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Walker Signs Voc Ed Licensure Bill Into Law
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | March 9, 2016
Yesterday, Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 449 into law as 2015 Wisconsin Act 259. The new law will allow school districts to hire non-traditional candidates that qualify for an “experience-based” teaching license to teach vocational education subjects.
The new law addresses the concerns of some school leaders that have concluded they either get flexibility in the licensure of vocational education candidates or they will have to close popular academic programs. Other school leaders have concerns about the message of the new law (“Professional teacher preparation and licensure is no longer necessary in Wisconsin”) and its long-term effects on the profession. The SAA failed to achieve consensus among its members on this issue.
We continue to encourage lawmakers to convene a high-level effort of all relevant PK-16 stakeholders to develop a long-term, comprehensive approach to attack our recruitment, retention and educator training problems here in Wisconsin.
See Milwaukee Journal Sentinel News Article here.
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