2025-02-17 Assembly Journal

Committee Reports

The committee on Education reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 1

Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report.

hist199186 Passage:

Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kitchens, Goeben, Brill, Snyder, Duchow, Dittrich, Melotik, Mursau, and Penterman.

Noes: 4 - Representatives Hong, Cruz, Phelps, and Sheehan.

hist199172 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

Assembly Bill 3

Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades.

hist199187 Passage:

Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kitchens, Brill, Snyder, Duchow, Dittrich, Melotik, Mursau, and Penterman.

Noes: 5 - Representatives Goeben, Hong, Cruz, Phelps, and Sheehan.

hist199174 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

Assembly Bill 4

Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria.

hist199188 Passage:

Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kitchens, Brill, Snyder, Duchow, Dittrich, Melotik, Mursau, and Penterman.

Noes: 5 - Representatives Goeben, Hong, Cruz, Phelps, and Sheehan.

hist199175 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

Assembly Bill 5

Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

hist199189 Passage:

Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kitchens, Goeben, Brill, Snyder, Duchow, Dittrich, Melotik, Mursau, and Penterman.

Noes: 4 - Representatives Hong, Cruz, Phelps, and Sheehan.

hist199176 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

Assembly Bill 6

Relating to: requiring a school board to spend at least 70 percent of its operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and annual pay increases for school administrators.

hist199190 Passage:

Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kitchens, Goeben, Snyder, Duchow, Dittrich, Melotik, Mursau, and Penterman.

Noes: 5 - Representatives Brill, Hong, Cruz, Phelps, and Sheehan.

hist199177 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

JOEL KITCHENS

Chairperson

Committee on Education

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The committee on Science, Technology, and AI reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 2

Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.

hist199184 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:

Ayes: 4 - Representatives Gustafson, VanderMeer, Tusler, and Spiros.

Noes: 2 - Representatives Madison and DeSmidt.

hist199185 Passage as amended:

Ayes: 4 - Representatives Gustafson, VanderMeer, Tusler, and Spiros.

Noes: 2 - Representatives Madison and DeSmidt.

hist199173 To calendar of Wednesday, February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1).

NATE GUSTAFSON

Chairperson

Committee on Science, Technology, and AI

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Reference Bureau Corrections

hist199206 Assembly Bill 10

1 1. Page 2, line 8: after “(67),” insert “(71),”.

2 2. Page 2, line 23: after “(67),” insert “(71),”.

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Speaker’s Communications

February 17, 2025

Edward A. Blazel

Assembly Chief Clerk

17 West Main Street, Suite 401

Madison, WI 53703

Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:

Please directly refer the following proposals to the Assembly session calendar for Wednesday, February 19, 2025, pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c) and Assembly Rule 45 (1):

• Assembly Bill 1

• Assembly Bill 2

• Assembly Bill 3

• Assembly Bill 4

• Assembly Bill 5

• Assembly Bill 6

hist199273 • Assembly Joint Resolution 2

hist199274 • Assembly Joint Resolution 4

hist199275 • Assembly Joint Resolution 5

hist199276 • Assembly Resolution 3

hist201126 • Assembly Resolution 4

Sincerely,

ROBIN J. VOS

Assembly Speaker

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