Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
Senate Bill 114
Relating to: waiving the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement during a national health emergency declared in response to COVID-19.
By Senators Larson, Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Bewley, Wirch and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives L. Myers, Tranel, Bowen, Pope, Hebl, Vruwink, Emerson, Baldeh, Sinicki, Considine, Billings, Stubbs, Conley, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Goyke, Anderson, Shankland, Shelton, Hesselbein, S. Rodriguez, Subeck, Drake and Andraca.
February 18, 2021 Referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
March 17, 2021 Public Hearing Held
Present: (5) Senator Felzkowski; Senators Stafsholt, Roth, L. Taylor and Ringhand.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (0) None.
Appearances For
· Director of Policy and Advocacy Colleston Morgan - City Forward Collective
· Director of Teacher Talent Initiatives Yaribel Rodriguez - City Forward Collective
· Representative LaKeshia Myers - 12th Assembly District
· Sen. Chris Larson - 7th Senate District
· Katie Porwoll
Appearances Against
· Kathy Champeau - Wisconsin State Reading Association
Appearances for Information Only
· None.
Registrations For
· Lavita Coleman
· Elementary Educator Nicole Knox - Herself
· Chris Frederick-Stanley - Metropolitan Milwaukee Alliance of Black School Educators Executive Board
· Laura Ramos - Herself
· Brooklyn Podgorny - Themselves
· Bryan Terry - Himself
· Misty Kreider - Herself
· Special Edcuation Teacher Angel Roman - Himself
· ESL Teacher Nora O'Connell - Herself
· Executive Director John Forester - School Administrators Alliance
· Jake Miller - Himself
· Kristina Meekins - Herself
· Ainsley Anderson - Herself
· Emma Jeronimus - Herself
· Lily Stebor - Herself
· Dakota Draheim - Herself
· Sydni Merrill - Herself
· Hiram Perez - Themselves
· Desiree Pointer Mace - Herself
· Andrew Davis - MMAC
· Executive Director Bob Baxter - Wisconsin Education Association Council
· Senator Dale Kooyenga - 5th Senate District
· Dan Rossmiller - Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB)
Registrations Against
· Representative Robert Wittke
Registrations for Information Only
· Grant Huber - Dept. Of Public Instruction
March 10, 2022 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Stamena Ivanov
Committee Clerk
