South Carolina House Bill 3081 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The "supporting Teachers Act" By Adding Section 59-25-52 So As To Increase Efforts To Retain Educators By Conducting An Anonymous Semiannual Workplace Satisfaction Opinion Survey Of South Carolina Public School Teachers, And To Provide For The Reporting Of The Results Of These Surveys; By Adding Section 59-25-435 So As To Provide Public School Districts May Not Retaliate Against Teachers For Making Public Policy Expressions, To Provide A Related Cause Of Action And Remedies, And To Clarify The Applicability Of This Act To Teachers Under Nonrenewable Induction Contracts And Teachers Under Continuing Contracts; To Amend Section 59-1-425, Relating To The Statutory School Term, So As To Provide Teachers With Five Additional Planning Days; And To Amend Section 59-21-20, Relating To Appropriation Requirements For Teacher Salaries, So As To Increase The Number Of Days These Appropriations Are Required To Two Hundred Days.

Supporting Teachers Act

Rep. Neal Collins [R]	Rep. Ivory Thigpen [D]	Rep. Sandy McGarry [R]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]
Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2020-12-09	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	425	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	21	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	25	435	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	25	52	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3081&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3081_20201209.htm