South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A85, R12, S588

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Peeler, Setzler, Hayes and Matthews
Document Path: l:\s-financ\drafting\hsp\001teac.dag.hsp.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2009
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2009
Passed by the General Assembly on April 1, 2009
Governor's Action: April 7, 2009, Signed

Summary: Teacher hiring

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/17/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-3
   3/17/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-3
   3/19/2009  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Finance SJ-3
   3/24/2009  Senate  Read second time SJ-27
   3/25/2009  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-13
   3/26/2009  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-10
   3/31/2009  House   Read second time HJ-70
    4/1/2009  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-32
    4/2/2009          Ratified R 12
    4/7/2009          Signed By Governor
    4/9/2009          Effective date 04/07/09
   7/21/2009          Act No. 85

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/17/2009
3/19/2009
3/26/2009


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(A85, R12, S588)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE DATE BY WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO EMPLOY A TEACHER FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR FROM APRIL FIFTEENTH TO MAY FIFTEENTH, TO PROVIDE THAT A TEACHER HAS TEN DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF AN OFFER TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY UNIFORMLY NEGOTIATE SALARIES BELOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR FOR RETIRED TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT PARTICIPANTS IN THE TEACHER AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

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

School district notification of teacher employment May 15

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding Section 59-25-410, the boards of trustees of the several school districts shall decide and notify, in writing, the teachers, as defined in Section 59-1-130, in their employ concerning their employment for the 2009-2010 school year by May 15, 2009.

Teacher acceptance of employment offer

SECTION    2.    Notwithstanding Section 59-25-420, any teacher who is reemployed by written notification pursuant to Section 59-25-410 shall notify the board of trustees in writing of his acceptance of the contract for the 2009-2010 school year no later than ten days following receipt of written notification. Failure on the part of the teacher to notify the board of acceptance within the specified time limit shall be conclusive evidence of the teacher's rejection of the contract.

Renegotiation of teacher salaries

SECTION    3.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school districts may uniformly negotiate salaries below the school district salary schedule for the 2009-2010 school year for retired teachers who are not participants in the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program.

Time effective

SECTION    4.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 2nd day of April, 2009.

Approved the 7th day of April, 2009.

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