HOUSE BILL No. 5437


     November 1, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Bradstreet, Kuipers, Meyer, Gilbert, Voorhees, Vander Veen, Hart, Hager, Gosselin, Drolet and DeWeese
and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1233b (MCL 380.1233b), as amended by 1995

   PA 289.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1233b.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), the

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      board of a local or intermediate school district OR BOARD OF

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      DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY may engage a full-time or

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      part-time noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach  a course

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      in computer science, a foreign language, mathematics, biology,

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      chemistry, engineering, physics, robotics, or in another subject

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      area determined by the state board to be appropriate to be

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      included under this section and so designated by the state board,

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      or any combination of these subject areas,  in grades  9  7




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      through 12 IF HE OR SHE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF

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      SUBSECTION (2).

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           (2) Subject to subsection (3), a noncertificated, nonen-

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      dorsed teacher is qualified to teach pursuant to this section if

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      he or she meets  all  1 OR BOTH of the following minimum

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      requirements:

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           (A) POSSESSES AN EARNED MASTER'S OR DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM AN

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      ACCREDITED POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION IN A FIELD OF STUDY RELATED

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      TO THE SUBJECT THAT HE OR SHE IS ASSIGNED TO TEACH AND MEETS ALL

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      OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (i) IS ANNUALLY AND CONTINUALLY ENROLLED AND COMPLETING

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      CREDIT IN AN ACCELERATED MASTER'S AND TRAINING TEACHER PREPARA-

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      TION COURSE THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (6), AND

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      HAS NOT BEEN ENROLLED IN THAT COURSE FOR MORE THAN 36 MONTHS.

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           (ii) IF THE TEACHER HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MASTER'S

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      AND TRAINING TEACHER PREPARATION COURSE, HE OR SHE MEETS THE SAME

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      CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO A CERTIFICATED

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      TEACHER.

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           (iii) DURING AT LEAST HIS OR HER FIRST SEMESTER OF TEACHING,

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      TEACHES UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PERIODIC EVALUATION OF A MENTOR.

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      THIS REQUIREMENT IS IN ADDITION TO THE MENTORING REQUIREMENTS

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      UNDER SECTION 1526, BUT MAY BE MET WITH THE SAME INDIVIDUAL

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      ACTING AS MENTOR.

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           (iv) THROUGHOUT THE TEACHER'S FIRST SEMESTER OF TEACHING,

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      MEETS AT LEAST WEEKLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR

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      CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY, OR HIS OR HER

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      DESIGNEE, TO ASSESS THE TEACHER'S PROGRESS.  IF THERE IS MORE



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      THAN 1 INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER THIS

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      SUBDIVISION, THESE MEETINGS SHALL BE GROUP MEETINGS.

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           (B)  (a)  Possesses an earned bachelor's degree from an

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      accredited postsecondary institution  .  AND MEETS ALL OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (i)  (b)  Has a major or a  graduate  degree in
   the field of

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       specialization  STUDY in which he or she will teach.

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           (ii) IS ANNUALLY AND CONTINUALLY ENROLLED AND COMPLETING

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      CREDIT IN AN APPROVED TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM LEADING TO A

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      TEACHING CERTIFICATE.

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           (iii)  (c)  If the teacher desires to teach for more than 1

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      year, has passed both a basic skills examination and a subject

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      area examination, if  a  AN APPLICABLE subject area examination

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      exists, in the field of specialization in which he or she will

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      teach.

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            (d) Except in the case of persons engaged to teach a for-

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      eign language, has, in the 5-year period immediately preceding

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      the date of hire, not less than 2 years of occupational

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      experience in the field of specialization in which he or she will

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      teach.

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           (3) The requirements listed in subsection (2) for a teacher

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      engaged to teach pursuant to this section shall be in addition to

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      any other requirements established by the board of a local or

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      intermediate school district OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC

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      SCHOOL ACADEMY, as applicable.

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           (4)  Except as provided in subsection (5), the  THE board of

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      a local or intermediate school district OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF



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      A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY shall not engage a full-time or part-time

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      noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach  a course described

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      in subsection (1) if  UNDER THIS SECTION UNLESS the district  is

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      able  OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY DETERMINES THAT IT IS UNABLE to

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      engage a SATISFACTORY certificated, endorsed teacher USING THE

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      RECRUITMENT METHODS IT NORMALLY USES TO RECRUIT NEW TEACHERS.

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            (5) If the board of a local or intermediate school district

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      is able to engage a certificated, endorsed teacher to teach a

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      course described in subsection (1), the local or intermediate

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      school board may employ or continue to employ a noncertificated,

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      nonendorsed teacher to teach the course if both of the following

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      conditions are met:

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           (a) The noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher is annually and

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      continually enrolled and completing credit in an approved teacher

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      preparation program leading to a provisional teaching

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      certificate.

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           (b) The noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher has a planned

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      program leading to teacher certification on file with the employ-

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      ing school district or intermediate school district, his or her

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      teacher preparation institution, and the department of

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      education.

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           (5)  (6)  If the noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher com-

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      pletes 3 years of successful classroom teaching, as determined by

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      regular observation and review by school district OR PUBLIC

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      SCHOOL ACADEMY and teacher preparation institution personnel, the

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      department  of education  and a teacher preparation institution

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      shall utilize the teaching experience of a noncertificated,



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      nonendorsed teacher for the purpose of waiving student teaching

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      as a condition for receiving a  continued employment authoriza-

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      tion in the school district and a provisional  teaching

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      certificate.

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           (6) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBSECTION (2), A MASTER'S AND

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      TRAINING TEACHER PREPARATION COURSE SHALL MEET ALL OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (A) CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 18 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS OR THE

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      EQUIVALENT OF 120 CLOCK HOURS OF STUDY.

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           (B) INCLUDES AT LEAST AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF CREDITS OR

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      HOURS OF READING INSTRUCTION AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 1531(4)

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      AND EQUIVALENT CONTENT.

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           (C) REQUIRES PASSAGE OF THE BASIC SKILLS EXAMINATION

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      DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1531.

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           (D) REQUIRES PASSAGE OF A SUBJECT AREA EXAMINATION, IF AN

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      APPLICABLE SUBJECT AREA EXAMINATION EXISTS, IN THE SUBJECT AREA

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      IN WHICH THE TEACHER HOLDS A MASTER'S OR DOCTORATE DEGREE.























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