HOUSE BILL No. 5188


     December 9, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Dennis, Schermesser and Hale 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 1531d.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1531D.  (1) IF AN APPLICANT FOR AN INITIAL TEACHING

 2    CERTIFICATE OR FOR RENEWAL OF A TEACHING CERTIFICATE DEMONSTRATES

 3    TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE STATE BOARD THAT HE OR SHE HAS COM-

 4    PLETED AT LEAST THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPUTER TRAINING SPECIFIED

 5    BY STATE BOARD RULE UNDER SUBSECTION (2), THE STATE BOARD SHALL

 6    INCLUDE ON THAT PERSON'S TEACHING CERTIFICATE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 7    THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED THIS COMPUTER TRAINING.

 8         (2) THE STATE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES SPECIFYING THE

 9    MINIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPUTER TRAINING NECESSARY TO RECEIVE AN

10    ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON A PERSON'S TEACHING CERTIFICATE UNDER

11    SUBSECTION (1).


   05016'99                                                 TAV