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SC Code § 59-25-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-520. Powers and duties of court of common pleas; warrant for production of witnesses.

 The court of common pleas shall, on application of the district board, enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers and records and shall have the power to punish as for contempt of court, by a fine or imprisonment or both, the unexcused failure or refusal to attend and give testimony or produce books, papers and records as may have been required in any subpoena issued by the district board. The district board may issue to the sheriff of the county in which any hearing is held a warrant requiring him to produce at the hearing any witness who shall have ignored or failed to comply with any subpoena issued by the district board and duly served upon such witness. Such a warrant shall authorize the sheriff to arrest and produce at the hearing such witness, and it shall be his duty to do so; but the failure of a witness so to appear in response to any such subpoena may be excused on the same grounds as provided by law in the courts of this State as to the attendance of witnesses and jurors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-370.2; 1974 (58) 2343.
SC Code § 59-25-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-530. Unprofessional conduct; breach of contract.

 Any teacher who fails to comply with the provisions of his contract without the written consent of the school board shall be deemed guilty of unprofessional conduct. A breach of contract resulting from the execution of an employment contract with another board within the State without the consent of the board first employing the teacher makes void any subsequent contract with any other school district in South Carolina for the same employment period. Upon the formal complaint of the school board, substantiated by conclusive evidence, the State board shall suspend or revoke the teacher's certificate, for a period not to exceed one calendar year. State education agencies in other states with reciprocal certification agreements shall be notified of the revocation of the certificate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-370.3; 1974 (58) 2343.
SC Code § 59-25-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-710. Teacher discriminated against in fixing salary may file complaint.

 Any school teacher who may feel that he has been discriminated against on any ground or for any cause whatsoever by a board of trustees in fixing the salary of such teacher, in the exercise of the wide discretion conferred upon trustees by law in the fixing of teachers' salaries, may file a complaint for the purpose of having such discrimination abated and in so doing shall follow the procedure hereinafter set out.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-381; 1952 Code Section 21-381; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-720. Complaint filed with county board.

 Such teacher may at any time, during the period for which he has been employed, file with the county board of education of the county in which the school is located a complaint in writing which shall set forth briefly the manner and method by which the alleged discrimination is claimed to have occurred. Any number of teachers that are employed by the same school district may join in the filing of a complaint.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-382; 1952 Code Section 21-382; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-730. Hearing on complaint.

 Upon the filing of such complaint, the county board of education shall fix a date for the hearing thereof and at least ten days prior to the date fixed shall notify the complainant and the board of trustees of the school district in which the teacher is employed of the time and place of such hearing. It shall set forth in such notice the grounds of such alleged discrimination.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-383; 1952 Code Section 21-383; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-740. Process and procedure shall be summary and simple.

 The process and procedure under this article shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be. The county board of education shall have the power, for the purpose of this article, to subpoena witnesses, to administer oaths and to examine such parts of any books and records as relate to the questions involved. Any party to such proceedings may cause to be taken the depositions of witnesses within or without the State and either by commission or de bene esse. Such depositions shall be taken in accordance with and subject to the same provisions, conditions and restrictions as apply to the taking of like depositions in civil actions at law in the court of common pleas, and the same rules with respect to the giving of notice to the opposite party, the taking and transcribing of testimony, the transmission and certification thereof and matters of practice relating thereto shall apply.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-384; 1952 Code Section 21-384; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-750. Service of subpoenas; witness fees.

 The county sheriffs and their respective deputies shall serve all subpoenas of the county board and shall receive the same fees as are now provided by law for like service. Each witness who appears in obedience to such subpoena shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage of witnesses in civil cases in courts of the county in which the hearing is held.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-385; 1952 Code Section 21-385; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-760. Service of notices.

 All notices to be given under this article by either the county board or the State Board shall be given to both parties and the notices herein required to be given by a party shall be served upon the opposite party prior to the filing thereof. All of such notices may be served by registered mail.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-386; 1952 Code Section 21-386; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-770. Powers and duties of court of common pleas; warrant for production of witnesses.

 The court of common pleas shall, on application of the county board, enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers and records and shall have the power to punish as for contempt of court, by a fine or imprisonment or both, the unexcused failure or refusal to attend and give testimony or produce books, papers and records as may have been required in any subpoena issued by the county board. The county board may issue to the sheriff of the county in which any hearing is held a warrant requiring him to produce at the hearing any witness who shall have ignored or failed to comply with any subpoena issued by the county board and duly served upon such witness. Such warrant shall authorize the sheriff to arrest and produce at the hearing such witness, and it shall be his duty so to do. But the failure of a witness so to appear in response to any such subpoena may be excused on the same grounds as provided by law in the courts of this State as to the attendance of witnesses and jurors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-387; 1952 Code Section 21-387; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-780. Hearing; decision.

