Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction STATEMENT OF SCOPE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RULES | LEGISLATIVE POLICY & OUTREACH TEAM ATTN: ERIN FATH 266-2804 or adminrules@dpi.wi.gov |
GENERAL INFORMATION |
Rule No. PI 34 | Relating to Designating the Wisconsin Challenge Academy as an educational entity | Rule Type Permanent |
SIGNATURE |
State Superintendent Review ☐ Approved. Begin Drafting Rule ☐ Disapproved. Reason for Disapproval | State Superintendent Signature ➢ | Date Signed Mo./Day/Yr. |
NARRATIVE |
1. Finding/nature of the emergency (Emergency Rule only). N/A |
2. A description of the objective of the proposed rule. The proposed rule amends s. PI 34.041 (1) (a) to include the Wisconsin Challenge Academy under the rule's definition of "educational entity" for the purpose of obtaining a tier III lifetime license. |
3. A description of the existing policies and new policies included in the proposed rule and an analysis of policy alternatives. Chapter PI 34 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code contains the rules for educator licensure, including the criteria to obtain a tier III lifetime license issued by the Department. Under current rule, the applicant must have held a valid tier II provisional educator license and have completed six semesters of experience providing direct services to students or providing administrative oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12 setting in the tier II license area while employed by an educational entity in Wisconsin. Section PI 34.041 (1) (a) defines "educational entity" to include: a CESA, charter school, licensed child care provider under contract with a school district to provide 3 or 4-year-old kindergarten, private school, school district, tribal school, the Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired, and the Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing. This proposed rule amends s. PI 34.041 (1) (a) to include the Wisconsin Challenge Academy under the rule's definition of "educational entity" for the purpose of obtaining a lifetime license. |
4. The statutory authority for the proposed rule. Under. 118.19 (1), Wis. Stats., any person seeking to teach in a public school, including a charter school, or in a school or institution operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the department. Under Wis. Stat. s. 115.28 (7) (a) the superintendent of public instruction shall make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.191, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.195. |
5. An estimate of the amount of time agency employees will spend developing the proposed rule and of other resources needed to develop the rule. The amount of time needed for rule development by department staff and the amount of other resources necessary are indeterminate. |
6. A description of all of the entities that will be affected by the proposed rule. The Wisconsin Challenge Academy educators may be impacted by the proposed rule. |
7. A summary and preliminary comparison of any existing or proposed federal regulation that addresses or is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the proposed rule. N/A |
8. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses). The proposed rule will have no significant economic impact on small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats. |
