South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3195
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Refer
2/18/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-10-10, Relating To Standards For Physical Activity And Physical Education In Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade, So As To Require Certain Mandatory Minimum Periods For Physical Education And Outdoor Recess In Four-year-old Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade Each Year In Addition To Other Curriculum Requirements, And To Provide Recess Periods Must Be Held Indoors During Times Of Inclement Weather; By Amending Section 59-10-30, Relating To Physical Education Activity Directors And Volunteers, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And To Redesignate Article 1 Of Chapter 10, Title 59 As "physical Education And Activity."
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3196
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Engrossed
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Enrolled
4/30/25
Passed
5/7/25
Chaptered
5/12/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "educator Assistance Act" By Adding Section 59-101-145 So As To Authorize The Use Of Data Being Collected Under Current Procedures To Report On Certain Postsecondary Matters Concerning Graduates Of South Carolina Public Schools, And To Require The Streamlining Of Data Collection Timelines And Processes; By Amending Section 59-25-47, Relating To Policies Authorizing Payments For Unused Teacher Leave, So As To Require Additional Policies That Allow Teachers To Donate Such Unused Leave To A Leave Bank For Other Employees, And To Provide Requirements For The Policies; By Amending Section 59-25-410, Relating To Annual Notification Of School Teacher Employment And Assignments, So As To Provide The Notification Must Include Certain Salary Information Requirements In The Required Notice, To Provide Notice Of Tentative Teacher Assignments Must Be Provided No Later Than Fourteen Calendar Days Before The Start Of The School Year, And To Prohibit Limitations On Teacher Reassignments; By Amending Section 59-1-425, Relating To Required Days For Collegial Professional Development In The Annual School Calendar, So As To Increase The Number Of Days To Four, To Provide Districts Must Verify Completing Of The Required Collegial Professional Development In A Certain Manner, To Provide Teachers And Instructional Assistants Must Be Provided Self-directed Free Time To Evaluate Student Academic Data, Instructional Planning, And Classroom Preparation, And To Remove A Two-day Maximum Limitation On Use Of These Collegial Professional Development Days For The Preparation And Opening Of Schools; By Amending Section 59-25-160, Relating To Actions Constituting Just Cause Grounds For Teacher Certificate Revocation Or Suspension Purposes, So As To Include Breach Of Contract; By Amending Section 59-25-530, Relating To Unprofessional Conduct And Breach Of Contract By Teachers, So As To Recharacterize Certain Actions As Being Breach Of Contract Instead Of Unprofessional Conduct, To Revise The Penalties And Consequences For Such Breaches Of Contract, And To Provide An Exemption From Breach Of Contract Findings For Teachers Who Move To Bona Fide Residences In Noncontiguous Counties During The Contract Term, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-26-40, Relating To Continuing Contract Status For Teachers, So As To Require Completion Of Collegial Professional Development, And To Provide Employing Districts Shall Award Credits For Professional Teaching Certificate Renewal To Continuing Contract Teachers Who Successfully Complete Such Collegial Professional Development; By Amending Section 59-26-45, Relating To Retired Educator Teaching Certificates, So As To Make Such Certificates Lifetime In Duration Instead Of Renewable, To Provide Such Teachers May Teach On A Full-time Basis Or Part-time Basis, And To Exempt Such Teachers From Certificate Renewal Requirements; By Repealing Section 59-101-130 Relating To High Schools Reporting To The Superintendent Of Education, And Institutions Of Higher Learning Reporting To High Schools; And By Repealing Section 59-101-140 Relating To Tabulation Of Reports. - Ratified Title
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3197
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-485 So As To Establish A Statewide Workforce Readiness Goal; By Adding Section 59-29-245 So As To Provide Remediation In Courses In Literacy And Mathematics To High School Seniors Seeking Post-secondary Studies But Lacking Requisite Academic Preparation, To Provide This Coursework May Be Used To Meet High School Graduation Requirements, And To Provide Related Implementation Requirements Of The State Department Of Education, State Board Of Education, And The State Technical College System; By Adding Section 59-39-105 So As To Provide High School Seniors Shall Complete And Submit A Free Application For Federal Student Aid Before Graduating From High School, To Provide Exemptions, To Provide Related Requirements For The Implementation Of These Provisions, And To Make These Provisions Applicable Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; By Amending Section 59-26-35, Relating To Educator Preparation Program Evaluations And The South Carolina Educator Preparation Report Card, So As To Transfer Primary Responsibility For Conducting These Evaluations And Producing This Report Card To The State Department Of Education, Among Other Things; By Adding Section 41-1-140 So As To Provide The Department Of Employment And Workforce Shall Maintain And Provide Free Online Access To Information Regarding The Economic Value Of College Majors, Among Other Things; And By Increasing The Percentage Of Working-aged Adults With Postsecondary Degrees Or Industry Credentials By Facilitating The Transfer Of Certain Adult Education Programs To The State Board For Technical And Comprehensive Education And Maximizing Use Of Career And Technology Centers To Improve And Update Career And Technical Education.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3198
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 39-15-50 So As To Require The Labeling Of Food Or Food Products That Contain Messenger Ribonucleic Acid And To Provide A Penalty.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3199
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-25 So As To Provide An Open Enrollment Option In Public Schools; By Adding Section 59-63-102 So As To Provide A Public School May Not Contract With A Private Entity That Supervises, Sanctions, Or Regulates Interscholastic Competitions Unless The Entity Allows Students Who Attend A School Outside Of Their Attendance Zone To Participate In Interscholastic Competitions, And To Provide A Limited Transfer Option To Certain Current Students; By Amending Sections 59-63-30 And 59-63-32, Relating To Requirements For Public School Enrollment And Penalties For Providing False Information, And Section 59-63-480, Relating To Attendance At Schools In Adjacent Counties, All So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Repealing Section 59-63-500 Relating To Transfer Without Consent Of The School District Of Residence.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3200
