STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
Introduced by Senator Kuipers
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 981
Summary of
Administrative Certification
Sec. 1246. (1) A school
district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall not
continue to employ a person as a superintendent, principal, assistant
principal, or other person whose primary responsibility is administering
instructional programs or as a chief business official unless the person meets
1 or more of the following requirements, as applicable:
(a) For a superintendent, principal,
assistant principal, or other person whose primary responsibility is
administering instructional programs, or a chief business official, who was
employed as a school administrator in this state on or before 21 the effective
date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision, has completed the
continuing education requirements prescribed by rule under subsection (2).
(b) Subject to subsection
(3), for a superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or other person
whose primary
responsibility is
administering instructional programs and who is initially employed as a school
administrator in this state after the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subdivision, possesses a valid Michigan school administratorŐs
certificate issued under section 1536.
(2) The superintendent of
public instruction shall promulgate rules establishing continuing education
requirements as a condition for continued employment for persons described in
subsection (1)(a). The rules shall prescribe a minimum amount of continuing
education that shall be completed within 5 years after initial employment and
shall be completed each subsequent 5-year period to meet the requirements of
subsection (1)(a) for continued employment.
(3) A school district, public
school academy, or intermediate school district may employ as a superintendent,
principal, assistant principal, or other person whose primary responsibility is
administering instructional programs a person who is enrolled in a program
leading to certification as
a school administrator under section 1536 not later than 6 months after he or
she begins the employment. A person employed as a school administrator pursuant
to this subsection has 3 years to meet the certification requirements of
section 1536, or the school district, public school academy, or intermediate
school district shall not continue to employ the person as a school
administrator described in this subsection.
Sec. 1536. (1) The state
board shall develop a school administratorŐs certificate that shall be issued
to all school
district and intermediate
school district superintendents, school principals, assistant principals, and
other administrators whose primary responsibility is administering
instructional programs and who meet the requirements established under
subsection (3). An individual described in section 1246(1)(a) is not required
by this section to have a school administratorŐs certificate under this section
or an endorsement under subsection (2) to be employed as a school administrator
by a school district, public school academy, intermediate school district, or
nonpublic school.
(2) The state board also
shall develop appropriate certificate endorsements for school administrators,
by elementary, secondary, and central office level.
(3) The state board shall develop
standards, and the superintendent of public instruction shall develop
procedures, to implement this section. The standards and procedures shall
address at least all of the following:
(a) The educational and professional experience requirements for a
certificate or endorsement under this section. 25
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(b) Continuing education
requirements for periodic recertification. These requirements shall be
consistent with the continuing education requirements under section 1246.
(c) Procedures for
application for and issuance of certificates and endorsements under this
section.
(d) Standards and procedures
for suspension and revocation of a certificate. These standards and procedures
shall be based on the standards and procedures for taking action against a
personŐs teaching certificate under section 1535a.
(4) The department shall consult and
work with appropriate professional organizations, primarily organizations
representing superintendents and building-level administrators, in developing
the standards required under this section.
(5) For the purposes of
adding 1 or more enhancement or specialty endorsements for a school administratorŐs
certificate, the department
may recognize performance-based professional learning programs offered by
established state professional organizations that represent school
administrators described in subsection (1). These programs must be approved by
the department based on alignment with state board-approved school
administrator program preparation standards.
(6) A school administratorŐs
certificate issued under this section is valid for 5 years and shall be renewed
upon
completion of renewal units
as determined by the superintendent of public instruction.
(7) The department shall recognize alternative pathways to earning
the basic school administratorŐs certificate based on experience or alternative
preparation, or both, if the alternative certification program is submitted by
an established state professional organization and meets criteria set forth by
state board approved school administrator program preparation standards.
(8) As used in this section, Ňestablished state professional organizationÓ
means an association that has served
members on a statewide basis for at least 10 years.