South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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S. 186

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fanning
Document Path: LC-0092SA23.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Student-teacher ratios

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
11/30/2022 Senate Prefiled
11/30/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
1/10/2023 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 99)
1/10/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Education (Senate Journal-page 99)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/01/2022



A bill

TO AMEND the south carolina code of laws BY ADDING SECTION 59-20-42 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ATTAIN CERTAIN AVERAGE PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS AND MAY NOT ALLOW A TEACHER TO TEACH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY STUDENTS IN ONE SEMESTER TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING.

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

SECTION 1.   Chapter 20, Title 59 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

   Section 59-20-42.   (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to qualify for funds provided in this chapter:

      (1) each district must attain an average pupil-teacher ratio based on average daily membership in grades:

         (a) kindergarten through fifth of 18:1;

         (b) sixth through eighth of 22:1; and

         (c) ninth through twelfth of 25:1; and

      (2) a teacher may not teach more than one hundred fifty students in any one semester.

SECTION 2.   This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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