the request for reinstatement of the preliminary school social worker certificate or
professional school social worker certificate.
(iii) If the individual requests a hearing within 30 calendar days after receipt of the
notice, there must be an informal conference on the request for reinstatement.
(d) Not later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the notice, the individual shall
request a hearing. If the individual does not timely request a hearing, the superintendent
of public instruction shall dismiss the request for reinstatement of the preliminary school
social worker certificate or professional school social worker certificate.
(e) If the individual timely requests a hearing, the department shall immediately
notify the individual of the date and time of an informal conference on the request for
reinstatement. Unless otherwise agreed, the informal conference is a telephone
conference with an authorized representative of the department.
(f) After the informal conference and consideration of the documentation and other
information presented, the department shall recommend that the superintendent of public
instruction reinstate or deny reinstatement of the preliminary school social worker
certificate or professional school social worker certificate. Based on consideration of the
recommendation and the documentation and other information presented, the
superintendent of public instruction shall reinstate or deny reinstatement of the
preliminary school social worker certificate or professional school social worker
certificate. The superintendent of public instruction shall not reinstate the preliminary
school social worker certificate or professional school social worker certificate unless the
superintendent of public instruction finds that the individual is currently fit to serve in an
elementary or secondary school in this state and that reinstatement will not adversely
affect the health, safety, and welfare of pupils.
(g) If the superintendent of public instruction does not reinstate the preliminary
school social worker certificate or professional school social worker certificate under
subdivision (f) of this subrule, the department shall refer the request to the Michigan
office of administrative hearings and rules for hearing.
(3) If the superintendent of public instruction suspended or revoked the preliminary
school social worker certificate or professional school social worker certificate under R
340.1010(b), not more than 30 calendar days after receipt of a request for a hearing on
reinstatement, the department shall refer the request to the Michigan office of
administrative hearings and rules under section 1539b(5) of the act, MCL 380.1539b.
History: 1979 AC; 2011 AACS; 2024 MR 12, Eff. June 27, 2024.
R 340.1015 Removal of suspension or revocation of preliminary or professional
school social worker certificate after conviction set aside, expunged, or dismissed.
Rule 15. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall remove the suspension or
revocation of a preliminary school social worker certificate or professional school social
worker certificate if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The suspension or revocation was based solely on a criminal conviction under
section 1539b of the act, MCL 380.1539b.
(b) The holder of the credential files with the department a request for removal of
the suspension or removal that includes documentation satisfactory to the department that
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