SB-0366,As Passed Senate,May 1, 2003 SB 366 - Amendment No. 1

The Committee on Education offered the following substitute:

April 25, 2003

    SUBSTITUTE FOR

    SENATE BILL NO. 366

(As amended April 30, 2003)                                                 

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

"The revised school code,"                                                  

by amending sections 1526, 1526a, and 1527 (MCL 380.1526,                   

380.1526a, and 380.1527), section 1526 as amended and section               

1527 as added by 1995 PA 289 and section 1526a as added by 1996             

PA 159.                                                                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 1526.  For the first 3 years of his or her employment                  

2   in classroom teaching, a teacher shall be assigned by the school            

3   in which he or she teaches to 1 or more master teachers, or                 

4   college professors or retired master teachers, who shall act as a           

5   mentor or mentors to the teacher.  During the 3-year period, the            

6   teacher <<shall also receive may participate in>> intensive professional development                                                                     

7   induction into teaching, based on a professional development plan           

8   that is consistent with the requirements of section 3a of article           

1   II of  Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1937,           

2   being section 38.83a of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1937 (Ex                

3   Sess) PA 4, MCL 38.83a, including classroom management and                  

4   instructional delivery.   During the 3-year period, the intensive           

5   professional development induction into teaching shall consist of           

6   at least 15 days of professional development, the experiencing of           

7   effective practices in university-linked professional development           

8   schools, and regional seminars conducted by master teachers and             

9   other mentors.

10      Sec. 1526a.  Training in teaching 1 or more college level                   

11  equivalent courses may be included in the professional                      

12  development plan  , and in the required 15 days of professional             

13  development,  under section 1526.                                           

14      Sec. 1527.  The board of each school district, intermediate                 

15  school district, or public school academy shall  provide at least           

16  1 day of teacher professional development in the 1997-1998 school           

17  year, at least 2 days of teacher professional development in the            

18  1998-1999 school year, at least 3 days of teacher professional              

19  development in the 1999-2000 school year, at least 4 days of                

20  teacher professional development in the 2000-2001 school year,              

21  and at least 5 days of teacher professional development in the              

22  2001-2002 school year and each school year after the 2001-2002              

23  school year.  Professional development days provided under this             

24  section shall not be counted toward the professional development            

25  required under section 1526 comply with the professional                   

26  development requirements of the federal no child left behind act            

27  of 2001, Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425.