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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
February 21, 2018 - Introduced by Senators Fitzgerald, Vukmir, Darling and
Olsen, cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Felzkowski, Jagler,
Kooyenga and Thiesfeldt. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB825,1,4
1An Act to renumber 118.19 (18) (b) 1. and 118.19 (18) (b) 2.;
to renumber and
2amend 118.19 (18) (b) 3. a. and 118.19 (18) (b) 3. b.; and
to amend 118.19 (18)
3(c) of the statutes;
relating to: lifetime licenses issued by the Department of
4Public Instruction and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the requirements for the Department of Public Instruction
to issue a lifetime license to a provisional license holder are 1) the provisional license
holder must successfully complete six semesters of teaching, administrator, or pupil
services experience and 2) the school board of each school district in which the
provisional license holder served as a teacher, administrator, or pupil services
professional must certify to DPI that the semesters completed by the provisional
license holder in that school district were completed successfully. This bill requires
DPI to define by rule what it means to successfully complete a semester of experience
and eliminates the requirement that school boards certify successful completion of
semesters of experience.
Under current law, if an individual who holds a lifetime license is not actively
employed by a school district for five or more consecutive years, DPI must invalidate
the lifetime license. Under the bill, DPI must invalidate a lifetime license if the
lifetime license holder is not regularly employed in education for five or more
consecutive years. The bill requires DPI to define “regularly employed in education”
by rule.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB825,3
5Section
3. 118.19 (18) (b) 3. a. of the statutes, as created by
2017 Wisconsin
6Act 59, is renumbered 118.19 (18) (bg) 1. and amended to read:
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118.19
(18) (bg) 1. The department may issue a lifetime license under this
8subdivision to an individual who obtained a provisional license under
subd. 2. or par.
9(a)
or (bc) if the individual has successfully completed 6 semesters of teaching,
10administrating, or pupil services experience
and if the school board of each school
11district in which the individual served as a teacher, administrator, or pupil services
12professional certifies to the department that the semesters completed by that
13individual in that school district were completed successfully, as defined by the
14department by rule.
SB825,4
15Section
4. 118.19 (18) (b) 3. b. of the statutes, as created by
2017 Wisconsin
16Act 59, is renumbered 118.19 (18) (bg) 2. and amended to read:
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118.19
(18) (bg) 2. An individual who does not
successfully complete 6
18semesters of teaching, administrating, or pupil services experience
, as defined by the
19department by rule, within the 3-year term of a provisional license issued under par.
20(a)
or (bc) may apply to renew the provisional license. There is no limit to the number
21of times an individual may renew a provisional license under par. (a)
or (bc).
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118.19
(18) (c) If an individual who holds a lifetime license under par.
(b) (bd)
4or (bg) is not
actively regularly employed
by a school district in education, as defined
5by the department by rule, for 5 or more consecutive years, the department shall
6invalidate the lifetime license. An individual whose lifetime license has been
7invalidated under this paragraph may not revalidate the lifetime license until the
8individual applies for and obtains a provisional license under par. (a) and
obtains the
9certification required under par. (b) 3. a. satisfies the requirements under par. (bg)
10for a lifetime license.
