April 28, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Talabi, Garrett, Greig, Geiss, Rutledge, Liberati, Phelps, Yanez, Brinks, Durhal, Guerra, Moss, Driskell, Chang and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Education.
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, or board of directors of a public
school academy shall not permit a teacher who does not hold a valid
teaching
certificate to teach in a grade or department of the a
public school.
(2)
The board of a school district, or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district, or board of directors of
a public school academy shall not allow an individual to serve in a
counseling
role in the school district, or intermediate school
district, or public school academy, 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, or board of directors 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 or public
school academy, 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 or board of directors of a public school academy may
employ
a person or contract for
an individual without a teaching
certificate
to serve as a substitute teacher if the person
individual has at least 90 semester hours of college credit from a
college or university. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, a
school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy shall not employ or contract for an individual to serve as
substitute teacher unless the individual has received at least 10
hours of training approved by the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy in classroom management,
instructional techniques, school district or public school academy
policies, and techniques for working with students with a
disability and pupils with an individualized education plan.
(7)
If the board of a school district, or intermediate school
board of an intermediate school district, or board of directors of
a public school academy 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, or board of directors shall comply with
sections 1230 and 1230a with respect to that individual to the same
extent as required for employing a person with a teaching
certificate to serve as a teacher.