republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-78.md

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Bill	Work Experience Credit for Educators	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-25-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL AWARD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RELEVANT NON-TEACHING OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO CERTIFICATES OF EDUCATORS WHO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH EXPERIENCE CREDIT MAY BE AWARDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCEMENT ON THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE OTHER EXISTING CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REMAIN UNCHANGED BY THIS ACT; AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTIVES TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 78	South Carolina S 78 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Devine Hembree Young Zell	6	22	2	2024-12-11	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2602738d-e83d-4e28-89a4-b7d177143a41	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=78&session=126&summary=B	389c25ddc4c1c2d02bc85746273d2f7ef8f47eb3bffe2baadc992671c483eb80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 78 (2025-2026) — Work Experience Credit for Educators

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-25-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL AWARD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RELEVANT NON-TEACHING OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO CERTIFICATES OF EDUCATORS WHO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH EXPERIENCE CREDIT MAY BE AWARDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCEMENT ON THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE OTHER EXISTING CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REMAIN UNCHANGED BY THIS ACT; AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTIVES TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Devine — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-11 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2025-02-20 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-25 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
• 2025-05-01 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2025-05-08 Ratified R 47
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 05/12/25
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 29

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2602738d-e83d-4e28-89a4-b7d177143a41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).