H 4800 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 4800 General Bill, By M.F. Jaskwhich and D.A. Wright
A Bill to amend Section 59-26-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1976, relating to the duties of the State Board of Education and the
Commission on Higher Education in regard to teacher education programs,
teacher examinations, and teacher evaluation and training procedures so as to
further provide for these duties and responsibilities; to amend Section
59-26-40 relating to teacher contracts and certification so as to further
provide for the manner in which public school teachers shall be employed,
granted contracts, and licensed; and to repeal Section 59-26-30, relating to
certain teacher examinations and evaluation instruments.
03/21/96 House Introduced and read first time HJ-7
03/21/96 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-8
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-26-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE
DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE
COMMISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN REGARD TO
TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TEACHER
EXAMINATIONS, AND TEACHER EVALUATION AND
TRAINING PROCEDURES SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE
FOR THESE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AMEND
SECTION 59-26-40 RELATING TO TEACHER CONTRACTS
AND CERTIFICATION SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR
THE MANNER IN WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
SHALL BE EMPLOYED, GRANTED CONTRACTS, AND
LICENSED; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 59-26-30 RELATING
TO CERTAIN TEACHER EXAMINATIONS AND
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-26-20 of the 1976 Code, as amended
by Act 282 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-26-20. (A) The State Board of
Education, through the State Department of Education, and the
Commission on Higher Education shall:
(a) Develop and implement a plan for the continuous
evaluation and upgrading of standards for program approval of
undergraduate and graduate education training programs of colleges
and universities in this State.
(b) Adopt policies and procedures which result in visiting
teams with a balanced composition of teachers, administrators and
higher education faculties.
(c) Establish program approval procedures which shall assure
that all members of visiting teams to review and approve
undergraduate and graduate education programs have attended
training programs in program approval procedures within two years
prior to service on such teams.
(d) Render advice and aid to departments and colleges of
education concerning their curricula, program approval standards
and results on the examinations provided for in this chapter.
(e) Adopt program approval standards so that beginning with
the 1982-83 school year all colleges and universities in this State
that offer undergraduate degrees in education shall require that
students successfully complete the basic skills examination that is
developed in compliance with this act before final admittance into
the undergraduate teacher education program. These program
approval standards shall include but not be limited to the
following:
(1) A student may initially take the basic skills examination
during his first or second year in college.
(2) Students may be allowed to take the examination no
more than three times.
(3) If a student has not passed the examination, he may be
conditionally admitted to a teacher education program. Such
admittance shall not exceed one year. If he has not passed the
examination within one year of the conditional admittance he shall
not continue in the teacher education program.
Provided, that in addition to the above approval standards,
beginning in 1984-85, additional and upgraded approval standards
must be developed, in consultation with the Commission on Higher
Education, and promulgated by the State Board of Education for
these teacher education programs.
(f) Administer the basic skills examination provided for in this
section two times per year.
(g) Report the results of the examination to the colleges,
universities and student in such form that he will be provided
specific information about his strengths and weaknesses and given
consultation to assist in improving his performance.
(h) Adopt program approval standards so that beginning with
the 1982-83 school year all colleges and universities in this State
that offer undergraduate degrees in education shall require that
students pursuing courses leading to teacher certification
successfully complete one semester of student teaching and other
field experiences and teacher development techniques directly
related to practical classroom situations.
(i) Adopt program approval standards whereby each student
teacher shall be evaluated at least three times by a representative of
the college or university in which the practice teacher is enrolled.
The evaluation instrument to be used shall be the instrument
developed for this purpose in compliance with Section 59-26-30.
All observers who use the evaluation instrument shall receive
reliability training. The college or university in which the practice
teacher is enrolled shall make available assistance, training and
counseling to the student teacher to overcome the identified
deficiencies.
(j) Cooperate with the special project and the Educator
Improvement Task Force created by this chapter.
