This document presents rules and regulations of the Michigan State Board of Education concerning procedures for the approval of teacher education institutions and teacher education programs. The first section details processes in institutional approval, presenting: (1) legislative authority; (2) characteristics of the Approved Program System; (3) types of institutional approval; (4) guidelines for the preparation of requests for preliminary approval; (5) final approval; and (6) probationary approval. Section two presents regulations relevant to program approval, under the following format: (1) brief introduction to the scope of the approval process; (2) procedures governing approval requests for adding to currently approved programs; (3) requests for authorization to offer experimental teacher education programs; (4) jointly sponsored teacher education programs; and (5) consortia in teacher education. (MJB)