South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 618

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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31580cz21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 25, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: State Board of Education - JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 4991

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/25/2021  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (Senate Journal-page 5)
   3/11/2021  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 14)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/25/2021
2/25/2021-A

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INTRODUCED

February 25, 2021

S. 618

Introduced by Education Committee

S. Printed 2/25/21--S.

Read the first time February 25, 2021.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO CREDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4991, 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 Credential Classification, designated as Regulation Document Number 4991, 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.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

State Board of Education Regulation 43-53 governs the type of certificates issued to educators. Amendments to R.43-53 are proposed to include proviso language and longstanding department policy that an educator earning a master's degree with 60 or more semester hours of graduate course work is eligible for the master's plus 30 credential classification. Amendments also address longstanding department policy regarding the eligibility of an educator who earns a single master's degree containing at least 51 graduate semester hours to complete additional courses to equal 60 or more graduate semester hours to remain eligible for the master's plus 30 credential classification.

Notice of Drafting for the proposed amendments to the regulation was published in the State Register on July 24, 2020.

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