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-19-85 So As To Promote Public Access To School Board Meetings By Requiring School Boards To Adopt And Implement Policies That Provide Live Electronic Transmission Of Such Meetings, To Extend Applicability Of These Provisions To The Governing Bodies Of Charter Schools And Special Schools, To Provide Flexibility In Certain Circumstances, And To Provide Related Requirements Of The State Board Of Education; And To Provide The Provisions Of This Act Must Be Implemented Before July 1, 2027.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3201
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/10/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Computer Science Education Initiative Act" By Adding Section 59-29-250 So As To Provide For The Expansion And Enhancement Of Computer Science Education In Public High Schools Through The Creation And Implementation Of A Statewide Computer Science Education Plan And The Requirement That Each Public School Offers At Least One Computer Science Course That Meets Certain Criteria, And To Provide Related Requirements Of The State Board Of Education And The State Department Of Education.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3202
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-71-148 So As To Require Health Insurance Policies In This State To Provide Diagnostic And Supplemental Breast Examinations Coverage Without Cost-sharing Requirements, To Define Terms, To Provide Exceptions Concerning Application Of Certain Federal Law, And To Provide These Provisions Are In Addition To Other Existing Provisions Concerning Health Insurance Policy Coverage Of Mammograms.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3203
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-104-27 So As To Establish Durations For Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, And To Make Palmetto Fellows Scholarships Available For Accelerated Undergraduate-to-graduate Degree Programs; And By Amending Section 59-149-60, Relating To The Duration Of Life Scholarships, So As To Make Life Scholarships Available For Accelerated Undergraduate-to-graduate Degree Programs.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3204
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-26-25 So As To Provide After July 1, 2027, A Person Who Receives, Renews, Or Maintains Any Educator Certificate Authorized By The State Board Of Education And Issued By The State Department Of Education Shall Hold A Master's Degree That Meets Department Regulations Appropriate To His Teaching Field And Level, To Provide The Board May Not Authorize, And The Department May Not Award, An Educator Certificate To A Person Who Does Not Hold Such A Master's Degree, And To Provide School Districts May Not Employ A Teacher Who Does Not Hold Such A Master's Degree; And By Amending Section 59-3-10, Relating To Appointment, Compensation, And Qualifications Of The State Superintendent Of Education, So As To Provide A Candidate For The Office Of State Superintendent Of Education Shall Meet Required Statutory Academic And Experience Requirements Of That Office, Including Having Been Awarded The Relevant Master's Degree, Prior To Filing For Candidacy Or The Filing Is Rendered Void And The Name Of The Candidate May Not Appear On Any Primary Or General Election Ballot For The Office Of State Superintendent Of Education In The Election For Which The Filing Was Made.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3205
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-322 So As To Provide A Student Whose Performance On A Statewide Academic Assessment In Either English/language Arts Or Mathematics Required By The Education Improvement Act Indicates That The Student Is Performing Two Or More Grade Levels Below His Grade Level Of Enrollment During The Testing Must Be Retained At That Grade Level Until Additional Testing Demonstrates Performance At His Grade Level Of Enrollment.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3206
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-940 So As To Provide School Districts Shall Develop For Each Of Their Schools A Summary Detailing Racial Disparity In Student Performance On Certain National Academic Assessments And Provide Each School With Its Report, To Provide Schools Shall Post Their Reports On Their Front Doors, To Require Reports Include Five-year Trend Charts, And To Provide Districts Annually Shall Update The Summaries And Trend Charts.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3207
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-112 So As To Provide Professional Certificates Issued By The State Board Of Education Are Permanent Unless Revoked Or Suspended And Are Not Subject To Renewal, And To Provide No Teacher May Be Required To Renew A Professional Certificate Issued By The Board, And To Make These Provisions Effective July 1, 2026.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3208
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-5-68, Relating To The Uniform Grading Scale Used In Public Schools, So As To Ensure High School Grade Point Averages Are A Meaningful Indicator Of Academic Achievement By Directing The State Board Of Education To Revise Its Uniform Grading Scale Before July 1, 2027, To Achieve Making The Assignment Of Grades In High School Subjects Align With Content Mastery As Measured By The Act Or Other Standardized National Assessments Designated By The State Board For Measuring A Particular Subject, To Provide Only Academic Performance May Be Considered In High School Subject Grade Assignments, And To Provide That The State Board Shall Establish A Task Force To Make Recommendations For The Implementation Of These Mandates.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3209
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-205 So As To Provide Public Schools Shall Establish Disciplinary Classrooms Exclusively For The Assignment Of Students Subject To Discipline Not Meriting Suspension Or Expulsion, To Provide Assignment Decisions Are Discretionary For Teachers In Consultation With Principals And School Counselors Or Other Mental Health Professionals, To Provide Staffing And Function Requirements For Disciplinary Classrooms, To Require The Development Of Individual Progress Plans For Reassigning Disciplinary Classroom Students To Their Classrooms, And To Provide Related Rights For Parents And Guardians Of Students Assigned To Disciplinary Classrooms.