| 1 | 1 | | LRB-4194/1 |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | FFK:emw&cdc |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 530 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SHELTON, C. ANDERSON, |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | SHANKLAND, J. ANDERSON, BALDEH, CABRERA, CLANCY, CONLEY, HAYWOOD, HONG, |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | JOERS, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SINICKI, SNODGRASS and STUBBS, |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | cosponsored by Senators LARSON, L. JOHNSON, SMITH, AGARD, ROYS, |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | HESSELBEIN, SPREITZER and PFAFF. Referred to Committee on Education. |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT relating to: additional positions in the Department of Public Instruction |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | related to licensing school and public library personnel and making an |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | appropriation. |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, school districts must ensure that every teacher, supervisor, |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | administrator, and professional staff member holds a certificate, license, or permit |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | to teach issued by the Department of Public Instruction before beginning such a |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | position. Additionally, under current law, independent charter schools must ensure |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | that all instructional staff hold a license or permit to teach issued by DPI. While a |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | license issued by DPI is not required to teach in a private school, DPI also issues |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | licenses to teach to teachers in private schools. Under current law, DPI is also |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | responsible for licensing related to public library personnel. |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | This bill increases the number of positions for DPI by 10.0 positions in fiscal |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | year 2023-24 and provides $1,000,000 for those positions in fiscal years 2023-24 and |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | 2024-25. The new positions are for licensing school and public library personnel. |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | an appendix to this bill. |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | enact as follows: |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | 1 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | 2 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | 3 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-4194/1 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | FFK:emw&cdc |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 530 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1.0Fiscal changes. |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | (1) LICENSING SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LIBRARY PERSONNEL; POSITIONS. In the schedule |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | under s. 20.255 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | $1,000,000 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 10.0 GPR |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | positions for licensing school and public library personnel. In the schedule under s. |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | 20.255 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,000,000 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | to provide funding for the positions under this subsection. |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | (END) |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | 1 |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | 2 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | 3 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | 4 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | 5 |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | 6 |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | 7 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | 8 |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | 9 |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | 10 |
|---|