Bill Text: MI SB0764 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; curriculum; high school to teacher program; create. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1167.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0764 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0764-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 764
January 25, 2018, Introduced by Senators HOOD, GREGORY, BIEDA, YOUNG, HOPGOOD, CONYERS, HERTEL, KNEZEK, WARREN and JOHNSON 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 1167.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1167. (1) Not later than the beginning of the 2018-2019
school year, the department shall develop and implement a training
program to provide resources and programming to pupils in grades 9
to 12 who are interested in a career in teaching and who are
members of groups that are underrepresented in the teaching
profession in this state.
(2) The department shall do all of the following with respect
to the training program developed and implemented under subsection
(1):
(a) Create a process for nomination and admission of pupils to
the program.
(b) Advertise the program.
(c) Invite postsecondary institutions in this state that
operate teacher preparation programs to participate in the training
program.
(d) Connect pupils participating in the program to
representatives of teacher preparation programs at postsecondary
institutions in this state.
(e) At least annually, conduct conferences for pupils
participating in the program in locations that are geographically
convenient for the majority of pupils attending each conference.
(f) Provide all available research and resources to pupils and
postsecondary institutions participating in the training program on
at least all of the following:
(i) Successful activities and programs for recruiting and
retaining pupils who are members of groups that are
underrepresented in the teaching profession for participation in
postsecondary teacher preparation programs.
(ii) Teacher certification.
(iii) Employment as a teacher.
(g) Promulgate rules concerning a pupil's participation in the
training program.
(3) The department shall provide an annual stipend of up to
$500.00 each school year for up to 4 school years to a pupil who
participates in the training program under subsection (2).
(4) If a pupil fails to attend a conference under subsection
(2)(e) or violates a rule promulgated under subsection (2)(g), the
pupil shall repay to the department the entire stipend awarded to
the pupil under subsection (3) for the current school year.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
