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