SB 1053 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

SB 1053 requires common and union high school districts to add a non-voting teacher representative to their school boards. This representative, selected annually by secret ballot among teaching staff in the district, attends all school board meetings (including closed sessions) but cannot vote. The bill creates new procedures (Section 120.065) for selecting the representative, who serves a 3-year term starting April 4th. The change applies only to school boards in common/union high school districts, not all school districts.
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Introduced Feb 24, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Feb 24, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Larson and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives DeSanto, Fitzgerald, Clancy, McCarville, Sheehan, Stroud, Udell, Emerson, Tenorio, Sinicki, Hysell, Kirsch, Miresse, Joers, Stubbs, Palmeri, Bare, Arney, Andraca and Roe
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