LRB-0900/3
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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stritchko, BB0293 - Alternative Teaching License
For 2015-2017 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
This bill directs DPI to grant a teaching license to any individual who has a bachelor's degree, demonstrates that he or she is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach (license subject), and has relevant experience in the license subject. The license authorizes the individual to teach only the license subject in grades 6 to 12. The license is valid for three years and may be renewed.
For further information see the state 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. 115.28 (7) (gs) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (7) (gs) 1. Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3), (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), grant a teaching license to any individual who satisfies all of the following:
a. Has a bachelor's degree.
b. Demonstrates by passing a competency exam approved by the department that he or she is proficient in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach.
c. Has relevant experience, as determined by the department, in the subject or subjects that he or she intends to teach.
2. A license under this paragraph authorizes the individual to teach only the subject or subjects in which he or she demonstrated proficiency and relevant experience in grades 6 to 12. The license is valid for 3 years and is renewable for 3-year periods.
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