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MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) – State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly and other leaders in the Department of Public Instruction testified in front of the Senate Committee on Education at a hearing regarding sexual misconduct and grooming in Wisconsin schools on Tuesday, Nov. 4

Tuesday’s hearing stemmed from reporting last month by The Capital Times, a Madison news outlet. The report found DPI staff had investigated more than 200 instances of educators accused of sexual misconduct or grooming between 2018 and 2023.

As a result of that report, Republican lawmakers slammed the agency over its online license database not sharing why an educator's license was either revoked or surrendered.

“At the DPI, every allegation of misconduct is taken seriously, and every investigation is conducted t

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