June 10, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Spade, Polidori, Kathleen Law, Alma Smith, Gonzales, Griffin, Hopgood and Leland and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1246 and 1536 (MCL 380.1246 and 380.1536),
section 1246 as amended by 2004 PA 148 and section 1536 as added by
2006 PA 335.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1246. (1) A Except as
provided in subsection (2) and
section 1536, a school district, public school academy, or
intermediate school district shall not employ or continue to employ
a person as a superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or
other person whose primary responsibility is administering
instructional programs or as a chief business official unless the
person
has completed the continuing education requirements
prescribed
by rule under subsection (2) possesses
a valid Michigan
school administrator's certificate issued under section 1536.
(2)
The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
rules
establishing continuing education requirements as a condition
for
continued employment for persons employed in positions
described
in subsection (1). The rules shall prescribe a minimum
amount
of continuing education that shall be completed within 5
years
after initial employment and shall be completed each
subsequent
5-year period to meet the requirements of subsection (1)
for
continued employment. A school district, public school academy,
or intermediate school district may employ as a superintendent,
principal, assistant principal, or other person whose primary
responsibility is administering instructional programs or as a
chief business official a person who is enrolled in a program
leading to certification as a school administrator not later than 6
months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this sentence. A person employed as a school administrator pursuant
to this subsection has 5 years to meet the certification
requirements of section 1536, or the school district, public school
academy, or intermediate school district shall not continue to
employ the person as a school administrator.
Sec. 1536. (1) The state board shall develop a school
administrator's
certificate that may shall
be issued to all school
district and intermediate school district superintendents, school
principals, assistant principals, and other administrators whose
primary responsibility is administering instructional programs and
who meet the requirements established under subsection (3), and to
school district and intermediate school district chief business
officials who meet the requirements established under subsection
(3). An individual is not required by this section
to have a school
administrator's
certificate under this section or an endorsement
under
subsection (2) to be employed as a school administrator by a
school
district, public school academy, intermediate school
district,
or nonpublic school.
(2)
The state board also may shall
develop appropriate
certificate endorsements for school administrators, by elementary,
secondary, and central office level.
(3) The state board shall develop standards and procedures to
implement this section. The standards and procedures shall address
at least all of the following:
(a) The educational and professional experience requirements
for a certificate or endorsement under this section.
(b) Continuing education requirements for periodic
recertification.
These requirements shall be consistent with the
continuing
education requirements under section 1246.
(c) Procedures for application for and issuance of
certificates and endorsements under this section.
(d) Standards and procedures for suspension and revocation of
a certificate. These standards and procedures shall be based on the
standards and procedures for taking action against a person's
teaching certificate under section 1535a.
(4) The department shall consult and work with
appropriate
professional
organizations, primarily organizations representing
superintendents
and building-level administrators, in developing
the
standards required under this section.
(5)
For the purposes of adding 1 or more enhancement or
specialty
endorsements for a school administrator's certificate,
the
department may recognize performance-based professional
learning
programs offered by established state professional
organizations
that represent school administrators described in
subsection
(1). These programs must be approved by the department
based
on alignment with state board-approved school administrator
program
preparation standards.
(6)
As used in this section, "established state professional
organization"
means an association that has served members on a
statewide
basis for at least 10 years.
(4) The state board may provide a waiver for any person who is
not able to meet the requirements described in this section,
including a requirement that a school administrator must possess a
valid teaching certificate, due to unusual circumstances.
(5) A school administrator's certificate issued under this
section is valid for 5 years and shall be renewed upon completion
of renewal units as determined by the state board.
(6) The state board shall promulgate rules it considers
necessary to implement this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 6 months
after the date it is enacted into law.