September 16, 2015, Introduced by Senators PAVLOV, COLBECK, HANSEN, BOOHER, PROOS, SHIRKEY and KNOLLENBERG and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending sections 1233b and 1531i (MCL 380.1233b and 380.1531i),
section 1233b as amended by 1995 PA 289 and section 1531i as added
by 2009 PA 202.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1233b. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), the
board
of a local school district
or intermediate school district
may engage a full-time or part-time noncertificated, nonendorsed
teacher to teach a course in computer science, a foreign language,
mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, robotics,
writing, journalism, or health sciences; in a discipline included
on the listing of critical shortage disciplines compiled and
updated by the superintendent of public instruction under section
61 of the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA
300, MCL 38.1361; or in another subject area determined by the
state board to be appropriate to be included under this section and
so designated by the state board, or any combination of these
subject areas, in grades 9 through 12.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a noncertificated, nonendorsed
teacher is qualified to teach pursuant to this section if he or she
meets all of the following minimum requirements:
(a) Possesses an earned bachelor's degree from an accredited
postsecondary institution.
(b) Has a major or a graduate degree in the field of
specialization in which he or she will teach or meets 1 of the
following:
(i) For teaching engineering or mathematics, has, in the 6-
year period immediately preceding the date of hire, not less than 5
years of occupational experience in the field of engineering.
(ii) For teaching science, has, in the 6-year period
immediately preceding the date of hire, not less than 5 years of
occupational experience in a science discipline.
(iii) For teaching biology or health sciences, has, in the 6-
year period immediately preceding the date of hire, not less than 5
years of occupational experience in a health discipline.
(iv) Except as provided under subparagraph (v), for teaching a
foreign language, is a native speaker of that foreign language and
has resided for at least 15 years in a nation that has that
language as an official language.
(v) For teaching Hebrew, meets both of the following:
(A) Has passed the professional readiness examination
developed or selected under section 1531.
(B) Has passed any applicable subject area examination
developed or selected under section 1531 or, if there is no
applicable subject area examination, meets other requirements
established by the school district or intermediate school district.
(c) If the teacher desires to teach for more than 1 year, has
passed
both a basic skills the
professional readiness examination
and a subject area examination, if a subject area examination
exists, in the field of specialization in which he or she will
teach.
(d)
Except in the case of persons individuals
engaged to teach
a foreign language, and except as may be required under subdivision
(b), has, in the 5-year period immediately preceding the date of
hire, not less than 2 years of occupational experience in the field
of specialization in which he or she will teach. For the purposes
of this subdivision, serving as a full-time instructor in a field
of specialization at the college or university level is considered
to be occupational experience in that field of specialization.
(3) The requirements listed in subsection (2) for a teacher
engaged
to teach pursuant to this section shall be are in
addition
to
any other requirements established by the board of a local
school district or intermediate school district, as applicable.
(4)
Except as provided in subsection (5), the board of a local
school district or intermediate school district shall not engage a
full-time or part-time noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to
teach a course described in subsection (1) if the district is able
to engage a certificated, endorsed teacher.
(5)
If the board of a local school
district or intermediate
school district is able to engage a certificated, endorsed teacher
to
teach a course described in subsection (1), the local school
district
or intermediate school board district may
employ or
continue to employ a noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach
the course if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher is annually and
continually enrolled and completing credit in an approved teacher
preparation program leading to a provisional teaching certificate.
(b) The noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher has a planned
program leading to teacher certification on file with the employing
school district or intermediate school district, his or her teacher
preparation institution, and the department of education.
(6)
If the noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher completes 3 2
years of successful classroom teaching, as determined by regular
observation and review by school district and teacher preparation
institution
personnel, the department of education and a teacher
preparation institution shall utilize the teaching experience of a
noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher for the purpose of waiving
student teaching as a condition for receiving a continued
employment authorization in the school district and a provisional
teaching certificate.
Sec. 1531i. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall
establish
a process for a person an
individual to earn an interim
teaching
certificate under this section that qualifies the person
individual to teach in the public schools and to earn a Michigan
teaching certificate using the process under this section. The
process shall meet all applicable requirements for an alternative
teaching certification process under the no child left behind act
of 2001, Public Law 107-110. The process shall not allow for an
interim teaching certificate for special education.
(2) The process established under subsection (1) shall provide
that the superintendent of public instruction will grant an interim
teaching
certificate to a person an
individual who meets all of the
following:
(a) Is a participant in an alternative teaching program that
is approved by the superintendent of public instruction. To be
approved, a program provider shall demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the superintendent of public instruction that it meets all of
the following:
(i) Provides for its participants an intensive training
program in teaching that is determined by the superintendent of
public instruction to constitute the equivalent of at least 12
college credit hours and that includes training in at least all of
the following subject areas:
(A) Child development or child psychology.
(B) Family and community relationships.
(C) Diverse learners.
(D) Instructional strategies and classroom management.
(E) A form of field-based experience in a classroom setting.
(ii) Has a proven record of producing successful teachers in 1
or more other states or is modeled after a program that has a
proven record of producing successful teachers in 1 or more other
states.
(iii) Accepts for participation only persons individuals who
meet the requirements of subdivision (b).
(b)
Holds a bachelor's , master's, doctorate, or professional
degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a
grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or the
equivalent on another scale, as determined by the superintendent of
public instruction, or holds a master's or doctorate degree from a
regionally accredited college or university.
(c)
Passes both the basic skills professional
readiness
examination and the appropriate available subject area examination
for each subject area in which he or she applies to be certified.
(3)
A person An individual earning a provisional an interim
teaching
certificate under this section will
be is subject to
provisions of administrative rules governing teachers, as
established by the superintendent of public instruction.
(4)
A person An individual who possesses an interim teaching
certificate under this section may be employed to teach in a public
school
in the same manner as a person an
individual holding a
Michigan teaching certificate issued under section 1531 if all of
the following requirements are met:
(a)
While the person individual
is teaching under an interim
teaching certificate, the school district or public school academy
in
which the person individual
is teaching provides intensive
observation and coaching in a manner and to the extent prescribed
by the superintendent of public instruction.
(b)
The person individual is making satisfactory progress
toward meeting the requirements for being awarded a Michigan
teaching certificate under section 1531, as established by the
superintendent of public instruction under subsection (5).
(5) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop
standards
for granting a person an
individual a Michigan teaching
certificate
issued under section 1531 after the person individual
has demonstrated satisfactory teaching performance for 3 years
under an interim teaching certificate and has met the requirements
established by the superintendent of public instruction for a
Michigan teaching certificate.
(6) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate
rules that he or she considers necessary to implement this section.
Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, an interim teaching
certificate issued under this section is valid for a period of 7
years from the date it is issued.
(7) If an individual seeking an interim teaching certificate
under this section has more than 1 master's, doctorate, or
professional degree, or has a bachelor's degree with more than 1
major, and if he or she meets the other requirements of this
section, then the individual is eligible for a subject area
endorsement, if available, in each of the subject areas in which he
or she holds a master's, doctorate, or professional degree or has
earned a major.
(8) (7)
As used in this section, "basic
skills "professional
readiness examination", "elementary certification examination", and
"subject area examination" mean those terms as defined in rules
promulgated under section 1531.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.