Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 975

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Relating to: substitute teacher permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)

Public instruction department of State superintendent of public instruction Teacher — Certificate

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to grant a

substitute teacher permit to an individual who satisfies all of the following

requirements:

1. The individual is eligible for a permit based on a successful background

check.

2. The individual is at least 21 years of age.

3. The individual is enrolled in a teacher preparatory program approved by the

state superintendent.

4. If the teacher preparatory program in which the individual is enrolled

awards a bachelor's degree, the individual has successfully completed the minimum

number of course credits required for the individual to have achieved junior level

status.

5. The individual has completed at least 15 hours of classroom observation.

The bill specifies that, if the individual is eligible for a substitute teacher permit

under the bill, the state superintendent may not require the individual to complete

substitute teacher training as a condition for receiving the permit.

Under current law, an individual is eligible for a substitute teacher permit if the

individual 1) is eligible for a permit based on a successful background check; 2) has

an associate degree; and 3) has successfully completed substitute teacher training.

The bill retains this pathway for obtaining a substitute teacher permit.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DPI

Sponsors

Introduced by: Thiesfeldt (R)

2 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Darling (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4

Passed 9–4 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32

Passed 60–32 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 26–5 Mar 8, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 26

Nay · 5

Not voting · 2

Joan Ballweg (14)
Jon Erpenbach (27)

Full history

Feb 14, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senator Darling
Feb 14, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly
Public hearing held
Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Executive action taken
Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4
Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0
Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Read a second time
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Pope, Emerson, B. Meyers, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, Neubauer, Ohnstad, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Rules suspended
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Received from Assembly
Feb 24, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
Feb 24, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
Mar 2, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing held
Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Executive action taken
Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3
Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Available for scheduling
Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
Mar 4, 2022 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Read a second time
Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Rules suspended
Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 26, Noes 5
Mar 8, 2022 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022
Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker
Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 236
Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly
Published 4-9-2022