LRB-1374/P1
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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hynek, BB0209 - Faculty teaching in public high schools
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill allows a faculty member in the UW System, the TCS, or any private, nonprofit member of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to teach at a public high school without a license to teach issued by DPI if the faculty member is in good standing and possesses a bachelor's degree. Under current law, to teach in a public school an individual must have a license or permit issued by DPI.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.19 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1c) and s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., any person seeking to teach in a public school, including a charter school, or in a school or institution operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the department.
Section
2. 118.19 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
118.19 (1c) (a) In this subsection, “institution of higher education” means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college under ch. 38, or any private, nonprofit postsecondary institution that is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
(b) A faculty member of an institution of higher education may teach in a public high school, including a charter school that operates only high school grades, without a license or permit from the department if the faculty member satisfies all of the following:
1. The faculty member is in good standing with the institution of higher education at which he or she is a member of the faculty.
2. The faculty member possesses a bachelor's degree.
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