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Janesville leaders warn teacher-licensure rules and a shrinking pipeline could slow reading-law rollout
Summary
District and legislators discussed how narrower grade-band licensure, low FORT pass rates, and a limited pool of licensed reading specialists may reduce local capacity to implement the new literacy law; the district described local training and an aspiring-educators pathway.
District officials told legislators Aug. 18 that workforce constraints and licensure rules create a major risk for implementing the new literacy law.
"We're finding most of our elementary teachers are not passing the fort test and they have to pass it within a year or so," Allison DeGraff, the districts director of learning and innovation, said, describing a state assessment that new teachers must pass for reading licensure. DeGraff said the district has created a course for new teachers that produced a 100%…
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