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SECTION 1. EmR1711, published in the Wisconsin State Journal on June 17, 2017, is repealed. SECTION 2. PI 34.01 (53) is repealed.
SECTION 3. PI 34.14 (1) (intro.) is amended to read:
PI 34.14 (1) Diversity of students. The SCD shall create and implement an explicit plan with adequate resources to recruit, admit and retain a diverse student body as follows:.
SECTION 4. PI 34.14 (1) (a) (intro.) is renumbered PI 34.14 (1m) and is amended to read:
PI 34.14 (1m) The SCD shall establish standards for admission to initial programs. that include all of the following:
SECTION 5. PI 34.14 (1) (a) 1. to 3. and (b) are repealed.
SECTION 6. PI 34.15 (2) (a) 3. a. is amended to read:
PI 34.15 (2) (a) 3. a. Content knowledge shall be determined by passing scores on standardized tests approved by the state superintendent which shall include the state's model academic standardsthe candidate having a cumulative grade point average of not less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for courses in the subject area or position; achieving passing scores on standardized tests approved by the state superintendent which shall include the state's model academic standards; or successfully completing a content-based portfolio designed by the SCD.
SECTION 7. PI 34.17 (4) is repealed.
SECTION 8. PI 34.17 (5) is amended to read:
PI 34.17 (5) Out of state applicants. An initial educatorA provisional license may be issued to an applicant who completes an approved program from out of state, who has fewer than 5 years of successful experience in an early childhood through adolescence school setting in his or her respective teaching, pupil services or administrative license, and who has met the competency test requirements under s. PI 34.15 (2) (a) 3. a. A provisional teaching license may also be issued to an applicant who completed a program in another state and received a passing score on the teacher performance assessment approved by the state superintendent. The applicant shall provide evidence that the requirements under s. PI 34.15 (4) have been met before qualifying for a professional educatorlifetime license. SECTION 9. PI 34.175 is created to read:
PI 34.175 Provisional license
(1)
A three-year renewable provisional license may be issued to an individual who meets one of the following:(a) Has completed a preparation program approved by the state superintendent and received an institutional endorsement from that program.
(b) Has completed an approved program in another state and who has met the competency test requirements under s. PI 34.15 (2) (a) 3. a. A provisional educator teaching license may also be issued to an applicant who completed a program in another state and received a passing score on the teacher performance assessment approved by the state superintendent. The applicant shall provide evidence that the requirements under s. PI 34.15 (4) have been met before the individual is eligible for a lifetime license. (c) Holds an expired initial or professional educator license.
(d) Has received a passing score on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards assessment. The applicant shall provide evidence that the requirements under s. PI 34.15 (4) have been met before the individual is eligible for a lifetime license. (2) An individual who does not meet the requirements for a lifetime license may apply to renew the provisional license. There is no limit to the number of times an individual may renew a provisional license under (1).
SECTION 10. PI 34.185 is created to read:
PI 34.185 Lifetime license. A lifetime license with no expiration date may be issued to an individual who meets all of the following:
(1) Holds or has held a provisional license.
(2) Has completed at least 6 semesters of experience in the subject or position of the provisional license in one or more Wisconsin public school districts within the 5 years immediately preceding the effective date of the new lifetime license.
(3) The school board of each school district in which the individual served as a teacher, administrator, or pupil services professional certifies to the department that the semesters completed by that individual in that school district were completed successfully.
SECTION 11. PI 34.21 is repealed and recreated to read:
PI 34.21 License with Stipulations.
(1) The state superintendent may issue a one-year, renewable license with stipulations that authorizes the license holder to teach in the subject area of the license or work in the pupil services area of the license. A license may be issued under this subsection if an individual meets any of the following requirements:
(a) The individual has completed an approved educator preparation program in another state but has not met all of the requirements in this chapter for licensure as a provisional or lifetime educator.
(b) For an individual seeking a license to work as a speech and language pathologist in a school setting, the individual holds a valid speech language pathologist licensed issued by the department of safety and professional services.
