Bill Text: MI HB4181 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; counseling; requirements for employment as a school counselor; revise. Amends sec. 1233 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Assigned Pa 151'17 With Immediate Effect [HB4181 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4181-Engrossed.html
HB-4181, As Passed Senate, October 17, 2017
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4181
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2016 PA 192.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, and
subject to section 1233c, the board of a school district or
intermediate school board of an intermediate school district shall
not permit a teacher who does not hold a valid teaching certificate
to teach in a grade or department of the school.
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district shall not allow an
individual to serve in a counseling role in the school district or
intermediate school district, as the role is defined by the
superintendent of public instruction, unless the individual meets 1
or
more of the following: and the board or intermediate school
board
complies with subsection (7):
(a) The individual holds a valid teaching certificate with a
school counseling endorsement.
(b) The individual meets all of the following:
(i) Holds a master's degree awarded after completion of an
approved school counselor education program that includes at least
all of the following skills and content areas or their equivalent:
(A) Guidance services--philosophy, principles, and practices.
(B) Individual and group analysis--nature and range of human
characteristics and appraisal methods.
(C) Guidance information--vocational development theory,
educational and occupational information.
(D) Counseling theory and practice--individual and group
procedures, administration and coordination relationships,
professional relationships, and ethics.
(E) Supervised experiences--laboratory, practicum, or
internship.
(F) Evaluation--statistics and research methodology, follow-up
evaluation, and measurement methods.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(iii) Has been recommended by an approved school counselor
education program to provide services as a school counselor.
(c) The individual meets both of the following:
(i) Has at least 5 years of successful experience serving in a
school counseling role in another state within the immediately
preceding 7-year period.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(3) Except for teachers engaged to teach in a community
district under section 1233c, the intermediate superintendent shall
notify the superintendent of public instruction immediately of the
names of noncertificated teachers teaching in violation of
subsection (1) and the names of individuals serving in counseling
roles in violation of subsection (2), the employing district, and
the amount of time the noncertificated teachers or unqualified
individuals were employed.
(4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall utilize
the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher for the
purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for vocational
certification if the annually authorized teacher is supervised by
the teacher preparation institution.
(5) All vocational education teachers certified after June 1,
1995 shall pass a competency test.
(6) The board of a school district or intermediate school
district may employ an individual without a teaching certificate as
a substitute teacher if the individual has at least 90 semester
hours of college credit from a college or university.
(7)
If the board of a school district or intermediate school
board
of an intermediate school district chooses to employ an
individual
who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to serve
in
a counseling role, as permitted under subsection (2), the school
board
or intermediate school board shall comply with sections 1230
and
1230a with respect to that individual to the same extent as
required
for employing an individual with a teaching certificate to
serve
as a teacher.
(7) Beginning 2 years after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall not
renew an individual's school counselor credential unless the
department determines that, within the time period since the
individual's school counselor credential was issued or last
renewed, whichever is most recent, the individual has completed at
least 25 hours of professional development approved by the
department under subsection (9) covering counseling about the
college preparation and selection process and at least 25 hours of
professional development approved by the department under
subsection (9) covering career counseling. For the purposes of this
subsection, career counseling includes, but is not limited to,
exploration of military career options and the skilled trades as
well as other careers and pathways that lead to industry
credentials awarded in recognition of an individual's attainment of
measurable technical or occupational skills necessary to obtain
employment or advance within an occupation. The hours of
professional development required under this subsection covering
career counseling shall include at least 5 hours covering military
career options. The hours of professional development required
under this subsection are a part of and not in addition to
professional development requirements under department rule.
(8) An individual may complete the professional development
hours for the purposes of subsection (7) as part of the
professional development provided by a school district,
intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic
school under section 1527 if the content and curriculum of the
professional development provided under section 1527 are approved
by the department under subsection (9).
(9) The department shall approve the professional development
for the purposes of subsection (7). The department shall only
approve a professional development program or course for the
purposes of subsection (7) if the department determines that the
content and curriculum for the professional development meet
standards that are developed by the department in consultation with
the department of talent and economic development and groups
representing school counselors, college admissions professionals,
financial aid officers, employers, and others as determined
appropriate by the department. The department shall develop these
standards by July 1, 2018 and shall facilitate the involvement in
the development of the standards of the groups required under this
subsection.
(10) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
or modify rules as necessary to implement subsections (7) to (9).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
