MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Wisconsin legislators met for over three hours Thursday to demand answers from the state’s Department of Public Instruction following a Capital Times report alleging that hundreds of teacher sexual misconduct and grooming cases were shielded from the public from 2018 to 2023.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly was notably absent, despite being invited to speak.

A DPI spokesperson said Underly would be “more than willing to appear in front of this committee” but had a prior out-of-state commitment to accept a distinguished alumna award at Indiana University.

Wisconsin currently has no laws making grooming a crime. Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and police highlighted that loophole as making it harder to hold teach

See Full Page