SC S0079 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-06 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-06 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-1115 So As To Establish A Pilot Program To Permit Public School Districts To Hire Noncertified Teachers In A Ratio Up To Ten Percent Of Its Entire Teaching Staff, To Provide Academic, Evaluation, And Experience Requirements, To Further The Program For Annual Program Reporting, And To Provide Noncertified Teacher Registration And Clearance Requirements.
Title
Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program
Sponsors
| Sen. Greg Hembree [R] | Sen. Jeff Zell [R] |
Roll Calls
2025-03-04 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 2025-03-06 | House | Introduced and read first time |
| 2025-03-05 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 2025-02-26 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2024-12-11 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-12-11 | Senate | Prefiled |
