SUBSTITUTE TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS H.B. 4421 (H-1):
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 4421 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Holly Hughes
House Committee: Education Reform
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Revised School Code to expand the situations in which school districts and intermediate school districts may hire individuals without a teaching certificate as substitute teachers.
Under the Code, the board of a school district or intermediate school district (ISD) may employ an individual without a teaching certificate as a substitute teacher if the individual has 90 or more semester hours of college credit from a college or university.
Under the bill, the board of a school district or ISD also could employ an individual without a teaching certificate as a substitute teacher if the individual were employed to teach in a subject matter or field in which he or she had achieved expertise, as determined by the board of a school district or ISD. The individual would have to have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate and satisfy either of the following:
-- Hold a professional license or certification issued by the State in the same subject matter or field.
-- Previously held a professional license or certification issued by the State in the same subject matter or field that expired not more than two years before the start of employment as a substitute teacher and was in good standing immediately before the license or certification expired.
The bill would take effect 90 days after it was enacted.
MCL 380.1233 Legislative Analyst: Nathan Leaman
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local Government.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.