- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0318/1LRB-1180/1 KRP:kjfKRP:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 194 JuneApril 12,29, 2019 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiRANEL.Representatives T RANEL , ROHRKASTE , KUGLITSCH, N OVAK, KURTZ , ITTL, EDMING , WITTKE, FELZKOWSKI , DITTRICH, M URSAU and KNODL , cosponsored by Senators M ARKLEIN , KOOYENGA , TESTIN, IFFANY and DARLING .

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendEducation. the bill as follows:

A N A CT to amend 118.19 (14) (a);

and to create 118.19 (14) (b) of the statutes;

relating to:

requirements for initial licensure as a special education teacher.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill allows the Department of Public Instruction to issue an initial license as a special education teacher to an individual who successfully completes a course in the teaching of reading and reading comprehension, provided the individual satisfies all other requirements for licensure by DPI.

Specifically, the course must satisfy all of the following:

PageThe 2,course lineprovides 14:rigorous instruction in the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency.

delete “course" and substitute “course of study".

PageA 2,student linein 16:the course receives feedback and coaching from an individual who holds either a masters degree in reading or a reading specialist license issued by DPI.

delete “course" and substitute “course of study".

PageA 2,student linein 18:the course demonstrates competence in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency by providing a portfolio of work.

deleteCurrent “course"law andrequires, substituteas “coursea condition for receiving an initial license to teach in special education, that an individual passes an examination identical to the Foundations of study".Reading test.

4.The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Page- 2,2020 lineLegislature 19:- 2 - LRB-1180/1 KRP:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 194 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.

delete118.19 lines(14) 19(a) andof 20the andstatutes substitute “who is anamended expertto ofread: reading instruction.”.

5.118.19(14) (a) ThExcept as provided in par.

Page(b), 2,the linedepartment 21:may not issue an initial teaching license that authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education, an initial license as a reading teacher, or an initial license as a reading specialist, unless the applicant has passed an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure.

deleteThe “course"department andshall substituteset “coursethe passing cut score on the examination at a level no lower than the level recommended by the developer of study".the test, based on this state's standards.

SECTION 2.

118.19 (14) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

118.19 (14) (b) The department shall waive the requirement under subd.

1.

for an applicant seeking an initial teaching license that authorizes the holder to teach in special education if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant has successfully completed a course that satisfies all of the following:

1.

The course provides rigorous instruction in the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency.

2.

A student in the course receives feedback and coaching from an individual who holds either a masters degree in reading or a reading specialist license issued by the department.

3.

A student in the course demonstrates competence in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency by providing a portfolio of work.