HB-5476, As Passed Senate, March 16, 2004                                   

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5476

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

"The revised school code,"                                                  

by amending sections 1535a and 1539b (MCL 380.1535a and                     

380.1539b), as amended by 1995 PA 289; and to repeal acts and               

parts of acts.                                                              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 1535a.  (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a person who                 

2   holds a teaching certificate that is valid in this state  is has           

3   been convicted of a crime described in this subsection, within 10           

4   working days after receiving notice of the conviction the  state            

5   board superintendent of public instruction shall notify the                

6   person in writing that his or her teaching certificate may be               

7   suspended because of the conviction and of his or her right to a            

8   hearing before the  state board superintendent of public                   

9   instruction.  The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case            

1   under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL           

2   24.201 to 24.328. If the person does not avail himself or herself           

3   of this right to a hearing within  30 15 working days after                

4   receipt of this written notification, the teaching certificate of           

5   that person shall be suspended.  If a hearing takes place, the              

6   state board superintendent of public instruction shall complete           

7   the proceedings and make a final decision and order within 120              

8   working days after receiving the request for a hearing.  Subject            

9   to subsection (2), the superintendent of public instruction may             

10  suspend the person's teaching certificate based upon the issues             

11  and evidence presented at the hearing.  This subsection applies             

12  to any of the following crimes:                                             

13      (a) Any felony.                                                             

14      (b) Any of the following misdemeanors:                                      

15                                                                               (i) Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree or an                              

16  attempt to commit criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.             

17      (ii) Child abuse in the third or fourth degree or an attempt                 

18  to commit child abuse in the third or fourth degree.                        

19      (iii) A misdemeanor involving cruelty, torture, or indecent                  

20  exposure involving a child.                                                 

21      (iv) A misdemeanor violation of section 7410 of the public                   

22  health code,  Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being                 

23  section 333.7410 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL            

24  333.7410.                                                                   

25      (v) A violation of section 115, 141a, 145a, 335a, or 359 of                 

26  the Michigan penal code,  Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931,           

27  being sections 750.115, 750.141a, 750.145a, and 750.359 of the              

1   Michigan Compiled Laws 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.115, 750.141a,                 

2   750.145a, 750.335a, and 750.359, or a misdemeanor violation of              

3   section 81, 81a, or  145c of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of              

4   1931, being sections 750.81, 750.81a, and 750.145c of the                   

5   Michigan Compiled Laws 145d of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA            

6   328, MCL 750.81, 750.81a, and 750.145d.                                     

7       (vi) A misdemeanor violation of section  33 of the Michigan                  

8   liquor control act, Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of the Extra               

9   Session of 1933, being section 436.33 of the Michigan Compiled              

10  Laws 701 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA              

11  58, MCL 436.1701.                                                           

12      (2) If a person who holds a teaching certificate that is                    

13  valid in this state  is has been convicted of a crime described            

14  in this subsection, the  state board superintendent of public              

15  instruction shall find that the public health, safety, or welfare           

16  requires emergency action and shall order summary suspension of             

17  the person's teaching certificate under section 92 of the                   

18  administrative procedures act of 1969,  Act No. 306 of the Public           

19  Acts of 1969, being section 24.292 of the Michigan Compiled Laws

20  1969 PA 306, MCL 24.292, and shall subsequently provide an                  

21  opportunity for a hearing as provided under that section.                   

22  However, if a person convicted of a crime described in this                

23  subsection is incarcerated in a state correctional facility, the            

24  state board may delay ordering the summary suspension until not             

25  later than 10 work days after the person is released from secure            

26  confinement.  This subsection does not limit the  state board's

27  superintendent of public instruction's ability to order summary             

1   suspension of a person's teaching certificate for a reason other            

2   than described in this subsection.  This subsection applies to              

3   conviction of any of the following crimes:                                  

4       (a) Criminal sexual conduct in any degree, assault with                     

5   intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, or an attempt to commit           

6   criminal sexual conduct in any degree.                                      

7       (b) Felonious assault on a child, child abuse in  any the                  

8   first degree, or an attempt to commit child abuse in  any the              

9   first degree.                                                               

10      (c) Cruelty, torture, or indecent exposure involving a                      

11  child.                                                                      

12      (d) A violation of section 7401(2)(a)(i), 7403(2)(a)(i),                     

13  7410, or 7416 of the public health code,  Act No. 368 of the                

14  Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.7401, 333.7403, 333.7410,           

15  and 333.7416 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL                

16  333.7401, 333.7403, 333.7410, and 333.7416.                                 

