AB 1149 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: adding a teacher representative to school boards. (FE)

This bill would add a nonvoting teacher representative to school boards in Wisconsin's common and union high school districts. The teacher representative would be selected through a secret ballot vote by teaching staff members and would serve a three-year term, attending all board meetings including closed sessions but without voting rights. The legislation also updates procedures for school board reorganization and special meetings to include notification requirements for the teacher representative.
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Introduced Mar 13, 2026 Last action Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives DeSanto, Fitzgerald, Clancy, McCarville, Sheehan, Stroud, Udell, Emerson, Tenorio, Sinicki, Hysell, Kirsch, Miresse, Joers, Stubbs, Palmeri, Bare, Arney, Andraca and Roe; cosponsored by Senators Larson and Dassler-Alfheim
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