Bill Text: MI SB0902 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; counseling; requirements for employment as a middle school and high school counselor; revise. Amends sec. 1233 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-22 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0902 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0902-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 902
April 22, 2014, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE, MARLEAU and JONES and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2000 PA 288.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board
of a school district or intermediate school board of an
intermediate school district shall not permit a teacher who does
not hold a valid teaching certificate to teach in a grade or
department of the school.
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district shall not allow an
individual to serve in a counseling role in the school district or
intermediate school district, as the role is defined by the
superintendent of public instruction, unless the individual meets 1
or more of the following and the board or intermediate school board
complies with subsection (7):
(a) The individual holds a valid teaching certificate with a
school counseling endorsement.
(b) The individual meets all of the following:
(i) Holds a master's degree awarded after completion of an
approved school counselor education program that includes at least
all of the following skills and content areas or their equivalent:
(A) Guidance services--philosophy, principles, and practices.
(B) Individual and group analysis--nature and range of human
characteristics and appraisal methods.
(C) Guidance information--vocational development theory,
educational and occupational information.
(D) Counseling theory and practice--individual and group
procedures, administration and coordination relationships,
professional relationships, and ethics.
(E) Supervised experiences--laboratory, practicum, or
internship.
(F) Evaluation--statistics and research methodology, follow-up
evaluation, and measurement methods.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(iii) Has been recommended by an approved school counselor
education program to provide services as a school counselor.
(c) The individual meets both of the following:
(i) Has at least 5 years of successful experience serving in a
school counseling role in another state within the immediately
preceding 7-year period.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(3) The intermediate superintendent shall notify the
superintendent of public instruction immediately of the names of
noncertificated teachers teaching in violation of subsection (1)
and the names of individuals serving in counseling roles in
violation of subsection (2), the employing district, and the amount
of time the noncertificated teachers or unqualified individuals
were employed.
(4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall utilize
the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher for the
purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for vocational
certification if the annually authorized teacher is supervised by
the teacher preparation institution.
(5) All vocational education teachers certified after June 1,
1995 shall pass a competency test.
(6) The board of a school district or intermediate school
district may employ a person without a teaching certificate as a
substitute teacher if the person has at least 90 semester hours of
college credit from a college or university.
(7) If the board of a school district or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district chooses to employ an
individual who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to serve
in a counseling role, as permitted under subsection (2), the school
board or intermediate school board shall comply with sections 1230
and 1230a with respect to that individual to the same extent as
required for employing a person with a teaching certificate to
serve as a teacher.
(8) In addition to the other requirements under this section,
for grades 6 to 12, the board of a school district or intermediate
school board of an intermediate school district shall not allow an
individual to serve in a counseling role in the school district or
intermediate school district, as the role is defined by the
superintendent of public instruction, unless the individual has
completed a separate 45-hour course covering counseling in the
college selection process or the individual has demonstrated
proficiency in the standards for college admission counseling, as
approved by the superintendent of public instruction, within 3
years of the date the individual is assigned to serve in that role.
The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate or modify
rules as necessary to implement this subsection. This subsection
shall not apply to individuals assigned to serve in a counseling
role on or before the effective date of this subsection.
