Enumerated offenses detailed within Michigan law can be grouped into three categories based on the action the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) must or may take against an educator’s credentials.
Within 15 days of learning of certain educator convictions, the district board president must notify the superintendent of public instruction of that conviction.
Within 60 days of receiving any report of an enumerated offense by any employee/contractor, the district must report to the Michigan Department of Education the information received and any action taken as a result of the report.
In some circumstances, districts may legally employ an individual with a felony with board approval and notification to MDE. For those individuals, the district felony conviction employment form must be submitted to MDE prior to hire or continued employment.
Within three days of arraignment for certain crimes, or the first time a criminal defendant appears in court where they hear the charges against them and submit a plea, Michigan law requires all employed personnel, personnel regularly and continuously employed under contract, and applicants for employment to report the arraignment to their employing district and MDE.
Immediately upon conviction of certain crimes, the employed personnel and personnel working regularly and continuously under contract must submit the school personnel criminal conviction disclosure form to their employing district, MDE, and the prosecuting attorney.
The purposes of this guidance are:
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