Bill 2144

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2144
Ratification Number:       78
Act Number                 43
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Teachers certified under the trades and
                           industrial education certification
           process

(A43, R78, H2144)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 187 OF 1976, RELATING TO TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHERS CERTIFIED UNDER THE TRADES AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROCESS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM COLLEGE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH TEACHERS MAY BE EMPLOYED FOR FIVE YEARS UPON COMPLETION OF CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Exemption

SECTION 1. Section 4 of Act 187 of 1979 is amended by adding at the end:

"Teachers certified under the trades and industrial education certification process shall be exempt from the provisions of this act which require the completion of scholastic requirements for teaching at an approved college or university and a provisional contract period. Such teachers may be employed by a school district for a maximum of five years under annual contracts prior to being employed under a continuing contract. Before being employed under a continuing contract these teachers shall pass the Basic Skills Examination developed in accordance with Section 3(b) (1), the state approved skill examination in their area which is currently required, the teaching examination developed in accordance with Section 3(b) (2) and successfully complete the performance evaluations as required for all teachers who are employed under provisional contracts. Certification renewal requirements for such teachers shall, be those which are promulgated by the State Board of Education."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.