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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 589

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Relating to: the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement.

Literacy Public instruction department of Teacher — Certificate

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, applicants for an initial license to teach grades

kindergarten to five, an initial license to teach special education, an initial license

as a reading teacher, an initial license as a reading specialist, or an initial license to

teach at a school that uses the Montessori method generally must pass an

examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test (FORT) administered in

2012. This bill changes the requirement to allow an applicant to instead pass an

examination identical to the most recent edition of the FORT.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bradley (R) , Darling (R)

5 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Oct 21, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 30–2 Oct 25, 2021 official source full page

Nay · 2

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Report concurrence 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.

Full history

  1. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Bernier, Ballweg and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Ramthun, Knodl, Krug and Dittrich

  2. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 13, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Johnson and Smith

  4. Oct 14, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 21, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 21, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  7. Oct 21, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 22, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-25-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 25, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Oct 25, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 2

  11. Oct 25, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Oct 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Oct 25, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Oct 25, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Dec 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  16. Dec 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  17. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  18. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  19. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules

  21. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  22. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Feb 25, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Mar 28, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-28-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader

  30. Mar 31, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-31-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 214

  31. Mar 31, 2022 · Senate

    Published 4-1-2022