HB-4591, As Passed Senate, November 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE 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

 

 1  teaching certificates within 48 to 72 hours for in-state

 

 2  applicants and within 3 weeks for out-of-state applicants who

 

 3  have provided a complete application, as determined by the

 

 4  department.

 

 5        (c) A central registry that documents each teacher's

 

 6  professional development activities and completion of state board

 

 7  continuing education units.

 

 8        (d) Improved compatibility with the registry of educational

 

 9  personnel data reporting system.

 

10        (e) Improved efficiency of the teacher preparation

 

11  institution web-based teacher certification recommendation

 

12  process.

 

13        (f) Improved capacity to generate reports about the number

 

14  of certificates and endorsements issued.

 

15        (g) Improved quality control through customization of the

 

16  system.

 

17        (2) The department shall fund the system required under

 

18  subsection (1) from the fee increases in section 1538 that result

 

19  from the amendatory act that added this section.

 

20        Sec. 1538. (1) An applicant shall pay the following fees to

 

21  the department of education, as a condition of for having the

 

22  application evaluated for conformance with the application

 

23  requirements: , the following fees:

 

 

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                              In-State     Out-of-State

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  (a)

Original application fee      Applicant     Applicant

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  (i)

Provisional teaching

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certificate             $125.00 $160.00  $175.00 $210.00

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      (ii)

Continuing teaching

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certificate                      125.00

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  (ii) (iii)

Professional teaching

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certificate              125.00  160.00           210.00

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  (iii) (iv)

Vocational temporary

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authorization or interim

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occupational certificate  125.00  160.00         210.00

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      (v)

Full vocation authorization       125.00

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  (iv) (vi)

Occupational education

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certificate               125.00  160.00         210.00

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  (v) (vii)

Additional teaching certificate

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endorsement                        50.00

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  (vi) (viii)

Substitute teacher permit  25.00   45.00

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  (vii) (ix)

Full-year teacher permit   25.00   45.00

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  (viii) (x)

Emergency permit           25.00   45.00

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  (ix) (xi)

Annual vocational occupational

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authorization              25.00   40.00

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  (x) (xii)

Duplicate certificate or

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authorization              10.00   25.00

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  (xi) (xiii)

School psychologist

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certificate               125.00  160.00  175.00  210.00

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      (xiv)

Parent cooperative preschool

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certificate                        50.00

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  (xii) (xv)

Temporary special education

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approval                           50.00

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      (xvi)

School administrator certificate

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for persons eligible for

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certificate on July 1, 1988        75.00

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  (xiii) (xvii)

School administrator certificate

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for persons eligible for

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certificate after


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July 1, 1988               125.00 160.00  175.00  210.00

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  (xiv) (xviii)

School administrator

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endorsement                        50.00

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      (xix)

School administrator permit       125.00

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  (xv)

School counselor license          160.00          210.00

 

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                                               In-State

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  (b)

Renewal or reinstatement application fee      Applicant

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  (i)

Provisional teaching certificate        $ 75.00 $100.00

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      (ii)

Continuing teaching certificate                  125.00

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  (ii) (iii)

Continuing teaching certificate reinstatement     50.00

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  (iii) (iv)

Professional teaching certificate        125.00  160.00

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  (iv) (v)

Vocational temporary authorization

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or interim occupational certificate       75.00  100.00

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      (vi)

Full vocational authorization                    125.00

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  (v) (vii)

Occupational education certificate       125.00  160.00

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  (vi) (viii)

School psychologist certificate          125.00  160.00

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  (vii) (ix)

School administrator certificate         125.00  160.00

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  (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

 

28  administrative code. As provided under R 390.1151 of the Michigan

 

 1  administrative code, and subject to subsection (3), the teacher

 

 2  preparation program and subject area specialty programs of a

 

 3  state-approved teacher preparation institution are subject to

 

 4  periodic review for conformance with state board standards and

 

 5  procedures.

 

 6        (2) A state-approved teacher preparation institution shall

 

 7  pay the following fees to the department for approval and

 

 8  periodic review under subsection (1):

 

 9        (a) For approval or periodic review of a teacher preparation

 

10  program, the following:

 

11        (i) If the college or university of which the teacher

 

12  preparation institution is part has a total student enrollment of

 

13  less than 2,000, a fee of $2,000.00.

 

14        (ii) If the college or university of which the teacher

 

15  preparation institution is part has a total student enrollment of

 

16  2,000 or more, a fee of $3,500.00.

 

17        (b) For approval or periodic review of a subject area

 

18  specialty program, a fee of $300.00.

 

19        (3) The department shall not conduct a periodic review of a

 

20  particular teacher preparation program or subject area specialty

 

21  program more frequently than once every 5 years. However, if the

 

22  content standards for a subject area specialty program are

 

23  revised, the department may conduct a periodic review of that

 

24  subject area specialty program before the 5-year review period

 

25  has expired.

 

26        Sec. 1539. (1) A teacher-administrator preparation and

 

27  certification fund is established in the department of treasury

 

 1  to be administered by the department of education.

 

 2        (2) The department of education shall receive and forward to

 

 3  the state treasurer for deposit in the teacher-administrator

 

 4  preparation and certification fund all fees collected under

 

 5  section 1538 or 1538a. The teacher-administrator preparation and

 

 6  certification fund may receive as revenue money from any other

 

 7  source, as appropriated by the legislature.

 

 8        (3) The revenue in the teacher-administrator preparation and

 

 9  certification fund shall be expended for the operation of the

 

10  teacher preparation and certification program and the

 

11  administrator preparation and certification program and for

 

12  teacher and administrator professional development and other

 

13  quality-related activities, including the teacher certification

 

14  database system under section 1531h.

 

15        (4) Money in the teacher-administrator preparation and

 

16  certification fund that is unexpended at the end of the state

 

17  fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding state fiscal

 

18  year, shall not revert to the general fund, and shall be expended

 

19  as provided in subsection (3).

 

20        (5) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,

 

21  $1,000,000.00 is transferred from the teacher-administrator

 

22  preparation and certification fund to the unappropriated balance

 

23  of the general fund for the state fiscal year ending September

 

24  30, 2004.