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The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction faces a backlog of 150 license misconduct investigations and is asking state lawmakers to double its team dedicated to reviewing and gathering evidence.
The request follows a Cap Times report last fall that revealed the department has investigated hundreds of educators following allegations of sexual misconduct and grooming, and the department dedicated scant resources to conducting those probes…