PI 34.042(3)(a)1.1. Holds a valid teacher, pupil services, or administrator license at the tier II level or higher.

PI 34.042(3)(a)4.4. Has at least 5 years of successful professional experience under a teaching, pupil services, or administrator license.

PI 34.042(3)(b)(b) The assessment team may also include educators who hold a valid teacher, pupil services, or administrative license under this chapter at the tier II level or higher.

PI 34.042(3)(c)(c) The assessment team may also include up to one school board member with at least one year of experience as a school board member.

PI 34.042(3)(d)(d) The assessment team members shall be approved by the state superintendent and have successfully completed training provided by the department.

PI 34.042(4)(4) License area. The state superintendent shall assign the same license area to a tier IV license issued under this section as the applicant’s tier III license.

PI 34.042(5)(5) Duration. A license issued under this section remains valid unless one of the following occurs:

PI 34.042(5)(a)(a) The license holder has not been regularly employed in education for 5 or more consecutive years.

PI 34.042(5)(b)(b) The license holder does not meet the requirements under sub. (6). The state superintendent shall restore a license that becomes invalid under this paragraph if the license holder obtains a satisfactory background check under sub. (6) within 180 days of the license being invalidated.

PI 34.042(6)(6) Background check. An individual holding a license issued under this section shall submit a request to the department to have a new background check conducted once every five years. The request shall be made between January 1 and June 30 of the fifth year since the individual’s last background check, and by the same dates every five years thereafter. The department may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of background checks.

PI 34.042 HistoryHistory: CR 17-093: cr. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18; CR 18-060: am. (5) (a) Register April 2019 No. 760, eff. 5-1-19; CR 24-077: consol. (2) (b) (intro.), 1. and renum. (2) (b) and am., r. (2) (b) 2., r. and recr. (3) Register May 2025 No. 833, eff. 6-1-25.

PI 34.043PI 34.043 Applicability. The state superintendent shall assign a license area under this subchapter to each teaching license issued under subch. V.

PI 34.044(1)(1) Eligibility. The state superintendent may issue a license in the early childhood teaching area under this section if the applicant completed an approved program in early childhood education and met the assessment requirements under s. PI 34.021 (1) (c) and (d).

PI 34.044(2)(2) Grade levels. A license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach in a regular education setting with pupils from birth to grade 3.

PI 34.044(3)(3) Subject areas. Subject to sub. (2), a license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach any regular education subject.

PI 34.044 HistoryHistory: CR 17-093: cr. Register July 2018 No. 751 eff. 7-1-18; correction in (1) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2018 No. 751.

PI 34.045(1)(1) Eligibility. The state superintendent may issue a license in the elementary and middle school license area under this section if the applicant completed an approved program in elementary and middle school education with at least one course in the curriculum content of the Wisconsin standards in each of the following subjects:

PI 34.045(2)(2) Grade levels. A license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach in a regular education setting grades kindergarten through 9.

PI 34.045(3)(3) Subject areas. Subject to sub. (2), a license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach any subject, except a world language in a self-contained classroom, or the subjects listed under sub. (1) in a departmentalized setting.