Bill Text: MI HB4761 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; teachers; certification for teachers; require to have grammar, punctuation, and usage class. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1531i.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-21 - Printed Bill Filed 04/03/2009 [HB4761 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4761-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4761

 

April 2, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Genetski, Roy Schmidt, Haines, Opsommer, Ball, DeShazor, Kurtz, LeBlanc, Proos, Tyler, Pearce, Pavlov, Daley, Lund, Knollenberg, Rick Jones, Moss, Meltzer, Walsh and Slezak and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1531i.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1531i. Beginning January 1, 2010, the superintendent of

 

public instruction shall not issue an initial elementary level

 

teaching certificate, or an initial secondary level teaching

 

certificate with subject area endorsement in any subject other than

 

mathematics or science, to a person unless the person presents

 

evidence satisfactory to the superintendent of public instruction

 

that he or she has successfully completed a course approved by the

 

department in English language grammar, punctuation, and usage.

 

This requirement is in addition to all other requirements provided

 

by law.