SB-0965, As Passed Senate, December 2, 2009

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 965

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1531i.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1531i. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall

establish a process for a person to earn an interim teaching

certificate under this section that qualifies the person to teach

in the public schools and to earn a provisional teaching

certificate using the process under this section. The process shall

meet all applicable requirements for an alternative teaching

certification process under the no child left behind act of 2001,

Public Law 107-110.

Senate Bill No. 965 as amended December 2, 2009

     (2) The process established under subsection (1) shall provide

that the superintendent of public instruction will grant an interim

teaching certificate to a person who is determined by the

superintendent of public instruction to meet all of the following:

     (a) Is a participant in an alternative teaching program that

is approved by the superintendent of public instruction. To be

approved, a program provider shall demonstrate to the satisfaction

of the superintendent of public instruction that it meets <<at least>>

all of

the following:

     (i) Provides for its participants an intensive training program

in teaching that is determined by the superintendent of public

instruction to constitute the equivalent of at least 12 college

credit hours and that includes training in at least all of the

following subject areas:

     (A) Child development or child psychology.

     (B) Family and community relationships.

     (C) Diverse learners.

     (D) Instructional strategies.

     (E) A form of field-based experience in a classroom setting.

     (ii) Accepts for participation only persons who meet the

requirements of subdivision (b).

     (b) Holds a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited

college or university with a grade point average of at least 2.75

on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent on another scale, as determined by

the superintendent of public instruction.

     (c) Passes applicable examinations as follows:

     (i) For teaching at the secondary level under an interim

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teaching certificate, passes both the basic skills examination and

the appropriate available subject area examination for each subject

area in which he or she is qualified to be certificated. <<

(3) a person earning a provisional certificate under this

section will be subject to provisions of administrative rules

governing teachers, as established by the superintendent of public instruction.

(4)>> A person who possesses an interim teaching certificate

under this section may be employed to teach in a public school in

the same manner as a person holding a Michigan teaching certificate

issued under section 1531 if all of the following requirements are

met:

     (a) While the person is teaching under an interim teaching

certificate, the school district or public school academy in which

the person is teaching provides intensive observation and coaching

in a manner and to the extent prescribed by the superintendent of

public instruction.

     (b) The person is making satisfactory progress toward meeting

the requirements for being awarded a Michigan teaching certificate

under section 1531, as established by the state board under

Senate Bill No. 965 as amended December 2, 2009

subsection (4).

<<(5)>> The state board shall develop standards for granting a

person a Michigan teaching certificate issued under section 1531

after the person has demonstrated satisfactory teaching performance

for <<3>> years under an interim teaching certificate.

<<(6)>> The superintendent of public instruction or state board,

as applicable, shall promulgate rules considered necessary to

implement this section.

<<(7)>> As used in this section, "basic skills examination",

"elementary certification examination", and "subject area

examination" mean those terms as defined in section 1531.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) Senate Bill No. 638.

     (b) Senate Bill No. 925.

     (c) Senate Bill No. 926.

     (d) Senate Bill No. 981.

     (e) Senate Bill No. 982.

     (f) Senate Bill No. 994.