Rule 83. 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.
