SENATE BILL NO. 441


   March 16, 1999, Introduced by Senators MC COTTER and BENNETT and
        referred to the Committee on Education.



        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 1995 PA

   289.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1233.  (1) Except as  provided in this section and
             sec-

 2     tion 1233b  OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, the board of
                       a school dis-

 3    trict or intermediate school district shall not permit a teacher

 4    who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to teach in a

 5    grade or department of the school.  , or a teacher without
             an

 6     endorsement by the state board 

 7         (2) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

 8    DISTRICT SHALL NOT ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL to serve in a counseling

 9    role IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, as




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 1    the role is defined by the state boars, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL

 2    MEETS 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 3         (A) THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS A VALID TEACHING CERTIFICATE WITH A

 4    COUNSELING ENDORSEMENT.

 5         (B) THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDS AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND

 6    HAS AT LEAST 2 YEARS' EXPERIENCE AS A COUNSELOR IN THE PUBLIC OR

 7    PRIVATE SECTOR.

 8         (3)  (2)  The intermediate superintendent
             shall notify

 9     immediately  the state board IMMEDIATELY of the
             names of noncer-

10    tificated teachers teaching in violation of subsection (1) and

11    the names of  nonendorsed teachers  INDIVIDUALS
             serving in coun-

12    seling roles in violation of subsection  (1)  (2),
             the employing

13    district, and the amount of time the noncertificated  and

14     nonendorsed  teachers OR UNQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS
                       were employed.

15          (3) The board of a school district or intermediate
             school

16     district may renew through June 30, 1995 an annual
                       vocational

17     authorization of a noncertificated vocational teacher who is

18     employed by the district or intermediate school district on
                       June

19     1, 1987, even if a certificated teacher is available for
                       hire, if

20     both of the following conditions are met:

21          (a) The noncertificated teacher is annually and
                       continually

22     enrolled and completing credit in an approved vocational
                       teacher

23     preparation program leading to vocational certification.

24          (b) The noncertificated teacher has a planned
                       vocational

25     teacher preparation program leading to vocational
                       certification

26     on file with the employing school district or intermediate
                       school





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 1    district, his or her teacher preparation institution, and
             the

 2     department. 

 3         (4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall uti-

 4    lize the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher

 5    for the purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for

 6    vocational certification if the annually authorized teacher is

 7    supervised by the teacher preparation institution.

 8         (5) All vocational education teachers certified after

 9    June 1, 1995 shall pass a competency test.

10         (6) The board of a school district or intermediate school

11    district may employ a person without a teaching certificate as a

12    substitute teacher if the person has at least 90 semester hours

13    of college credit from a college or university.































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