South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 317

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Fanning and Stephens
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11097dg21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Teacher salaries

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 263)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 263)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-20-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE FOR TEACHERS, SO AS TO EXTEND THE SCHEDULE FIVE YEARS SO THAT EACH CERTIFIED TEACHER IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A PAY RAISE FOR EACH OF THEIR FIRST TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF TEACHING.

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 item at the end to read:

    "(c)    The state minimum salary schedule set forth in this subsection must be extended so that each certified teacher is eligible to receive a pay raise for each of their first twenty-eight years of teaching."

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

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