Bill Text: MI HB4696 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; teachers; interim teaching certificates for participants in alternative teaching programs; modify. Amends sec. 1531i of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1531i).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-01 - Printed Bill Filed 06/01/2011 [HB4696 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4696-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4696

 

May 31, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Melton and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1531i (MCL 380.1531i), as added by 2009 PA 202.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1531i. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall

 

establish a process for a person to earn an interim teaching

 

certificate under this section that qualifies the person to teach

 

in the public schools and to earn a Michigan teaching certificate

 

using the process under this section. The process shall meet all

 

applicable requirements for an alternative teaching certification

 

process under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-

 

110. The process shall not allow for an interim teaching

 

certificate for special education.

 

     (2) The process established under subsection (1) shall provide

 

that the superintendent of public instruction will shall grant an

 

interim teaching certificate to a person who meets all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Is a participant in an alternative teaching program that

 

is approved by the superintendent of public instruction. To be

 

approved, a program provider shall demonstrate to the satisfaction

 

of the superintendent of public instruction that it meets all of

 

the following:

 

     (i) Provides for its participants an intensive training program

 

in teaching that is determined by the superintendent of public

 

instruction to constitute the equivalent of at least 12 college

 

credit hours and that includes training in at least all of the

 

following subject areas:

 

     (A) Child development or child psychology.

 

     (B) Family and community relationships.

 

     (C) Diverse learners.

 

     (D) Instructional strategies.

 

     (E) A form of field-based experience in a classroom setting.

 

     (ii) Has a proven record of producing successful teachers in 1

 

or more other states or is modeled after a program that has a

 

proven record of producing successful teachers in 1 or more other

 

states.

 

     (iii) Accepts for participation only persons who meet the

 

requirements of subdivision (b).

 

     (b) Holds a bachelor's, master's, doctorate, or professional

 

degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a

 

grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or the

 

equivalent on another scale, as determined by the superintendent of

 

public instruction.

 

     (c) Passes both the basic skills examination and the

 

appropriate available subject area examination for each subject

 

area in which he or she applies to be certified.

 

     (3) A person earning a provisional certificate under this

 

section will be subject to provisions of administrative rules

 

governing teachers, as established by the superintendent of public

 

instruction.

 

     (4) A person who possesses an interim teaching certificate

 

under this section may be employed to teach in a public school in

 

the same manner as a person holding a Michigan teaching certificate

 

issued under section 1531 if all of the following requirements are

 

met:

 

     (a) While the person is teaching under an interim teaching

 

certificate, the school district or public school academy in which

 

the person is teaching provides intensive observation and coaching

 

in a manner and to the extent prescribed by the superintendent of

 

public instruction.

 

     (b) The person is making satisfactory progress toward meeting

 

the requirements for being awarded a Michigan teaching certificate

 

under section 1531, as established by the superintendent of public

 

instruction under subsection (5).

 

     (5) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop

 

standards for granting a person a Michigan teaching certificate

 

issued under section 1531 after the person has demonstrated

 

satisfactory teaching performance for 3 2 years under an interim

 

teaching certificate and has met the requirements established by

 

the superintendent of public instruction for a Michigan teaching

 

certificate.

 

     (6) If a person who possesses an interim teaching certificate

 

under this section passes an additional appropriate available

 

subject area examination and is recommended by the alternative

 

teaching program for an additional subject area endorsement after

 

being issued the interim teaching certificate under subsection (2),

 

the superintendent of public instruction shall issue the additional

 

subject area endorsement for the person's interim teaching

 

certificate.

 

     (7) (6) The superintendent of public instruction shall

 

promulgate rules that he or she considers necessary to implement

 

this section.

 

     (8) (7) As used in this section, "basic skills examination",

 

"elementary certification examination", and "subject area

 

examination" mean those terms as defined in section 1531.