South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3096

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bowen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5631bb09.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Teachers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2008  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/13/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-48
   1/13/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-48

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-1-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "TEACHER", SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION BY REQUIRING CERTAIN MINIMUM TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AMONG OTHER CRITERIA.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-1-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-1-130.    'Teacher' means any a person who is employed either full-time or part-time by any a school district either to teach or to supervise teaching and who:

(1)(a)    spends at least thirty hours per week in a classroom as the primary instructor; and

(b)    spends at least thirty consecutive minutes in the classroom with the same group of students for the periods of instruction related to a particular subject or course.

(2)    Teachers' aides as defined in Section 59-1-140 are not classified as teachers even if they have a recognized certificate but must be classified as teachers' aides.

(3)    A teacher having fifteen hours or less in the classroom per week and who meets the other requirements of this section may be counted as a half teacher for statistical purposes."

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

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