Section 340.1783. Temporarily approved teachers of students with disabilities.

Under procedures established by the department, the department may grant temporary approval as a teacher of students with disabilities to persons who hold a valid  Michigan  teaching  certificate.   The employing superintendent shall certify that the district conducted a search for fully qualified personnel and that no certified teacher who  holds   full approval  or endorsement for the position was available at the  time   of

the assignment. Continuation of temporary approval shall be dependent upon the satisfactory completion of not less than 6 semester or equivalent hours of required credit toward full approval between August 31 of  the  current   school  year  and September 1 of the next school year that the teacher is employed. The school district is not required to conduct a search for a fully qualified teacher in successive school years if the candidate meets these requirements. The school district is not required to remove a teacher under temporary or continuing approval when a fully approved or endorsed teacher becomes available.

History: 1979 AC; 1980 AACS; 1987 AACS; 2002 AACS.