Bill Text: MI HB4216 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: teachers; instruction on bullying prevention; require for teaching certification. Amends sec. 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1531).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/19/2019 [HB4216 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4216-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4216
February 19, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Anthony and Hope and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1531 (MCL 380.1531), as amended by 2018 PA 235.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1531. (1) Except as provided in this act, the
superintendent of public instruction shall determine the
requirements for and issue all licenses and certificates for
teachers, including preprimary teachers, and the requirements for
an endorsement of teachers as qualified counselors and an
endorsement of teachers for teaching a foreign language in an
elementary grade in the public schools of the state.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the
superintendent of public instruction shall only issue a teaching
certificate to an individual who has passed appropriate
examinations as follows:
(a) For a secondary level teaching certificate, has passed the
appropriate available subject area examination for each subject
area in which he or she applies to be certified.
(b) For an elementary level teaching certificate, has passed,
if it is available, the elementary certification examination, and
has passed the appropriate available subject area examination for
each subject area, if any, in which he or she applies to be
certified.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the
superintendent of public instruction shall issue a Michigan
teaching certificate to an individual holding a certificate from
another state or a teaching degree from an out-of-state teacher
preparation institution who applies for a Michigan teaching
certificate only if the individual passes appropriate examinations
as follows:
(a) For a secondary level teaching certificate, pass the
appropriate available subject area examination for each subject
area in which he or she applies to be certified. The superintendent
of public instruction may accept passage of an equivalent
examination approved by the superintendent of public instruction to
meet this requirement.
(b) For an elementary level teaching certificate, pass, if it
is available, the elementary certification examination, and pass
the appropriate available subject area examination for each subject
area, if any, in which he or she applies to be certified. The
superintendent of public instruction may accept passage of an
equivalent examination approved by the superintendent of public
instruction to meet 1 or both of these requirements.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the
superintendent of public instruction shall only issue a teaching
certificate to an individual who has met the elementary or
secondary, as applicable, reading credit requirements established
under superintendent of public instruction rule. If an individual
holds a teaching certificate, then beginning July 1, 2009,
notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, the superintendent of
public instruction shall not advance the individual's certification
to professional certification unless the individual has
successfully completed at least a 3-credit course of study with
appropriate field experiences in the diagnosis and remediation of
reading disabilities and differentiated instruction. To meet this
requirement, the course of study should include the following
elements, as determined by the department to be appropriate for the
individual's certification level and endorsements: interest
inventories, English language learning screening, visual and
auditory discrimination tools, language expression and processing
screening, phonemics, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension,
spelling and writing assessment tools, and instructional
strategies. An individual may complete the course of study either
as part of his or her teacher preparation program or during the
first 6 years of his or her employment in classroom teaching.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the
superintendent of public instruction shall only issue a teaching
certificate to an individual who has completed at least 1 hour of
training and education on bullying prevention.
(6) (5)
Not later than January 11, 2002,
the superintendent of
public instruction, in cooperation with appropriate curriculum
specialists and teacher educators, shall revise existing reading
standards to recognize reading disorders and to enable teachers to
make referrals for instruction and support for pupils with reading
disorders.
(7) (6)
Subject to subsection (8), (9), if
an individual
holding a teaching certificate from another state applies to the
superintendent of public instruction for a Michigan teaching
certificate and meets the requirements of this subsection, the
superintendent of public instruction shall issue to the individual
a Michigan professional education teaching certificate and
applicable endorsements comparable to those the individual holds in
the other state, without requiring the individual to pass the
applicable subject area examination otherwise required under
subsection (2) or (3). To be eligible to receive a Michigan
professional education teaching certificate under this subsection,
an individual shall provide evidence satisfactory to the department
that he or she meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Has taught successfully for at least 3 years in a position
for which the individual's teaching certification from the other
state was valid.
(b) Has earned, after his or her initial certification in
another state, at least 18 semester credit hours in a planned
course of study at an institution of higher education approved by
the superintendent of public instruction or has earned, at any
time, a master's or doctoral degree approved by the superintendent
of public instruction.
(c) Has met the elementary or secondary, as applicable,
reading credit requirement established under superintendent of
public instruction rule.
(8) (7)
An individual who receives a teaching
certificate and
endorsement
or endorsements under subsection (6) (7) is eligible to
receive 1 or more additional endorsements comparable to
endorsements the individual holds in another state only if the
individual passes the appropriate subject area examinations
required under subsection (2) or (3).
(9) (8)
The superintendent of public
instruction shall deny a
Michigan teaching certificate to an individual described in
subsection
(6) (7) for fraud, material misrepresentation, or
concealment in the individual's application for a certificate or
for a conviction for which an individual's teaching certificate may
be revoked under section 1535a.
(10) (9)
The department, based upon criteria
recommended under
subsection
(11), (12), shall provide to approved teacher education
institutions approved guidelines and criteria for use in the
development or selection of subject area examinations.
