On December 30th, Governor Whitmer signed into law the new Critical Shortage legislation: 

ACTION BY THE GOVERNOR: HB 4694 MPSERS and Substitute Teaching

The bill would modify MPSERS to allow retirants to be employed at a reporting unit under certain circumstances without forfeiting their retirement allowance or health care coverage. For critical shortage areas, the bill would push back a sunset to July 1, 2025; strike a three-year limitation; and remove the 12-month waiting period for retirants who do not work in the month of their retirement and who are working under an extended COVID-19 learning plan. Comparable changes would be made to the MPSERS section on substitute teachers and independent contractors. The bill signed by the governor and assigned Public Act 267 of 2020.

In November of 2021, the MASP Board adopted the MASP Social Justice and Multicultural Ethics Committee Anti-Racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT) Position Statement, and MASP signed on as a partner to the Psychologists and Mental Health Clinicians Stand Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline: An Official Statement of the Michigan Psychological Association.