Bill Text: MI SB0727 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; teachers; interim teaching certificate; modify certain criteria. Amends sec. 1531i of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1531i).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-10 - Assigned Pa 0106'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0727 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0727-Engrossed.html
SB-0727, As Passed House, March 21, 2018
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 727
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 an
individual to earn an interim
teaching
certificate under this section that qualifies the person
individual 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 grant an interim
teaching
certificate to a person an
individual 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) Its participants have a cohort 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, upon
earning the degree required under subdivision (b). If a cohort
member has earned more than 1 degree required under subdivision
(b), the highest grade point average earned by the cohort member
must be used in calculating the cohort grade point average under
this subparagraph.
(iv) (iii) Accepts
for participation only persons individuals
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 An individual earning a provisional Michigan
teaching certificate using the process under this section will be
subject to provisions of administrative rules governing teachers,
as established by the superintendent of public instruction.
(4)
A person An individual 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 an
individual holding a
Michigan teaching certificate issued under section 1531 if all of
the following requirements are met:
(a)
While the person individual
is teaching under an interim
teaching certificate, the school district or public school academy
in
which the person individual
is teaching provides intensive
observation and coaching in a manner and to the extent prescribed
by the superintendent of public instruction.
(b)
The person individual 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 an
individual a Michigan teaching
certificate
issued under section 1531 after the person individual
has demonstrated satisfactory teaching performance for 3 years
under an interim teaching certificate and has met the requirements
established by the superintendent of public instruction for a
Michigan teaching certificate.
(6) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
rules that he or she considers necessary to implement this section.
(7)
As used in this section: , "basic skills examination",
"elementary
(a) "Cohort" means all of the individuals enrolled in an
alternative teaching program approved by the superintendent of
public instruction for the 3 years immediately preceding the
granting of an interim teaching certificate under this section to
an individual enrolled in the alternative teaching program.
(b)
"Elementary certification
examination" , and
"subject area
examination" mean those terms as defined in section 1531.
