Bill Text: MI HB5599 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; teachers; approval of teacher preparation institution that does not provide a warranty program for graduates; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1538c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5599 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5599-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5599
February 20, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Garcia, Kelly, Crawford, Lilly, Hornberger, Griffin and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1538c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1538c. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall
not approve a teacher preparation institution under section 1538a
and R 390.1151 to R 390.1153 of the Michigan Administrative Code
unless the teacher preparation institution offers a warranty
education program to individuals who meet all of the following:
(a) The individual completed a teacher preparation program at
a teacher preparation institution in this state.
(b) The individual is employed to teach in a school operated
by a school district, intermediate school district, public school
academy, or nonpublic school.
(c) Not later than 2 years after the individual graduated from
a teacher preparation institution, the governing body of the school
district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or
nonpublic school employing the individual determines that the
individual lacks the skills to effectively teach students, based on
at least both of the following:
(i) A local evaluation tool.
(ii) A development plan that identifies specific areas of
instructional development that are most effectively addressed by
further teacher preparation instruction, as determined by the
governing body of the school district, intermediate school
district, public school academy, or nonpublic school.
(2) An individual who meets the requirements under subsection
(1) may enroll in a warranty education program under subsection (1)
at any teacher preparation institution approved by the
superintendent of public instruction. The teacher preparation
institution from which the individual graduated must bear the cost
of the warranty education program in which the individual enrolls
under this subsection.
(3) An individual who enrolls in a warranty education program
under this section shall not use any credits earned under the
warranty education program toward the completion of a master's
degree.
(4) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this
section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
