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S. 1116
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31291cz16.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 25, 2016
Introduced in the House on March 8, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Regulations and Administrative Procedures
Summary: Certification Requirements (D. No. 4637)
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/25/2016 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without
reference (Senate Journal-page 4)
3/2/2016 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 23)
3/2/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-31 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 23)
3/3/2016 Senate Read third time and sent to House
(Senate Journal-page 12)
3/8/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
3/8/2016 House Referred to Committee on Regulations and Administrative
Procedures (House Journal-page 10)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
INTRODUCED
February 25, 2016
S. 1116
S. Printed 2/25/16--S.
Read the first time February 25, 2016.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4637, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the State Board of Education, relating to Certification Requirements, designated as Regulation Document Number 4637, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
State Board of Education Regulation 43-51 governs the requirements for granting educator certification. Amendments to Regulation 43-51 will clarify that both content and pedagogy examinations must be presented for certification; clarify the experience requirement necessary for an out-of-state educator to qualify for a professional, as opposed to an initial, teaching certificate; include provisions for issuing certificates for qualifying participants in all currently approved alternative certification pathways; and modify language within the regulation. Current language is specific to a particular educator preparation accrediting body (the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)) and offices within the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE). The purpose of this amendment is to remove specific organizational names as these names often change. The new educator preparation accrediting body is the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP); however, a new accrediting body may be formed in the future. This change would eliminate the need for a regulation change any time an accrediting body or SCDE office changes.
Notice of Drafting for the proposed amendments to the regulation was published in the State Register on October 23, 2015.
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