Assembly Bill 966
Relating to: reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into four to eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission.
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Kitchens, Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 967
Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 968
Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 969
Relating to: reporting to law enforcement certain crimes and other incidents that occur in or on public school buildings and grounds, requiring certain schools to employ armed school resource officers, and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to reimburse schools for costs of employing armed school resource officers.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Duchow, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 970
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.
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Kitchens, Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 971
Relating to: promotion of pupils from the third grade to the fourth grade based on passage of the standardized reading test; reading readiness assessments in public schools; grants to increase licensure of reading teachers; sunsetting the Achievement Gap Reduction program; programs to identify and address pupils with dyslexia; parental opt-out of pupils in grades kindergarten to three from statewide examinations; and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar, L. Myers and Behnke.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl and Vruwink.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Assembly Bill 975
Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar, L. Myers and Behnke.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl and Vruwink.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar, Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers, Vruwink and Behnke.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 995
Relating to: a parental opt-out from face covering requirements in school buildings and on school grounds and requiring school boards to offer pupils a full-time, in-person option.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Wichgers, Mursau, Rozar and Behnke.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Pope, Considine, Hebl, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Senate Bill 589
Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Wittke, Ramthun, Mursau, Duchow, Rozar, Pope, Considine, L. Myers, Vruwink, Behnke and Penterman.
Noes: 0.
JEREMY THIESFELDT
Chairperson
Committee on Education
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 152
Relating to: examination of building plans for public buildings, public structures, and places of employment, and examination of plumbing plans.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Bernier and Ballweg; Representatives Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez and Kurtz.
Noes: 4 - Senators Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Goyke and B. Meyers.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Kooyenga, Bernier and Ballweg; Representatives Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez and Kurtz.
Noes: 4 - Senators Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Goyke and B. Meyers.
Assembly Bill 327
Relating to: increasing the net capital loss deduction.
Ayes: 15 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Bernier, Ballweg, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez, Kurtz, Goyke and B. Meyers.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 15 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Bernier, Ballweg, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez, Kurtz, Goyke and B. Meyers.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 432
Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates.
hist152090Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption: Ayes: 15 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Bernier, Ballweg, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez, Kurtz, Goyke and B. Meyers.
Noes: 0.
