Bill Text: MI HB4552 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; counseling; requirements for employment as a middle school and high school counselor; revise. Amends sec. 1233 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB4552 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4552-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4552
May 5, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brett Roberts, Johnson, Jacobsen, Price, Crawford, Iden and Lauwers and referred to the Committee on Workforce and Talent Development.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2000 PA 288.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, 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) 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) or (8), 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 a person without a teaching certificate as a
substitute teacher if the person 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 a person with a teaching certificate to
serve as a teacher.
(8) In addition to the other requirements under this section,
for grades 6 to 12, 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
of the following within 3 years after the effective date of this
subsection or the date the individual is initially assigned to
serve in that role, whichever is later:
(a) Has completed a separate 45-hour course covering
counseling about the college preparation and selection process and
a separate 30-hour career counseling course. The course content and
curriculum for each course must be approved by the department based
on standards that are developed by the Michigan College Access
Network and approved by the department.
(b) The individual has at least 3 years of experience in
counseling in grades 6 to 12 and has demonstrated proficiency in
counseling about the college preparation and selection process and
career counseling. Demonstrated proficiency must be determined by
the department based on standards that are developed by the
Michigan College Access Network and approved by the department.
(9) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
or modify rules as necessary to implement subsection (8). For the
purposes of this subsection, career counseling includes, but is not
limited to, exploration of 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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
