House Bill 5220

Committee: Education

Complete to 1-18-00

A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 5220 AS INTRODUCED 1-12-00

House Bill 5220 would amend the Revised School Code to require a school district to notify parents or guardians if a teacher is not certified in the subject matter of the class he or she is assigned to teach.

Specifically, if a school official of a school district, local act school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy assigns a noncertificated teacher to teach a class in a subject or grade for which he or she is not certificated or endorsed, the school official would be required to provide written notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student enrolled in that class, informing them that the teacher is not certificated or endorsed to teach that class. Under the bill, this section would not apply to a substitute teacher who is qualified under section 1233(6) of the code. [Subsection (6) is a provision of the section that concerns noncertified or nonendorsed teachers, and it allows the board of a school district to employ a person without a teaching certificate as a substitute teacher if the person has at least 90 semester hours of college credit from a college or university.]

MCL 380.1233c

Analyst: J. Hunault

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.