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1	4		2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 105
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3		-	ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
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5		-	Relating to: declaring the week of January 21 to 27, 2024, School Choice Week and recognizing
6		-	the right of parents to select the best educational path for their children.
7		-	Whereas, National School Choice Week informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover
8		-	the K–12 education options available to their children, while generating widespread public
9		-	awareness of the importance of opportunity in K–12 education; and
10		-	Whereas, Wisconsin’s pioneering school choice program was launched in Milwaukee in 1990
11		-	to offer scholarships to low−income students wishing to attend a private school; and
12		-	Whereas, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program was the first of its kind in the United States
13		-	and has since grown to educate more than 29,000 students in 130 schools; and
14		-	Whereas, the Wisconsin Legislature expanded school choice to Racine in 2011, statewide in
15		-	2013, and to the special needs scholarships in 2015; and
16		-	Whereas, the Racine Parental Choice Program educates more than 4,000 students in 35
17		-	schools, the Special Needs Scholarship Program educates more than 2,700 students in 160 schools,
18		-	and the statewide choice program educates over 19,000 students in 330 schools; and
19		-	Whereas, over 124,000 students attend private schools in Wisconsin, and approximately 44
20		-	percent of private school students receive a state−supported scholarship via the four Wisconsin
21		-	parental choice programs; and
22		-	Whereas, nearly 50,000 students attend charter schools in Wisconsin, including public,
23		-	virtual, and independent charter options; and
24		-	Whereas, parents across Wisconsin choose public school open enrollment, with over 71,000
25		-	students statewide transferring from one public school district to another; and
	5	+	January 19, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives WITTKE, SCHUTT, TUSLER,
	6	+	PLUMER, ROZAR, SCHMIDT, RETTINGER, MELOTIK, ALLEN, PENTERMAN, DITTRICH,
	7	+	DUCHOW, GUSTAFSON, MURPHY, CALLAHAN, GREEN and O'CONNOR, cosponsored
	8	+	by Senators TOMCZYK, WANGGAARD, BRADLEY and FELZKOWSKI. Referred to
	9	+	Committee on Rules.
	10	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	11	+	Relating to: declaring the week of January 21 to 27, 2024, School Choice Week and
	12	+	recognizing the right of parents to select the best educational path for their
	13	+	children.
	14	+	Whereas, National School Choice Week informs, inspires, and empowers
	15	+	parents to discover the K–12 education options available to their children, while
	16	+	generating widespread public awareness of the importance of opportunity in K–12
	17	+	education; and
	18	+	Whereas, Wisconsin's pioneering school choice program was launched in
	19	+	Milwaukee in 1990 to offer scholarships to low-income students wishing to attend
	20	+	a private school; and
	21	+	Whereas, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program was the first of its kind in
	22	+	the United States and has since grown to educate more than 29,000 students in 130
	23	+	schools; and
	24	+	Whereas, the Wisconsin Legislature expanded school choice to Racine in 2011,
	25	+	statewide in 2013, and to the special needs scholarships in 2015; and
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	44	+	Whereas, the Racine Parental Choice Program educates more than 4,000
	45	+	students in 35 schools, the Special Needs Scholarship Program educates more than
	46	+	2,700 students in 160 schools, and the statewide choice program educates over
	47	+	19,000 students in 330 schools; and
	48	+	Whereas, over 124,000 students attend private schools in Wisconsin, and
	49	+	approximately 44 percent of private school students receive a state-supported
	50	+	scholarship via the four Wisconsin parental choice programs; and
	51	+	Whereas, nearly 50,000 students attend charter schools in Wisconsin,
	52	+	including public, virtual, and independent charter options; and
	53	+	Whereas, parents across Wisconsin choose public school open enrollment, with
	54	+	over 71,000 students statewide transferring from one public school district to
	55	+	another; and
26	56		Whereas, nearly 30,000 Wisconsin students are homeschooled; and
27		-	Whereas, 72 percent of Wisconsin parents enroll their children in their resident public school,
28		-	while the remaining 28 percent choose a different option based on what works best for each child
29		-	and family; and
30		-	Whereas, choice schools see significant success in student achievement and are regularly
31		-	lauded as innovators in education; and
32		-	Whereas, all of these options provide parents with more educational opportunities and a
33		-	variety of pathways to consider; now, therefore, be it
34		-	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin Legislature hereby
35		-	declares January 21 to 27, 2024, School Choice Week and encourages Wisconsin families to
36		-	discover more about the different educational options available to them in our great state.
37		-	Senator Chris Kapenga
38		-	President of the Senate
39		-	Representative Robin J. Vos
40		-	Speaker of the Assembly
41		-	Date
42		-	Edward A. Blazel
43		-	Assembly Chief Clerk
	57	+	Whereas, 72 percent of Wisconsin parents enroll their children in their resident
	58	+	public school, while the remaining 28 percent choose a different option based on what
	59	+	works best for each child and family; and
	60	+	Whereas, choice schools see significant success in student achievement and are
	61	+	regularly lauded as innovators in education; and
	62	+	Whereas, all of these options provide parents with more educational
	63	+	opportunities and a variety of pathways to consider; now, therefore, be it
	64	+	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
	65	+	Legislature hereby declares January 21 to 27, 2024, School Choice Week and
	66	+	encourages Wisconsin families to discover more about the different educational
	67	+	options available to them in our great state.
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