
· Nanci Tibbetts - Madison Teachers
· Dustin Beth - District of WEstosha-Central-High School
· Amanda Stuck - State Representative
· Lynn Celley
· Sharon Knoop
· Gail Grubis
· Debbie Simon Konkol
· Carol Carstensen - GRUMPS
· Sandy Risdy
· Mary Shannon
· Chris Kulow - WASB
· Deb Sybell - WZAC
· Anna Grelson
· Sue Salter
· Mary LouSharpee
· Abigail Tessmann - MMSD, BLCTM, BPDD, Partners
· Richard Plotkin
· Anne Bauer - Middleton Cross Plains Area School District
· Phil Fransen
· Marcia Riquelme
· Ryan Wherley
· Kathleen Vinehout - State Senator
· Christine Cina
· James Jacque
· JoCasta Zamarripa - State Representative
· Michele Bjella
· Marcia Dietz
· David Stertz
· William Hahn
· Mary Hopfensperger
· Joseph Bach
· Tom German
· Rebecca Alwin - Wisconsin Grassroots Network
· Rick Ruecking
· Susan Fox
· Tanya Cobb
· Chris Taylor - State Representative
· John Hendricks
· Joanne Swartz
· Jane Jiumaleh
· Susanne Breckenridge
· Bonnie Augusta
· Liz Lusk
· Todd Lilly
· Dianne Hesselbein - State Representative
· Whitney Steffin
· Mary Trainor
· Susan McMurray - AFSCME
· Donna Vukevich-Selva
· Joan Kemble
· Jackie Johnson
· Kelleyk Albrecht
· Sarah Wagner
· Kathryn Boonstra
· Ruth Pauly
· Scot Ross - One Wisconsin Now
· Edward Feeny
· Carrie Scherpelz
· Natalie Andrae
· Laura Chavez-Moreno
Registrations for Information Only
· Leon Hebert
April 07, 2016 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Hariah Hutkowski
Committee Clerk
