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Walker Proposes Alternative Teacher Licensure Plan
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | January 22, 2015
From the Wheeler Report . . .
Governor Walker has announced parts of his workforce readiness plan which will be included in the 2015-17 state budget. Today’s announcement includes:
- Technical College Tuition Freeze. Applies to those pursuing training in high-need occupations.
- Technical College Performance Funding. Increased to 100% of state aid.
- Financial Aid. Maintains higher education financial aid and increases funds for technical education scholarships for high school graduates who excel in career and technical education courses.
- Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program. Invests $5 million annually, and extends to high need rural areas of the state, including Racine and Kenosha, at $3 million over the biennium.
- Wisconsin Fast Forward. Continues investments at $7.5 million annually, as well as maintaining increased funding for apprenticeships and to help people with disabilities who want to transition to the workforce.
- Career Planning. Continues funding for academic and career planning for schools.
- Wisconsin Works. Reduces time spent on Wisconsin Works from 60 months to 48 months.
- Teacher Licensure. Creates alternative pathways to allow a candidate with real life experience to pass a competency test to gain a teacher licensure.
- Veterans Employment. Consolidates initiatives in the veterans’ agency to improve focus, waives CDL fees for veterans, adds credits for prior learning for veterans with military training to the performance measures used to aid technical colleges.
- Victory Spark Program. Invests $500,000 to maintain program, a business accelerator for veterans.
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