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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 608

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Relating to: a license to teach based on working as a paraprofessional in a school district. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — Employee Teacher — Certificate

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to issue a provisional

license to teach to an individual who a) passes a background check, b) worked as a

paraprofessional for at least three days per week for at least one school year in a

classroom, and c) is recommended for licensure by the principal of the school at which

the individual worked as a paraprofessional, the director of teaching and learning

for the school district in which the individual worked as a paraprofessional, and the

school district administrator of the school district in which the individual worked as

a paraprofessional. Under the bill, a provisional license to teach that is issued based

on these criteria authorizes the license holder to teach only in the school district that

recommended the individual for the license. Additionally, during the first school

year during which the license holder teaches under the license, the license holder

must be mentored by a teacher who has taught for at least three school years in the

school district. Finally, the bill specifies that DPI must issue a lifetime license based

on a provisional license issued under the bill if the license holder successfully

completes six semesters of teaching experience.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Knodl (R) , Tomczyk (R)

10 cosponsors

Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Feb 14, 2024 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Feb 14, 2024 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 21–11 Feb 20, 2024 official source full page

Full history

  1. Oct 30, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Knodl, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Nedweski, Rettinger, Brandtjen, Melotik, Rozar, Murphy, Donovan, O'Connor and Michalski

  2. Oct 30, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Nov 27, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 23, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 23, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl

  6. Feb 12, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl

  7. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)

  8. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  10. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  11. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Knodl

  13. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  16. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  19. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 11

  20. Feb 20, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read

  23. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  24. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Nass withdrawn as a coauthor

  31. Feb 29, 2024 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 2)

  32. Mar 1, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  34. Mar 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024

  35. May 13, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  36. May 14, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82