HB-4069, As Passed Senate, June 12, 2018

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4069

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2017 PA 151.

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:

(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.

House Bill No. 4069 as amended June 12, 2018

(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 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 60 semester

hours of college credit or an associate degree from a college, or

university, or community college <<and, for substitute teaching in grades

9 to 12, is at least 22 years of age>>. 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.

(7) Beginning ~~2 years after the effective date of the~~

~~amendatory act that added this subsection,~~ 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) covering counseling

about the college preparation and selection process and at least 25

hours of professional development approved by the department under

subsection (9) 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 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.

(8) An individual may complete the professional development

hours for the purposes of subsection (7) 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).

(9) The department shall approve the professional development

for the purposes of subsection (7). The department shall only

approve a professional development program or course for the

purposes of subsection (7) 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.

(10) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate

or modify rules as necessary to implement subsections (7) to (9).

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.