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Bill 801

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      801
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  Reese
All Sponsors:                     Reese, Ford, O'Dell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\10579sd02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Education Committee 04 SED
Subject:                          Speech-Language pathologists certified by 
                                  ASHA; increase in pay to be same as for 
                                  teachers certified by NBPTS


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020108  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20011212  Prefiled, referred to Committee        04 SED


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 59-26-85, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS (NBPTS), SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION (ASHA), BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003, SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME INCREASE IN PAY FOR THE LIFE OF THE CERTIFICATION AS DO TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NBPTS CERTIFICATION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-26-85 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 393 of 2000, is amended by adding:

"(C) Speech-Language pathologists who have received national certification from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), beginning with fiscal year 2002-2003, shall receive the same increase in pay for the life of the certification as do teachers who have received national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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