17      (e) A violation of section 83, 89, 91, 145a, 316, 317, or 529               

18  of the Michigan penal code,  Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of              

19  1931, being sections 750.83, 750.89, 750.91, 750.316, 750.317,              

20  and 750.529 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1931 PA 328, MCL                 

21  750.83, 750.89, 750.91, 750.145a, 750.316, 750.317, and 750.529,            

22  or a felony violation of section 145d of the Michigan penal code,           

23  1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145d.                                                  

24  (f) Any other crime listed in subsection (1), if the                        

25  superintendent of public instruction determines the public                  

26  health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action based on the           

27  circumstances underlying the conviction.                                    

1       (3) The superintendent of public instruction after a hearing                

2   shall not take action against a person's teaching certificate               

3   under subsection (1) or (2) unless the superintendent of public             

4   instruction finds that the conviction is reasonably and adversely           

5   related to the person's present fitness to serve in an elementary           

6   or secondary school in this state or that the conviction                    

7   demonstrates that the person is unfit to teach in an elementary             

8   or secondary school in this state.  Further, the superintendent             

9   of public instruction may take action against a person's teaching           

10  certificate under subsection (1) or (2) based on a conviction               

11  that occurred before the effective date of the amendatory act               

12  that added this subsection if the superintendent of public                  

13  instruction finds that the conviction is reasonably and adversely           

14  related to the person's present fitness to serve in an elementary           

15  or secondary school in this state or that the conviction                    

16  demonstrates that the person is unfit to teach in an elementary             

17  or secondary school in this state.

18  (4)  (3)  After the completion of a person's sentence, the                  

19  person may request a hearing before the  state board

20  superintendent of public instruction on reinstatement of his or             

21  her teaching certificate.  Based upon the issues and evidence               

22  presented at the hearing, the  state board superintendent of               

23  public instruction may reinstate, continue the suspension of, or            

24  permanently revoke the person's teaching certificate.  The                  

25  superintendent of public instruction shall not reinstate a                  

26  person's teaching certificate unless the superintendent of public           

27  instruction finds that the person is currently fit to serve in an           

1   elementary or secondary school in this state and that                       

2   reinstatement of the person's teaching certificate will not                 

3   adversely affect the health, safety, and welfare of pupils.

4   (5)  (4)  All of the following apply to a person described in               

5   this section whose conviction is reversed upon final appeal:                

6       (a) The person's teaching certificate shall be reinstated                   

7   upon his or her notification to the  state board superintendent            

8   of public instruction of the reversal.                                      

9       (b) If the suspension of the person's teaching certificate                  

10  under this section was the sole cause of his or her discharge               

11  from employment, the person shall be reinstated, upon his or her            

12  notification to the appropriate local or intermediate school                

13  board of the reversal, with full rights and benefits, to the                

14  position he or she would have had if he or she had been                     

15  continuously employed.                                                      

16  (6)  (5) The Not later than 15 days after the date of the                  

17  conviction, the prosecuting attorney  of the county in charge of           

18  a case in which a person who holds a teaching certificate was               

19  convicted of a crime described in subsection (1) or (2) and the             

20  court that convicted the person shall notify the  state board

21  superintendent of public instruction, and any public school,                

22  school district, intermediate school district, or nonpublic                 

23  school in which the person is employed, of that conviction, of              

24  the name and address of the person convicted, and of the sentence           

25  imposed on the person.   The A prosecuting attorney  of each               

26  county shall inquire of each person convicted in the county in             

27  charge of a case in which a person is convicted of a crime                  

1   described in subsection (1) or (2) and a court that convicts a              

2   person of a crime described in subsection (1) or (2) shall                  

3   inquire whether the person holds a teaching certificate.                    

