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.
(C) Guidance information--vocational development theory,
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.
(c) The individual meets both of the following:
(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.