Rachel Soupey, general counsel for the State Board of Education, described multiple revisions to educator licensure rules during the Oct. 9 rulemaking hearing.

Soupey said the rule changes correspond to Public Chapter 328 of the Public Acts of 2025, which took effect July 1, 2025. The revisions add a new limited occupational teaching license, define validity periods for limited and limited occupational licenses, and replace outdated occupational permits. "Revisions include adding the new limited occupational teaching license and defining validity periods for limited and limited occupational licenses while replacing outdated occupational permits," she said.

The draft changes would allow adding endorsements to postsecondary educator licenses in subsequent issuances, permit educators with emergency credentials to teach courses with end-of-course exams, remove prohibitions on granting endorsement exceptions for EOC courses and on issuing clinical practice permits for elementary physical education, and amend requirements tied to limited licenses after use of three temporary permits. The new limited occupational teaching license would include requirements such as industry experience, local education agency training, and mentoring from a highly effective mentor, Soupey said.

The hearing gathered no public comments; final consideration is scheduled for the board's Nov. 21, 2025 meeting.