Bill Text: MI HB5620 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; employees; administrative certification for school administrators; require. Amends secs. 1246 & 1536 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1246 & 380.1536).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-02 - Printed Bill Filed 12/02/2009 [HB5620 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5620-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5620
December 1, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Valentine and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1246 and 1536 (MCL 380.1246 and 380.1536),
section 1246 as amended by 2004 PA 148 and section 1536 as added by
2006 PA 335.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1246. (1) A Except as
provided in subsection (2) and
section 1536, a school district, public school academy, or
intermediate school district shall not employ or continue to employ
a person as a superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or
other person whose primary responsibility is administering
instructional programs or as a chief business official unless the
person
has completed the continuing education requirements
prescribed
by rule under subsection (2) possesses
a valid Michigan
school administrator's certificate issued under section 1536.
(2)
The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
rules
establishing continuing education requirements as a condition
for
continued employment for persons employed in positions
described
in subsection (1). The rules shall prescribe a minimum
amount
of continuing education that shall be completed within 5
years
after initial employment and shall be completed each
subsequent
5-year period to meet the requirements of subsection (1)
for
continued employment. A school district, public school academy,
or intermediate school district may employ as a superintendent,
principal, assistant principal, or other person whose primary
responsibility is administering instructional programs or as a
chief business official a person who is enrolled in a program
leading to certification as a school administrator not later than 6
months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this sentence or 6 months after he or she begins the employment,
whichever is later. A person employed as a school administrator
pursuant to this subsection has 3 years to meet the certification
requirements of section 1536, or the school district, public school
academy, or intermediate school district shall not continue to
employ the person as a school administrator.
Sec.
1536. (1) The state board superintendent
of public
instruction shall develop a school administrator's certificate that
may
shall be issued to all school district and
intermediate school
district superintendents, school principals, assistant principals,
and other administrators whose primary responsibility is
administering instructional programs and who meet the requirements
established under subsection (3), and to school district and
intermediate school district chief business officials who meet the
requirements
established under subsection (3). An
individual is not
required
by this section to have a school administrator's
certificate
under this section or an endorsement under subsection
(2)
to be employed as a school administrator by a school district,
public
school academy, intermediate school district, or nonpublic
school.
(2)
The state board superintendent
of public instruction also
may
shall develop appropriate certificate endorsements for
school
administrators, by elementary, secondary, and central office level.
(3) The state board shall develop standards, and the
superintendent of public instruction shall develop procedures, to
implement this section. The standards and procedures shall address
at least all of the following:
(a) The educational and professional experience requirements
for a certificate or endorsement under this section.
(b) Continuing education requirements for periodic
recertification.
These requirements shall be consistent with the
continuing
education requirements under section 1246.
(c) Procedures for application for and issuance of
certificates and endorsements under this section.
(d) Standards and procedures for suspension and revocation of
a certificate. These standards and procedures shall be based on the
standards and procedures for taking action against a person's
teaching certificate under section 1535a.
(4) The department shall consult and work with appropriate
professional
organizations, primarily including
organizations
representing superintendents and building-level administrators, in
developing the standards required under this section.
(5)
For the purposes of adding 1 or more enhancement or
specialty
endorsements for a school
administrator's certificate,
the department may recognize performance-based professional
learning
programs offered by established state professional
organizations that represent or develop school administrators
described in subsection (1). These programs must be approved by the
department based on alignment with state board-approved school
administrator program preparation standards.
(6)
As used in this section, "established state professional
organization"
means an association that has served members on a
statewide
basis for at least 10 years.
(6) A school administrator's certificate issued under this
section is valid for 5 years and shall be renewed upon completion
of renewal units as determined by the superintendent of public
instruction.
(7) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
rules he or she considers necessary to implement this section.