(k) The Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with
the State Department of Education and the staff of the South
Carolina Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a loan program
whereby talented and qualified state residents may be provided
loans to attend public or private colleges and universities for the
sole purpose and intent of becoming certified teachers employed in
the State in areas of critical need. Areas of critical need shall
include both rural areas and areas of teacher certification and must
be defined annually for that purpose by the State Board of
Education. The recipient of a loan is entitled to have up to one
hundred percent of the amount of the loan plus the interest canceled
if he becomes certified and teaches in an area of critical need. The
loan must be canceled at the rate of twenty percent of the total
principal amount of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for
each complete year of teaching service in either an academic critical
need area or in a geographic need area. Beginning July 1, 1989, the
loan must be canceled at the rate of thirty-three and one-third
percent of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the
unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in both
an academic critical need area and a geographic need area. In case
of failure to make a scheduled repayment of any installment, failure
to apply for cancellation of deferment of the loan on time, or
noncompliance by a borrower with the intent of the loan, the entire
unpaid indebtedness including accrued interest, at the option of the
commission, shall become immediately due and payable. The
recipient shall execute the necessary legal documents to reflect his
obligation and the terms and conditions of the loan. The loan
program, if implemented, pursuant to the South Carolina Education
Improvement Act, is to be administered by the South Carolina
Student Loan Corporation. Funds generated from repayments to the
loan program must be retained in a separate account and utilized as
a revolving account for the purpose that the funds were originally
appropriated. Appropriations for loans and administrative costs
incurred by the corporation are to be provided in annual amounts,
recommended by the Commission on Higher Education, to the State
Treasurer for use by the corporation. The select committee shall
review the loan program annually and report to the General
Assembly.
(l) For special education in the area of vision, adopt program
approval standards for initial certification and amend the approved
program of specific course requirements for adding certification so
that students receive appropriate training and can demonstrate
competence in reading and writing braille.
(m) Adopt program approval standards so that beginning with
the 1991-92 school year students, who are pursuing a program in a
college or university in this State which leads to certification as
instructional or administrative personnel, shall complete successfully
training and teacher development experiences in teaching higher
order thinking skills.
(n) Adopt program approval standards so that beginning with
the 1991-92 school year, programs in a college or university in this
State which lead to certification as administrative personnel, must
include training in methods of making school improvement councils
an active and effective force in improving schools.
(o) The Commission on Higher Education in consultation with
the State Department of Education and the staff of the South
Carolina Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a Governor's
Teaching Scholarship Loan Program to provide talented and
qualified state residents loans not to exceed five thousand dollars a
year to attend public or private colleges and universities for the
purpose of becoming certified teachers employed in the public
schools of this State. The recipient of a loan is entitled to have up
to one hundred percent of the amount of the loan plus the interest
on the loan canceled if he becomes certified and teaches in the
public schools of this State for at least five years. The loan is
canceled at the rate of twenty percent of the total principal amount
of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for each complete
year of teaching service in a public school. However, beginning
July 1, 1990, the loan is canceled at the rate of thirty-three and
one-third percent of the total principal amount of the loan plus
interest on the unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching
service in both an academic critical need area and a geographic
need area as defined annually by the State Board of Education. In
case of failure to make a scheduled repayment of any installment,
failure to apply for cancellation or deferment of the loan on time,
or noncompliance by a borrower with the purpose of the loan, the
entire unpaid indebtedness plus interest is, at the option of the
commission, immediately due and payable. The recipient shall
execute the necessary legal documents to reflect his obligation and
the terms and conditions of the loan. The loan program must be
administered by the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation.
Funds generated from repayments to the loan program must be
retained in a separate account and utilized as a revolving account
for the purpose of making additional loans. Appropriations for loans
and administrative costs must come from the Education
Improvement Act of 1984 Fund, on the recommendation of the
Commission on Higher Education to the State Treasurer, for use by
the corporation. The select committee shall review this scholarship
loan program annually and report its findings and recommendations
to the General Assembly. For purposes of this item, a
"talented and qualified state resident" includes freshmen
students who graduate in the top ten percentile of their high school
class, or who receive a combined verbal plus mathematics
Scholastic Aptitude Test score of at least eleven hundred and
enrolled students who have completed one year (two semesters or
the equivalent) of collegiate work and who have earned a
cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. To
remain eligible for the loan while in college, the student must
maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
(1) Develop or select examinations that measure basic
skills in reading, writing, and mathematics that are suitable for
determining whether students should be fully admitted into an
undergraduate teacher education program. Colleges and universities
shall select one or more of the examinations for admissions
purposes and ensure that all students successfully complete the
examinations before being fully admitted into a teacher education
program. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
examinations be successfully completed before the beginning of the
junior year. However, no student shall be allowed to participate in
student teaching before passing the examinations. The examinations
shall be designed so that results can be reported in a form that shall
provide the colleges, universities, and student with specific
information about his strengths and weaknesses. Procedures, test
questions, and information from existing examinations shall be used
to the maximum extent in the development of the examinations.
