South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 350

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McLeod and Fanning
Document Path: l:\council\bills\sm\20159sa21.docx

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

Summary: Teachers, national board certified

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 279)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 279)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-26-85, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AN INCREASE IN PAY FOR TEACHERS CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A TEACHER WITH AN ACTIVE TEACHING CERTIFICATE WHO MEETS CERTAIN NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN PAY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-26-85(A) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:

    "( )    Notwithstanding items (1) and (2) pertaining to the duration of the pay increase for National Board certification, a teacher who is certified by the NBPTS shall receive an annual increase in pay for as long as the teacher has an active teaching certificate and meets any NBPTS renewal requirements. The pay increase must be determined annually in the general appropriations act. The established amount must be added to the annual pay of the nationally certified teacher."

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

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