Assembly Committee Approves Plan to Allow Unlicensed School Superintendents

Friday, October 27th, 2023 -- 10:01 AM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) At the Capitol on Thursday, the State Assembly education committee approved a bill that would allow school districts to hire superintendents who lack an education license.

At the Capitol on Thursday, the State Assembly education committee approved a bill that would allow school districts to hire superintendents who lack an education license. Committee Chair Joel Kitchens of Sturgeon Bay said he heard complaints from administrators that the move would cheapen the work they do.

"You know, I had someone say, Well, you know, barbers and cosmetologists, they have to have licenses. But you're saying that superintendents don't? I don't think that's a fair comparison."

Marshfield Republican Donna Rozar opposed it and said she didn't see any support from school boards. "A lot of the people that I spoke to said that they thought this was a good short term option, where maybe if you put a timeframe on it with an unlicensed individual, but they all believed very strongly that that school district superintendent needed to be licensed.'

Committee chair Joel Kitchens of Sturgeon Bay said districts can already hire C E Os if they want to, as long as they don’t call them superintendents.

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