Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Education  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Superintendent of Public Instruction  
Name of person completing this form:  
Mary Fielding  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-241-6986  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
FieldingM@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Fielding  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-77 ED  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Teacher and School Administrator Evaluation Tools  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The general purposes of the proposed amendments are to align the rules with current standards of  
drafting related to the use of active and passive voice, to update a statutory reference, and to delete  
the timeline requirement for notification about the Michigan Department of Education’s placement of  
an evaluation tool on its list of approved evaluation tools.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The general purpose of the proposed Teacher and School Administrator Evaluation Tools rules is to  
remove a timeline for the Department of Education to provide notice of the department’s response to  
a request to add an evaluation tool to the list required by sections 1249 and 1249b of the revised  
school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249 and 380.1249b.  
Online Public Written Comment Tool: https://mde.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73asZyiBl1OCezk  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Detroit Free Press – March 22, 2024  
Grand Rapids Press – March 26, 2024  
Marquette Mining Journal – March 23, 2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
4/1/2024  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
4/9/2024 01:00 PM at 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Michigan Library & Historical Center, 1st Floor Forum or  
http://tinyurl.com/5cpy55vu , 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48915 or  
http://tinyurl.com/5cpy55vu  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1504  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Michigan Department of Education Office of Educator Excellence:  
Krista Ried, Manager, Certification Unit  
Scott Wertheim, Technician, Strategic Implementation Unit  
Katie Schmiedeknecht, Analyst, Data and Accountability Unit  
Beatrice Harrison, Higher Education Consultant, Certification Unit  
Allison Sandbrook, Technician, Certification Unit  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Comments  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
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14.Date report completed:  
5/9/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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