HOUSE BILL No. 4552

 

May 5, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brett Roberts, Johnson, Jacobsen, Price, Crawford, Iden and Lauwers and referred to the Committee on Workforce and Talent Development.

 

     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) or (8), 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


required for employing a person with a teaching certificate to

 

serve as a teacher.

 

     (8) In addition to the other requirements under this section,

 

for grades 6 to 12, 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

 

of the following within 3 years after the effective date of this

 

subsection or the date the individual is initially assigned to

 

serve in that role, whichever is later:

 

     (a) Has completed a separate 45-hour course covering

 

counseling about the college preparation and selection process and

 

a separate 30-hour career counseling course. The course content and

 

curriculum for each course must be approved by the department based

 

on standards that are developed by the Michigan College Access

 

Network and approved by the department.

 

     (b) The individual has at least 3 years of experience in

 

counseling in grades 6 to 12 and has demonstrated proficiency in

 

counseling about the college preparation and selection process and

 

career counseling. Demonstrated proficiency must be determined by

 

the department based on standards that are developed by the

 

Michigan College Access Network and approved by the department.

 

     (9) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate

 

or modify rules as necessary to implement subsection (8). 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.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.