 The hearing before the county board shall be open to the public and shall be stenographically reported, and the county board may contract for the reporting of such hearing. The county board shall hear the parties at issue and their attorneys, if any, and shall determine the matter in a summary manner setting forth its findings and conclusions in writing. If it shall find that such teacher shall have been discriminated against, it shall require the board of trustees to discontinue such discrimination. The county board shall give notice by registered mail to both parties of its decision.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-388; 1952 Code Section 21-388; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-790. Basis of decision.

 The county board, in passing upon such matters, is hereby vested with full discretion to the same extent as if the duty of fixing salaries of teachers had been originally imposed upon the county board and shall have the right to take into consideration changed conditions arising since the issuance of the certificates held by the teachers involved and other facts that will be helpful in rendering a just decision.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-389; 1952 Code Section 21-389; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-800. Reclassification of all teachers in district.

 The county board may, in determining whether or not a discrimination exists, recommend that the State Board of Education require all teachers in the district to be examined and recertified under the procedure then in force for the certification of teachers as to their qualifications and may thereupon require the trustees of such district to classify such teachers in accordance with such recertification for the purpose of fixing their salaries, to the end that the salaries of such teachers shall be based upon the value of the services rendered, it being found as a fact that each grade of teachers' certificates now outstanding is held by teachers of greatly varying efficiency, abilities and accomplishments. Should no appeal be taken from a decision of the county board making such recommendation, the State Board of Education shall carry out such recommendation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-390; 1952 Code Section 21-390; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-810. Appeal to State Board of Education.

 Within thirty days after the receipt of any such notice of such decision of the county board, any party thereto shall have the right to appeal to the State Board of Education by filing a notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, with the county board of education. Upon such appeal being filed, the county board, within thirty days thereafter, shall file a full and complete certified transcript of the proceedings had before it with the State Board of Education. Upon receipt of such appeal, the State Board of Education shall fix a time and place for the hearing thereof and give notice, by registered mail, to the parties involved. Such appeal shall be heard upon the transcript of the proceedings from the county board and such other investigation and additional testimony as the State Board may elect to take, all of which, if taken, shall be reported and made a part of the record. The State Board of Education shall review all questions of law and fact and, in determining the matter, exercise its discretion as an original duty imposed upon it. All powers and remedies herein conferred on county boards as to subpoenaing witnesses, enforcing attendance, taking and production of evidence and other procedural matters are hereby conferred upon the State Board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-391; 1952 Code Section 21-391; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-820. Reclassification on order of State Board of Education.

 The State Board of Education, upon its own initiative, in the accomplishment of justice in the matter, may require all teachers in the district from which the appeal came to be examined and recertified under the procedure then in force for the certification of teachers as to their qualifications and shall thereupon require the trustees of such district to classify such teachers in accordance with such recertification for the purpose of fixing their salaries, to the end that the salaries of such teachers shall be based upon the value of services rendered.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-392; 1952 Code Section 21-392; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-830. Finality of findings of fact by State Board of Education; appeal on errors of law.

 The findings of fact by the State Board of Education are final and conclusive as to all parties, but any party, within thirty days, may appeal to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Section 1-23-380(B) and Section 1-23-600(D), to review error of law only, by filing with the State Board of Education and the Administrative Law Court notice of the appeal and of the grounds for the appeal. The state board shall file a certified copy of the record with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its rules of procedure. A party may have judicial review of the decision of the administrative law judge as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-393; 1952 Code Section 21-393; 1947 (45) 110; 1999 Act No. 55, Section 55; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 44, eff July 1, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:  "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."  2006 Act No. 387, Section 57, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review."  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeals to the Administrative Law Court and judicial review of the administrative law judge's decision.
SC Code § 59-25-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-840. Filing of unappealed decision; enforcement.

 Any decision of either the county board or the State Board which shall become final by reason of no appeal being taken therefrom as herein provided shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court of the county in which the complaint arose within ten days after such decision becomes final by the board rendering the decision. Any party thereto shall have the right to apply to the circuit court of such county for the enforcement of such decision and the court shall enforce such decision in the same manner as judgments of such court are enforced.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-394; 1952 Code Section 21-394; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-850. Compensation received prior to filing of complaint not affected.

 Nothing contained herein shall give any teacher any right to claim compensation in addition to that received for the period prior to the filing of the complaint with the county board as provided in Section 59-25-720.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-395; 1952 Code Section 21-395; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-25-860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 25 - Teachers|Section 59-25-860. Costs; fees of clerks of boards.

