Current Status Bill Number:3693 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970320 Primary Sponsor:Stille All Sponsors:Stille, Townsend, Cooper, Cotty, Hinson, McMaster, Robinson and Inabinett Drafted Document Number:gjk\20354sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:State-supported college or university, full-time undergraduate faculty, required number of credit hours to teach
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-365 SO AS TO REQUIRE FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY OF STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, BEGINNING WITH THE 1998 FALL SEMESTER, TO TEACH A REQUIRED NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS EACH SEMESTER, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-365. Beginning with the 1998 fall semester, full-time undergraduate faculty of state-supported institutions of higher learning are required to teach twelve credit hours each semester. However, full-time undergraduate faculty who perform research shall have this twelve-hour requirement reduced in increments of three credit hours based on the percentage of their time spent on research as determined by the appropriate dean and certified to the president of the institution as follows:
(1) no research as a percent of total time 12 credit hours
required to be taught;
(2) research twenty-five percent or 9 credit hours
less of total time required to be taught;
(3) research between twenty-five 6 credit hours
and fifty percent of total time required to be taught;
(4) research between fifty and 3 credit hours
seventy-five percent of total time required to be taught;
(5) research seventy-five percent no credit hours
or more of total time required to be taught."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.