Bill Text: MI HB4552 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Education; counseling; requirements for employment as a middle school and high school counselor; revise. Amends sec. 1233 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1233).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB4552 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4552-Engrossed.html

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HB-4552, As Passed House, January 13, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2000 PA 288.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1233. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the board

 

of a school district or intermediate school board of an

 

intermediate school district shall not permit a teacher who does

 

not hold a valid teaching certificate to teach in a grade or

 

department of the school.

 

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

 

board of an intermediate school district shall not allow an

 

individual to serve in a counseling role in the school district or

 

intermediate school district, as the role is defined by the

 

superintendent of public instruction, unless the individual meets 1

or more of the following: and the board or intermediate school

 

board complies with subsection (7):

 

     (a) The individual holds a valid teaching certificate with a

 

school counseling endorsement.

 

     (b) The individual meets all of the following:

 

     (i) Holds a master's degree awarded after completion of an

 

approved school counselor education program that includes at least

 

all of the following skills and content areas or their equivalent:

 

     (A) Guidance services--philosophy, principles, and practices.

 

     (B) Individual and group analysis--nature and range of human

 

characteristics and appraisal methods.

 

     (C) Guidance information--vocational development theory,

 

educational and occupational information.

 

     (D) Counseling theory and practice--individual and group

 

procedures, administration and coordination relationships,

 

professional relationships, and ethics.

 

     (E) Supervised experiences--laboratory, practicum, or

 

internship.

 

     (F) Evaluation--statistics and research methodology, follow-up

 

evaluation, and measurement methods.

 

     (ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance

 

counselor examination.

 

     (iii) Has been recommended by an approved school counselor

 

education program to provide services as a school counselor.

 

     (c) The individual meets both of the following:

 

     (i) Has at least 5 years of successful experience serving in a

 

school counseling role in another state within the immediately

 

preceding 7-year period.

 

     (ii) Has successfully completed the department's guidance

 

counselor examination.

 

     (3) The intermediate superintendent shall notify the

 

superintendent of public instruction immediately of the names of

 

noncertificated teachers teaching in violation of subsection (1)

 

and the names of individuals serving in counseling roles in

 

violation of subsection (2), the employing district, and the amount

 

of time the noncertificated teachers or unqualified individuals

 

were employed.

 

     (4) A vocational teacher preparation institution shall utilize

 

the employment experience of an annually authorized teacher for the

 

purpose of waiving student teaching as a requirement for vocational

 

certification if the annually authorized teacher is supervised by

 

the teacher preparation institution.

 

     (5) All vocational education teachers certified after June 1,

 

1995 shall pass a competency test.

 

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

 

district may 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.

 

     (7) If the board of a school district or intermediate school

 

board of an intermediate school district chooses to employ an

 

individual who does not hold a valid teaching certificate to serve

 

in a counseling role, as permitted under subsection (2), the school

 

board or intermediate school board shall comply with sections 1230

 

and 1230a with respect to that individual to the same extent as

 

House Bill No. 4552 as amended December 16, 2015

required for employing a person with a teaching certificate to

 

serve as a teacher.

 

     (7) Beginning January 1, 2018, the department shall not renew

 

an individual's school counselor credential unless the department

 

determines that the individual has, within the time period since

 

the individual's school counselor credential was issued or last

 

renewed, whichever is most recent, completed [as part of and not in

addition to requirements prescribed by the department] at least 25 hours of

professional development approved by the department under

 

subsection (9) that covers counseling about the college preparation

 

and selection process and at least 25 hours of professional

 

development covering career counseling. For the purposes of this

 

subsection, career counseling includes, but is not limited to,

 

exploration of the skilled trades as well as other careers and

 

pathways that lead to industry credentials awarded in recognition

 

of an individual's attainment of measurable technical or

 

occupational skills necessary to obtain employment or advance

 

within an occupation.

 

     (8) An individual may complete the professional development

 

hours required under subsection (7) as part of the professional

 

development provided by a school district, intermediate school

 

district, public school academy, or nonpublic school under section

 

1527 if the content and curriculum of the professional development

 

provided under section 1527 are approved by the department under

 

subsection (9).

 

     (9) The department shall approve the professional development

 

required under subsection (7). The department shall only approve a

 

professional development program or course for the purposes of

 

subsection (7) if the department determines that the content and

 

curriculum for the professional development meet standards that are

 

developed by the department in consultation with the department of

 

talent and economic development and groups representing school

 

counselors, college admissions professionals, financial aid

 

officers, employers, and others as determined appropriate by the

 

department. The department shall develop these standards by

 

December 1, 2016 and shall facilitate the involvement in the

 

development of the standards of the groups required under this

 

subsection.

 

     (10) The superintendent of public instruction shall promulgate

 

or modify rules as necessary to implement subsections (7) to (9).

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.