2023 Senate Bill 354

Education: teachers and administrators; teacher licensing examination; modify.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” by amending section 1531 (MCL 380.1531), as amended by 2018 PA 235.

Senate Fiscal Agency Analysis

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.

Introduced in the Senate

May 24, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-1) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Ed McBroom (R-38), Sylvia Santana (D-2) and Rosemary Bayer (D-13)

Referred to the Committee on Education

Oct. 23, 2024

Reported with substitute S-3

Oct. 24, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole