Schedule

On April 21, 2021, the Joint Committee on Finance will hold a state budget public hearing in Rhinelander.

On April 21, 2021, the Senate Committee on Education will hold public hearing.

Agenda:

• Clearinghouse Rule 21-008: expanding virtual summer and interim session courses
• Clearinghouse Rule 21-011: changes to criteria relating to specific learning disabilities
• Senate Bill 302: the department of public instruction’s waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools
• Senate Bill 182: the commencement of fall classes in public schools
• Senate Bill 221: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district
• Senate Bill 235: measuring a school district’s improvement for the school and school district accountability report
• Senate Bill 41: applications for the full-time open enrollment program in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years and the family income requirement for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program in the 2021-22 school year
• Senate Bill 177: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts
• Senate Bill 238: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings

On April 22, 201, the Joint Committee on Finance will hold a state budget public hearing in Menomonie.

On April 22, 2021, the Assembly Committee on Education will hold an executive session followed by a public hearing.

Agenda:

• Assembly Bill 122: microschools
• Assembly Bill 160: transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district
• Clearinghouse Rule 21-011: changes to criteria relating to specific learning disabilities
• Assembly Bill 261: the department of public instruction’s waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools

On April 22, 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, along with other state officials, will hold a media briefing on COVID-19.

On April 23, 2021, WisconsinEye Rewind host and Capital Times state politics and government reporter Briana Reilly and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross will review this week in state politics and Coronavirus. (Brought to you by the Wisconsin Realtors Association).