HOUSE BILL No. 5740


     May 4, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Van Woerkom, Hart, Birkholz, Julian, Gilbert, Tabor, Vear, Howell, DeRossett, Caul,
Faunce, Bishop, Pappageorge, DeWeese, Voorhees, Rocca and Jansen 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 1995 PA

   289.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1233.  (1) Except as  provided in this section and sec-

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      tion 1233b  OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, the board of a school dis-

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      trict or intermediate school district shall not permit a teacher

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      who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to teach in a

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      grade or department of the school.  , or a teacher without an

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      endorsement by the state board 

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           (2) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT SHALL NOT ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL to serve in a counseling

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      role IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, as

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      the role is defined by the  state board.  SUPERINTENDENT OF


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      PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL MEETS 1 OR MORE OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (A) THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS A VALID TEACHING CERTIFICATE WITH A

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      COUNSELING ENDORSEMENT.

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           (B) THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS AT LEAST A MASTER'S DEGREE IN GUID-

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      ANCE COUNSELING IN EDUCATION, OR AN EQUIVALENT DEGREE AS APPROVED

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      BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

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           (3)  (2)  The intermediate superintendent shall notify

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       immediately the state board  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

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      INSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY of the names of noncertificated teachers

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      teaching in violation of subsection (1) and the names of

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       nonendorsed teachers  INDIVIDUALS serving in counseling roles in

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      violation of subsection  (1)  (2), the employing district, and

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      the amount of time the noncertificated  and nonendorsed  teachers

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      OR UNQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS were employed.

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            (3) The board of a school district or intermediate school

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      district may renew through June 30, 1995 an annual vocational

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      authorization of a noncertificated vocational teacher who is

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      employed by the district or intermediate school district on June

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      1, 1987, even if a certificated teacher is available for hire, if

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      both of the following conditions are met:

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           (a) The noncertificated teacher is annually and continually

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      enrolled and completing credit in an approved vocational teacher

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      preparation program leading to vocational certification.

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           (b) The noncertificated teacher has a planned vocational

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      teacher preparation program leading to vocational certification

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      on file with the employing school district or intermediate school



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      district, his or her teacher preparation institution, and the

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      department. 

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           (4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall uti-

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      lize the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher

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      for the purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for

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      vocational certification if the annually authorized teacher is

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      supervised by the teacher preparation institution.

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           (5) All vocational education teachers certified after

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      June 1, 1995 shall pass a competency test.

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           (6) The board of a school district or intermediate school

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      district may employ a person without a teaching certificate as a

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      substitute teacher if the person has at least 90 semester hours

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      of college credit from a college or university.































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