An act to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide for the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board of education, and certain other boards and officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233), as amended by 2021 PA 149.
Senate Bill 162 expands reciprocity for out-of-state school counselors by amending section 1233 (MCL 380.1233) of the Revised School Code. The bill amends subsection 2 which outlines the criteria for issuing a school counselor license. It expands eligibility to individuals who hold a school counselor license from another state, country, or federally recognized Indian tribe. Individuals who meet this criterion need to have served at least three years in a school counseling role and completed the guidance counselor examination in order to be issued a Michigan school counselor license.
The bill also adds subsection 13 to include criteria for issuing a preliminary school counselor license. It adds subsection 14 to allow a temporary school counselor license to be issued to an individual who is licensed in another state or country and has met all requirements for Michigan licensure except successful completion of the counselor examination. By expanding eligibility to licensed individuals from other states and countries and easing requirements for temporary licensure, the bill may increase the pool of individuals who qualify for a Michigan school counselor license.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-2
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported with substitute H-1
Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Substitute H-1 concurred in 37 to 0 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
