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Bill 3193

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3193
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Cobb-Hunter
All Sponsors:                     Cobb-Hunter
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20086sd99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Teaching certificate, conditional; 
                                  circumstances under which may be awarded; 
                                  School Districts, Teachers


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
House   19990106  Prefiled, referred to Committee        21 HEPW


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-26-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON NOT CERTIFIED TO TEACH IN THIS STATE WHO POSSESSES PECULIAR EXPERTISE IN A SUBJECT AREA OF CRITICAL NEED AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR WHO HAS PECULIAR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO TEACH A VOCATIONAL SKILL MAY BE AWARDED A CONDITIONAL TEACHING CERTIFICATE FOR UP TO THREE YEARS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-26-35. A person not certified to teach in this State who possesses peculiar expertise in a subject area of critical need as determined by the State Department of Education or who in vocational areas has peculiar knowledge and expertise in the skills and abilities necessary to perform that vocation may be awarded a conditional teaching certificate to teach that subject of critical need or that particular vocation. The expertise required for this conditional certification must be specified by the State Board of Education. The state board may renew such a conditional teaching certificate annually for a maximum of three years, if the holder of the certificate shows satisfactory progress toward completion of a teacher certification program prescribed by the board. Satisfactory progress is that progress that the holder of a conditional certificate should complete in order to meet the requirements for full certification within three years of being conditionally certified."

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

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