Wisconsin Legislature: hist149967

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 964

Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.

By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici and Rozar.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 965

Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.

By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy and Rozar.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 966

Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.

By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Allen, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy and Neylon.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 967

Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.

By Senators Darling, Roth and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wittke, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Rozar and Steffen.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 968

Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project.

By Senators Bernier and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Snyder, Edming and Spiros.

To the committee on Natural Resources and Energy.

Senate Bill 969

Relating to: authorizing Purple Heart Reservation highway signs on the Oneida Reservation.

By Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representative Steineke.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 970

Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty.

By Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard, Feyen, Ballweg and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Magnafici, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Moses, Novak, Steffen, Vorpagel, Wittke, Schraa, Kurtz and Rozar.

To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

Senate Bill 971

Relating to: including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts.

By Senators Larson, Smith, Roys, Carpenter, Agard and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Shelton, Shankland, Pope, Conley, Andraca, Hesselbein, Hebl, Spreitzer, Considine, B. Meyers, Vruwink, Anderson, Sinicki and Stubbs.

To the committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue.

Senate Bill 972

Relating to: prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy and other services under health plans.

By Senator Testin; cosponsored by Representative VanderMeer.

To the committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry.

Senate Bill 973

Relating to: a grant program to fund child care staff to care for children with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

By Senators Erpenbach, Carpenter, Johnson, Agard, Smith, Roys and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Andraca, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Hebl, Emerson, Shelton, Conley, Sinicki, Considine, Hesselbein, Milroy, Bowen, Cabrera, Shankland and Hong.

To the committee on Human Services, Children and Families.

Senate Bill 974

Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.

By Senators Roth, Darling, Nass, Wanggaard, Stroebel and Jagler; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Knodl, Murphy, Penterman, Moses, Rozar, Brandtjen, Macco and Magnafici.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 975

Relating to: address confidentiality program.

By Senators Darling, Johnson, Larson, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Petrowski, Pfaff, Ringhand and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Sinicki, Allen, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Dittrich, Emerson, Hebl, James, Knodl, B. Meyers, Mursau, Ohnstad, Shelton, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Vruwink and Vining.

To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

Senate Bill 976

Relating to: a levy limit exception for certain shared emergency services expenditures.

By Senators Ringhand, Agard and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Andraca, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hintz, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 977

Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

By Senators Larson, Carpenter, Roys, Agard and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Hebl, Anderson, Sinicki, Shelton, Stubbs and Cabrera.

To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.

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Report of Committees

The committee on Agriculture and Tourism reported and recommended:

PALMBY, PAUL, of Janesville, as an Agriculture Representative on the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2027.

Confirmation.