 Costs shall be taxed in the proceedings authorized hereunder by the respective boards in accordance with the procedure and limitations applicable to taxing costs in a civil action at law in the court of common pleas. The clerk of each board shall be allowed the same fees as clerks of court of the county in which the proceedings arose, and any other fees or costs allowed by law in the court of common pleas in actions at law, and which are taxable as costs, shall apply in the proceedings before the boards and be taxable as costs. The costs so taxed of both parties shall be paid by the State Board of Education.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-396; 1952 Code Section 21-396; 1947 (45) 110.
SC Code § 59-26-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-10. Intent; guidelines for implementation.

 It is the intent of this chapter to provide for a fair, cohesive, and comprehensive system for the training, certification, initial employment, evaluation, and continuous professional development of public educators in this State. The following guidelines, which further constitute the intent of this chapter must be adhered to by all state and local officials, agencies, and boards in interpreting and implementing the provisions of this chapter so that the system provided for herein shall:  (a) upgrade the standards for educators in this State in a fair, professional, and reasonable manner;  (b) assure that prospective teachers have basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills;  (c) improve the educator training programs and the evaluation procedures for those programs;  (d) assure that prospective teachers know and understand their teaching areas and are given assistance toward the achievement of their potential;  (e) assure that school districts implement a comprehensive system for assisting, developing, and evaluating teachers employed at all contract levels.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 187 Section 1; 1997 Act No. 72, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-26-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-45. Retired educator teaching certificates.

 (A) A retired educator certificate is a renewable certificate established in regulation by the State Board of Education that allows a retired South Carolina educator to be eligible to maintain certification for the purpose of substituting. A person is initially eligible for a South Carolina retired educator certificate if he:  (1) held a valid South Carolina renewable, professional educator certificate at the time of retirement;  (2) is either a:  (i) retired member of the South Carolina Retirement System; or  (ii) current or former participant in the State Optional Retirement Program who would have met the eligibility requirements for retirement under the South Carolina Retirement System had he participated in that system rather than the State Optional Retirement Program;  (3) does not hold another valid South Carolina educator certificate and has never held a valid South Carolina educator certificate that has been suspended, revoked, or voluntarily surrendered; and  (4) meets all other qualifications to serve as a substitute educator as specified in state statute, regulation, and guidelines.  (B) An individual meeting the eligibility requirements and desirous of a certificate, including a renewal certificate, must submit the request in the manner specified in regulation and guidelines.  (1) A retired educator certificate approved and issued is valid for five years from the date of each issuance.  (2) A certificate may be renewed and, if approved, is valid for five years from the date of each issuance.  (3) Department guidelines shall include the timeline, forms, and a process for submitting and approving or denying certificate or renewal requests. (4) Renewal of a retired educator certificate does not require completion of professional learning or renewal credit.  (4) Renewal of a retired educator certificate does not require completion of professional learning or renewal credit.  (C) Any new or renewed certificate is invalidated upon issuance of any other South Carolina educator certificate.  (D) An educator who works under the retired certificate must work under the agreement and rate of pay established for this purpose by the hiring district. Section 59-25-150 shall apply to any retired educator certificate.  (E) Nothing in this section exempts an educator from taking part in professional development that is required by a local school district.  (F) The State Board of Education shall develop regulations for, and the department shall establish guidelines and procedures for, the implementation of this section.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 145 (H.3513), Section 1, eff April 4, 2018.
SC Code § 59-26-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-60. Educational Improvement Task Force; appropriation.

 The General Assembly shall appropriate the necessary funds for operation of the Educator Improvement Task Force.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 187, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-26-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-70. Adjustments in instructional time permitted; foreign language requirements for diploma.

 The State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, in order to offer students more instructional time in a particular basic skill, may allow adjustments in the amount of instructional time required in each of the subjects in the State's defined minimum program. No commission or agency of the State shall require any public high school in this State to require foreign language as a prerequisite to receiving a regular high school diploma.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision B, SubPart 3, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-26-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-90. Teacher of the year honorarium programs.

 The State Department of Education shall establish a program for the State Teacher of the Year to include an honorarium of no less than twenty-five thousand dollars. In addition, the program is to recognize the four honor roll teachers of the year with awards of no less than ten thousand dollars each and award local district teachers of the year with honoraria of no less than one thousand dollars each.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 393, Section 13.
SC Code § 59-26-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-100. Incentives for teachers serving as mentors.

 The State Board of Education, acting through the Department of Education, shall establish a program whereby schools and school districts may be awarded funds to develop various types of incentives for those teachers who are trained and serve as mentors to new teachers as a part of the induction program established in Section 59-26-20. Among the incentives that may qualify are additional pay, release time, and additional assistance in the classroom. To qualify for these funds, the school or school district must meet the criteria established by the state board.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 393, Section 14.