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Bill 655

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      655
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010501
Primary Sponsor:                  Setzler
All Sponsors:                     Setzler
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5333sd01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Subject:                          Speech-Language pathologist with national 
                                  certification, annual pay increase for life of 
                                  certification; School Districts


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020507  Committee report: Favorable with       04 SED
                  amendment
Senate  20010501  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee


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Revised on May 7, 2002 - Word format

COMMITTEE REPORT

May 7, 2002

    S. 655

S. Printed 5/7/02--S.

Read the first time May 1, 2001.

    To whom was referred a Bill (S. 655) to amend Section 59-26-85, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to additional compensation, benefits, and certification procedures for teachers who have received, etc., respectfully

    That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

    Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking subsection (C) of Section 59-26-85 of the 1976 Code as contained in SECTION 1 and inserting:

    /(C)    Speech-Language pathologists who have received national certification from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), beginning with fiscal year 2002-2003 and subject to the conditions provided in this subsection, shall receive the same increase in pay for the life of the certification as do teachers who have received national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). The increases in pay for each year of the life of the certifications as provided by this subsection are contingent on funding being provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act for each of those years to fund the increases./

    Renumber sections to conform.

    Amend title to conform.

WARREN K. GIESE for Committee.

TO AMEND SECTION 59-26-85, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS (NBPTS), SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION (ASHA), BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2001-2002, SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME INCREASE IN PAY FOR THE LIFE OF THE CERTIFICATION AS DO TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NBPTS CERTIFICATION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-26-85 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 393 of 2000, is amended by adding:

    "(C)    Speech-Language pathologists who have received national certification from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), beginning with fiscal year 2001-2002, shall receive the same increase in pay for the life of the certification as do teachers who have received national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)."

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

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