May 24, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Heise, Scott and Olson and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1536 (MCL 380.1536), as amended by 2009 PA 205,
and by adding section 1246a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1246a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(2), the board of a school district or intermediate school district
shall not employ a superintendent of the school district or
intermediate school district at a salary that exceeds the salary of
the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) If an employment contract that provides a salary for the
superintendent of a school district or intermediate school district
is in effect as of the effective date of this section, and if that
salary is not in compliance with subsection (1), then subsection
(1) does not apply to that school district or intermediate school
district until after the expiration of that employment contract.
(3) The state board shall post the salary of the
superintendent of public instruction on its website and shall
promptly update that posting if that salary changes.
Sec. 1536. (1) The state board shall develop a school
administrator's certificate that 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). An
individual described in section 1246(1)(a) 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 shall develop appropriate certificate
endorsements for school administrators, by elementary, secondary,
and central office level.
(3)
The Subject to subsection
(4), the state board shall
develop standards, and the superintendent of public instruction
shall develop 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 educational and professional experience requirements
for a school administrator's certificate at the central office
level shall meet all of the following:
(a) Shall not require any educational attainment beyond a
master's degree.
(b) Shall allow a certificate to be issued to an individual
without regard to the type or subject area of the individual's
master's degree.
(c) Shall allow a certificate to be issued to an individual
who possesses an earned professional degree or other degree that
the state board determines to be equivalent to a master's degree.
(d) Shall not limit professional experience requirements to
experience in K-12 education, and shall allow a certificate to be
issued to an individual with appropriate experience in business or
another profession.
(5) (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. The department shall
ensure that the standards are revised as necessary to comply with
subsection (4).
(6) (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.
(7) (6)
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 superintendent of public
instruction.
(8) (7)
The department shall recognize
alternative pathways to
earning the basic school administrator's certificate based on
experience or alternative preparation, or both, if the alternative
certification program is submitted by an established state
professional organization and meets criteria set forth by state
board approved school administrator program preparation standards.
(9) (8)
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.