HOUSE BILL No. 5911

 

 

May 1, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Greig, Camilleri, Chang, LaGrand, Wittenberg, Love, Faris, Pagan, Guerra and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1162a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1162a. (1) A principal or comparable administrator of a

 

public school that operates a school library shall designate an

 

individual to supervise pupils in the school library when a

 

certified library media specialist is not present and the school

 

library is open to pupils. However, this individual shall not

 

provide instruction to pupils unless he or she holds an appropriate

 

Michigan teaching certificate.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "certified library media

 

specialist" means a certificated teacher under section 1531 with an

 

ND library media endorsement issued by the department.

 


     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.