4   (7) Not later than 5 working days after receiving                           

5   notification of a person's conviction from the prosecuting                  

6   attorney or the court under subsection (6), the superintendent of           

7   public instruction shall request the court that convicted the               

8   person to provide a certified copy of the judgment of conviction            

9   and sentence to the superintendent of public instruction and                

10  shall pay any fees required by the court.  The court shall                  

11  provide this certified copy within 5 working days after receiving           

12  the request and fees under this section.

13  (8)  (6)  If the superintendent of a school district or                     

14  intermediate school district, the chief administrative officer of           

15  a nonpublic school, the president of the board of a school                  

16  district or intermediate school district, or the president of the           

17  governing board of a nonpublic school is notified by a                      

18  prosecuting attorney or court or learns through an authoritative            

19  source that a person who holds a teaching certificate and who is            

20  employed  at the time  by the school district, intermediate                 

21  school district, or nonpublic school has been convicted of a                

22  crime described in subsection (1) or (2), the superintendent,               

23  chief administrative officer, or board president shall notify the           

24  state board superintendent of public instruction of that                  

25  conviction within 15 days after learning of the conviction.                 

26  (7) If a person convicted of a crime described in subsection                

27  (2) is incarcerated in a state correctional facility and the                

1   state board delays summary suspension as described in subsection            

2   (2), the state board shall contact the department of corrections            

3   and request to be notified before the person is released from               

4   secure confinement.  Upon receipt of that request, the department           

5   of corrections shall notify the state board at least 30 work days           

6   before the person is released from secure confinement.

7   (9)  (8)  For the purposes of this section, a certified copy                

8   of the  court record judgment of conviction and sentence is                

9   conclusive evidence of conviction of a crime described in this              

10  section.  For the purposes of this section, conviction of a crime           

11  described in this  subsection section is considered to be                  

12  reasonably and adversely related to the ability of the person to            

13  serve in an elementary or secondary school and is sufficient                

14  grounds for suspension or revocation of the person's teaching               

15  certificate.                                                                

16  (10) For any hearing under subsection (1), if the                           

17  superintendent of public instruction does not complete the                  

18  hearing procedures and make a final decision and order within 120           

19  working days after receiving the request for the hearing, as                

20  required under subsection (1), the superintendent of public                 

21  instruction shall submit a report detailing the reasons for the             

22  delay to the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees           

23  of the senate and house of representatives that have jurisdiction           

24  over education and education appropriations.  The failure of the            

25  superintendent of public instruction to complete the hearing                

26  procedures and make a final decision and order within this 120              

27  working day time limit, or the failure of any other official or             

1   agency to meet a time limit prescribed in this section, does not            

2   affect the validity of an action taken under this section                   

3   affecting a person's teaching certificate.

4   (11) Beginning 3 months after the effective date of the                     

5   amendatory act that added this subsection, the superintendent of            

6   public instruction shall submit to the legislature a quarterly              

7   report of all final actions he or she has taken under this                  

8   section affecting a person's teaching certificate during the                

9   preceding quarter.  The report shall contain at least all of the            

10  following with respect to each person whose teaching certificate            

11  has been affected:                                                          

12  (a) The person's name, as it appears on the teaching                        

13  certificate.                                                                

14      (b) The school district, intermediate school district, public               

15  school academy, or nonpublic school in which the person was                 

16  employed at the time of the conviction, if any.                             

17      (c) The offense for which the person was convicted and the                  

18  date of the offense and date of the conviction.                             

19      (d) Whether the action taken by the superintendent of public                

20  instruction was a summary suspension, suspension due to failure             

21  to request a hearing, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of           

22  the teaching certificate.                                                   

23      (12) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of the                

24  amendatory act that added this subsection, the superintendent of            

25  public instruction shall submit to the legislature an inventory             

26  report with information on all final actions taken under this               

27  section for the time period from March 30, 1988 until the                   

1   effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.            

