(a) The applicant holds or has held a valid tier II license.
(b) The applicant meets one of the following requirements:
1. Completed 6 semesters of experience in the license area of the tier II license. The 6 semesters of experience shall be completed within the 3-year term of the tier II license. The 6 semesters of experience shall include experience providing direct services to students or providing administrative oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12 setting in the license area of the tier II license while employed by an educational entity in Wisconsin.
2. Held a tier II license issued in the 2017-18 school year and completed 6 semesters of experience in the license area of the tier II license. The 6 semesters of experience shall have occurred between July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2018, and includes experience providing direct services to students or providing administrative oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12 setting in the license area of the tier II license while employed by an educational entity in Wisconsin.
(c) The applicant verifies to the state superintendent that the applicant has successfully completed the service under par. (b) on a form provided by the department. The form shall require verification from each applicable employer for whom the applicant has successfully completed service.
(4) LICENSE AREA. If the applicant holds multiple tier II licenses under subchapter VI, VII, or VIII, experience in a license area in that subchapter will qualify as experience for other licenses held in the same applicable subchapter.
(5) DURATION. A license issued under this section remains valid unless one of the following occurs:
(a) The license holder has not been regularly employed in education for 5 or more consecutive years.
(b) The license holder does not meet the requirements under sub. (6). The state superintendent shall restore a license that becomes invalid under this paragraph if the license holder obtains a satisfactory background check under sub. (6) within 180 calendar days of the license being invalidated.
(6) BACKGROUND CHECK. An individual holding a license issued under this section shall submit a request to the department to have a new background check conducted once every five years. The request shall be made between January 1 and June 30 of the fifth year since the individual’s last background check, and by the same dates every five years thereafter. The department may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of background checks.
SECTION 2. STATEMENT OF EMERGENCY:
The Department of Public Instruction finds an emergency exists and that a rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
2017 Wisconsin Act 206 requires the Department to define, by administrative rule, “successful completion of six semesters of teaching, administrating, or pupil services experience,” for the purpose of qualifying for a lifetime license. Act 206 also requires the Department to define, by administrative rule, “regularly employed in education,” for the purpose of maintaining a lifetime license. An emergency rule is needed to administer these changes in advance of the Department issuing new lifetime licenses for which many educators are likely now eligible and to ensure clarity on the requirement for maintaining a lifetime license. Without an emergency rule, the Department has no standard by which to assess whether an individual’s experience was successful or whether an individual is regularly employed in education to issue or invalidate lifetime licenses. SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE:
The rules contained in this order shall take effect upon publication as emergency rules pursuant to the authority granted by s. 227.24, Stats. Dated this _____ day of ____________, 2018
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Tony Evers, PhD
State Superintendent
