Title 38, CIVIL SERVICE AND RETIREMENT

Sec. 4. (1) A teacher on continuing tenure may contest the controlling board's decision to proceed upon the charges against the teacher by filing a claim of appeal with the tenure commission and serving a copy of the claim of appeal on the controlling board not later than 20 days…

Sec. 4a. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Developmental disability" means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a except that, for the purposes of implementing this section, developmental disability includes only a condition tha…

Sec. 1. No teacher on continuing tenure shall discontinue his services with any controlling board except by mutual consent, without giving a written notice to said controlling board at least 60 days before September first of the ensuing school year. Any teacher discontinuing his …

Sec. 2. (1) Any controlling board upon written request of a teacher may grant leave of absence for a period not to exceed 1 year, subject to renewal at the will of the board. Additionally, a controlling board may grant a leave of absence because of physical or mental disability w…

Sec. 1. A teacher who has achieved continuing tenure status may appeal to the tenure commission any decision of a controlling board under this act, other than a decision governed by article IV on discharge or demotion of a teacher on continuing tenure, within 20 days from the dat…

Sec. 1. There is hereby created a state tenure commission of 5 members: 2 of whom shall be classroom instructors, 1 a member of a board of education of a graded or city school district, 1 a person not a member of a board of education or a teacher, and 1 a superintendent of school…

Sec. 2. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the governor shall appoint the members of the tenure commission for the following terms: One for a term of 3 years, 1 for a term of 2 years and 1 for a term of 1 year. Each term shall begin on the first day of September…

Sec. 3. Not more than 1 member of the tenure commission shall be appointed from any 1 school district.

Sec. 4. Any teacher appointed to the tenure commission after September 1, 1938, must be on continuing tenure.

Sec. 5. Membership on the state tenure commission shall not adversely affect the status of the teacher's tenure with a controlling board.

Sec. 6. (1) The tenure commission shall meet twice a year at stated times in the city of Lansing, and at other times and in other places as determined by the commission. (2) The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Pub…

Sec. 7. The tenure commission is hereby vested with such powers as are necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act.

Sec. 8. The per diem compensation of the state tenure commission and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.

Sec. 9. (1) The tenure commission shall act as a board of review for all cases appealed from the decision of a controlling board. All records of the tenure commission shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (2) A writing prepared, owned, used in t…

Sec. 10. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the tenure commission shall hold a meeting in the city of Lansing for the purpose of organization and the election of a chairman and secretary, both of whom shall be members of the commission. The tenure commission sha…

Sec. 1. This act shall apply to all school districts of the state.

Sec. 1. Failure of any member of a controlling board to comply with any provisions of this act shall be deemed a violation of the law and shall subject said member to the same penalty as prescribed for a violation of the general school law.

Sec. 2. No teacher may waive any rights and privileges under this act in any contract or agreement made with a controlling board. In the event that any section or sections of a contract or agreement entered into between a teacher and a controlling board make continuance of employ…

Sec. 1. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after September first, 1937.

Sec. 1. (1) The term "teacher" as used in this act means a certificated individual employed for a full school year by any board of education or controlling board. (2) An individual who is not certificated but is employed for a full school year pursuant to section 1233b of the rev…

Sec. 2. The term "certificated" means holding a valid teaching certificate, as defined by the state board of education. For the purpose of this section, an individual is considered to be holding a valid teaching certificate if the individual has on file with his or her employing …

Sec. 3. As used in this act, "controlling board" means all boards having the care, management, or control over public school districts and public educational institutions other than a public school academy established under the revised school code, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts …

Sec. 4. The word "demote" means to suspend without pay for 15 or more consecutive days or reduce compensation for a particular school year by more than an amount equivalent to 30 days' compensation or to transfer to a position carrying a lower salary. However, demote does not inc…

Sec. 5. The "school year" shall be defined as the legal school year at the time and place where service was rendered.

Sec. 1. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 3b of this article, a teacher is in a probationary period during his or her first 5 full school years of employment. (2) Subject to section 3b of this article, a teacher under contract but not on continuing tenure as of t…

Sec. 2. A teacher shall not be required to serve more than 1 probationary period in any 1 school district or institution.

Sec. 2a. A probationary teacher who is rated as effective on the probationary teacher's most recent year-end performance evaluation under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, is not subject to displacement by a teacher on continuing tenure solely be…

Sec. 3. (1) Before the end of each school year, the controlling board shall provide the probationary teacher with a definite written statement as to whether or not his or her work has been effective. Subject to subsection (2), a probationary teacher or teacher not on continuing c…

Sec. 3a. The controlling board of a probationary teacher's employing school district shall ensure that the teacher is provided with an individualized development plan developed by appropriate administrative personnel in consultation with the individual teacher and that the teache…

Sec. 3b. (1) Before July 1, 2024, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a teacher is not considered to have successfully completed the probationary period unless the teacher has been rated as effective or highly effective on the teacher's 3 most recent year-end perf…

Sec. 4. Articles 4, 5 and 6 shall not apply to any teacher deemed to be in a period of probation.

Sec. 1. (1) After the satisfactory completion of the probationary period, a teacher is considered to be on continuing tenure under this act. A teacher on continuing tenure shall be employed continuously by the controlling board under which the probationary period has been complet…

Sec. 2. If a teacher on continuing tenure is employed by another controlling board, the teacher is not subject to another probationary period of more than 2 years beginning with the date of employment, and may at the option of the controlling board be placed immediately on contin…

Sec. 3. The controlling board of the school district employing a teacher on continuing tenure shall ensure that the teacher is provided with a year-end performance evaluation in accordance with section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249. If the teacher has…