H 3578  General Bill, By Allison, Taylor, Felder and Stringer

Similar(H 3577, H 4758)
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 59-26-120 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PROVIDE
 CERTAIN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS WITH CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING
 GRADUATES OF THOSE PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS MAY NOT
 SHARE IDENTIFIABLE EDUCATOR DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT,
 AND TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
 ACT.
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   01/15/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 69)
   01/15/19  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 69)
   01/17/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stringer

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-26-120 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PROVIDE CERTAIN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS WITH CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING GRADUATES OF THOSE PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS MAY NOT SHARE IDENTIFIABLE EDUCATOR DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT, AND TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 26, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-26-120.    (A)    The State Department of Education annually before December first shall provide each college of education and state-approved educator preparation program with information regarding its graduates. Information must be provided to a college of education or educator preparation program regarding each of its individual educator graduates and must include, but is not limited to:

(1)    SCPASS and SC READY, or the succeeding assessment, scores aggregated by classroom, content, and/or grade, school, district, and learner demographic;

(2)    Student leaning objective data aggregated by classroom, content, and/or grade, school, district, and learner demographic;

(3)    results of ADEPT Evaluation by individual educator graduate;

(4)    records of employee certification by individual educator graduate; and

(5)    other information requested by the programs designed to enhance the ability of the college of education or educator preparation program to provide improved education services.

(B)    A college of education or educator preparation program receiving individualized information regarding its graduates pursuant to subsection (A) shall:

(1)    develop and use a unique system for identifying each individual educator graduate for whom it receives such individualized information;

(2)    strictly maintain the confidentiality of all information that can be used to identify an individual educator graduate for whom it receives such information; and

(2)    not share such information with a third party without the express written consent of the educator.

(C)    Information provided to a college of education or educator preparation program pursuant to this section is not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act."

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