Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1005 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1005
5	5	January 25, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives PENTERMAN, ARMSTRONG, MAXEY,
6	6	MURSAU, BINSFELD and GOEBEN, cosponsored by Senators FEYEN, JACQUE,
7	7	KNODL, BRADLEY, TOMCZYK and TESTIN. Referred to Committee on Education.
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9	9	AN ACT to renumber and amend 115.28 (7g) (b); to amend 118.19 (3) (a); and
10	10	to create 115.28 (7g) (b) 1. to 3. and 118.19 (19) of the statutes; relating to:
11	11	student teaching requirement for teacher preparatory programs and granting
12	12	rule-making authority.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction must license
15	15	all teachers for the public schools of the state; make rules establishing standards of
16	16	attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers; and
17	17	prescribe by rule standards, requirements, and procedures for the approval of
18	18	teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure. Currently , the state
19	19	superintendent may not approve a teacher preparatory program unless the program
20	20	requires the student to complete one full semester of student teaching following the
21	21	daily schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating school. Under this bill, the
22	22	state superintendent may not approve a teacher preparatory program unless it
23	23	requires a student to complete at least one but not more than four full semesters of
24	24	student teaching following the daily schedule and semester calendar of the
25	25	cooperating school. In addition, the state superintendent may approve a teacher
26	26	preparatory program that requires two to four semesters of student teaching only if
27	27	the institution of higher education awards general education credits to the student
28	28	for the second, third, and fourth semesters of student teaching, as applicable.
29	29	Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction must annually report
30	30	certain information for each approved teacher preparatory program in this state,
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37	37	including the first attempt passage rate for students and graduates on examinations
38	38	that are required for teacher licensure. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025-26
39	39	school year, DPI must report this information for all students and graduates of the
40	40	program, those students and graduates who completed one semester of student
41	41	teaching, and those student and graduates who completed more than one semester
42	42	of student teaching.
43	43	The bill also requires DPI to establish a teacher apprenticeship program for
44	44	students who are participating in a teacher preparatory program that requires two
45	45	to four semesters of student teaching. Under the bill, the teacher apprenticeship
46	46	program must include various components, including the conditions under which an
47	47	individual may serve as a teacher apprentice, a requirement that the individual
48	48	enter into an apprentice contract, and a requirement to be registered with DPI.
49	49	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
50	50	an appendix to this bill.
51	51	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
52	52	enact as follows:
53	53	SECTION 1. 115.28 (7g) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (7g) (b) (intro.)
54	54	and amended to read:
55	55	115.28 (7g) (b) (intro.) Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the department
56	56	shall use the system developed under par. (a) 3. to annually report for each program
57	57	identified in par. (a) 1. the passage rate on first attempt of students and graduates
58	58	of the program on examinations administered for licensure under sub. (7) and any
59	59	other information required to be reported under par. (a) 1. Beginning in the 2025-26
60	60	school year, the department shall separately report the information required under
61	61	this paragraph for each of the following groups:
62	62	SECTION 2. 115.28 (7g) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
63	63	115.28 (7g) (b) 1. All students and graduates of a program.
64	64	2. Students and graduates of a program who completed one semester of student
65	65	teaching.
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83	83	3. Students and graduates of a program who completed more than one semester
84	84	of student teaching.
85	85	SECTION 3. 118.19 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
86	86	118.19 (3) (a) No license to teach in any public school may be issued unless the
87	87	applicant possesses a bachelor's degree including such professional training as the
88	88	department by rule requires, except as permitted under par. (b) and ss. 115.28 (17)
89	89	(a), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.197. Notwithstanding s.
90	90	36.11 (16), no teacher preparatory program in this state may be approved by the state
91	91	superintendent under s. 115.28 (7) (a), unless each student in the program is
92	92	required to complete student teaching consisting of full days for a at least one but
93	93	not more than 4 full semester semesters following the daily schedule and semester
94	94	calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as determined by the state
95	95	superintendent. If a teacher preparatory program requires more than one semester
96	96	of student teaching, the state superintendent may approve the teacher preparatory
97	97	program only if the institution of higher education that offers the teacher
98	98	preparatory program awards general education credits to a student for the 2nd, 3rd,
99	99	and 4th full semesters of student teaching that the student completes. No license to
100	100	teach in any public school may be granted to an applicant who completed a
101	101	professional training program outside this state unless the applicant completed
102	102	student teaching consisting of full days for a full semester following the daily
103	103	schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as
104	104	determined by the state superintendent. The state superintendent may grant
105	105	exceptions to the student teaching requirements under this paragraph when the
106	106	midyear calendars of the institution offering the teacher preparatory program and
107	107	the cooperating school differ from each other and would prevent students from
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135	135	attending classes at the institution in accordance with the institution's calendar.
136	136	The state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection. If for
137	137	the purpose of granting a license to teach or for approving a teacher preparatory
138	138	program the state superintendent requires that an institution of higher education
139	139	be accredited, the state superintendent shall accept accreditation by a regional or
140	140	national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. department of
141	141	education or by a programmatic accrediting organization.
142	142	SECTION 4. 118.19 (19) of the statutes is created to read:
143	143	118.19 (19) The department shall establish, by rule, a teacher apprenticeship
144	144	program for students participating in a teacher preparatory program in this state
145	145	that requires students to complete student teaching consisting of full days for at least
146	146	2 but not more than 4 full semesters following the daily schedule and semester
147	147	calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as determined by the state
148	148	superintendent. The department shall include all of the following in the teacher
149	149	apprenticeship program established under this subsection:
150	150	(a) Conditions under which an individual may serve as a teacher apprentice.
151	151	(b) Requirements for the supervision and evaluation of teacher apprentices,
152	152	including a requirement that teacher apprentices are supervised by licensed
153	153	teachers or licensed administrators.
154	154	(c) A process for teacher apprentices to register with the department and a
155	155	requirement that each teacher apprentice be registered before performing duties as
156	156	a teacher apprentice.
157	157	(d) Criteria and a process for the suspension or revocation of registrations
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187	187	(e) A requirement that each individual commencing a teacher apprenticeship
188	188	enter into an apprentice contract under s. 106.01.
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