Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB214 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 214
5	5	April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
6	6	on Education.
7	7	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
8	8	AN ACT to amend 118.19 (18) (bg) 1.; and to create 118.19 (18) (bp) of the
9	9	statutes; relating to: a lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach
10	10	an American Indian language in an American Indian language program and
11	11	modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
14	14	the bill.
15	15	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
16	16	an appendix to this bill.
17	17	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
18	18	enact as follows:
19	19	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
20	20	Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
21	21	Under current law, an individual who holds any provisional teaching license is
22	22	eligible for a tier III lifetime license upon successfully completing six semesters of
23	23	teaching experience. This bill provides an option for a federally recognized American
24	24	Indian tribe or band to decide whether each applicant for a lifetime license to teach the
25	25	American Indian language associated with the tribe or band in an American Indian
26	26	language program is qualified to receive the lifetime license. To exercise this option, an
27	27	American Indian tribe or band must notify the Department of Public Instruction in
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34	34	writing. If an American Indian tribe or band exercises this option, DPI may not issue a
35	35	lifetime license to teach the associated American Indian language to an individual unless
36	36	the tribe or band notifies the department that it has determined that the individual is
37	37	qualified for a lifetime license to teach the American Indian language in an American
38	38	Indian language program.
39	39	Under this bill, if an American Indian tribe or band opts to review individual
40	40	applicant's for a lifetime license, DPI must notify the tribal government whenever an
41	41	individual applies for a tier III lifetime license in the language that is associated with the
42	42	tribal government. Upon receiving the notice from DPI, the tribal government must
43	43	determine whether the applicant is highly skilled in the language, and notify the
44	44	department of one of the following:
45	45	1. If the associated tribal government determines that the individual is highly
46	46	skilled in the language, that the tribal government endorses the individual for a tier III
47	47	lifetime license in the language.
48	48	2. If the associated tribal government determines that the individual is not highly
49	49	skilled in the language, that the tribal government does not endorse the individual for
50	50	a tier III lifetime license in the language but does endorse the individual to renew a tier
51	51	II license in the language.
52	52	The bill also provides that DPI may grant a tier III lifetime license in an American
53	53	Indian language only if the applicant satisfies certain other requirements needed for a
54	54	tier III lifetime license and is endorsed for the tier III lifetime license by the tribal
55	55	government associated with that language.
56	56	SECTION 1. 118.19 (18) (bg) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
57	57	118.19 (18) (bg) 1. The Except as provided in par. (bp), the department may
58	58	issue a lifetime license under this subdivision to an individual who obtained a
59	59	provisional license under par. (a) or (bc) if the individual has successfully completed
60	60	6 semesters of teaching, administrating, or pupil services experience, as defined by
61	61	the department by rule.
62	62	SECTION 2. 118.19 (18) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:
63	63	118.19 (18) (bp) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
64	64	inserts date], the department may not issue to an individual a lifetime license that
65	65	authorizes the individual to teach an American Indian language in an American
66	66	Indian language program if the federally recognized American Indian tribe or band
67	67	in this state that is associated with the American Indian language submits to the
68	68	department written notice that states that the tribe or band wishes to evaluate each
69	69	individual who applies for a lifetime license to teach the American Indian language
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88	88	in an American Indian language program. If a federally recognized American Indian
89	89	tribe or band in this state submits a written notice to the department under this
90	90	paragraph, the department may issue a lifetime license to the individual to teach an
91	91	American Indian language in an American Indian language program only if the tribe
92	92	or band notifies the department that it has determined that the individual is
93	93	qualified for a lifetime license to teach the American Indian language in an American
94	94	Indian language program.
95	95	SECTION 3. PI 34.055 (3) of the administrative code is created to read:
96	96	PI 34.055 (3) LIFETIME LICENSE; OPTIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS. (a) If a tribal
97	97	government associated with a language under sub. (1) submits a notice to the
98	98	department under s. 118.19 (18) (bp), Stats., the department shall notify the tribal
99	99	government whenever an individual applies for a tier III lifetime license in the
100	100	language under sub. (1) that is associated with the tribal government.
101	101	(b) If a tribal government receives notice under par. (a), the tribal government
102	102	shall determine whether the applicant is highly skilled in the language under sub.
103	103	(1), and notify the department of one of the following:
104	104	1. If the associated tribal government determines that the individual is highly
105	105	skilled in the language under sub. (1), that the tribal government endorses the
106	106	individual for a tier III lifetime license in the language.
107	107	2. If the associated tribal government determines that the individual is not
108	108	highly skilled in the language under sub. (1), that the tribal government does not
109	109	endorse the individual for a tier III lifetime license in the language but does endorse
110	110	the individual to renew a tier II license in the language under s. PI 34.040.
111	111	(c) The department may grant a tier III lifetime license in a language under
112	112	sub. (1) only if the applicant satisfies the requirements under s. PI 34.041 (3) (a) to
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140	140	(c) and is endorsed for the tier III lifetime license by the tribal government associated
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