Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 10 R · 6 D cosponsors

AB 1024 — Relating to: notice to the parent or guardian of a habitually truant child.

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Assembly Bill 1024 adds a new requirement for school attendance notices sent to parents or guardians of habitually truant children. Now, the notice must inform them that they can correct an unexcused absence by providing documentation to show it should be considered excused. This change is important because it gives families an opportunity to address attendance issues and potentially prevent further complications related to truancy.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa1148/1 FFK:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1024 February 7, 2024 - Offered by RepresentativeINSFELD.
CORRECTED COPY - 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-5488/1 FFK:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 1024 January 29, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives B INSFELD, DRAKE, BEHNKE , C ONLEY, D ITTRIC, D ONOVAN , EDMING , GREEN , JOERS, M ELOTIK, M URPHY, M URSAU , NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR , PALMERI, SCHMIDT, STUBBS, SUBECK, SNYDER and M ADISON, cosponsored by Senators NODL and CABRAL- GUEVARA .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Education.
1.
A N A CT to create 118.16 (2) (cg) 2m.
Page 2, line 11:
of the statutes;
after that line insert:
relating to:
“SECTION 1m.
notice to the parent or guardian of a habitually truant child.
118.16 (2) (cg) 2r.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under this bill, a school attendance officer must include in the notice provided to the parent or guardian of a child who is habitually truant, which means the child has been absent without an excuse for part or all of five or more days during a school semester, that the parent or guardian may request an evaluation of whether the child is a child with a disability or, for a child who has been identified as a child with a disability and for whom an individualized education program has been prepared, a review of the IEP and, if appropriate, revision of the child's IEP.
Under current law, a school attendance officer must provide a notice to the parent or guardian of a child who is habitually truant that includes 1) a statement of the parent's or guardian's responsibility to have the child to attend school regularly;
2) a statement that the parent or guardian may request certain program or curriculum modifications and that the child may be eligible for enrollment in a program for children at risk;
3) a request that the parent or guardian meet with the school to discuss the child's truancy;
and 4) a statement of the penalties that may be imposed on the parent or guardian if the parent or guardian fails to have the child to attend school regularly.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5488/1 FFK:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 1024 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.
118.16 (2) (cg) 2m.
118.16 (2) (cg) 2r.
118.16 (2) (cg) 2m.
A statement that the parent or guardian may correct an unexcused absence by providing documentation to the school district that demonstrates the absence is excused under s.
A statement that the parent or guardian may request any of the following:
118.15 (3) (a) or (b).”.
a.
A referral under s.
115.777 for an evaluation of whether the child is a child with a disability, as defined under s.
115.76 (5).
b.
A copy of the information described under s.
115.777 (3) (d).
c.
For a child who has been identified as a child with a disability, as defined under s.
115.76 (5), and for whom an individualized education program under s.
115.787 is in effect, a meeting of the child's individualized education program team to review and, if appropriate, revise that individualized education program as provided under s.
115.787 (4).
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Read a second time

  10. Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a coauthor

  11. Representatives Conley, Madison, Palmeri and Subeck withdrawn as coauthors

  12. Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  13. Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 6

  15. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  16. Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a coauthor

  17. Executive action taken

  18. Representative Joers withdrawn as a coauthor

  19. Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  20. Public hearing held

  21. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Binsfeld

  22. Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  23. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  24. Introduced by Representatives Binsfeld, Drake, Behnke, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Green, Joers, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Palmeri, Schmidt, Stubbs, Subeck, Snyder and Madison; cosponsored by Senators Knodl and Cabral-Guevara

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 1024?
AB 1024 is sponsored by Binsfeld, Drake, Dora (Democrat), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Conley, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Donovan, Bob (Republican), Edming, Green, Chanz (Republican), Joers, Alex (Democrat), Melotik, Paul (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Nedweski, Amanda (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Palmeri, Lori (Democrat), Schmidt, Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Snyder, Patrick (Republican), and Madison, Darrin (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 1024?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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