Assembly Education Committee announces hearing on Sept. 29th

The Assembly Committee on Education, chaired by Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay), announced today they will be holding a public hearing and executive session on Thursday, September 28th at 9:00am. During the executive session, the committee will take a vote on two bills that if approved will go before the full Assembly for a vote. In the public hearing the committee will receive testimony on three bills affecting WI schools. A rundown of the full committee agenda is listed below:

Executive Session:

• Assembly Bill 108 – Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition
  against strip-searching a pupil.
  • By Representatives Steffen, Behnke, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bodden, Brooks,
    Dittrich, Duchow, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Rodriguez, Rozar, Sortwell, Subeck and
    Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Felzkowski, Nass, Roys, Spreitzer,
    Stafsholt and Wanggaard.
• Assembly Bill 293 – Relating to: defining critical mapping data for school safety plans.
  • By Representatives Schutt, Allen, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Duchow, Green, Gundrum,
    S. Johnson, Michalski, Murphy, Nedweski, O’Connor, Rettinger, Schraa, Shankland,
    Snyder and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, James, Ballweg, Nass and
    Spreitzer.

Public Hearing:

• Assembly Bill 403 – Relating to: restrictions on the revenue ceiling for school districts.
  • By Representatives Green, Armstrong, Binsfeld, C. Anderson, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Goeben, S. Johnson, Novak, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Sapik, Schmidt, Shankland, Steffen and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Wanggaard, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Larson, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer and Quinn.
  • See WASB’s previous blog post on AB-403’s companion bill in the Senate.
• Assembly Bill 223 – Relating to: maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a school.
• • By Representatives Zimmerman, Allen, C. Anderson, Behnke, Brandtjen,
    Cabrera, Dittrich, Duchow, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau, O’Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez,
    Sinicki, Spiros and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Feyen, Hesselbein and
    Taylor.
• Assembly Bill 342 – Relating to: allowing school boards to employ a school district administrator who is not licensed by the department of public instruction.
  • By Representatives Wittke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Gundrum,
    Gustafson, Magnafici, Maxey, Murphy, O’Connor, Rettinger and Schraa; cosponsored by
    Senators Stroebel, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Jagler, Marklein, Nass and Tomczyk.