South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 886

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\sm\20036wab20.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Speech-language pathologists

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2019  Senate  Prefiled
  12/11/2019  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education
   1/14/2020  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 27)
   1/14/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 27)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-33-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS EMPLOYED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CONTRACTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH THIRD-PARTY VENDORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY PROVIDE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES FOR RELATED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT HOLDING AN EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE OR CREDENTIAL.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 33, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 59-33-35.    A speech-language pathologist employed by a school district or contracted by a school district through a third-party vendor or service provider and licensed under the provisions of Chapter 67, Title 40, is not required to hold an educator certificate or credential as a condition to providing speech-language pathology services for related special education services in the district under the provisions of this chapter."

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

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