Current Status Bill Number:258 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Leventis All Sponsors:Leventis Drafted Document Number:GJK\21156SD.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:Teachers salaries
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED
referred to Committee
Senate 19941114 Prefiled, referred to Committee 04 SED
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-20-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SCHOOL TEACHERS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' SALARIES, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAINTAIN LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENTS PER TEACHER AT NO LESS THAN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR LEVEL AND INSTEAD PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY REDUCE THE LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENTS, BUT SALARIES MUST NOT BE REDUCED BELOW THE MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE SCHEDULE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-20-50(4)(b) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 15, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is further amended to read:
"(b) The state minimum salary schedule must be based on the state minimum salary schedule index in effect as of July 1, 1984. In fiscal year 1985, the 1.000 figure in the index is $14,172. (This figure is based on a 10.27% percent increase pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984.) Beginning with fiscal year 1986, the 1.000 figure in the index must be adjusted on a schedule to stay at the southeastern average as projected by the Division of Research and Statistical Services and provided to the Budget and Control Board and General Assembly during their deliberations on the annual appropriations bill. The southeastern average teacher salary is the average of the average teachers' salaries of the southeastern states. In projecting the southeastern average, the division shall include in the South Carolina base teacher salary all local teacher supplements and all incentive pay. Under this schedule, school districts are required to maintain local salary supplements per teacher no less than their prior fiscal level. A school district may reduce the local salary supplements, but salaries must not be reduced below the minimum teacher salary established by the state schedule for the fiscal year. In fiscal year 1986 and thereafter teacher pay raises through adjustments in the state's minimum salary schedule may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the following criteria:
(1) holding a valid professional certificate;
(2) having a score of 425 or greater on the Commons Examination of the National Teachers Examinations;
(3) meeting the minimum qualifying score on the appropriate area teaching examination; or
(4) meeting the minimum standards on the basic skills examinations as prescribed by the State Board of Education provided in Section 59-26-20."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.