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House approves Educator Assistance Act changes to contracts, planning days and retired certificates

2290039 · February 12, 2025
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The House gave second reading to House Bill 3196, the Educator Assistance Act, unanimously (111-0). The committee amendment modifies recertification, preserves a district sick-leave bank, requires teachers to be given salary schedules with annual contracts, and specifies how non-instructional days are to be used.

The South Carolina House unanimously gave second reading to House Bill 3196, the Educator Assistance Act, approving a committee amendment and recording a roll-call tally of 111-0.

Chairwoman Erickson explained the amendment and the bill, saying the changes respond to teacher priorities and address contract and certification practices. Among the provisions retained or clarified in the adopted amendment: districts must maintain a sick-leave bank; teachers must be provided…

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