Bill Text: SC S1038 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Student-teacher ratios

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - Referred to Committee on Education [S1038 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-S1038-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, 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 1976 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.