H 3790 General Bill, By L. Phillips and D.M. Beasley
    A Bill to amend Act 187 of 1979, as amended, relating to the training, employment, and education of public educators and the Basic Skills Examination for prospective teachers, so as to delete the provision that limits undergraduates majoring in education to take the Basic Skills Examination no more than three times, provide that a teacher's provisional contract period is for a period of not less than ninety days and not more than one school year, provide that no person may be employed under a provisional contract for more than two contract years; delete the provisions that continued teacher employment beyond the annual contract period be based on evaluation by the State Board of Education, provide that a teacher with one year's experience outside the State and a South Carolina teaching certificate may be employed initially under an annual contract period which is not less than ninety days and not more than one year, provide that teacher evaluation include at least two observations, provide for teacher evaluation at the end of the annual contract period and if found deficient the school district may employ the teacher for one additional annual contract period or terminate the teacher's employment and if terminated no school district may employ the teacher for one annual contract period, delete provisions that a terminated teacher may not be employed as a teacher for at least two years, make provision for a person completing a teacher training program outside the State, and provide for the evaluation of provisional and annual contract teachers.

04/10/86	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-2304
04/10/86	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-2305