S.C. Code § 59-20-55
Proficiency requirements for teachers
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 59, Chapter 20 — Education Finance Act of 1977 · Status: effective
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- S.C. Code § 59-20-55, Proficiency requirements for teachers, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1593387
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Beginning July 1, 1986, and thereafter, employment may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the criteria outlined in Section 59-20-50(4)(b). The criteria do not have to be met by teachers having twenty-five years or more of teaching service as of the effective date of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 in order for them to be employed.