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**Update: Lansing has approved an increase in certification fees. The $125 fee will soon be $160 and the out-of-state $175 fee will soon be $210.

The following is provided to alert you to a new law (see below) passed in April, 2006, and essential information regarding the impact for MEA members.
Essential Information
*A new law, Public Act 118 of 2006, which was passed in April 2006, requires that teachers applying for the renewal of a provisional certificate or initial issuance of a professional education certificate after July 1, 2007, must have completed a 3 credit course with appropriate field experiences in the diagnosis, remediation, and differentiation of reading instruction.
*These 3 credits must be taken during the first 6 years of employment as a classroom teacher and may be part of the teacher’s 18 semester hour planned program.
*These 3 credits are in addition to the 3 semester hours of reading for secondary teachers and 6 semester hours of reading for elementary teachers which are required for the issuance of a provisional certificate.
*If a teacher can advance to the professional education certificate before July 1, 2007, and does so, he/she is not required to meet this additional reading mandate.Teachers who renew a provisional certificate before July 1, 2007, will need to meet this new reading requirement prior to making application for the professional education certificate.