The examinations shall be validated in accordance with current legal
requirements. The passing scores on the examinations shall be set
at a level that reflects the degrees of competency in the basic skills
that, in the judgment of the State Board and the Commission on
Higher Education, a prospective school teacher reasonably should
be expected to achieve.
(2) Develop or select appropriate teacher licensing
examinations which measure the knowledge and skills required for
effective teaching. The examinations shall be validated in
accordance with current legal requirements. The passing scores on
the examinations shall be set at levels that reflect the degree of
competency in teaching knowledge and skills that, in the judgment
of the State Board and the Commission on Higher Education, a
prospective school teacher reasonably should be expected to
achieve.
(3) Report the results of the teacher licensing examinations to
the student in such form that he shall be provided specific
information about his strengths and weaknesses. Every effort shall
be made to report the results of the examinations to the student in
such form that he shall be provided specific information about his
strengths and weaknesses.
(4) Report to each teacher training institution in the State the
performance of the institution's graduates on the teacher licensing
examinations. The report shall be in a form that shall assist the
institution in further identifying strengths and weaknesses in its
teacher training program.
(5) Develop and implement a plan for the continuous
evaluation and upgrading of standards for program approval of
undergraduate and graduate education training programs of colleges
and universities in this State.
(6) Adopt program approval standards to assure that all
colleges and universities in this State that offer teacher education
programs require students to successfully complete the equivalent of
at least one semester of student teaching, as well as other field
experiences and teacher development techniques directly related to
practical classroom situations.
(7) Adopt program approval standards whereby each student
teacher shall be evaluated and assisted at least three times by a
representative or representatives of the college or university in
which the practice teacher is enrolled. The evaluation and
assistance process shall be locally developed or selected to evaluate
and assist student teachers based on the criteria for teaching
effectiveness developed in accordance with this chapter. All college
and university representatives who use the evaluation and assistance
process shall receive appropriate training. The college or university
in which the practice teacher is enrolled shall make available
assistance, training, and counseling to the student teacher to
overcome the identified deficiencies.
(8) Adopt program approval standards for special education
in the area of vision, and amend the approved program of specific
course requirements for adding licenses so that students receive
appropriate training and can demonstrate competence in reading and
writing braille.
(9) Adopt program approval standards so that programs in a
college or university in this State which lead to licensure as
administrative personnel, must include training in methods of
making school improvement councils an active and effective force
in improving schools.
(10) Render advice and aid to departments and colleges of
education concerning their curricula, program approval standards,
and results on the examinations provided for in this chapter.
(11) In consultation with the staff of the South Carolina
Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a loan program whereby
talented and qualified state residents may be provided loans to
attend public or private colleges and universities for the sole
purpose and intent of becoming licensed teachers employed in the
State in areas of critical need. Areas of critical need shall include
both rural areas and licensure areas and shall be defined annually
for that purpose by the State Board of Education. The recipient of
a loan is entitled to have up to one hundred percent of the loan plus
the interest canceled if he becomes licensed and teaches in an area
of critical need. The loan must be canceled at the rate of twenty
percent of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the
unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in an
area of critical need. In case of failure to make a scheduled
repayment of any installment, failure to apply for cancellation of
deferment of the loan on time or noncompliance by a borrower with
the intent of the loan, the entire unpaid indebtedness including
interest due and accrued, at the option of the commission, must
become immediately due and payable.
(B) The State Board of Education, through the State Department
of Education shall:
(1) Develop or adopt a set of standards for teaching
effectiveness which shall serve as a foundation for all processes
used for evaluating, assisting, and developing student teachers, as
well as teachers employed under provisional, annual, or continuing
contracts.
