Bill Text: MI HB4856 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; teachers; nullification of certain endorsements on teaching certificates or grade-level certifications included in teaching certificates after 7 years of disuse; provide for. Amends sec. 1532 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1532).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-10 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means, With Substitute (h-1) [HB4856 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4856-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4856
August 29, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Miller and
referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1532 (MCL 380.1532), as amended by 2006 PA 619.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1532. (1) Before a teaching certificate is valid in this state, the holder shall must record the certificate in the office of the intermediate superintendent or of the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the holder expects to teach.
(2) Before a teaching certificate is valid in this state, the holder shall must make and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution Constitution of the United States of America and the constitution of the state of Michigan and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of teacher according to the best of my ability".
(3) The oath set forth in subsection (2) shall must be signed by the holder of the teaching certificate, notarized, and attached to or superimposed on the teaching certificate.
(4) Except as provided in this act, a teacher's teaching certificate shall must not be nullified except by the state board and for a cause that would have initially justified the withholding of the certificate.
(5) Upon the request of a teacher, the state board immediately shall nullify that teacher's teaching certificate. Upon the request of a teacher, the state board may nullify 1 or more endorsements on the teaching certificate, or a grade level certification included in the teaching certificate, if the grade level certification or endorsement has not been used for 12 7 or more years.
(6) The state board shall not reinstate, reissue, or renew a teaching certificate, endorsement on a teaching certificate, or a grade level certification that has been nullified pursuant to under subsection (5).
