HOUSE BILL No. 5988

 

 

October 19, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Runestad, Hooker, Rendon, Cole, Crawford, Franz, Howrylak, Howell, Glenn, Barrett, Tedder, Vaupel and Robinson and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1230j.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1230j. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

shall ensure that an individual is not allowed to serve as a

 

student teacher in any of its schools unless the board or board of

 

directors complies with sections 1230 and 1230a with respect to

 

that individual to the same extent as would be required if the

 

board or board of directors were employing that individual.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "student teacher" means an

 

individual who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the

 


training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised

 

teaching in an elementary or secondary school.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.