(2) Establish procedures whereby course credits that may be
applied to the relicensure requirements of all public school teachers
are earned in courses or continuing education units that are relevant
to the areas in which the teacher is licensed.
(3) Award a teaching license to any person who successfully
completes the requirements of an approved teacher education
program and the licensing examinations he is required to take for
licensing purposes.
(4) Award a conditional teaching license to any person
eligible to hold a teaching license who does not qualify for full
licensure provided the person has earned a bachelor's degree from
an accredited college or university with a major in a licensing area
for which the board has determined there exists a critical shortage
of teachers and the person has passed the appropriate teaching
examination. The board may renew a conditional teaching license
annually for a maximum of three years, if the holder of the license
shows satisfactory progress toward completion of a teacher licensure
program prescribed by the board. Satisfactory progress, in part,
shall be such progress that the holder of a conditional license should
complete the requirements for full licensure within three years of
being conditionally licensed.
(5) A person issued a warrant or temporary teaching license
before July 1, 1984, who teaches for a period of three years and is
recommended for full licensure by his most recent employer is
exempt from all practice teaching requirements."
SECTION 2. Section 59-26-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 59-26-40. A person who receives a teaching
certificate as provided in Section 59-26-30 may be employed by
any school district under a nonrenewable provisional contract. All
school districts shall comply with procedures and requirements
promulgated by the Board of Education relating to aid, supervision,
and evaluation of persons teaching under a provisional contract. All
teachers working under a provisional contract must be paid at least
the beginning salary on the state minimum salary schedule.
Each school district shall use the evaluation instrument developed
in accordance with Section 59-26-30 to observe all provisional
teachers at least three times. The results of the observations must
be compiled to constitute an evaluation and must be provided to the
teacher in writing. Each school district shall give provisional
teachers appropriate advice and assistance to help remedy any
deficiencies that are detected by the three required observations.
The advice and assistance includes, but is not limited to, state
procedures and programs developed in accordance with Section
59-26-30. Following this remediation, those teachers who do not
initially perform at the level required by the evaluation instrument
must be observed three more times and the results of the
observations must be compiled to constitute a second evaluation.
At the end of a one-year provisional contract period, the
evaluation must be reviewed by the school district to determine if
the provisional teacher has performed at the level required by the
evaluation instrument. If the evaluation indicates that the
provisional teacher has performed in an adequate manner, the
teacher is eligible for an annual contract. If the evaluation indicates
that the provisional teacher is deficient in teaching ability, the
school district may employ the teacher for an additional year under
a provisional contract or the district may terminate his employment.
If employment is terminated, another school district may employ
him under a new one-year provisional contract. No person may be
employed as a provisional teacher for more than two years. This
paragraph does not preclude his employment under an emergency
certificate in extraordinary circumstances if the employment is
approved by the State Board of Education. During the one-year
provisional contract period the employment dismissal provisions of
Article 3, Chapter 19, and Article 5, Chapter 25, of Title 59 of the
1976 Code do not apply.
After successful completion of the one-year provisional period, a
teacher who is fully certified may be employed by any school
district under a one-year annual contract. The decision by the school
district to continue a teacher's employment beyond an annual
contract must be based on written evaluations conducted at least
two times annually using an evaluation instrument that at least
meets the criteria established by the State Board of Education for an
acceptable instrument. Evaluators shall complete a program of
reliability training. School districts shall give the results of a
teacher's evaluation in writing to the teacher and counsel him
concerning his strengths and weaknesses as a teacher. School
districts shall use deficiencies identified by the evaluations of
teachers on annual contracts as a guide to the establishment of staff
development programs.
A teacher may be employed for a maximum of two years under
annual contracts. This paragraph does not preclude his employment
under an emergency certificate in extraordinary circumstances if
the employment is approved by the State Board of Education.
The teacher failing to receive the annual or continuing contract
must not be employed as a classroom teacher in any public school
in this State for a minimum of two years. Prior to reentry as a
provisional or annual contract teacher, he must complete six units of
credit for certificate renewal and six units of credit for remediation
in areas of identified deficiencies. The teacher shall reenter at the
contract level which he had attained before dismissal and continue
toward the next contract level. The provisions of this paragraph
granting an opportunity for reentry into the profession are available
to a teacher once, and only once.
