Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.131 (2026)

State tenure commission; creation, membership; superintendent as ex-officio secretary; legal advisor.

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TEACHERS' TENURE


Act 4 of 1937 (Ex. Sess.)


38.131 State tenure commission; creation, membership; superintendent as ex-officio secretary; legal advisor.

Sec. 1.

    There is hereby created a state tenure commission of 5 members: 2 of whom shall be classroom instructors, 1 a member of a board of education of a graded or city school district, 1 a person not a member of a board of education or a teacher, and 1 a superintendent of schools. The superintendent of public instruction shall be ex officio secretary of the commission, and the attorney general shall assign to the commission an assistant who shall be legal advisor to the commission.

History: 1937, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Sept. 1, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 38.131 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 242, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963

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Teachers' Tenure Act
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1984 · leading case: Hanselman v. Wayne Cnty. Concealed Weapon Licensing Bd., 351 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 1984).
Hanselman v. Wayne Cnty. Concealed Weapon Licensing Bd., 351 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 1984). “2021, MCL 38.131; MSA 15.2031; Liquor Control Commission, MCL 436.”
Viera v. Saginaw Bd. of Educ., 283 N.W.2d 796 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “On the contrary, my reading of relevant case law convinces me that the circuit court was the more appropriate forum in which to initially raise this pure question of law and statutory interpretation.”
Beebee v. Haslett Pub. Schs., 198 N.W.2d 860 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “, the Michigan Legislature created the State (Teachers) Tenure Commission, MCLA 38.131; MSA 15.2031, which, inter alia, "shall draw up rules and regulations and shall have the power to amend same and to provide for the conduct of its affairs in such manner as shall be consistent…”
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