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Milwaukee, Wisc. May 11, 2021 This afternoon, Assembly Bill 59 passed the Wisconsin Assembly with a 60-36 vote. The bill increases the income threshold for parents who want to enroll in Wisconsin’s Parental Choice program to 300% of the federal poverty level, or about $78,000 a-year for a family of four.
“We are pleased to see that the bill has passed and will progress to the Senate,” says Wisconsin Federation for Children State Director
Justin Moralez. “Thank you to the bill’s authors and sponsors as well as the assembly members who voted to support educational choice for families across our state.”
No Democrats voted to support the bill, despite several Democrats having divided districts with unequal educational access among their constituents. The bill now moves on to the Senate as Senate Bill 41.