MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — At the Capitol, Republican lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Education grill schools Superintendent Jill Underly.
Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate Committee on Education follows a Cap Times report which revealed more than 200 educators were investigated for accusation of sexual misconduct.
“You say we’re making political points or people are making political hay. My frustration is the legislature is getting blamed for stuff and now you’re able to make some counteractions and make some recommendations, which is great, but where was all this before the article ran?” said Watertown Senator John Jagler, the committee’s chair.
Birchwood Senator Robert Quinn co-chairs the committee.
“When this comes out, yes, there’s been budget requests for other things, but there’s never been one conversation saying, hey, we are not doing enough right now for student safety. And if we don’t do more, there’s potential loopholes, there’s potential, non investigations not going as far as we need because we don’t have the funding. If that conversation I know ever happened, we definitely get it done,” Quinn said.
Underly was a no-show for a similar hearing last month in front of an Assembly committee. On Tuesday she announced that a new online database will list revoked and surrendered educator licenses.
