Section R. 390.1144 - Full-year shortage substitute permitRule 44.
(1) The superintendent of public instruction may issue a full-year shortage substitute permit under this rule to a school district or nonpublic school for an individual who cannot be appropriately placed under a valid certificate or credential.(2) Subject to the act, all of the following apply to a full-year shortage substitute permit: (a) A school district or nonpublic school may apply for a full-year shortage substitute permit for assignment of an individual who holds a valid professional, advanced professional, continuing, life, or permanent teaching certificate but who does not hold the appropriate endorsement for the assignment, including grade band endorsement.(b) The superintendent of public instruction shall not issue a full-year shortage substitute permit to a school district or nonpublic school for an assignment to teach a core academic discipline, as defined by the superintendent of public instruction, unless the department has received documentation of 1 of the following: (i) The individual completed an academic major or minor in the discipline area.(ii) The individual earned 20 semester credit hours in the discipline area.(iii) The individual obtained a passing score on the appropriate available discipline area examination approved by the superintendent of public instruction.(c) The assignment does not exceed 1/2 of a full-time equivalency teaching position.(3) The superintendent of public instruction may renew a full-year shortage substitute permit not more than 3 times to place the same individual in the permitted assignment on application by the school district or nonpublic school, and both of the following apply:(a) During the year of the most recent full-year shortage substitute permit or renewal, the individual had 1 formal observation leading to a comprehensive evaluation rating of effective or highly effective under section 1249 of the act, MCL 380.1249.(b) The assignment does not exceed 1/2 of a full-time equivalency teaching position.Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1144
1979 AC; 1989 AACS; 2024 MR 12, Eff. 6/27/2024