Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
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  
Email of person completing this form:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Fielding  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-77 ED  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
Teacher and School Administrator Evaluation Tools  
1. Purpose of 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.  
2. Summary of the 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.  
3. 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  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
4/1/2024  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
4/9/2024 01:00 PM at 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Michigan Library & Historical Center, 1st Floor Forum or  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
7. 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  
8. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
10. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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