South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

R200, H3849

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bingham
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26264ab15.docx

Introduced in the House on March 17, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on May 18, 2016
Governor's Action: May 27, 2016, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto sustained

Summary: Public school educators and student teachers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/17/2015  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 29)
   3/18/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 20)
   3/18/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-105  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 20)
   3/19/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 18)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/13/2015  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 15)
   5/28/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
   5/18/2016  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 35)
   5/18/2016  Senate  Roll call Ayes-35  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 35)
   5/24/2016          Ratified R 200
   5/27/2016          Vetoed by Governor
   5/31/2016  House   Veto sustained Yeas-0  Nays-105

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/17/2015
3/17/2015-A
5/13/2015

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(R200, H3849)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-26-45 SO AS TO EXEMPT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN CERTAIN EVALUATIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND STUDENT TEACHERS FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

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

Exemption for personally identifiable information in teacher and student teacher evaluations

SECTION    1.    Chapter 26, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-26-45.    To promote candid feedback for continuous improvement of teaching and learning, records relating to educator evaluations that include personally identifiable information are exempt from disclosure under the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 24th day of May, 2016.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ____________ day of _____________________2016.

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Governor

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