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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1056
February 24, 2026 - Introduced by Senator
Wimberger
, cosponsored by Representatives
Sortwell
,
Knodl
,
Melotik
and
Steffen
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB1056,1,4
1
An Act
to amend
115.28 (7) (c) and 118.19 (3) (a);
to create
118.19 (7s) of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the
3
Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules
4
promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to issue a tier II provisional teaching license that authorizes the license holder to be employed as a speech-language pathologist in a public school to an individual who 1) holds a valid speech-language pathology license issued by the Hearing and Speech Examining Board or a valid speech-language pathologist compact privilege and 2) is eligible for a teaching license based on a successful background check.
Under DPI’s current administrative rules, there are multiple pathways through which an applicant may obtain a DPI license that authorizes the license holder to be employed as a speech-language pathologist in a public school. For example, an applicant is eligible for a tier II provisional license to teach as a speech-language pathologist if the applicant completes an approved teacher training program in school speech-language pathology and demonstrates to DPI certain content and pedagogical knowledge. Alternatively, an applicant is eligible for a tier I license in speech-language pathology if the applicant holds a master’s degree and holds a speech-language pathologist license issued by the Hearing and Speech Examining Board. A tier I license is valid for one year but may be renewed if the license holder is not yet eligible for a tier II license at the end of the one-year term. An applicant who has worked as a school speech-language pathologist under the tier I license for at least one year in this state is eligible for a tier II provisional license if the applicant completes training on 1) children with disabilities, 2) minority group relations, and 3) resolving conflicts in a school setting. The bill eliminates the tier I license for speech-language pathology and the subsequent tier II license based on teaching under the tier I license for one year. The bill also specifies that an applicant is eligible for a tier II license that authorizes the license holder to be employed as a speech-language pathologist in a public school if the applicant holds a valid speech-language pathology license issued by the Hearing and Speech Examining Board or a valid speech-language pathologist compact privilege.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB1056,1
1
Section
1
.
115.28 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1056,2,5
2
115.28
(7)
(c) Subject to s. 118.19 (4m)
and (7s)
, license and make rules for the
3
examination and licensing of persons, including teachers, employed to provide
4
publicly funded special education and related services, as those terms are defined
5
in s. 115.76 (14) and (15).
SB1056,2
6
Section
2
.
118.19 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1056,3,17
7
118.19
(3)
(a) No license to teach in any public school may be issued unless the
8
applicant possesses a bachelor’s degree including such professional training as the
9
department by rule requires, except as permitted under par. (b)
, sub. (7s),
and ss.
10
115.28 (17) (a), 118.191, 118.1915, 118.192, 118.193, 118.194, and 118.197.
11
Notwithstanding s. 36.11 (16), no teacher preparatory program in this state may be
12
approved by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (7) (a), unless each student in
13
the program is required to complete student teaching consisting of full days for a
1
full semester following the daily schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating
2
school or the equivalent, as determined by the state superintendent. No license to
3
teach in any public school may be granted to an applicant who completed a
4
professional training program outside this state unless the applicant completed
5
student teaching consisting of full days for a full semester following the daily
6
schedule and semester calendar of the cooperating school or the equivalent, as
7
determined by the state superintendent. The state superintendent may grant
8
exceptions to the student teaching requirements under this paragraph when the
9
midyear calendars of the institution offering the teacher preparatory program and
10
the cooperating school differ from each other and would prevent students from
11
attending classes at the institution in accordance with the institution’s calendar.
12
The state superintendent shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection. If
13
for the purpose of granting a license to teach or for approving a teacher preparatory
14
program the state superintendent requires that an institution of higher education
15
be accredited, the state superintendent shall accept accreditation by a regional or
16
national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. department of
17
education or by a programmatic accrediting organization.
SB1056,3
18
Section
3
.
118.19 (7s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1056,3,24
19
118.19
(7s)
Notwithstanding subs. (4m), (6) to (9), (12), and (14), the state
20
superintendent shall issue a license that authorizes the license holder to be
21
employed as a speech-language pathologist in a public school to an individual who
22
holds a valid license to practice speech-language pathology issued by the hearing
23
and speech examining board under subch. II of ch. 459 or a valid speech-language
24
pathologist compact privilege.
SB1056,4
1
Section
4
.
PI 34.026 (1) (d) of the administrative code is repealed.
SB1056,5
2
Section
5
.
PI 34.028 (2) (d) and (4) (b) of the administrative code are
3
repealed.
SB1056,6
4
Section
6
.
PI 34.040 (2) (j) of the administrative code is repealed and
5
recreated to read:
SB1056,4,9
6
PI 34.040
(2)
(j)
Speech-language pathologist
. The applicant for school
7
speech-language pathologist holds a valid speech-language pathologist license
8
issued by the hearing and speech examining board under s. 459.24, Stats., or a valid
9
speech-language pathologist compact privilege.
SB1056,7
10
Section
7
.
PI 34.0475 (2) (b) of the administrative code is repealed.
SB1056,8
11
Section
8
. Initial applicability.
SB1056,4,14
12
(
1
) This act first applies to an application for a school speech-language
13
pathologist license received by the department of public instruction on the effective
14
date of this subsection.
SB1056,9
15
Section
9
. Effective dates.
This act takes effect on the day after
16
publication, except as follows:
SB1056,4,18
17
(
1
)
The treatment of administrative rules takes effect as provided in s.
18
227.265.
SB1056,4,19
19
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