HB-4421, As Passed House, December 13, 2018

HB-4421, As Passed Senate, December 11, 2018

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4421

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2018 PA 236.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, and

subject to sections 1233b and 1233c, the board of a school district

or 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

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:

(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.

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.

(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 under section 1233b

and 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.~~

(5) ~~(6)~~ 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 and, for substitute teaching in~~

~~grades 9 to 12, is at least 22 years of age.~~ either of the

following requirements are met, if applicable:

(a) The individual has at least 60 semester hours of college

credit or an associate degree from a college, university, or

community college. The 60 semester hours do not need to be from the

same college, university, or community college. ~~The department~~

~~shall amend any applicable rule as necessary to be consistent with~~

~~this subsection.~~

(b) For substitute teaching a course in an industrial

technology education program or a career and technical education

program, the individual is engaged to substitute teach in a subject

matter or field in which the individual has achieved expertise, as

determined by the board of a school district or intermediate school

district and satisfies all of the following, if applicable:

(i) Has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency

certificate as defined in section 4 of the state school aid act of

1979, MCL 388.1604.

(ii) For substitute teaching in a subject matter or field in

which a professional license or certification is required, at least

1 of the following:

(A) Holds a professional license or certification in that same

subject matter or field.

(B) Previously held a professional license or certification in

that same subject matter or field that expired not more than 2

years before the noncertificated substitute teacher's initial

employment under this section and was in good standing immediately

before the license or certification expired.

(iii) Has at least 2 cumulative years of professional

experience in that same subject matter or field in the immediately

preceding 10 years.

(6) ~~(7)~~ Beginning February 6, 2020, the department shall not

renew an individual's school counselor credential unless the

department determines that, within the time period since the

individual's school counselor credential was issued or last

renewed, whichever is most recent, the individual has completed at

least 25 hours of professional development approved by the

department under subsection ~~(9)~~ (8) covering counseling about the

college preparation and selection process and at least 25 hours of

professional development approved by the department under

subsection ~~(9)~~ (8) covering career counseling. For the purposes of

this subsection, career counseling includes, but is not limited to,

exploration of military career options and 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. The hours of

professional development required under this subsection covering

career counseling ~~shall~~ must include at least 5 hours covering

military career options. The hours of professional development

required under this subsection are a part of and not in addition to

professional development requirements under department rule.

(7) ~~(8)~~ An individual may complete the professional

development hours for the purposes of subsection ~~(7)~~ (6) as part of

the professional development provided by a school district,

intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic

school under section 1527 if the content and curriculum of the

professional development provided under section 1527 are approved

by the department under subsection ~~(9).~~(8).

(8) ~~(9)~~ The department shall approve the professional

development for the purposes of subsection ~~(7).~~ (6). The department

shall only approve a professional development program or course for

the purposes of subsection ~~(7)~~ (6) if the department determines

that the content and curriculum for the professional development

meet standards that are developed by the department in consultation

with the department of talent and economic development and groups

representing school counselors, college admissions professionals,

financial aid officers, employers, and others as determined

appropriate by the department. The department shall develop these

standards by July 1, 2018 and shall facilitate the involvement in

the development of the standards of the groups required under this

subsection.

(9) ~~(10)~~ The superintendent of public instruction shall

promulgate or modify rules as necessary to implement subsections

~~(7)~~ (6) to ~~(9).~~(8).

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.