2   The report shall contain at least all of the information required           

3   in the quarterly report under subsection (11) with respect to               

4   each person whose teaching certificate was affected during that             

5   time period.  If the superintendent of public instruction                   

6   determines that the information required for the report is not              

7   available for any portion of that time period, the superintendent           

8   of public instruction shall include with the report a detailed              

9   explanation of the information that is not available and the                

10  reasons why the information is not available.

11  (13)  (9)  This section does not do any of the following:                   

12      (a) Prohibit a person who holds a teaching certificate from                 

13  seeking monetary compensation from a school board or intermediate           

14  school board if that right is available under a collective                  

15  bargaining agreement or another statute.                                    

16      (b) Limit the rights and powers granted to a school district                

17  or intermediate school district under a collective bargaining               

18  agreement, this act, or another statute to discipline or                    

19  discharge a person who holds a teaching certificate.                        

20  (c) Exempt a person who holds a teaching certificate from                   

21  the operation of section 1539a if the person also holds a school            

22  administrator's certificate.

23  (14)  (10)  The  state board superintendent of public                      

24  instruction may promulgate, as necessary, rules to implement this           

25  section pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969,              

26  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to           

27  24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to            

1   24.328.                                                                     

2   (15)  (11)  As used in this section:                                        

3       (a) "Conviction" means a judgment entered by a court upon a                 

4   plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or              

5   upon a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty             

6   or guilty but mentally ill.                                                 

7       (b)  "State correctional facility" means a correctional                     

8   facility under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections

9   "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney for a                 

10  county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the                 

11  attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant                 

12  attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in                    

13  connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an               

14  attorney for the political subdivision that enacted the ordinance           

15  upon which the violation is based.                                          

16      Sec. 1539b.  (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a person who                 

17  holds state board approval  is has been convicted of a crime               

18  described in this subsection, within 10 working days after                  

19  receiving notice of the conviction the  state board

20  superintendent of public instruction shall notify the person in             

21  writing that his or her state board approval may be suspended               

22  because of the conviction and of his or her right to a hearing              

23  before the  state board superintendent of public instruction.              

24  The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case under the                

25  administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to           

26  24.328. If the person does not avail himself or herself of this             

27  right to a hearing within  30 15 working days after receipt of             

1   this written notification, the person's state board approval                

2   shall be suspended.  If a hearing takes place, the  state board

3   superintendent of public instruction shall complete the                     

4   proceedings and make a final decision and order within 120                  

5   working days after receiving the request for a hearing.  Subject            

6   to subsection (2), the superintendent of public instruction may             

7   suspend the person's state board approval, based upon the issues            

8   and evidence presented at the hearing.  This subsection applies             

9   to any of the following crimes:                                             

10      (a) Any felony.                                                             

11      (b) Any of the following misdemeanors:                                      

12                                                                               (i) Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree or an                              

13  attempt to commit criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.             

14      (ii) Child abuse in the third or fourth degree or an attempt                 

15  to commit child abuse in the third or fourth degree.                        

16      (iii) A misdemeanor involving cruelty, torture, or indecent                  

17  exposure involving a child.                                                 

18      (iv) A misdemeanor violation of section 7410 of the public                   

19  health code,  Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being                 

20  section 333.7410 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL            

21  333.7410.                                                                   

22      (v) A violation of section 115, 141a, 145a, 335a, or 359 of                 

23  the Michigan penal code,  Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931,           

24  being sections 750.115, 750.141a, 750.145a, and 750.359 of the              

25  Michigan Compiled Laws 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.115, 750.141a,                 

26  750.145a, 750.335a, and 750.359, or a misdemeanor violation of              

27  section 81, 81a, or  145c of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of              

1   1931, being sections 750.81, 750.81a, and 750.145c of the                   

2   Michigan Compiled Laws 145d of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA            

3   328, MCL 750.81, 750.81a, and 750.145d.                                     

