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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.302 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Giese All Sponsors:Giese, Wilson, Hutto Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20087sd99.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:Schools and school districts, American citizenship not requirement for teacher certification History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee Senate 19981216 Prefiled, referred to Committee 04 SED Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 59-25-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP SHALL NOT BE A QUALIFICATION FOR RECEIVING CERTIFICATION TO TEACH IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-25-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-25-20. No board of school trustees shall hereafter shall employ any a teacher who has does not have a certificate to teach in the free public schools of the State. This provision, however, shall not affect the employment of any a teacher now teaching in any of the schools of the special school districts. The trustees of any such school also may also impose any additional examinations and qualifications they may deem consider proper before or after employing any a teacher.
American citizenship shall not be a qualification for receiving certification to teach in the public schools of this State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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