Bill Text: MI HB5481 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; teachers; program to select teachers of the year by prosperity region; establish. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1253.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/30/2018 [HB5481 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5481-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5481

 

 

January 30, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Sneller, Ellison, Greig, Sowerby, Pagan, Gay-Dagnogo, Lasinski, Brinks, LaGrand, Geiss, Neeley, Garrett, Cambensy, Hertel, Hoadley, Moss, Chang, Liberati, Yancey, Hammoud, Camilleri, Green, Wittenberg, Durhal, Chirkun, Faris, Cochran, Dianda, Rabhi, Jones, Clemente and Love 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 1253.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1253. (1) Not later than April 1, 2018, the department

 

shall establish a teacher of the year program that selects teachers

 

of the year by prosperity region. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school

 

year, and annually in each subsequent school year, the department

 

shall select 1 teacher of the year from each prosperity region with

 

a population of fewer than 1,000,000, 2 teachers of the year from

 

each prosperity region with a population of at least 1,000,000 but

 

fewer than 2,000,000, and 3 teachers of the year from each

 

prosperity region with a population of 2,000,000 or more.

 

     (2) The department shall appoint 1 of the teachers of the year

 

selected under subsection (1) as the spokesperson for all teachers

 

of the year selected under subsection (1) and shall nominate that

 

teacher for a national teacher of the year award.

 

     (3) A teacher selected as a teacher of the year under

 

subsection (1) shall attend the monthly meetings of the state board

 

and travel to state and national events.

 

     (4) Each teacher of the year selected under subsection (1) is

 

eligible for a $1,000.00 award for professional development,

 

further accreditations, or classroom needs.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.