HB-5156, As Passed House, March 3, 2016

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5156

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1527 (MCL 380.1527), as amended by 2014 PA 484.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1527. (1) The board of each a school district , or

intermediate school district, or the board of directors of a public

school academy, or an achievement authority shall provide at least

5 days 30 hours of teacher professional development each school

year for each teacher, delivered in increments of not less than 45

minutes based on guidelines developed by the department. Beginning

with the first school year that starts after the department

finalizes the guidelines described in this subsection, the

professional development shall be based on state board approved

standards for professional learning and also shall be based on an

individual professional development plan for each teacher, or a

school improvement plan for a school in which he or she teaches,

that is consistent with the guidelines developed by the department

under this subsection. These guidelines shall meet at least all of

the following:

     (a) Shall be based on the requirements of section 3a of

article II of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4, MCL 38.83a.

     (b) Shall require the professional development to be targeted

to a group of teachers based on a commonality of needs as

established through the teachers' individual development plans or

the school's school improvement plan.

     (c) Shall require a portion of the professional development to

be embedded throughout the school year.

     (2) The department shall develop and implement the guidelines

described in subsection (1) no later than 90 days after the

effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.

(3) (2) A state-approved nonpublic school may provide teacher

professional development for nonpublic school teachers. The

department shall credit this professional development toward the

issuance or renewal of a teaching certificate or endorsement to the

same extent as professional development provided by a public school

is credited for its teachers for those purposes if the department

determines that all of the following are met:

     (a) The professional development provides substantially the

same program content as professional development provided by a

public school that is credited by the department toward the

issuance or renewal of a teaching certificate or endorsement.

     (b) The nonpublic school submits to the same auditing and

documentation requirements for professional development as a public

school.

(4) (3) Professional development days hours provided under

this section shall not be counted toward the professional

development required under section 1526.

     (5) As used in this section, "achievement authority" means

that term as defined in section 3 of the state school aid act of

1979, MCL 388.1603.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) House Bill No. 5157.

     (b) House Bill No. 5158.

     (c) House Bill No. 5159.