H*4838(Rat #0247, Act #0338 of 2010)  Joint Resolution, By Cooper
 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY PAY TEACHERS
 BASED ON THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THE TEACHERS POSSESSED IN FISCAL YEAR
 2009-2010 WITHOUT NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THEIR EXPERIENCE CREDIT; TO PROVIDE
 VOTING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DECISION; TO REQUIRE THAT PAYMENT
 ACCORDING TO THE 2009-2010 DATA BE APPLIED UNIFORMLY; TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT PAY DISTRICT OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MORE THAN THEY
 RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010; TO REQUIRE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY
 TEACHERS AND SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS FOR CHANGES IN THEIR EDUCATION
 LEVEL; AND TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS. - ratified title

   04/14/10  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-17
   04/14/10  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-17
   04/20/10  House  Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means HJ-34
   04/22/10  House  Amended HJ-71
   04/22/10  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Weeks, Kennedy,
                     Sellers, Hosey, Cooper, Clyburn, Neilson,
                     Jefferson, Ott, Govan, JH Neal, Huggins, White,
                     JR Smith, King, Parks, Gilliard, Ballentine,
                     Bingham, Gambrell, McEachern, and Rice HJ-73
   04/27/10  House  Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Sellers,
                     Govan, Hosey, McEachern, Neilson, King, JR
                     Smith, Kennedy, and Ott HJ-67
   04/27/10  House  Read second time HJ-143
   04/27/10  House  Roll call Yeas-99  Nays-4 HJ-143
   04/28/10  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-65
   04/29/10  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-18
   04/29/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-18
   05/05/10  Senate Committee report: Favorable Education SJ-17
   05/06/10  Senate Amended SJ-27
   05/06/10  Senate Read second time SJ-27
   05/11/10  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-21
   05/20/10  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-36
   05/20/10  House  Roll call Yeas-86  Nays-1 HJ-36
   05/25/10         Ratified R 247
   05/28/10         Signed By Governor
   06/03/10         Effective date 05/28/10
   09/09/10         Act No. 338

(A338, R247, H4838)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY PAY TEACHERS BASED ON THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THE TEACHERS POSSESSED IN FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 WITHOUT NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THEIR EXPERIENCE CREDIT; TO PROVIDE VOTING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DECISION; TO REQUIRE THAT PAYMENT ACCORDING TO THE 2009-2010 DATA BE APPLIED UNIFORMLY; TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT PAY DISTRICT OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MORE THAN THEY RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010; TO REQUIRE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS FOR CHANGES IN THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL; AND TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS.

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

School districts not required to pay teachers STEP increase; no negative impact results to teacher experience credit; board of trustees voting requirements; school districts may not increase district and school administrator salaries; definitions; school districts required to pay teachers and school and district administrators for changes in education level

SECTION    1.    A.        For Fiscal Year 2010-2011 a local school district board of trustees may determine that all teachers employed by the district must be paid based on the years of experience on the school district salary schedule they possessed in Fiscal Year 2009-2010, without a negative impact resulting to their experience credit. This decision must be voted on by the local school district board of trustees in a public school board meeting with public notice posted on the school district website.

B.        Application of this provision must be applied uniformly for all teachers within the school district. The local school district board of trustees may not provide for an increase in salary for district administrators and school administrators and their compensation may not be higher than the actual amount received in Fiscal Year 2009-2010.

C.        For purposes of this joint resolution, district administrators and school administrators are defined by the Department of Education using the Professional Certified Staff (PCS) System. For individuals not coded in PCS, the determination must be based upon whether the individual performs the functions outlined in position codes identified by the department as administration.

D.        Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, a local school district board of trustees shall continue to pay teachers and school and district administrators for changes in their education level.

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 25th day of May, 2010.

Approved the 28th day of May, 2010.