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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.1102 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000202 Primary Sponsor:Leatherman All Sponsors:Leatherman, Peeler, Ryberg, Mescher, Grooms, Courtney, McConnell, Courson, Ravenel, Richardson, Hayes, Gregory, Waldrep, Branton and Bauer Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20906sd00.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:School districts, teachers; teaching certificate, award of conditional when teaching critical needs area History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20000202 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-26-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON NOT CERTIFIED TO TEACH IN THIS STATE WHO POSSESSES PARTICULAR EXPERTISE IN A SUBJECT AREA OF CRITICAL NEED OR IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY BE AWARDED A CONDITIONAL TEACHING CERTIFICATE FOR UP TO THREE YEARS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THESE TEACHERS SHALL BE KNOWN AND CLASSIFIED AS "EXECUTIVE TEACHERS".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-26-35. A person not certified to teach in this State who possesses particular expertise in a subject area of critical need or in other subject areas as determined by the State Department of Education may be awarded a conditional teaching certificate to teach that subject in the manner provided by this section. These teachers shall be known and classified as 'Executive Teachers'. The expertise required for this conditional certification must be specified by the State Board of Education. The state board may renew such a conditional teaching certificate annually for a maximum of three years, if the holder of the certificate shows satisfactory progress toward completion of a teacher certification program prescribed by the board. Satisfactory progress is that progress that the holder of a conditional certificate should complete in order to meet the requirements for full certification within three years of being conditionally certified with the exception of practice teaching requirements which shall be waived."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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