Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 9 R cosponsors

AB 644 — Relating to: state aid for consolidated school districts. (FE)

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

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced November 10, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 117.08 (6) (a) and 117.09 (6) (a); to create 117.08 (6) (a) 2. and 117.09 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

64 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

The legislative amendment to Bill AB 644 has made some key changes to the proposed aid for newly consolidated school districts. Originally, the aid for the first year of consolidation was set at $2,000 per pupil, but the amendment reduces that amount to $1,500. Additionally, it introduces a new structure for aid in the following years, specifying a payment of $650 per pupil in the school year after consolidation, instead of the previously proposed structure that phased down after the fifth year. This matters because it adjusts the financial support that schools will receive, which could affect their resources and planning after consolidation takes effect.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0642/1 FFK:cdc&cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 644 November 12, 2025 - Offered by RepresentatiITCHENS.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-5364/1 FFK:ajk&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 644 November 10, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives K ITCHENS, D UCHOW , N EDWESKI, ZIMMERMAN , ARMSTRONG , GUSTAFSON , MURPHY, O'CONNOR and STEFFEN , cosponsored by Senator Q UINN.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Education.
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A N A CT to renumber and amend 117.08 (6) (a) and 117.09 (6) (a);
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to create 117.08 (6) (a) 2.
delete “2026, 2027, or 2028” and substitute “2027, 2028, or 2029”.
and 117.09 (6) (a) 2.
2.
of the statutes;
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relating to:
delete “$2,000” and substitute “$1,500”.
state aid for consolidated school districts.
3.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, a newly consolidated school district is eligible for consolidation aid for seven school years beginning in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect.
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Currently, in each of the first five years following a consolidation, the Department of Public Instruction must pay the consolidated school district $150 per pupil enrolled in the school district.
after “school year,” insert “in the school year following the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $650 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
In the sixth year after consolidation, DPI must pay the consolidated school district an amount equal to 50 percent of what the school district received in the fifth year, and in the seventh year, DPI must pay the consolidated school district an amount equal to 25 percent of what the school district received in the fifth year.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year,”.
Under current law, consolidation aid is funded by a sum sufficient appropriation.
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For a school district consolidation that takes effect in 2026, 2027, or 2028, this bill increases the aid for the school year in which the consolidation takes effect to $2,000 per pupil enrolled in the consolidated school district.
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Under the bill, the consolidation aid amounts in the subsequent six school years following the consolidation remain the same as under current law.
delete “4” and substitute “3”.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5364/1 FFK:ajk&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 644 SECTION 1 For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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S ECTION 1.
delete “2026, 2027, or 2028” and substitute “2027, 2028, or 2029”.
117.08 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 117.08 (6) (a) 1.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - FFK:cdc&cjs 6.
and amended to read:
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117.08 (6) (a) 1.
delete “$2,000” and substitute “$1,500”.
In Except as provided in subd.
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2., in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
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115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.
after “school year,” insert “in the school year following the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $650 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
S ECTION 2.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year,”.
117.08 (6) (a) 2.
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of the statutes is created to read:
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117.08 (6) (a) 2.
delete “4” and substitute “3”.
For a consolidation that takes effect in 2026, 2027, or 2028, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $2,000 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
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115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year, and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.
S ECTION 3.
117.09 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 117.09 (6) (a) 1.
and amended to read:
117.09 (6) (a) 1.
In Except as provided in subd.
2., in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.
S ECTION 4.
117.09 (6) (a) 2.
of the statutes is created to read:
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- 2026 Legislature - 3 - LRB-5364/1 FFK:ajk&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 644 S ECTION 4 117.09 (6) (a) 2.
For a consolidation that takes effect in 2026, 2027, or 2028, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $2,000 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year, and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.
115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.
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Action History

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

  2. Fiscal estimate received

  3. Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  4. Received from Assembly

  5. Ordered immediately messaged

  6. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 54, Noes 43

  11. Decision of the Chair appealed

  12. Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  13. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Andraca

  14. Read a second time

  15. Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  16. Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  18. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  19. Executive action taken

  20. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens

  21. Public hearing held

  22. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  23. Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Duchow, Nedweski, Zimmerman, Armstrong, Gustafson, Murphy, O'Connor and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Quinn

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 122 not signed on · 40 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (122)

122 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Decision of the Chair upheld

Passed 54 Yea · 43 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 53000
Unaffiliated 1300
Democrat 04002
Total 544302
% of votes cast 55%43%0%2%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
ANDERSON — Nay
JOHNSON — Nay
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Arney, Margaret Democrat Nay
Bare, Mike Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Nay
Brown, Brienne Democrat Nay
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Nay
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Nay
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Nay
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Nay
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Nay
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Not Voting
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Nay
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Nay
Joers, Alex Democrat Nay
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Nay
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Nay
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Nay
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Nay
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Nay
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Nay
Roe, Ann Democrat Nay
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Nay
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Nay
Stroud, Angela Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Nay
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Nay
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Not Voting
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Nay
Udell, Randy Democrat Nay
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 644 do?
An Act to renumber and amend 117.08 (6) (a) and 117.09 (6) (a); to create 117.08 (6) (a) 2. and 117.09 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 644?
AB 644 is sponsored by Quinn, Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Nedweski, Amanda (Republican), Zimmerman, Shannon (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Gustafson, Nate (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), and Steffen, David (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 644?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced November 10, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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