Bill Text: MI HB5158 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; teachers; assignment of new teachers to mentor teachers meeting certain requirements; require, and require professional development for new teachers to meet certain standards. Amends sec. 1526 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1526). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5156'15, HB 5157'15, HB 5159'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-08 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB5158 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5158-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5158
December 15, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Price, Yonker and Garcia and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1526 (MCL 380.1526), as amended by 1995 PA 289.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1526. (1) For the first 3 years of his or her a teacher's
employment
in classroom teaching, a teacher shall be the board of
the school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of the public school academy in which he or she is
teaching
shall ensure that the teacher is assigned
by the school in
which
he or she teaches to 1 or more master
teachers, or college
professors
or retired master teachers, who shall act as a mentor or
mentors
to the teacher. mentor
teachers who meet requirements
established by the superintendent of public instruction. During the
3-year
period, the teacher shall also receive school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy also shall
provide the teacher with intensive professional development
induction
into teaching, based on a guidelines
developed by the
department that are based on state board approved standards for
professional learning, and with an individual professional
development plan for that teacher that is consistent with the
requirements
of section 3a of article II of Act No. 4 of the Public
Acts
of the Extra Session of 1937, being section 38.83a of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws, 1937 (Ex Sess)
PA 4, MCL 38.83a, including
classroom management and instructional delivery. During the 3-year
period, the intensive professional development induction into
teaching
shall consist of at least 15 days 90 hours of professional
development ,
the experiencing of effective practices in
university-linked
professional development schools, and regional
seminars
conducted by master teachers and other mentors.that is
delivered over at least 15 days, with increments of not less than
30 minutes on each of those days, based on guidelines developed by
the department.
(2) Professional development provided under subsection (1) is
required in addition to professional development required under
section 1527 and shall not be counted toward the professional
development required under section 1527.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5157 (request no.
04091'15).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5156 (request no.
04093'15).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5159 (request no.
04122'15).