(11) (10)
For the purposes of this section,
the superintendent
of public instruction, based upon criteria recommended under
subsection
(11), (12), shall develop, select, or develop and select
1 or more subject area examinations. In addition, the
superintendent of public instruction, based upon criteria
recommended
under subsection (11), (12),
shall approve an
elementary certification examination and a reading subject area
examination. If the department develops for use under this
subsection an examination that had previously been contracted for
using a competitive bid process, then the department shall not
expend on the development of that examination an amount that
exceeds the amount that the department expended on procurement of
the most recent competitively-bid version of that examination.
(12) (11)
The superintendent of public
instruction shall
appoint an 11-member teacher examination advisory committee
composed of representatives of approved teacher education
institutions and Michigan education organizations and associations.
Not more than 1/2 of the members comprising this committee shall be
certified teachers. This committee shall recommend criteria to be
used by the superintendent of public instruction in the
development, selection, or development and selection of subject
area examinations. In addition, the committee shall recommend
guidelines for the use and administration of those examinations.
(13) (12)
The superintendent of public
instruction shall
appoint a 7-member standing technical advisory council composed of
individuals who are experts in measurement and assessment. This
council shall advise the superintendent of public instruction and
the teacher examination committee on the validity, reliability, and
other technical standards of the examinations that will be used or
are being used and of the administration and use of those
examinations.
(14) (13)
Not later than November 30 of each
year, the
superintendent of public instruction shall submit in writing a
report on the development or selection and use of the elementary
certification examination and the subject area examinations to the
house
and senate education committees. The report shall must also
contain a financial statement regarding revenue received from the
assessment
of fees levied under subsection (15) (16) and the amount
of and any purposes for which that revenue was expended.
(15) (14)
The elementary certification
examination and the
subject area examinations required by this section may be taken at
different times during an approved teacher preparation program, but
the elementary certification examination and the subject area
examinations, as applicable, must be passed before an individual is
recommended for certification.
(16) (15)
The department, or if approved by
the superintendent
of public instruction, a private testing service, may assess fees
for taking the elementary certification examination and the subject
area
examinations. The fees, which shall must be set by the
superintendent
of public instruction, shall must
not exceed the
actual cost of the examination and of administering the
examination.
Fees received by the department shall must be expended
solely for administrative expenses that it incurs in implementing
this section. If the superintendent of public instruction increases
a fee charged for an examination under this subsection, at least 1
year before implementing the fee increase, the department shall
notify each approved teacher education institution of the amount of
the fee increase. An approved teacher education institution shall
notify each of its affected students of the timing and amount of
such a fee increase.
(17) (16)
If an individual holding a teaching
certificate from
another state applies for a Michigan teaching certificate and meets
all requirements for the Michigan teaching certificate except
passage of the appropriate examinations under subsection (3), the
superintendent of public instruction shall issue a nonrenewable
temporary teaching certificate, good for 1 year, to the individual.
The superintendent of public instruction shall not issue a Michigan
teaching certificate to the individual after expiration of the
temporary teaching certificate unless the individual passes
appropriate examinations as described in subsection (3).
(18) (17)
As used in this section:
(a) "Elementary certification examination" means a
comprehensive examination for elementary certification that has
been developed or selected by the superintendent of public
instruction for demonstrating the applicant's knowledge and
understanding of the core subjects normally taught in elementary
classrooms and for determining whether or not an applicant is
eligible for an elementary level teaching certificate.
(b) "Subject area examination" means an examination related to
a specific area of certification, which examination has been
developed or selected by the superintendent of public instruction
for the purpose of demonstrating the applicant's knowledge and
understanding of the subject matter and determining whether or not
an applicant is eligible for a Michigan teaching certificate.
(19) (18)
The superintendent of public
instruction shall
promulgate rules for the implementation of this section.
(20) (19)
Notwithstanding any rule to the
contrary, the
superintendent of public instruction shall continue to issue state
elementary or secondary continuing education certificates under R
390.1132(1) of the Michigan Administrative Code to individuals who
completed the requirements of that rule by December 31, 1992 and
who apply for that certificate not later than March 15, 1994. If
the superintendent of public instruction has issued a state
elementary or secondary professional education certificate to an
individual described in this section, the superintendent of public
instruction shall consider the individual to have a state
elementary or secondary, as applicable, continuing education
certificate.
(21) (20)
Not later than January 1, 2019, the
superintendent
of public instruction, in consultation with the department of
talent and economic development and groups or individuals
representing employers, economic development agencies, trade
unions, secondary school principals, middle and elementary school
principals, teachers, school district and intermediate school
district superintendents, and others as determined appropriate by
the department, shall promulgate rules to allow an individual to
use time spent engaging with local employers or technical centers
toward the renewal of a teaching certificate in the same manner as
state continuing education or professional development.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
