March 22, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Neeley, Elder, Sneller, Ellison, Faris and Jones and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2016 PA 192.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, and
subject to section 1233c, 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):(8):
(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) Except for teachers engaged to teach in a community
district under section 1233c, 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 Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (7), the
board of a school district or intermediate school district may
employ an individual without a teaching certificate as a substitute
teacher if the individual has at least 90 semester hours of college
credit from a college or university.
(7) For grades K to 8, if the assignment is for a period that
is not longer than 30 consecutive school days, the board of a
school district or intermediate school district may employ an
individual without a teaching certificate as a substitute teacher
if the individual has at least 60 semester hours of college credit
or an associate degree from a college, university, or community
college.
(8) (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 an individual with a teaching
certificate to serve as a teacher.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.