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Bill 4048

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4048
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990505
Primary Sponsor:                  Stille
All Sponsors:                     Stille
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20153sd99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          State-supported colleges, universities; 
                                  certain faculty to teach certain hours each 
                                  semester, undergraduate


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990505  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-365 SO AS TO REQUIRE FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY OF STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, BEGINNING WITH THE 1999 FALL SEMESTER, TO TEACH A REQUIRED NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS EACH SEMESTER, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-101-365. Beginning with the 1999 fall semester, full-time undergraduate faculty of state-supported institutions of higher learning are required to teach twelve credit hours each semester. However, full-time undergraduate faculty who perform research shall have this twelve-hour requirement reduced in increments of three credit hours based on the percentage of their time spent on research as determined by the appropriate dean and certified to the president of the institution as follows:

(1) no research as a percent of total time 12 credit hours

required to be taught;

(2) research twenty-five percent or 9 credit hours

less of total time required to be taught

(3) research between twenty-five 6 credit hours

and fifty percent of total time required to be taught;

(4) research between fifty and 3 credit hours

seventy-five percent of total time required to be taught;

(5) research seventy-five percent no credit hours

or more of total time required to be taught."

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

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