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Introduced
06/06/2025
06/06/2025
In Committee
06/06/2025
06/06/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Current law limits the percentage of pupils in each school district who may attend a private school under the statewide parental choice program. The pupil participation limit started in the 2015-16 school year at 1 percent of a school district[s membership and increased gradually to 10 percent of a school district[s membership in the 2025-26 school year. Under current law, the pupil participation limit sunsets after the 2025-26 school year. This bill repeals the sunset and continues the pupil participation limit at membership.
AI Summary
This bill modifies Wisconsin's statewide parental choice program by permanently establishing the pupil participation limit at 10 percent of a school district's membership. Currently, the law allows an increasing percentage of students to attend private schools through the program, with a gradual rise from 1 percent in the 2015-16 school year to 10 percent in the 2025-26 school year, after which the limit was set to expire. The bill removes the sunset provision, effectively making the 10 percent limit a permanent feature of the program. Specifically, the bill repeals sections of the existing statute that outlined the gradual percentage increases and the eventual expiration of the limit, and amends the definition of "pupil participation limit" to be a fixed 10 percent of a school district's previous year's membership. This change will continue to restrict the number of students from a school district who can participate in the statewide parental choice program, maintaining the current cap at 10 percent.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (41)
Clint Anderson (D)*,
Deb Andraca (D)*,
Margaret Arney (D)*,
Brienne Brown (D)*,
Ryan Clancy (D)*,
Angelina Cruz (D)*,
Karen DeSanto (D)*,
Ben DeSmidt (D)*,
Jodene Emerson (D)*,
Joan Fitzgerald (D)*,
Francesca Hong (D)*,
Andrew Hysell (D)*,
Alex Joers (D)*,
Tara Johnson (D)*,
Karen Kirsch (D)*,
Darrin Madison (D)*,
Maureen McCarville (D)*,
Tip McGuire (D)*,
Vincent Miresse (D)*,
Supreme Moore Omokunde (D)*,
Greta Neubauer (D)*,
Lori Palmeri (D)*,
Christian Phelps (D)*,
Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D)*,
Ann Roe (D)*,
Joe Sheehan (D)*,
Lee Snodgrass (D)*,
Ryan Spaude (D)*,
Angela Stroud (D)*,
Lisa Subeck (D)*,
Angelito Tenorio (D)*,
Robyn Vining (D)*,
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (D),
Sarah Keyeski (D),
Chris Larson (D),
Brad Pfaff (D),
Melissa Ratcliff (D),
Kelda Roys (D),
Jeff Smith (D),
Mark Spreitzer (D),
Bob Wirch (D),
Last Action
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor (on 01/08/2026)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab307 |
| BillText | https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB307.pdf |
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