South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 3680

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Herbkersman, Bradley, Erickson and W. Newton
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17552sa19.docx

Introduced in the House on January 22, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Teacher salaries

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/22/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 22)
   1/22/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 22)
   1/23/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bradley, 
                        Erickson, W.Newton

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/22/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-20-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES UNDER THE EDUCATION FINANCE ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING IN SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020, A NEW TEACHER MUST RECEIVE A STARTING SALARY OF NO LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A CURRENT TEACHER WHO EARNED LESS THAN SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR MUST RECEIVE A SALARY OF NO LESS THAN SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-20-50(4) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered item to read:

"( )    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in School Year 2019-2020, a new certified teacher hired to teach in a public K-12 school in this State must receive a starting salary of no less than fifty thousand dollars and a current certified public K-12 teacher who earned less than sixty thousand dollars in the 2018-2019 School Year must receive a salary of no less than sixty thousand dollars. A teacher employed in the same position, over the same time period, may not receive less total salary, including any normal incremental increase, than that teacher received in the 2019-2020 School Year. The increased salary amounts must be paid from the school district's administrative budget."

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

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