Legislation would allow Michigan teachers to avoid state tests after three years in the classroom

Legislation would allow Michigan teachers to avoid state tests after three years in the classroom

Michigan lawmakers are debating a bill that would let Michigan teachers earn their certificate without having to take the state test if they’ve been in the classroom for at least three years. State Senator Joe Bellino of Monroe, who wrote the legislation, says the exemption is already available for out-for-state teachers, which isn’t fair to Michigan teachers. “To have the bureaucracy stop our own teachers, but let out-of-state teachers do that,…