Bill Text: MI HB4421 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; teachers; eligibility for substitute teaching; expand to include individuals with certain skills, experience, or backgrounds. Amends sec. 1233 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-20 - Assigned Pa 418'18 With Immediate Effect [HB4421 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4421-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4421
March 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Marino, Lucido, Barrett, Graves, Victory, Sheppard, Kelly and Glenn and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
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 must 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 satisfies either of the
following:
(a) Has at least 90 semester hours of college credit from a
college or university.
(b) Is employed to teach in a subject matter or field in which
the individual has achieved expertise, as determined by the board
of a school district or intermediate school district, and satisfies
either of the following:
(i) Holds a professional license or certification issued by
this state in that same subject matter or field.
(ii) Previously held a professional license or certification
issued by this state in that same subject matter or field that
expired no more than 2 years before the start of employment as a
substitute teacher and was in good standing immediately before the
license or certification expired.
(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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
