HOUSE BILL No. 5272


     February 3, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Richardville, Birkholz, Gilbert, DeRossett, Faunce, Sanborn, Hager, Gosselin, Rocca,
Julian, Rick Johnson, DeVuyst, Shackleton, Scranton, Voorhees, Bovin, Bishop, Jansen, Mans and Lemmons and referred to the
Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 1995

   PA 289.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1233.  (1) Except as provided in this section and sec-

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      tion 1233b, the board of a school district or intermediate school

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      district shall not permit a teacher who does not hold a valid

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      teaching certificate to teach in a grade or department of the

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      school, or a teacher without an endorsement by the state board to

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      serve in a counseling role as the role is defined by the state

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      board.

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           (2) The intermediate superintendent shall notify immediately

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      the state board of the names of noncertificated teachers teaching

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      in violation of subsection (1) and the names of nonendorsed


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      teachers serving in counseling roles in violation of subsection

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      (1), the employing district, and the amount of time the noncer-

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      tificated and nonendorsed teachers were employed.

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            (3) The board of a school district or intermediate school

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      district may renew through June 30, 1995 an annual vocational

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      authorization of a noncertificated vocational teacher who is

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      employed by the district or intermediate school district on June

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      1, 1987, even if a certificated teacher is available for hire, if

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      both of the following conditions are met:

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           (a) The noncertificated teacher is annually and continually

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      enrolled and completing credit in an approved vocational teacher

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      preparation program leading to vocational certification.

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           (b) The noncertificated teacher has a planned vocational

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      teacher preparation program leading to vocational certification

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      on file with the employing school district or intermediate school

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      district, his or her teacher preparation institution, and the

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      department. 

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           (3)  (4)  A vocational teacher preparation institution shall

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      utilize the employment experience of an annually authorized

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      teacher for the purpose of waiving student teaching as a require-

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      ment for vocational certification if the annually authorized

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      teacher is supervised by the teacher preparation institution.

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           (4)  (5)  All vocational education teachers certified after

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      June 1, 1995 shall pass a competency test.

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           (5)  (6)  The board of a school district or intermediate

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      school district may employ a person without a teaching

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      certificate as a substitute teacher if the person has at least 90



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      semester hours of college credit from a college or university.

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      AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION, "COLLEGE" INCLUDES AN ACCREDITED COM-

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      MUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED IN THIS STATE.


















































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