Bill 4190

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4190
Ratification Number:       359
Act Number                 627
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   School days waived

(A627, R359, H4190)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE STUDENT INSTRUCTION, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND TEACHER WORK DAYS WAIVED FOR THE 1989-90 SCHOOL YEAR AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE HUGO AND FOR STATE FUNDING AND TEACHER SALARIES NOT TO BE REDUCED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

School days waived

SECTION 1. (A) For schools which missed days of instruction as a result of Hurricane Hugo, the number of days required for student instruction, staff development, and teacher work days by Section 59-1-420 of the 1976 Code are and may be waived for the 1989-90 school year in accordance with this section.

(B) For schools which missed ten or more days of instruction as a result of Hurricane Hugo, five days shall be waived by the district board of trustees for the particular school.

(C) For schools which missed less than ten days of instruction as a result of Hurricane Hugo, the board of trustees of the district may waive up to one-half of the days missed for each school within the district. The number of days waived by the district board may not exceed five days for any school.

(D) Additional days of instruction missed as a result of Hurricane Hugo, which the district board is not authorized to waive, may be waived by the State Board of Education upon the request of the district board and upon good cause showing that the particular school cannot make the days up without undue hardship.

(E) In addition to other justification, the State Board of Education may grant waivers requested under subsections (B) and (C) for schools which missed more instructional days than the majority of schools in the district when waiver of the additional days allows schools of a district to attend concurrently for the remainder of the school year.

(F) Staff development and teacher work days required by Section 59-1-420 of the 1976 Code may be waived by district boards of trustees, as needed, to provide days for the make up of student instruction.

(G) District boards of trustees may submit one request for the waiver of additional instructional days for all schools which are similarly situated within the district.

(H) State funding may not be reduced for any school district as a result of any reduction in the number of instructional, staff development, or teacher work days granted under this section. Teacher salaries for the 1989-90 school year must not be reduced as a result of any reduction in the number of instructional, staff development, or teacher work days granted under this section.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 21st day of February, 1990.