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119.23
(7) (h) 1. Each private school participating in the program under this
12section shall annually conduct state and federal background checks of all teachers
13and administrators employed by the private school on the effective date of this
14subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].
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2. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date],
16each private school participating in the program under this section shall annually
17conduct state and federal background checks of each individual who applies to teach
18in or serve as an administrator of the private school prior to extending an offer of
19employment to that individual.
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3. A participating private school may not employ a person as a teacher or
21administrator or contract with the person to serve as a teacher or administrator if
22the person would not be eligible to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the
23reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.
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24Section 6. 119.23 (10) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
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1119.23
(10) (bg) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately
2terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he
3or she determines that the owner of the private school would not be eligible or
4permitted to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified
5under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.
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6Section 7. 119.23 (10) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.23
(10) (br) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately
8terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he
9or she determines that the private school has failed to comply with the requirements
10under sub. (7) (h) 1. or 2. or if the private school employs an individual in
11contravention of the prohibitions under sub. (7) (h) 3.
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12Section 8. 119.23 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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119.23
(10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par.
14(a), (am), (ar),
or (b),
(bg), or (br), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or
15guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.".
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3"
Section 3182sm. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
5applicants and granting and revocation of licenses
or certificates under par. (a), the
6state superintendent shall grant
certificates and licenses to teachers in private
7schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
8certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
9or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license
or certificate unless the
10state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
11applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
12applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided in ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. and
13119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or
14certified teachers.".
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5"
Section 3247m. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.19
(1) Except as provided in s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., any person seeking to teach
7in a public school, including a charter school,
in a private school participating in a
8parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or in a school or institution
9operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the
10department.".
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9"
Section 3264m. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.30
(6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
11(2r)
or (2x) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted
12or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) if the school board or the
13operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations,
14the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent
15with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
16approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), and the federal department of
17education approves.".
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Section 3266an. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.305
(3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
5118.31 (1)
(a).
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6Section 3266ao. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
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118.31
(1) (intro.) In this section
, "
corporal:
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9(a) "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain
10which is used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" includes, but is not
11limited to, paddling, slapping or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
12positions, when used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" does not
13include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
14under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.