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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 999
February 12, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
James
,
Jacque
and
Nass
, cosponsored by Representatives
Nedweski
,
Behnke
,
Dittrich
,
Gundrum
,
Murphy
,
O'Connor
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Steffen
,
Tusler
,
Wichgers
,
Goeben
and
Knodl
. Referred to Committee on Education.
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1
An Act
to create
115.31 (1) (d), 115.31 (2r) (d), 115.31 (2s), 115.31 (6d) and
2
115.31 (6g) of the statutes;
relating to:
the voluntary surrender of a license
3
issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of
4
immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an
5
investigation of immoral conduct, and records related to an investigation of
6
immoral conduct.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, if the Department of Public Instruction investigates an individual who holds a license issued by DPI 1) for immoral conduct or 2) because DPI receives a report that the licensee has been dismissed or their employment contract has not been renewed based in whole or in part on evidence that the licensee engaged in immoral conduct, DPI is prohibited from ending the investigation without a determination about whether to proceed with revocation or terminating a subsequent revocation hearing unless the licensee permanently surrenders the license and waives the licensee’s appeal rights related to the investigation and revocation hearing. Additionally, if a licensee surrenders a license under these circumstances, DPI must post on its website the name of the licensee, that the license is surrendered permanently, and that the surrender occurred during an investigation related to immoral conduct. With regard to a license, the bill defines “surrender” as voluntarily relinquishing a license for an amount of time.
Under current law, during an investigation of a licensee, DPI must keep all information related to the investigation confidential, except DPI must post on its website the name of the individual who is being investigated. Upon completion of the investigation, DPI’s records related to the investigation are subject to open records laws. Under the bill, if the result of a completed investigation of a licensee for immoral conduct is revocation or permanent surrender, DPI must provide records related to the investigation by no later than 14 days after receiving an open records request for the records. Additionally, the bill expressly states that the open records exception for certain information in an individual’s personnel file does not apply to a request made to DPI for these records.
Lastly, the bill prohibits the state superintendent of public instruction from entering into any agreement that 1) has the effect of suppressing or destroying information related to an investigation of immoral conduct by a licensee or 2) requires the state superintendent or DPI to expunge or keep confidential information about substantiated allegations or findings of immoral conduct by a licensee.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1
Section
1
.
115.31 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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2
115.31
(1)
(d) “Surrender” means that an individual voluntarily relinquishes
3
a license issued by the department for a minimum amount of time.
SB999,2
4
Section
2
.
115.31 (2r) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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5
115.31
(2r)
(d) The state superintendent may not reinstate a license that is
6
surrendered by an individual during an investigation for immoral conduct under
7
sub. (2s).
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8
Section
3
.
115.31 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
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9
115.31
(2s)
(a) If the department investigates a licensee for having engaged in
10
immoral conduct or in response to a report made about a licensee under sub. (3) (a)
11
3. or 4., the state superintendent may not end the investigation without making a
12
finding on whether to proceed with revocation or terminate a subsequent revocation
1
hearing unless the licensee surrenders the licensee’s license permanently and
2
waives the licensee’s rights to appeal that are related to the investigation of the
3
license and revocation proceedings.
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4
(b) Whenever a licensee surrenders a license under par. (a), the department
5
shall post on its website the name of the individual who surrendered the license,
6
that the surrender is permanent, and that the surrender occurred during an
7
investigation for immoral conduct.
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8
Section
4
.
115.31 (6d) of the statutes is created to read:
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9
115.31
(6d)
Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts
10
date], the state superintendent may not enter into an agreement that does any of
11
the following:
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(a) Has the effect of suppressing or destroying information relating to an
13
investigation of immoral conduct by a licensee.
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(b) Requires the state superintendent or the department to expunge from
15
documents maintained by the state superintendent or department or to keep
16
confidential information about allegations or findings of immoral conduct by a
17
licensee, unless after investigation the allegations are found to be false or not
18
substantiated.
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19
Section
5
.
115.31 (6g) of the statutes is created to read:
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20
115.31
(6g)
If the result of an investigation of a licensee for immoral conduct
21
is revocation or that the licensee surrenders a license under sub. (2s), and a request
22
is made under s. 19.35 for records related to the investigation, the department shall
23
provide records related to the investigation to the requester by no later than 14 days
1
after the department receives the request. The limitation to access under s. 19.36
2
(10) does not apply to a request made under this subsection.
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