HB-4591, As Passed House, April 24, 2007
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4591
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1538 and 1539 (MCL 380.1538 and 380.1539),
section 1538 as added by 1988 PA 339 and section 1539 as amended
by 2004 PA 76, and by adding sections 1531h and 1538a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1531h. (1) Not later than July 1, 2010, the department
2 shall establish and implement a teacher certification database
3 system that provides for at least all of the following:
4 (a) The ability for teachers to renew a professional
5 teaching certificate online.
6 (b) Online credit card payment capability, to result in
7 processing of teaching certificate applications and issuance of
8 teaching certificates within 48 to 72 hours for in-state
1 applicants and within 3 weeks for out-of-state applicants who
2 have provided a complete application, as determined by the
3 department.
4 (c) A central registry that documents each teacher's
5 professional development activities and completion of state board
6 continuing education units.
7 (d) Improved compatibility with the registry of educational
8 personnel data reporting system.
9 (e) Improved efficiency of the teacher preparation
10 institution web-based teacher certification recommendation
11 process.
12 (f) Improved capacity to generate reports about the number
13 of certificates and endorsements issued.
14 (g) Improved quality control through customization of the
15 system.
16 (2) The department shall fund the system required under
17 subsection (1) from the fee increases in section 1538 that result
18 from the amendatory act that added this section.
19 Sec. 1538. (1) An applicant shall pay the following fees to
20 the department of education, as a condition of for having
the
21 application evaluated for conformance with the application
22 requirements: , the following fees:
23 In-State Out-of-State
24 (a) Original application fee Applicant Applicant
25 (i) Provisional teaching
26 certificate
$125.00 $160.00 $175.00
$210.00
1
(ii) Continuing
teaching
2 certificate
125.00
3
(ii) (iii) Professional teaching
4 certificate
125.00 160.00 210.00
5
(iii) (iv) Vocational
temporary
6 authorization or interim
7 occupational certificate 125.00 160.00 210.00
8
(v) Full
vocation authorization 125.00
9
(iv) (vi) Occupational
education
10 certificate
125.00 160.00 210.00
11
(v) (vii) Additional
teaching certificate
12 endorsement 50.00
13
(vi) (viii) Substitute
teacher permit 25.00 40.00
14
(vii) (ix) Full-year
teacher permit 25.00 40.00
15
(viii) (x) Emergency
permit 25.00 40.00
16
(ix) (xi) Annual
vocational occupational
17 authorization
25.00 40.00
18
(x) (xii) Duplicate
certificate or
19 authorization
10.00 25.00
20
(xi) (xiii) School
psychologist
21 certificate
125.00 160.00 175.00
210.00
22
(xiv) Parent
cooperative preschool
23 certificate
50.00
24
(xii) (xv) Temporary
special education
25 approval 50.00
26
(xvi) School
administrator certificate
27 for
persons eligible for
28 certificate
on July 1, 1988 75.00
29
(xiii)(xvii) School
administrator certificate
30 for persons eligible for
31 certificate after
1 July 1, 1988
125.00 160.00 175.00
210.00
2
(xiv)(xviii) School
administrator
3 endorsement 50.00
4
(xix) School
administrator permit 125.00
5 (xv) School counselor license 160.00 210.00
6 In-State
7 (b) Renewal or reinstatement application fee Applicant
8
(i) Provisional teaching certificate $
75.00 $100.00
9
(ii) Continuing
teaching certificate 125.00
10
(ii) (iii) Continuing
teaching certificate reinstatement 50.00
11
(iii) (iv) Professional
teaching certificate 125.00 160.00
12
(iv) (v) Vocational
temporary authorization
13 or interim occupational certificate 75.00 100.00
14
(vi) Full
vocational authorization 125.00
15
(v) (vii) Occupational
education certificate 125.00 160.00
16
(vi) (viii) School
psychologist certificate 125.00 160.00
17
(vii) (ix) School
administrator certificate 125.00 160.00
18 (viii) School counselor license 160.00
19 (2) Except as otherwise provided by an administrative rule
20 in effect on October 1, 1988, or as otherwise provided by law, a
21 certificate, permit, authorization, endorsement, or approval, and
22 the renewal of a certificate, certificate reinstatement, or
23 authorization issued pursuant to subsection (1) is valid for 5
24 years.
25 [Sec. 1538a. (1) A teacher preparation institution and its
26 subject area specialty programs shall be approved by the state as
27 provided under R 390.1151 to R 390.1156 of the Michigan administrative
28 code. As provided under R 390.1151 of the Michigan administrative code,
1 and subject to subsection (3), the teacher preparation program and
2 subject area specialty programs of a state-approved teacher preparation
3 institution are subject to periodic review for conformance with state
4 board standards and procedures.
5 (2) A state-approved teacher preparation institution shall pay the
6 following fees to the department for approval and periodic review under
7 subsection (1):
8 (a) For approval or periodic review of a teacher preparation
9 program, the following:
10 (i) If the college or university of which the teacher preparation
11 institution is part has a total student enrollment of less than 2,000, a
12 fee of $2,000.00.
13 (ii) If the college or university of which the teacher preparation
14 institution is part has a total student enrollment of 2,000 or more, a
15 fee of $3,500.00.
16 (b) For approval or periodic review of a subject area specialty
program, a fee of $300.00.
(3) The department shall not conduct a periodic review of a
particular teacher preparation program or subject area specialty program
more frequently than once every 5 years. However, if the content
standards
for a subject area specialty program are revised, the department may
conduct a periodic review of that subject area specialty program before
the 5-year revieW period has expired.]
17 Sec. 1539. (1) A teacher-administrator preparation and
18 certification fund is established in the department of treasury
19 to be administered by the department of education.
20 (2) The department of education shall receive and forward to
21 the state treasurer for deposit in the teacher-administrator
22 preparation and certification fund all fees collected under
23 section 1538 or 1538a. The teacher-administrator preparation and
24 certification fund may receive as revenue money from any other
25 source, as appropriated by the legislature.
26 (3) The revenue in the teacher-administrator preparation and
27 certification fund shall be expended for the operation of the
1 teacher preparation and certification program and the
2 administrator preparation and certification program and for
3 teacher and administrator professional development and other
4 quality-related activities, including the teacher certification
5 database system under section 1531h.
6 (4) Money in the teacher-administrator preparation and
7 certification fund that is unexpended at the end of the state
8 fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding state fiscal
9 year, shall not revert to the general fund, and shall be expended
10 as provided in subsection (3).
11 (5) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,
12 $1,000,000.00 is transferred from the teacher-administrator
13 preparation and certification fund to the unappropriated balance
14 of the general fund for the state fiscal year ending September
15 30, 2004.