4       (vi) A misdemeanor violation of section  33 of the Michigan                  

5   liquor control act, Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of the Extra               

6   Session of 1933, being section 436.33 of the Michigan Compiled              

7   Laws 701 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA              

8   58, MCL 436.1701.                                                           

9       (2) If a person who holds state board approval  is has been

10  convicted of a crime described in this subsection, the  state               

11  board superintendent of public instruction shall find that the             

12  public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action and             

13  shall order summary suspension of the person's state board                  

14  approval under section 92 of the administrative procedures act of           

15  1969,  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being                        

16  section 24.292 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1969 PA 306, MCL              

17  24.292, and shall subsequently provide an opportunity for a                 

18  hearing as required under that section.   However, if a person              

19  convicted of a crime described in this subsection is incarcerated           

20  in a state correctional facility, the state board may delay                 

21  ordering the summary suspension until not later than 10 work days           

22  after the person is released from secure confinement.  This                 

23  subsection does not limit the  state board's superintendent of             

24  public instruction's ability to order summary suspension of a               

25  person's state board approval for a reason other than described             

26  in this subsection.  This subsection applies to conviction of any           

27  of the following crimes:                                                    

1       (a) Criminal sexual conduct in any degree, assault with                     

2   intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, or an attempt to commit           

3   criminal sexual conduct in any degree.                                      

4       (b) Felonious assault on a child, child abuse in  any the                  

5   first degree, or an attempt to commit child abuse in  any the              

6   first degree.                                                               

7       (c) Cruelty, torture, or indecent exposure involving a                      

8   child.                                                                      

9       (d) A violation of section 7401(2)(a)(i), 7403(2)(a)(i),                     

10  7410, or 7416 of the public health code,  Act No. 368 of the                

11  Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.7401, 333.7403, 333.7410,           

12  and 333.7416 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL                

13  333.7401, 333.7403, 333.7410, and 333.7416.                                 

14      (e) A violation of section 83, 89, 91, 145a, 316, 317, or                   

15  529 of the Michigan penal code,  Act No. 328 of the Public Acts             

16  of 1931, being sections 750.83, 750.89, 750.91, 750.316, 750.317,           

17  and 750.529 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1931 PA 328, MCL                 

18  750.83, 750.89, 750.91, 750.145a, 750.316, 750.317, and 750.529,            

19  or a felony violation of section 145d of the Michigan penal code,           

20  1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145d.                                                  

21  (f) Any other crime listed in subsection (1), if the                        

22  superintendent of public instruction determines the public                  

23  health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action based on the           

24  circumstances underlying the conviction.                                    

25      (3) The superintendent of public instruction after a hearing                

26  shall not take action against a person's state board approval               

27  under subsection (1) or (2) unless the superintendent of public             

1   instruction finds that the conviction is reasonably and adversely           

2   related to the person's present fitness to serve in an elementary           

3   or secondary school in this state or that the conviction                    

4   demonstrates that the person is unfit to teach in an elementary             

5   or secondary school in this state.  Further, the superintendent             

6   of public instruction may take action against a person's state              

7   board approval under subsection (1) or (2) based on a conviction            

8   that occurred before the effective date of the amendatory act               

9   that added this subsection if the superintendent of public                  

10  instruction finds that the conviction is reasonably and adversely           

11  related to the person's present fitness to serve in an elementary           

12  or secondary school in this state.

13  (4)  (3)  After the completion of the person's sentence, the                

14  person may request a hearing before the  state board

15  superintendent of public instruction on reinstatement of his or             

16  her state board approval.  Based upon the issues and evidence               

17  presented at the hearing, the  state board superintendent of               

18  public instruction may reinstate, continue the suspension of, or            

19  permanently revoke the person's state board approval.  The                  

20  superintendent of public instruction shall not reinstate a                  

21  person's state board approval unless the superintendent of public           

22  instruction finds that the person is currently fit to serve in an           

23  elementary or secondary school in this state and that                       

24  reinstatement of the person's state board approval will not                 

25  adversely affect the health, safety, and welfare of pupils.

