Bill Text: MI HB5604 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; teachers; approval of teacher preparation institution that does not offer a student teaching experience that includes multiple settings, student populations, and use of local school district's evaluation tool; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1538d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-06 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB5604 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5604-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5604

 

 

February 20, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Hornberger, Garcia, Kelly, Crawford, Lilly, Griffin, Zemke and Chang 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 1538d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1538d. 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 student teaching

 

program to its students that includes at least all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) At least 2 of the following:

 

     (i) Student teaching experiences in both urban and rural

settings.

 

     (ii) Student teaching experiences that include instruction on

 

social and emotional learning practices.

 

     (iii) Student teaching experiences with pupils who are English

 

language learners.

 

     (iv) Student teaching experiences in schools with a high

 

population of pupils living in poverty.

 

     (v) Student teaching experiences with pupils with a

 

disability.

 

     (b) A prohibition on a student teacher engaging in student

 

teaching in a school that the student teacher attended.

 

     (c) An introduction to the evaluation tool used by the school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy in

 

which the student teacher completes his or her student teaching

 

experience.

 

     (d) The use of data and statistics to inform instruction and

 

to aggregate local and state assessment tools.

 

     (e) Development of classroom management skills.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.