MI HB6061

Reduces barber college educational requirement from 1,800 hours to 1,500 hours of instruction including classroom study, demonstrations, and practical training.

Creates new apprentice student license allowing individuals with tenth-grade education to learn barbering under supervision of a licensed barber, with initial 2-year term renewable for 1 additional year.

Allows apprentices to substitute practical barbershop training for college instruction at a 1:1 ratio, up to 500 hours maximum, and permits experience substitution for out-of-state trained applicants at 3 months experience per 100 hours of instruction.

Establishes apprenticeship program requirements for barbershops: limit of 2 apprentices at a time, maximum 7 hours per day or 40 hours per week, daily attendance records sent monthly to department, and apprentices may practice on public only after 350 hours of instruction.

Requires barbershops conducting apprenticeships and barber colleges to be inspected at least twice annually, and clarifies that barbershops charging fees for teaching barber services must comply with barber college licensing requirements.