Updating references to PI 34 of the administrative code and eliminating an obsolete grandfather provision related to a license to teach industrial arts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instr, the official text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 933
January 28, 2026 - Introduced by Law Revision Committee. Referred to Committee on Rules.

An Act to amend 115.42 (1) (a) 1., 118.19 (7) (a), 118.19 (16), 118.193 (1) and 118.193 (4) (b) of the statutes; relating to: updating references to PI 34 of the administrative code and eliminating an obsolete grandfather provision related to a license to teach industrial arts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law includes references to Chapter PI 34 of the Administrative Code, entitled Educator Licenses. Chapter PI 34 was repealed and recreated in 2018. This bill replaces statutory references to PI 34 that no longer exist with cross-references to the current version of PI 34.
Chapter 154, laws of 1971, created a new provision to prohibit the Department of Public Instruction from issuing a license to teach industrial arts subjects unless an applicant has had three years of practical experience beyond apprenticeship or four years of institutional training in the industrial arts subjects. The same 1971 law also included a grandfather provision for individuals who taught an industrial arts subject on January 1, 1936, that remains in current law. Specifically, current law provides that an individual who taught an industrial arts subject on January 1, 1936, who had five years of practical or teaching experience in the subject is considered to have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree for purposes of salary schedules and promotion. The bill removes the grandfather provision that applies to individuals who taught an industrial arts subject on January 1, 1936.
For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Law Revision Committee prefatory note: This bill is a remedial legislation proposal, requested by the Department of Public Instruction and introduced by the Law Revision Committee under s. 13.83 (1) (c) 4. and 5., stats. After careful consideration of the various provisions of the bill, the Law Revision Committee has determined that this bill makes minor substantive changes in the statutes, and that these changes are desirable as a matter of public policy.

Section 1. 115.42 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42 (1) (a) 1. The person is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI 34.19 34.042, Wis. Adm. Code.
Note: This section corrects a reference to a chapter of the administrative code that was broken when that chapter was repealed and recreated in 2018.
Section 2. 118.19 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.19 (7) (a) No certificate or license to teach industrial arts subjects may be issued unless the applicant has had 3 years of practical experience beyond apprenticeship or 4 years of institutional training in such subjects. For purposes of salary schedules and promotion, any person teaching an industrial arts subject on January 1, 1936, who had 5 years of practical or teaching experience in such subject shall be deemed to have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.
Note: This section repeals an obsolete provision that applied only to a person who had five years of practical or teaching experience and was teaching an industrial arts subject on January 1, 1936.
Section 3. 118.19 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.19 (16) The department shall ensure that teaching experience gained
while a person held an emergency permit a license issued by the department under s. PI 34.21 (2) 34.028, Wis. Adm. Code, counts toward fulfillment of the teaching experience requirement under s. PI 34.040 (2) (d), Wis. Adm. Code, for a license based on experience under s. PI 34.195 (2), Wis. Adm. Code, or the teaching experience requirement under s. PI 34.065 (4), Wis. Adm. Code, for a license in a school administrator category under s. PI 34.32, Wis. Adm. Code.
Section 4. 118.193 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.193 (1) In this section, an “administrator license” means a license in a school administrator category under s. PI 34.32 subch. VIII of ch. PI 34, Wis. Adm. Code.
Section 5. 118.193 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.193 (4) (b) The department shall determine the school administrator category under s. PI 34.32 subch. VIII of ch. PI 34, Wis. Adm. Code, for a license issued under sub. (3) and the grades to which the license applies based on the individual’s license granted by another state and the individual’s experience as an administrator.
Note: Sections 3 to 5 correct references to a chapter of the administrative code that were broken when that chapter was repealed and recreated in 2018.
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