H*4938(Rat #0273, Act #0291 of 2016)  Joint Resolution, By 
 House Education and Public Works

Similar(H 4782)
 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE
 CENTER FOR EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND ADVANCEMENT (CERRA), WORKING IN
 COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, SHALL SURVEY SPECIFIED
 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE STATE'S COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
 QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER THE STUDENTS HAVE EVER CONSIDERED TEACHING IN A RURAL
 AND ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY TO
 BE REPORTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER 1, 2016; AND TO PROVIDE THAT
 THE DEPARTMENT, CERRA, AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ALSO SHALL
 EXPLORE A MEANS OF OBTAINING SIMILAR SURVEY INFORMATION FROM STUDENTS IN OTHER
 PROGRAMS AS A MEANS OF PLANNING AND PROMOTING TEACHING CAREER INFORMATION AND
 EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS, WITH A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS
 SURVEY TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY FEBRUARY 1, 2017, TO INCLUDE
 WHETHER THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON STUDENTS IN THE STATE'S TWO-YEAR AS WELL AS
 FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS, AND WHETHER IMPROVEMENTS FACILITATING TRANSFER AND
 ARTICULATION INTO TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS COULD ENHANCE RECRUITMENT INTO
 THE TEACHING PROFESSION. - ratified title

   02/11/16  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference (House Journal-page 91)
   02/18/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   02/24/16  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 18)
   02/24/16  House  Roll call Yeas-98  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 18)
   02/25/16  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 19)
   02/25/16  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   02/25/16  Senate Referred to Committee on Education
                     (Senate Journal-page 8)
   04/14/16  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education (Senate Journal-page 12)
   05/17/16  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 18)
   05/17/16  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 18)
   05/17/16  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
   05/17/16  Senate Roll call Ayes-38  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 18)
   05/18/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/18/16  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 43)
   05/26/16  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
                     (House Journal-page 48)
   05/26/16  House  Roll call Yeas-86  Nays-4 (House Journal-page 48)
   06/02/16         Ratified R 273
   06/05/16         Signed By Governor
   06/10/16         Effective date 06/05/16
   07/14/16         Act No. 291

(A291, R273, H4938)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CENTER FOR EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND ADVANCEMENT (CERRA), WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, SHALL SURVEY SPECIFIED STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE STATE'S COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER THE STUDENTS HAVE EVER CONSIDERED TEACHING IN A RURAL AND ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY TO BE REPORTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER 1, 2016; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT, CERRA, AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ALSO SHALL EXPLORE A MEANS OF OBTAINING SIMILAR SURVEY INFORMATION FROM STUDENTS IN OTHER PROGRAMS AS A MEANS OF PLANNING AND PROMOTING TEACHING CAREER INFORMATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS, WITH A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS SURVEY TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY FEBRUARY 1, 2017, TO INCLUDE WHETHER THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON STUDENTS IN THE STATE'S TWO-YEAR AS WELL AS FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS, AND WHETHER IMPROVEMENTS FACILITATING TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION INTO TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS COULD ENHANCE RECRUITMENT INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

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

Student surveys

SECTION    1.    The State Department of Education and the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA), working in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education, shall survey students enrolled in the state's colleges of education. This survey shall be administered to those college students who have been fully admitted into their institution's teacher education program. At a minimum, the survey shall include questions inquiring as to whether students have ever considered teaching in a rural and economically challenged district. Students must be asked what incentives, if any, would cause them to move to, and work in, such a district. The State Department of Education and CERRA may include additional questions in the survey as considered useful. Results of the survey must be reported to the General Assembly by December 1, 2016.

Additionally, the Department of Education, CERRA, and the Commission on Higher Education together shall explore a practical and effective means of obtaining similar survey information from students in other programs at the state's institutions of higher learning as a means of planning and promoting teaching career information and employment options and in accordance with the general intentions of Section 13-1-1840 of the 1976 Code. A report summarizing the recommendations for this survey must be submitted to the General Assembly by February 1, 2017, to include whether the focus should be on students in the state's two-year as well as four-year institutions, and whether improvements facilitating transfer and articulation into teacher education programs could enhance recruitment into the teaching profession.

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2016.

Approved the 5th day of June, 2016.