26  (5)  (4)  All of the following apply to a person described                  

27  in this section whose conviction is reversed upon final appeal:             

1       (a) The person's state board approval shall be reinstated                   

2   upon his or her notification to the  state board superintendent            

3   of public instruction of the reversal.                                      

4       (b) If the suspension of the state board approval was the                   

5   sole cause of his or her discharge from employment, the person              

6   shall be reinstated upon his or her notification to the                     

7   appropriate local or intermediate school board of the reversal,             

8   with full rights and benefits, to the position he or she would              

9   have had if he or she had been continuously employed.                       

10  (6)  (5) The Not later than 15 days after the date of the                  

11  conviction, the prosecuting attorney  of the county in charge of           

12  a case in which a person who holds state board approval was                 

13  convicted of a crime described in subsection (1) or (2) and the             

14  court that convicted the person shall notify the  state board

15  superintendent of public instruction, and any public school,                

16  school district, intermediate school district, or nonpublic                 

17  school in which the person is employed, of that conviction, of              

18  the name and address of the person convicted, and of the sentence           

19  imposed on the person.   The A prosecuting attorney  of each               

20  county shall inquire of each person convicted in the county in             

21  charge of a case in which a person is convicted of a crime                  

22  described in subsection (1) or (2), and a court that convicts a             

23  person of a crime described in subsection (1) or (2) shall                  

24  inquire whether the person holds state board approval.  The                 

25  state board superintendent of public instruction shall make               

26  available to prosecuting attorneys and courts a list of school              

27  occupations that commonly require state board approval.                     

1   (7) Not later than 5 working days after receiving                           

2   notification of a person's conviction from the prosecuting                  

3   attorney or the court under subsection (6), the superintendent of           

4   public instruction shall request the court that convicted the               

5   person to provide a certified copy of the judgment of conviction            

6   and sentence to the superintendent of public instruction and                

7   shall pay any fees required by the court.  The court shall                  

8   provide this certified copy within 5 working days after receiving           

9   the request and fees under this section.

10  (8)  (6)  If the superintendent of a school district or                     

11  intermediate school district, the chief administrative officer of           

12  a nonpublic school, the president of the board of a school                  

13  district or intermediate school district, or the president of the           

14  governing board of a nonpublic school is notified by a                      

15  prosecuting attorney or court or learns through an authoritative            

16  source that a person who holds state board approval and who is              

17  employed  at the time  by the school district, intermediate                 

18  school district, or nonpublic school has been convicted of a                

19  crime described in subsection (1) or (2), the superintendent,               

20  chief administrative officer, or board president shall notify the           

21  state board superintendent of public instruction of that                  

22  conviction within 15 days after learning of the conviction.                 

23  (7) If a person convicted of a crime described in                           

24  subsection (2) is incarcerated in a state correctional facility             

25  and the state board delays summary suspension as described in               

26  subsection (2), the state board shall contact the department of             

27  corrections and request to be notified before the person is                 

1   released from secure confinement.  Upon receipt of that request,            

2   the department of corrections shall notify the state board at               

3   least 30 work days before the person is released from secure                

4   confinement.

5   (9)  (8)  For the purposes of this section, a certified copy                

6   of the  court record judgment of conviction and sentence is                

7   conclusive evidence of conviction of a crime described in this              

8   section.  For the purposes of this section, conviction of a crime           

9   described in this  subsection section is considered to be                  

10  reasonably and adversely related to the ability of the person to            

11  serve in an elementary or secondary school and is sufficient                

12  grounds for suspension or revocation of the person's state board            

13  approval.                                                                   

14  (10) For any hearing under subsection (1), if the                           

15  superintendent of public instruction does not complete the                  

16  hearing procedures and make a final decision and order within 120           

17  working days after receiving the request for the hearing, as                

18  required under subsection (1), the superintendent of public                 

19  instruction shall submit a report detailing the reasons for the             

20  delay to the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees           

21  of the senate and house of representatives that have jurisdiction           

22  over education and education appropriations.  The failure of the            

23  superintendent of public instruction to complete the hearing                

24  procedures and make a final decision and order within this 120              

25  working day time limit, or the failure of any other official or             

26  agency to meet a time limit prescribed in this section, does not            

27  affect the validity of an action taken under this section                   

1   affecting a person's state board approval.