A person who receives a conditional teaching certificate as
provided in Section 59-26-30 may be employed by a school district
under a provisional contract or an annual contract in accordance
with the provisions of this section. The holder of a conditional
teaching certificate must be employed to teach at least a majority of
his instructional time in the subject area for which he has received
conditional certification.
After the successful completion of a provisional year and one
annual contract, a teacher shall receive a continuing contract and
have full procedural rights that currently exist under law relating to
employment and dismissal. The provisions of Article 5, Chapter 25,
of Title 59 of the 1976 Code and Article 3, Chapter 19, of Title 59
do not apply to teachers working under one-year annual contracts.
Teachers working under a one-year annual contract who are not
recommended for reemployment at the end of the year may have an
informal hearing before the district superintendent. The
superintendent shall schedule the hearing no sooner than seven nor
later than thirty working days after he receives a request from the
teacher for a hearing. At the hearing all of the evidence must be
reviewed by the superintendent. The teacher may provide such
information, testimony, or witnesses as the teacher considers
necessary. The decision by the superintendent must be given in
writing within twenty days of the hearing. The teacher may appeal
the superintendent's decision to the school district board of trustees.
Any appeal shall include a brief statement (1) of the questions to be
presented to the board, and (2) wherein the teacher believes the
superintendent to have erred in his judgment. Failure to file such an
appeal with the board within ten days of the receipt of the
superintendent's decision shall cause the decision of the
superintendent to become final judgment in the matter. The board
of trustees shall review all the materials presented at the earlier
hearing and, after examining these materials, the board may or may
not grant the request for a board hearing of the matter. Written
notice of the board's decision on whether or not to grant the request
must be rendered within thirty-five calendar days of the receipt of
the request. If the board determines that hearing by the board is
warranted, the teacher must be given written notice of the time and
place of the hearing which must be set not sooner than seven nor
later than fifteen days from the time of the board's determination to
hear the matter. The decision of the board is final.
If a person has completed an approved teacher training program
at a college or university outside this State and has no teaching
experience, he must have the same status as a person who has
completed such program at a college or university in this State. If a
person has completed an approved teacher training program at a
college or university in this State, has passed the examination he is
required to take for certification purposes, and has one year of
teaching experience, he may be employed by a school district as a
provisional teacher. If a person has completed an approved teacher
training program at a college or university outside this State, has
passed the examination he is required to take for certification
purposes, and has more than one year of teaching experience, he
may be employed by a school district as one who has completed the
one-year provisional period.
When a teacher has been awarded a continuing contract in one
district of the State the continuing status is transferable to any other
district in the State where the teacher is employed.
Teachers certified under the trades and industrial education
certification process are exempt from the provisions of the South
Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 which require the
completion of scholastic requirements for teaching at an approved
college or university and a provisional contract period. The
teachers may be employed by a school district for a maximum of
five years under annual contracts prior to being employed under a
continuing contract. Before being employed under a continuing
contract these teachers shall pass the Basic Skills Examination
developed in accordance with Section 59-26-30(b)(1) the state
approved skill examination in their area which is currently required,
the teaching examination developed in accordance with Section
59-26-30(b)(2), and successfully complete the performance
evaluations as required for all teachers who are employed under
provisional contracts. Certification renewal requirements for such
teachers are those which are promulgated by the State Board of
Education.
Prior to the initial employment of a teacher, the local school
district shall request a criminal record history from the South
Carolina Law-Enforcement Division for past convictions of any
crime listed in Chapter 3 of Title 16, Offenses Against the Person,
any crime listed in Chapter 15 of Title 16, Offenses Against
Morality and Decency, and for the crime of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor, contained in Section 16-17-490.
(A) Any person employed as a public school teacher in this
State must hold a valid South Carolina teaching license. Before the
initial employment of a teacher, the local school district shall
request a criminal record history from the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division for past convictions of any crime listed in
Chapter 3 of Title 16, Offenses Against the Person, any crime listed
in Chapter 15 of Title 16, Offenses Against Morality and Decency,
and for the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor,
contained in Section 16-17-490. Based on years of experience and
at the discretion of the school district, a teacher may be employed
under one of three types of contracts, provisional, annual, or
continuing. School districts shall annually report to the State Board
of Education, through the State Department of Education, the
employment decisions made regarding teachers employed under the
three types of contracts.
