EDUCATION VOTE TRACKER 2023-24
(Looking for our 2021-22 Tracker and visual analysis? Visit the Tracker Archive.)
We track bills related to education in Wisconsin as they move through the state capitol.
Do YOUR lawmakers vote in the interests of Wisconsin students and their public schools?
Follow these buttons to track Wisconsin state legislators’ votes, and click on a bill in the spreadsheet to read more:
Note: these buttons link directly to the Senate and Assembly tabs in our Education Vote Tracker spreadsheet.
Wisconsin voters need to know what upcoming legislation means to our communities and our children, and how lawmakers vote on those measures.
We track the bills that matter most to our students and their public schools. We follow both the concerns of our statewide partners and the actions of registered lobbyists in favor of or opposition to key education-related legislation. When our partners flag a bill as “one to watch,” we include it in our tracker. We are a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan coalition and we do not lobby ourselves in favor of or against legislation. This tracking tool is designed to help you understand who supports and opposes key legislation and how your elected officials have voted. For comprehensive lists of all legislation impacting public schools, see the links below for trackers maintained by education organizations.
Learn more about why the state budget matters for kids at Budget HQ.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Eye on Lobbying:
The hyperlinks listed here will take you out to the Government Accountability Board web site to see which specific bills are being lobbied by these organizations. Click on “lobbying interest” to see what bills these organizations have taken a position on.
Organizations representing the interests of Wisconsin public schools, public school students, or Wisconsin public education professionals, and public-education supporting Wisconsin Public Education Network partners we follow:
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (AWSA)
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Fair Aid Coalition
- Kids Forward
- League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Public Schools
- Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Wisconsin (NAMI)
- The Arc Wisconsin
- Voces de la Frontera Action, Inc
- WAVE Educational Fund
- WI Early Childhood Association
- WiRSA (Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance)
- Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB)
- Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials (WASBO)
- Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA)
- Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators (WASPA)
- Wisconsin Council for Administrators of Special Services (WCASS)
- Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
- Wisconsin Reading Coalition
- Wisconsin Retired Educators Association (WREA)
- Wisconsin State Reading Association
Other organizations, private school lobbying efforts, and pro-privatization (voucher and independent charter school) lobbying efforts we follow: - City Forward Collective
- Excellence in Education (ExcelinED)
- Institute for Reforming Government
- National Heritage Academies
- School Choice Wisconsin Action
- Stride, Inc
- Wisconsin Council of Independent and Religious Schools
- Wisconsin Family Action
- Wisconsin Family Council
- Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Other education bill trackers:
Wisconsin
- Southeast Wisconsin Schools Alliance bill tracker
- Wisconsin Association of School Boards bill tracker
- Wisconsin Education Association Council bill tracker
National
- National Conference of State Legislatures bill tracker
- Public Funds Public Schools bill tracker [enter state in search field]