The department of education shall certify an applicant as a qualified parent cooperative preschool teacher for purposes of this act if the applicant meets any of the following requirements:
  (a) The applicant has earned 120 semester credit hours in an accredited institution of higher education, including not less than 15 semester hours of child development course work.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 388.1023

  • Child development course work: means child development course work, early childhood course work, child psychology course work, or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 388.1021
  • Parent cooperative preschool: means a nonprofit, nondiscriminatory institution, maintained as a community service and administered by parents of children currently enrolled in the preschool, which institution provides an educational and developmental program for children younger than compulsory school age and which provides an educational program for parents, including active parental participation with children in preschool activities. See Michigan Laws 388.1021
  (b) The applicant has earned 60 semester credit hours in an accredited institution of higher education before July 1, 1979, including not less than 15 semester hours of child development course work.
  (c) The applicant has taught in a parent cooperative preschool for not less than 5 years before the effective date of this act.
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