Wisconsin teacher licensing process transparent, could be better, Superintendent Jill Underly says
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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The Assembly Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency held a hearing following a Capital Times report that the Department of Public Instruction had investigated more than 200 teachers, aides, substitutes and administrators between 2018 and 2023 following accusations of sexual m…
State Superintendent Jill Underly said the Department of Public Instruction will increase transparency around why some teachers lose their teaching licenses after criticism that the department isn’t being up front with the public on the issue.
State Superintendent Jill Underly rebuffed calls for her to resign Tuesday, saying investigations of educator licenses is what the Department of Public Instruction is tasked with handling. “It’s preposterous,” Underly told reporters.
State Superintendent Jill Underly testifies before the Senate Committee on Education about hundreds of educator license revocations due to sexual misconduct in the last five years. Underly faced questioning from lawmakers about the process the Department of Public Instruction uses to investigate licenses and whether license revocations are final.
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, gives opening remarks at Tuesday’s hearing, saying he hoped part of the conversation about educator misconduct included closing loopholes for private and independent charter schools in reporting incidents to the Department of Public Instruction.
KIMBERLY WETHAL, STATE JOURNAL
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State Superintendent Jill Underly rebuffed calls for her to resign Tuesday, saying investigations of educator licenses is what the Department of Public Instruction is tasked with handling. “It’s preposterous,” Underly told reporters.
State Superintendent Jill Underly testifies before the Senate Committee on Education about hundreds of educator license revocations due to sexual misconduct in the last five years. Underly faced questioning from lawmakers about the process the Department of Public Instruction uses to investigate licenses and whether license revocations are final.
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, gives opening remarks at Tuesday’s hearing, saying he hoped part of the conversation about educator misconduct included closing loopholes for private and independent charter schools in reporting incidents to the Department of Public Instruction.
