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Ex. SC-044 Order Primary source read

Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint Resolution

To Provide for a Return to Five-Day, In-Person Classroom Instruction for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 School Years... and to Provide Requirements Concerning Dual-Modality Instruction for the 2021-2022 School Year

General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021) · South Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Level
State
Authority
S.C. Const. art. III; joint resolution
Issued
2021-04-22 Apr. 22, 2021
Effective
2021-04-22 (ratified); in-person instruction required no later than Apr. 26, 2021 (read as 2021-04-22)
End
End of the 2021-22 school year (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 22, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every school district in the State
  • teachers (dual-modality prohibition)
Functions reached
  • IN instruction (mandatory in-person offering)
  • RL remote learning (dual-modality barred)
  • WF workforce (parents' schedules restored on the State's timetable)
  • HR teacher assignments
Collection
South Carolina SC

Operative words

SECTION 1. For the 2020-2021 School Year, every school district in the State must offer five-day, in-person classroom instruction to students no later than April 26, 2021. For the 2021-2022 School Year, every school district in the State must offer five-day, in-person classroom instruction to students.... SECTION 3. (A)... school districts are prohibited from assigning a teacher to deliver instruction to students simultaneously in-person and virtually, an approach often referred to as 'dual-modality instruction', unless it is reasonable and necessary due to extreme and unavoidable circumstances

Enforcement

Statutory mandate on districts; State Department of Education oversight

Notes

Compelled a change in how every district operated in Q2 and Q3 2021; the instrument that ended remote-only public schooling in South Carolina.

Retrieval note

Bill page shows: Ratified R 33 (4/22/2021); Signed by Governor (4/23/2021); Act No. 102 (7/2/2021); effective 04/22/21.