(B) Teachers who have less than one year of teaching
experience may be employed under a one-year nonrenewable
provisional contract. A teacher may be under a provisional contract
for only one year. Teachers employed after a date on which the
teacher would not receive a full year of teaching experience may be
employed under a locally designed contract or letter of agreement.
The employment and dismissal provisions of Article 3, Chapter 19,
and Article 5, Chapter 25 of this title do not apply to teachers
employed under provisional contracts. All provisional contract
teachers must be provided with a formalized Induction Program, as
required by the State Board of Education. Induction Programs must
be designed or selected by the local district to provide teachers with
comprehensive guidance and assistance throughout the school year,
as well as to provide teachers with periodic feedback on their
strengths and weaknesses relative to all standards for teaching
effectiveness developed in accordance with this section. After a
teacher completes the provisional contract year, the district may
rehire the teacher on a one-year annual contract or terminate the
teacher's employment. If the teacher is not rehired, he or she may
pursue employment at the annual contract level in another
district.
(C) Teachers employed on annual contracts must complete
a summary evaluation, as required by the State Board of Education,
designed or selected by the local district. The evaluation shall
assess typical performance relative to all standards for teaching
effectiveness developed in accordance with Section 59-26-20. At
the end of an annual contract year, the decision to reemploy a
teacher at the continuing contract level is at the discretion of the
school district, based on the teacher's past performance and any
other relevant criteria or factors established at the local level. The
employment and dismissal provisions of Article 3, Chapter 19, and
Article 5, Chapter 25 of this title do not apply to teachers employed
under annual contracts. The district may rehire the teacher on
another annual contract, employ the teacher on a continuing
contract, or terminate the teacher's employment. A school district
may continue to employ a teacher on an annual contract until such
time the district feels the teacher has met all local criteria for being
employed at the continuing contract level. If the teacher is not
rehired, he or she may pursue employment at the annual or
continuing contract level in another school district.
(D) After completing a provisional contract year, as required for
teachers with less than one year of teaching experience, and after
completing at least one annual contract year, a teacher may be
employed under a continuing contract at the discretion of the local
school district. A teacher employed under a continuing contract
shall have full procedural rights relating to employment and
dismissal provided for under Article 3, Chapter 19, and Article 5,
Chapter 25 of this title.
(E) Teachers licensed under the trades and industrial education
licensing process are exempt from the provisions of the South
Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 which require the
completion of scholastic requirements for teaching at an approved
college or university. However, before being employed under a
continuing contract, these teachers shall:
(1) pass the Basic Skills Examinations selected or developed
in accordance with Section 59-26-20(A)(1);
(2) pass the state approved licensing examinations selected or
developed in accordance with Section 59-26-20(A)(2);
(3) complete a provisional contract year and Induction
Program;
(4) successfully complete the performance evaluations as
required for all teachers who are employed under annual contracts;
and
(5) meet all other criteria established by the local district.
Licensure renewal requirements for such teachers are those which
are promulgated by the State Board of Education.
(F) A teacher employed under a continuing contract shall be
evaluated at least once every three years, as required by the State
Board of Education, with a process designed or selected by the
local district to assess teacher performance relative to the standards
for teaching effectiveness developed in accordance with this
section.
A teacher's status as a continuing contract teacher is only
applicable to the school district in which the teacher is employed.
If a teacher seeks employment in another school district, the teacher
forfeits his or her continuing contract status and, at the discretion of
the next district to employ the teacher, the teacher may be
employed under an annual or continuing contract.
(G) A school district employing a teacher from another
state who has less than one year of teaching experience may be
employed under a provisional contract. A teacher from another
state who has one or more years of teaching experience may be
employed under an annual or continuing contract, at the discretion
of the local school district.
(H) Provisions of this section do not preclude the employment
of a teacher under an emergency license in extraordinary
circumstances if the employment is approved by the State Board of
Education."
SECTION 3. Section 59-26-30 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
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