A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending section 1531 (MCL 380.1531), as amended by 2023 PA 110.
The bill would amend the Revised School Code to allow the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to issue a Michigan teaching certificate to an individual who held or was eligible to hold a valid teaching certificate in another State or with a Federally recognized Indian tribe if that individual passed an existing national licensing examination.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported with substitute S-3
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
1. Amend page 2, line 8, after “passed” by inserting a comma and “if applicable, a reading test that is either the reading subtest in subsection (9) or, if the other state or federally recognized Indian tribe has approved a reading test that is based on the science of reading, the reading test approved by the other state or federally recognized Indian tribe, and passed”.
2. Amend page 2, line 20, after “instruction” by inserting “and, if applicable, a reading test that is either the reading subtest in subsection (9) or a reading test that is based on the science of reading and is approved by the superintendent of public instruction to replace the reading subtest in subsection (9)”.
3. Amend page 5, line 22, after “subtest” by inserting “that is based on the science of reading”.
4. Amend page 8, following line 21, by inserting:
“(c) “Science of reading” means that term as defined in section 1280f.” and relettering the remaining subdivision.
Substitute S-3 concurred in by voice vote
Substitute S-4 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Education
