Statutes interpreted: ss. 455.045 and 455.08

SECTIONS 1 and 4. Applicants need to have an undergraduate degree in order to receive a graduate degree. Therefore, there is no need for the applicant to bear the expense or effort of submitting an undergraduate degree. The board proposes to repeal the requirement of submitting the undergraduate degree.

SECTION 2. The Psychology Examining Board does not have a policy for considering an inactive file abandoned and appropriate for disposal. Section Psy 2.015 is created to define applications as abandoned if the applicant does not respond to an application request for additional information within one year.

SECTION 3. The current rules relating to passing scores reference a specific numeric score. Rather than indicating a specific score, which could change, s. Psy 2.05 is repealed and recreated to indicate that to pass the examination, each applicant shall receive a score determined by the board to represent minimum competence to practice, and that the board shall make the determination of the passing score after consultation with subject matter experts who have reviewed a representative sample of the examination questions and available candidate performance statistics, and shall set the passing score for the examination at that point which represents minimum acceptable competence in the profession. The board accepts the recommendations of the Association of State and Provincial State Board for the passing score of the professional practice of psychology examination.

SECTION 1. Psy 2.01 (3) is amended to read:

Psy 2.01 (3) Official transcripts of graduate and undergraduate training, properly attested to by the degree granting institution and submitted by the institution directly to the board.

SECTION 2. Psy 2.015 is created to read:

Psy 2.015 APPLICATION ABANDONMENT. An applicant who files an application but who does not comply with a request for information related to the application within one year of the date of the application shall file a new application. An applicant who files an application but who does not fully complete the application within 3 years of the date of the application shall file a new application.

SECTION 3. Psy 2.05 is repealed and recreated to read:

Psy 2.05 (title) PASSING SCORES. (1) The passing scores set by the board represent the minimum competency required to protect public health and safety.

(2) The professional practice of psychology examination and the examination and the examination on the elements of practice essential to the public health, safety or welfare are scored separately. An applicant shall achieve a passing score on each of the required examinations to qualify for licensure.

(3) The board accepts the recommendations of the association of state and provincial examining boards for the passing score on the professional practice of psychology examination.

(4) To pass the examination on the elements of practice essential to the public health, safety or welfare, the applicant shall receive a score determined by the board to represent minimum competence to practice. The board shall make the determination of the passing score after consultation with subject matter experts who have reviewed a representative sample of the examination questions and available candidate performance statistics.

SECTION 4. Psy 3.01 (3) is amended to read:

Psy 3.01 (3) Official transcripts of graduate and undergraduate training, properly attested to by the degree granting institution and submitted by the institution directly to the board.

2. The projected anticipated state fiscal effect during the current biennium of the proposed rule is: $0.00.

3. The projected net annualized fiscal impact on state funds of the proposed rule is: $0.00.

The hearing sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call Jenny Lange, Consultant, Early Childhood: Exceptional Educational Needs Programs, at (608) 267-9172 or leave a message with the Teletypewriter (TTY) at (608) 267-2427 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Reasonable accommodation includes materials prepared in an alternative format, as provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Written comments on the proposed rules received by Ms. Slauson at the above address no later than September 16, 1996, will be given the same consideration as testimony presented at the hearing.

The proposed permanent rules also modify ch. PI 11 due to provisions included in Clearinghouse Rule 94-59. Effective May 1, 1995, Clearinghouse Rule 94-59 added the handicapping conditions of “autism”, “traumatic brain injury”, and “other health impairment” to the list of handicapping conditions criteria under s. PI 11.35. Also, the term “orthopedic impairment” was substituted for the term “physical handicapped.” When making these additions/modifications to the handicapping conditions eligibility criteria, the definition of handicapping condition under s. PI 11.02(23) was overlooked.

The proposed rules have been modified to correlate the definitions of handicapping conditions under s. PI 11.02(23) with the handicapping conditions eligibility criteria created under Clearinghouse Rule 94-59.

Because of the restrictive eligibility criteria in addition to the staff training provisions in the rule, it is not anticipated there would be an increase in the number of children identified with exceptional educational needs as a result of the addition of this new category of significant developmental delay.

Administrative costs associated with providing inservice training for early childhood special education teachers, directors and pupil services personnel in identifying children with significant developmental delays will be absorbed by the agency.

The proposed rules are not anticipated to have a fiscal effect on small businesses as defined under s. 227.114(1)(a), Stats.

The hearing sites are fully accessible to people with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to access any meeting, please call Elliot Weiman, Consultant, Exceptional Education Team, at (608) 266-3648 or leave a message with the Teletypewriter (TTY) at (608) 267-2427 at least 10 days prior to the hearing date. Reasonable accommodation includes materials prepared in an alternative format, as provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.