School Counselors Get Tenure

After years of work the following Administrative Code Rules governing Teachers' Tenure has been filed with the Office of the Great Seal. The rule allows school counselors with a Michigan teaching certificate to get tenure. The rules take effect today, September 23, 2005.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

TEACHERS' TENURE

Filed with the Secretary of State on September 23, 2005. These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.

(By authority conferred on the superintendent of public instruction by section 2 of 1937 PA 4, MCL 38.72, section 15 of 1964 PA 287, MCL 388.1015 and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1996-6 and 1996-7, MCL 388.993 and MCL 388.994)

R 390.661 of the Michigan Administrative Code is amended, as follows:

R 390.661 Certification of teachers under teachers' tenure act. Rule 1. (1) For the purposes of teacher tenure under the provisions of article II of 1937 PA 4, MCL 38.81 to 38.84, "certificated," as it refers to teachers, shall include any teacher who holds a Michigan teaching certificate, as defined by R 390.1101, which is valid for the position to which he or she is assigned, or any teacher employed in a school guidance counselor position holding any Michigan teaching certificate with a school guidance counselor endorsement, but shall not include nondegreed persons who hold special certificates as teachers or teacher aides in training in experimental programs.

(2) For the purposes of article III of 1937 PA 4, MCL 38.91 to 38.92, "certificated" shall include any teacher who holds a Michigan teaching certificate as defined by R 390.1101, but shall not include nondegreed persons who hold special certificates as teachers or teacher aides in training in experimental programs.