H 4504 General Bill, By Wilder, Anderson, Breeland, Cobb-Hunter, Govan, 
J.P. Harrelson, Inabinett, Littlejohn, Phillips, R. Smith, E.C. Stoddard, 
C.H. Stone and P.H. Thomas

Similar(S 979, H 4392)
 A Bill to amend Act 164 of 1993, relating to the 1993-94 State General
 Appropriations Act, so as to provide that campus incentive program funds used
 to provide a one-time bonus to classroom teachers shall also be used to
 provide the same bonus to all school employees; to provide that if there are
 insufficient campus incentive program funds to pay the bonus provided for by
 this paragraph, these bonuses shall be paid from the State General Fund, and
 to make these provisions retroactive to July 1, 1993.

   01/13/94  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-272
   01/13/94  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-272

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 164 OF 1993, RELATING TO THE 1993-94 STATE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CAMPUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS USED TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME BONUS TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS SHALL ALSO BE USED TO PROVIDE THE SAME BONUS TO ALL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, TO PROVIDE IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT CAMPUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS TO PAY THE BONUS PROVIDED FOR BY THIS PARAGRAPH, THESE BONUSES SHALL BE PAID FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1, 1993.

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

SECTION 1. Paragraph 20A.12, Section 20, Part I of Act 164 of 1993 is amended to read:

"20A.12. (EIA - Campus Incentive Program) $11,500,000 of the Campus Incentive Program funds shall be distributed as a one-time bonus to classroom teachers as defined by the Department of Education position codes 03 through 11, 85, 18, 36 through 40. No teacher who receives a bonus as a state employee is eligible for this bonus. Bonuses for federally funded teachers must be paid from federal funds.

School employees other than classroom teachers also shall receive a bonus in the same amount paid to classroom teachers, and the funds for this bonus also shall be paid from Campus Incentive Program Funds, provided that if there are insufficient Campus Incentive Program funds to pay the bonus provided for by this paragraph, these bonuses shall be paid from the State general fund. No school employee who receives a bonus as a state employee is eligible for this bonus. Bonuses for federally funded school employees must be paid from federal funds."

SECTION 2. The provisions of Paragraph 20A.12, Section 20, Part I of Act 164 of 1993, as amended by Section 1 of this act, are retroactive to July 1, 1993.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.