LRB-1205/1
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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hanle, BB0264 - Eliminate teacher residency requirements
For 2011-13 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill prohibits a school board from requiring, as a condition of employment, that a teacher reside within the school district. The bill defines "teacher" as any person whose employment by a school district requires that he or she hold a license or permit issued by the state superintendent of public instruction.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 111.70 (4) (m) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
111.70 (4) (m) 5. The prohibition in s. 118.205 against requiring teachers employed by a school board to reside within the school district.
Section
2. 118.205 of the statutes is created to read:
118.205 Residency requirements.
(1) In this section, "teacher" means any person holding a license or permit issued by the state superintendent whose employment by a school district requires that he or she hold that license or permit.
(2) A school board may not require, as a condition of employment, that a teacher reside within the school district.
Section 9337.
Initial applicability; Public Instruction.
(1) Residency requirement. The treatment of sections 111.70 (4) (m) 5. and 118.205 of the statutes first applies to teachers covered by a collective bargaining agreement that is in effect on the effective date of this subsection upon the expiration, extension, renewal, or modification of the agreement.
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