SECTION 1. PI 34.34 (19) (title) is amended to read:
PI 34.34 (19) Experience-based technical or vocational education license.
SECTION 2. PI 34.34 (19) (a) is renumbered PI 34.34 (19) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
PI 34.34 (19) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “technology education subject" means one of the following content areas: architecture and construction, biotechnology, information and communication technology, electronics, engineering, environmental technologies, manufacturing, power and energy, transportation.:
SECTION 3. PI 34.34 (19) (a) 1. and 2. are created to read:
PI 34.34 (19) (a) 1. “Technology education subject" means any of the following content areas:
a. Architecture and construction.
b. Biotechnology.
c. Information and communication technology.
d. Electronics.
e. Engineering.
f. Environmental technologies.
g. Manufacturing.
h. Power and energy.
i. Transportation.
2. “Vocational education subject” has the meaning given in s. 118.191 (b), Stats. SECTION 4. PI 34.34 (19) (b) and 1. and (c) and (d) (intro.) are amended to read:
PI 34.34 (19) (b) AnThe department shall issue an initial license to teach a technology education or vocational education subject shall be issued to an applicant who does all of the following:
1. Meets the minimum requirements of s. 118.191 (2) (a), Stats., if the applicant is seeking a license to teach a technology education subject, or s. 118.191 (2) (b), Stats., if the applicant is seeking to teach a vocational education subject. …
(c) An initial license issued under par. (b) shall be issued for a 3-year period. and is only valid in the school district that presented the offer of employment.
(d) Upon expiration of the initial license issued under par. (b), the department shall issue the educator a 5-year professional teaching license to teach a technology or vocational education subject if all of the following apply:
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE:
The proposed rules contained in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month commencing after the date of publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats.
