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Vice Chair Linton narrows training scope, extends compliance deadline in HB 5697 substitute
Summary
Vice Chair Linton, sponsor of HB 5697, described and secured committee approval for an H-1 substitute that extends the compliance deadline to the 2030–31 school year, limits required training to administrators who directly supervise reading instruction, and permits MDE exemptions.
Vice Chair Linton presented the H-1 substitute to House Bill 5697 and explained changes intended to make statewide training feasible and sustainable. The substitute extends the compliance deadline to the 2030–31 school year and narrows the set of required recipients: only administrators with direct supervision of reading instruction would be required to receive the training, and long-term substitutes would no longer be required to participate.
Linton described implementation details the substitute would enable: allowance for training during teacher professional development days, a train-the-trainer professional learning model, and a requirement that professional learning providers maintain capacity to deliver all required training and support participants to mastery. The substitute also allows the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to grant good-cause exemptions (for medical or other reasons) and requires MDE reporting to include the number of exemption recipients.
Linton framed the changes as a temporary, capacity-building measure: “We want this to be a system that can continue independently in the schools so we aren't continually training … through the state,” she said, and urged continued stakeholder work over the following weeks. The committee adopted the H-1 substitute on a roll call.
