HB-4552, As Passed House, January 13, 2016
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4552
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2000 PA 288.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board
of a school district or intermediate school board of an
intermediate school district shall not permit a teacher who does
not hold a valid teaching certificate to teach in a grade or
department of the school.
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district shall not allow an
individual to serve in a counseling role in the school district or
intermediate school district, as the role is defined by the
superintendent of public instruction, unless the individual meets 1
or
more of the following: and the board or intermediate school
board
complies with subsection (7):
(a) The individual holds a valid teaching certificate with a
school counseling endorsement.
(b) The individual meets all of the following:
(i) Holds a master's degree awarded after completion of an
approved school counselor education program that includes at least
all of the following skills and content areas or their equivalent:
(A) Guidance services--philosophy, principles, and practices.
(B) Individual and group analysis--nature and range of human
characteristics and appraisal methods.
(C) Guidance information--vocational development theory,
educational and occupational information.
(D) Counseling theory and practice--individual and group
procedures, administration and coordination relationships,
professional relationships, and ethics.
(E) Supervised experiences--laboratory, practicum, or
internship.
(F) Evaluation--statistics and research methodology, follow-up
evaluation, and measurement methods.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(iii) Has been recommended by an approved school counselor
education program to provide services as a school counselor.
(c) The individual meets both of the following:
(i) Has at least 5 years of successful experience serving in a
school counseling role in another state within the immediately
preceding 7-year period.
(ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance
counselor examination.
(3) The intermediate superintendent shall notify the
superintendent of public instruction immediately of the names of
noncertificated teachers teaching in violation of subsection (1)
and the names of individuals serving in counseling roles in
violation of subsection (2), the employing district, and the amount
of time the noncertificated teachers or unqualified individuals
were employed.
(4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall utilize
the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher for the
purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for vocational
certification if the annually authorized teacher is supervised by
the teacher preparation institution.
(5) All vocational education teachers certified after June 1,
1995 shall pass a competency test.
(6) The board of a school district or intermediate school
district may employ a person without a teaching certificate as a
substitute teacher if the person has at least 90 semester hours of
college credit from a college or university.
(7)
If the board of a school district or intermediate school
board
of an intermediate school district chooses to employ an
individual
who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to serve
in
a counseling role, as permitted under subsection (2), the school
board
or intermediate school board shall comply with sections 1230
and
1230a with respect to that individual to the same extent as
House Bill No. 4552 as amended December 16, 2015
required
for employing a person with a teaching certificate to
serve
as a teacher.
(7) Beginning January 1, 2018, the department shall not renew
an individual's school counselor credential unless the department
determines that the individual has, within the time period since
the individual's school counselor credential was issued or last
renewed, whichever is most recent, completed [as part of and not in
addition to requirements prescribed by the department] at least 25 hours of
professional development approved by the department under
subsection (9) that covers counseling about the college preparation
and selection process and at least 25 hours of professional
development covering career counseling. For the purposes of this
subsection, career counseling includes, but is not limited to,
exploration of the skilled trades as well as other careers and
pathways that lead to industry credentials awarded in recognition
of an individual's attainment of measurable technical or
occupational skills necessary to obtain employment or advance
within an occupation.
(8) An individual may complete the professional development
hours required under subsection (7) as part of the professional
development provided by a school district, intermediate school
district, public school academy, or nonpublic school under section
1527 if the content and curriculum of the professional development
provided under section 1527 are approved by the department under
subsection (9).
(9) The department shall approve the professional development
required under subsection (7). The department shall only approve a
professional development program or course for the purposes of
subsection (7) if the department determines that the content and
curriculum for the professional development meet standards that are
developed by the department in consultation with the department of
talent and economic development and groups representing school
counselors, college admissions professionals, financial aid
officers, employers, and others as determined appropriate by the
department. The department shall develop these standards by
December 1, 2016 and shall facilitate the involvement in the
development of the standards of the groups required under this
subsection.
(10) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
or modify rules as necessary to implement subsections (7) to (9).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.