WisconsinSchool districts would receive grants for safe rides to events
This failed proposal would have given the Department of Public Instruction $500,000 in each of two fiscal years for safe rides for high school students attending school-sponsored events.
What it does
School districts would receive grants for safe rides for high school students attending school-sponsored events. The proposal would set aside $500,000 in each fiscal year, 2025–26 and 2026–27, with no awards after June 30, 2027.
Argument forThese grants could help school districts pay for safe rides for high school students attending school-sponsored events.
Argument againstThe June 30, 2027, cutoff could leave districts without these grants to help pay for rides to later school events.
More detail
The Department of Public Instruction would award school districts grants to provide safe transportation. The grants would cover rides for high school students attending school-sponsored events. In a first-class city school district, this provision would exclude the commissioner and schools transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program unless the governing chapter or a contract explicitly includes them. The Department of Public Instruction could award grants through June 30, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 3Fiscal estimate receivedLatest
- Mar 23Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Major
- Mar 19Read first time and referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Mar 19Introduced by Representative Joers; cosponsored by Senator HesselbeinIntroduced
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