LRB-1663/P5
TKK:jld&ahe
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hynek, BB0284 - Teacher development program
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 requires DWD to award a grant to a school district that partners with either the UW System or the flexible option program in the UW Extension to design and implement a teacher development program that meets certain requirements. The teacher development program must be designed to prepare school district employees who are not teachers to obtain a teaching permit or initial teaching license.
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. 106.272 of the statutes is created to read:
106.272 Teacher development program grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall award grants to a school district that has partnered with one of the following entities to design and implement a teacher development program:
(a) A school of education in the University of Wisconsin System.
(b) The flexible option program in the University of Wisconsin System Extension.
(2) In awarding a grant under this section, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm that the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under s. 118.196 (2).
(b) Consider the methods by which the school district and partnering entity under sub. (1) will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.
(c) Consider whether the school district has agreed to contribute matching funds towards the teacher development program.
Section
2. 118.196 of the statutes is created to read:
118.196 Teacher development program. (1) A school district may apply to the department of workforce development for a grant under s. 106.272 to design and implement with one of the following partnering entities a teacher development program that satisfies the requirements under sub. (2):
(a) A school of education in the University of Wisconsin System.
(b) The flexible option program in the University of Wisconsin System Extension.
(2) (a) The school district and the partnering entity under sub. (1) shall design the teacher development program to prepare employees of the school district who work closely with students and hold a bachelor's degree to successfully complete the requirements for obtaining a permit under s. 118.192 or an initial teaching license under s. 118.19, including any standardized examination prescribed by the state superintendent as a condition for permitting or licensure.
(b) To implement the teacher development program designed under par. (a), the school district shall allow employees who are enrolled in the program to satisfy student teaching requirements in a school in the school district, and the partnering entity under sub. (1) shall prepare and provide intensive coursework for participating school district employees.
(3) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3) (a), the department may issue an initial teaching license to an individual who completes a teacher development program designed and implemented under this section.
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