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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fanning
Document Path: l:\council\bills\sm\20152sa21.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
Summary: Student-teacher ratios
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 268)
1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 268)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-20-42 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ATTAIN CERTAIN AVERAGE PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS AND MAY NOT ALLOW A TEACHER TO TEACH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY STUDENTS IN ONE SEMESTER TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-20-42. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to qualify for funds provided in this chapter:
(1) each district must attain an average pupil-teacher ratio based on average daily membership in grades:
(a) kindergarten through fifth of 18:1;
(b) sixth through eighth of 22:1; and
(c) ninth through twelfth of 25:1; and
(2) a teacher may not teach more than one hundred fifty students in any one semester."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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