South Carolina House Bill 4280

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Engrossed on May 4 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "educator Assistance Act"; By Adding Section 59-25-112 So As To Provide Professional Certificates Issued By The State Board Of Education Are Permanent Unless Revoked Or Suspended And Are Not Subject To Renewal, And To Provide No Teacher May Be Required To Renew A Professional Certificate Issued By The Board; By Adding Section 59-101-145 So As To Authorize The Use Date Being Collected Under Current Procedures To Report On Certain Postsecondary Matters Concerning Graduates South Carolina Public Schools, And To Require The Streamlining Of Data Collection Timelines And Processes; By Amending Section 59-25-420, Relating To Notices Concerning Annual Teacher Employment Contracts, So As To Provide Contract Acceptances Submitted Before The Statutory Notification Deadline May Be Withdrawn By Submission Of Written Notice To The School District Within Ten Days After Publication Of The School District Salary Schedule For The Upcoming School Year, And To Provide School Districts May Not Report Such Withdrawals As A Breach Of Contract; By Amending Section 59-25-530, Relating To Unprofessional Conduct And Breach Of Contract By Teachers, So As To Revise The Penalties For Breach Of Contract Resulting From The Unauthorized Execution Of An Employment Contract With Another District, To Revise The Period For Educator Certificate Suspension Due To Breach Of Contract, And To Make Such Revocations Discretionary; By Repealing Section 59-101-130 Relating To High Schools Reporting To The Superintendent Of Education; Institutions Of Higher Learning Reporting To High Schools; And By Repealing Section 59-101-140 Relating To Tabulation Of Reports.

Educator Assistance Act

Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]	Rep. Timothy McGinnis [R]
Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Elizabeth Wetmore [D]	Rep. Jason Elliott [R]	Rep. Bobby Cox [R]
Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. Tom Hartnett [R]	Rep. Kambrell Garvin [D]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]

2023-05-03 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 111 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-05-04	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2023-05-04	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2023-05-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-05-03	House	Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
2023-05-03	House	Read second time
2023-05-03	House	Amended
2023-05-03	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon
2023-05-02	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
2023-04-26	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Garvin
2023-04-18	House	Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Calhoon
2023-04-05	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2023-04-05	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	101	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	101	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	101	145	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	25	112	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	25	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	25	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4280&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4280_20230503.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4280_20230504.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4280_20230405.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4280_20230502.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/H4280%202023-04-05%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/H4280%202023-04-25%20amended.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22986