2   (11) Beginning 3 months after the effective date of the                     

3   amendatory act that added this subsection, the superintendent of            

4   public instruction shall submit to the legislature a quarterly              

5   report of all final actions he or she has taken under this                  

6   section affecting a person's state board approval during the                

7   preceding quarter.  The report shall contain at least all of the            

8   following with respect to each person whose state board approval            

9   has been affected:                                                          

10      (a) The person's name, as it appears on the state board                     

11  approval.                                                                   

12      (b) The school district, intermediate school district,                      

13  public school academy, or nonpublic school in which the person              

14  was employed at the time of the conviction, if any.                         

15      (c) The offense for which the person was convicted and the                  

16  date of the offense and date of the conviction.                             

17      (d) Whether the action taken by the superintendent of public                

18  instruction was a summary suspension, suspension due to failure             

19  to request a hearing, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of           

20  the state board approval.                                                   

21      (12) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of the                

22  amendatory act that added this subsection, the superintendent of            

23  public instruction shall submit to the legislature an inventory             

24  report with information on all final actions taken under this               

25  section for the time period from June 23, 1992 until the                    

26  effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.            

27  The report shall contain at least all of the information required           

1   in the quarterly report under subsection (11) with respect to               

2   each person whose state board approval was affected during that             

3   time period.  If the superintendent of public instruction                   

4   determines that the information required for the report is not              

5   available for any portion of that time period, the superintendent           

6   of public instruction shall include with the report a detailed              

7   explanation of the information that is not available and the                

8   reasons why the information is not available.

9   (13)  (9)  This section does not do any of the following:                   

10      (a) Prohibit a person who holds state board approval from                   

11  seeking monetary compensation from a school board or intermediate           

12  school board if that right is available under a collective                  

13  bargaining agreement or another statute.                                    

14      (b) Limit the rights and powers granted to a school district                

15  or intermediate school district under a collective bargaining               

16  agreement, this act, or another statute to discipline or                    

17  discharge a person who holds state board approval.                          

18      (c) Exempt a person who holds state board approval from the                 

19  operation of section 1535a  or 1539a, or both,  if the person               

20  holds a certificate subject to  1 or both of those sections that           

21  section.                                                                    

22      (d) Limit the ability of a state licensing body to take                     

23  action against a person's license or registration for the same              

24  conviction.                                                                 

25  (14)  (10)  The  state board superintendent of public                      

26  instruction may promulgate, as necessary, rules to implement this           

27  section pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969,              

1   Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to           

2   24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to            

3   24.328.                                                                     

4   (15)  (11)  As used in this section:                                        

5       (a) "Conviction" means a judgment entered by a court upon a                 

6   plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or              

7   upon a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty             

8   or guilty but mentally ill.                                                 

9   (b) "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney                   

10  for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the           

11  attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant                 

12  attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in                    

13  connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an               

14  attorney for the political subdivision that enacted the ordinance           

15  upon which the violation is based.

16  (c)  (b)  "State board approval" means a license,                           

17  certificate,  endorsement, permit,  approval not requiring a                

18  teaching certificate, or other evidence of qualifications to hold           

19  a particular position in a school district or intermediate school           

20  district or in a nonpublic school, other than a teacher's                   

21  certificate subject to section 1535a,  or a school                          

22  administrator's certificate subject to section 1539a,  that is              

23  issued to a person by the state board or the superintendent of              

24  public instruction under this act or a rule promulgated under               

25  this act.                                                                   

26  (c) "State correctional facility" means a correctional                      

27  facility under the jurisdiction of the department of                        

1   corrections.

2       Enacting section 1.  Section 1539a of the revised school                    

3   code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1539a, is repealed.