(c) If the individual’s employing school district conducted a search for a fully licensed candidate and no fully licensed individuals were acceptable for the assignment, the district administrator or designated official of the employing school district may request that a license be issued under this subsection to an individual who holds a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university but does not meet the requirements for licensure under s. PI 34.17 or 34.18. This request shall be in writing, provide a justification of need, affirm that a search for a fully licensed candidate was conducted but no fully licensed individuals were acceptable for the assignment, and if the request is for a license with stipulations in a pupil services area, that the candidate meets all education requirements for the pupil services area. (2) A license under sub. (1) (a) may be renewed if the applicant did any of the following during the term of the license:
(a) Satisfactorily completed at least 6 semester credits in an approved licensure program at an IHE or the equivalent coursework toward completion of a Wisconsin approved alternative route program in the teacher or pupil services area of the emergency license.
(b) Attempted to complete all of the tests required for licensure in the teacher or pupil services area of the license.
(3) A license issued under sub. (1) (b) may be renewed if the applicant continues to hold a valid speech language pathologist license issued by the department of safety and professional services.
(4) A license issued under sub. (1) (c) may be renewed if the individual meets one of the requirements under sub. (2) and the district administrator or designated official of the employing school district submits a written request that meets the requirements of sub. (1) (c).
(5) The state superintendent may issue a 3-year, non-renewable license that authorizes the license holder to teach in a subject or developmental level other than the subject areas or developmental levels covered by the individual’s valid initial, professional, master educator, or life license. A license under this subsection may be issued to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The individual holds a valid provisional, lifetime, or master educator license.
(b) The individual has at least one year of full-time teaching in the school district that requests this license.
(c) The district administrator or designated official of the individual’s employing school district requests that a license to be issued under this subsection and attests that the school district will provide appropriate professional development and supervision to assist the teacher to become proficient in the preparation program content guidelines for the new subject or developmental level.
(6) A license issued under sub. (4) is only valid in the school district that requested it.
(7) Special education teachers who are issued a license under this section must meet the requirements in 20 USC 1412(a)(14)(C). SECTION 12. PI 34.30 (2) is amended to read:
PI 34.30 (2) Teaching categories early childhood through adolescence — regular and special education licenses. A license may be issued under this subsection to an individual who has completed an approved program in a license category with at least a major and has the institutional endorsement that an approved program in professional education has been successfully completed. An applicant who has completed an approved program and is issued a license under par. (a) to (d), (f) to (k), or (m) to (n), or (p) may be issued an additional license at the early adolescence through adolescence level under s. PI 34.29 (2) (a) 1. a. to c., (b) 1. a. and b., (c) 1. a. to c., or (d) 1. a. to f., if the applicant completes coursework in the additional disciplines that equates to a college minor. An applicant who has completed an approved program and is issued a license under par. (a) to (d), (f) to (k), or (m) to (n) may be issued an additional license at the early childhood through adolescence level under par. (d), (g) 2. a. to g., (h), or (n) if the applicant completes an approved program that equates to a college minor in the additional discipline. SECTION 13. PI 34.30 (2) (p) is created to read:
PI 34.30 (2) (p) Instructional library media specialist. In order to qualify for an instructional library media specialist license, an applicant shall complete an approved program, including a clinical program that incorporates the model academic standards for library media.
SECTION 14. PI 34.33 (5m) is repealed.
SECTION 15. PI 34.34 (21) is created to read:
PI 34.34 (21) Jrotc instructor. A license to teach Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps courses may be issued to an applicant who holds a valid Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor certification from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. This permit shall be valid for 5 years and is renewable.
SECTION 16. Subchapter IX of PI 34 is created to read:
SUBCHAPTER IX
OBSOLETE LICENSES
PI 34.37 Obsolete Licenses.
(1) Based on the needs of school districts and enrollments in preparation programs, the state superintendent may choose to designate licenses as being obsolete and no longer issue initial licenses in that area. A person who holds a license that is designated as obsolete may continue to carry out any functions permitted by the license, as long as the license remains valid.
(2) All of the following licenses are designated as obsolete:
(a) Music (all) – 500
(b) Reading Specialist – 2–year nonrenewable
(c) Reading Teacher – 2–year nonrenewable
(d) Science (all) – 600
(e) Astronomy – 627
