South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3244

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Stille, Altman and Walker
Document Path: l:\council\bills\pt\1152sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Public colleges and universities, full-time undergraduate faculty, teacher load requirements

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2002  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-100
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-100

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2002

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-365 SO AS TO REQUIRE FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY OF STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, BEGINNING WITH THE 2003 FALL SEMESTER, TO TEACH A REQUIRED NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS EACH SEMESTER, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-101-365.    Beginning with the 2003 fall semester, full-time undergraduate faculty of state-supported institutions of higher learning are required to teach twelve credit hours each semester. However, full-time undergraduate faculty who perform contracted research shall have this twelve-hour requirement reduced in increments of three credit hours based on the percentage of their time spent on research as determined by the appropriate dean and certified to the president of the institution as follows:

(1)    no contracted research as a percent

of total time                                                        12 credit hours

required to be taught;

(2)    contracted research twenty-five

percent or less of total time                            9 credit hours

required to be taught

(3)    contracted research between twenty-five

and fifty percent of total time                            6 credit hours

required to be taught;

(4)    contracted research between fifty

and seventy-five percent of total time            3 credit hours

required to be taught;

(5)    contracted research seventy-five

percent or more of total time                            no credit hours

required to be taught."

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

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