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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1148
March 13, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Hong
,
McCarville
,
Brown
,
Sheehan
,
Anderson
,
Clancy
,
Stroud
,
Udell
,
Roe
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Palmeri
,
Stubbs
,
Joers
,
Vining
,
Miresse
,
Hysell
,
Sinicki
,
DeSmidt
and
Tenorio
, cosponsored by Senators
Pfaff
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Roys
,
Hesselbein
,
Spreitzer
,
Smith
and
Dassler-Alfheim
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB1148,1,3
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An Act
to amend
119.04 (1);
to create
20.255 (2) (e) and 118.237 of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
grants to school districts to pay student teachers an
3
hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, this bill requires a school board to pay each student teacher who student teaches in the school district an hourly wage of at least $15 per hour. The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction to reimburse school boards for the cost of paying student teachers an hourly wage of $15 per hour. Under the bill, annually on the third Monday in June, DPI must provide aid to school boards in an amount equal to $15 times the total number of hours student teachers student taught in the school district during the preceding school term.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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4
Section
1
.
20.255 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1148,2,2
1
20.255
(2)
(e)
Student teacher compensation grants.
A sum sufficient for aid
2
under s. 118.237 to pay student teachers an hourly wage.
AB1148,2
3
Section
2
.
118.237 of the statutes is created to read:
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4
118.237
Student teachers; compensation.
(1)
In this section:
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5
(a) “Institution of higher education” means a postsecondary institution
6
located in this state that provides an educational program for which it awards a
7
bachelor’s or higher degree and that is listed in the U.S. department of education’s
8
database of accredited postsecondary institutions and programs.
AB1148,2,11
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(b) “Student teacher” means an individual enrolled in an institution of higher
10
education who is participating in the student teaching component of a teacher
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preparatory program approved under s. 115.28 (7) (a).
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12
(2)
Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, a school board shall pay a student
13
teacher who is participating in the student teaching component of a teacher
14
preparatory program at a school in the school district an hourly wage of at least $15
15
for the hours the student teacher participates in the student teaching component in
16
the school district.
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17
(3)
Annually on the 3rd Monday of June, for each student teacher who
18
participated in the student teaching component of a teacher preparatory program
19
in a school district during the preceding school term, the department shall pay the
20
school board of the school district an amount determined by multiplying $15 times
21
the number of hours the student teacher participated in the student teaching
22
component of the teacher preparatory program in the school district during the
23
preceding school term, as reported to the department by the school board. The
1
department shall make payments under this subsection from the appropriation
2
under s. 20.255 (2) (e).
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3
(4)
The department may promulgate rules to administer this section.
AB1148,3
4
Section
3
.
119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by
2025 Wisconsin Act 79
, is
5
amended to read:
AB1148,3,19
6
119.04
(1)
Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
7
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
8
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
9
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10,
10
118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162,
11
118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
118.237,
12
118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.291, 118.292,
13
118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55,
14
118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), (15) to (27), and (29), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)
15
(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14,
16
120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and
17
board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a
18
contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools
19
and partnership program.
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