Bill Text: SC H3886 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Teachers & Support Staff COVID-19 vaccinations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-11 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ott [H3886 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3886-Introduced.html
A JOINT RESOLUTION
TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO INCLUDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL IN PHASE 1A OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE PLAN, AND TO PROVIDE THAT TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS AFTER EACH PERSON AFFECTED BY THIS JOINT RESOLUTION HAS ACCESS TO AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST OFFER FIVE-DAY, IN-PERSON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall include any employee of a private or public K-12 school or school district in Phase 1a of the department's COVID-19 vaccine plan so as to allow schools to return to in-person instruction five days a week. Twenty-eight days after each person affected by this joint resolution has access to and the opportunity for a COVID-19 vaccine, every school district must offer five-day, in-person classroom instruction to students.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
