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H3456 - Teacher and State Superintendent Credentials
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-26-25 So As To Provide After July 1, 2023, A Person Who Receives, Renews, Or Maintains Any Educator Certificate Authorized By The State Board Of Education And Issued By The State Department Of Education Shall Hold A Master's Degree That Meets Department Regulations Appropriate To His Teaching Field And Level, To Provide The Board May Not Authorize, And The Department May Not Award, An Educator Certificate To A Person Who Does Not Hold Such A Master's Degree, And To Provide School Districts May Not Employ A Teacher Who Does Not Hold Such A Master's Degree; And By Amending Section 59-3-10, Relating To Appointment, Compensation, And Qualifications Of The State Superintendent Of Education, So As To Provide A Candidate For The Office Of State Superintendent Of Education Shall Meet Required Statutory Academic And Experience Requirements Of That Office, Including Having Been Awarded The Relevant Master's Degree, Prior To Filing For Candidacy Or The Filing Is Rendered Void And The Name Of The Candidate May Not Appear On Any Primary Or General Election Ballot For The Office Of State Superintendent Of Education In The Election For Which The Filing Was Made.
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H3455 - Student academic progress and retention
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-322 So As To Provide A Student Whose Performance On A Statewide Academic Assessment In Either English/language Arts Or Mathematics Required By The Education Improvement Act Indicates That The Student Is Performing Two Or More Grade Levels Below His Grade Level Of Enrollment During The Testing Must Be Retained At That Grade Level Until Additional Testing Demonstrates Performance At His Grade Level Of Enrollment.
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Introduced
H3292 - Physical activity in schools
Neal A. Collins, John Gregory Kilmartin, Patrick B. Haddon
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-1-425, Relating To Instructional Days For Public School Students, So As To Provide The Instructional Days May Not Begin Before 8:30 In The Morning; By Amending Section 59-10-10, Relating To Physical Activity Standards For Public Elementary And Middle Schools, So As To Revise The Standards To Require An Overall Increase In Mandatory Physical Activity Minutes, To Require Daily Physical Activity, To Require Physical Activity To Include Instructional Play And Unstructured Play In Addition To Physical Education, And To Define Necessary Terms; And By Amending Section 59-10-30, Relating To Physical Activity Directors, So As To Require Designations Of Physical Activity Directors In Middle Schools And To Revise Duties Of Physical Activity Directors To Include Development Of Instructional Play And Unstructured Play For Elementary And Middle School Students.
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Introduced
H3429 - Paid family leave
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 8-11-150 And 8-11-155, Both Relating To Paid Parental Leave, So As To Include Public School Teachers And Grant-funded Employees Of Public Schools.
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Introduced
H3301 - Racial disparity in academic testing results
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-940 So As To Provide School Districts Shall Develop For Each Of Their Schools A Summary Detailing Racial Disparity In Student Performance On Certain National Academic Assessments And Provide Each School With Its Report, To Provide Schools Shall Post Their Reports On Their Front Doors, To Require Reports Include Five-year Trend Charts, And To Provide Districts Annually Shall Update The Summaries And Trend Charts.
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Introduced
H3300 - Teacher certification renewals
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-112 So As To Provide Professional Certificates Issued By The State Board Of Education Are Permanent Unless Revoked Or Suspended And Are Not Subject To Renewal, And To Provide No Teacher May Be Required To Renew A Professional Certificate Issued By The Board, And To Make These Provisions Effective July 1, 2023.
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H3457 - State-funded scholarships extended to accelerated programs
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-104-27 So As To Establish Durations For Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, And To Make Palmetto Fellows Scholarships Available For Accelerated Undergraduate-to-graduate Degree Programs; And By Amending Section 59-149-60, Relating To The Duration Of Life Scholarships, So As To Make Life Scholarships Available For Accelerated Undergraduate-to-graduate Degree Programs.
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Introduced
H3299 - Grade inflation prohibition
Neal A. Collins
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-5-68, Relating To The Uniform Grading Scale Used In Public Schools, So As To Ensure High School Grade Point Averages Are A Meaningful Indicator Of Academic Achievement By Directing The State Board Of Education To Revise Its Uniform Grading Scale Before July 1, 2025, To Achieve Making The Assignment Of Grades In High School Subjects Align With Content Mastery As Measured By The Act Or Other Standardized National Assessments Designated By The State Board For Measuring A Particular Subject, To Provide Only Academic Performance May Be Considered In High School Subject Grade Assignments, And To Provide That The State Board Shall Establish A Task Force To Make Recommendations For The Implementation Of These Mandates.
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H3111 - Tobacco Sales Information
Neal A. Collins, Raye Felder
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-510, Relating To Retail License Requirements, So As To Provide That A Retailer Shall Submit Certain Information To The Department About Whether It Sells Certain Products Used For Smoking.
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Introduced
H3441 - Public Education and Parental Involvement
Neal A. Collins, Richard L. Yow
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-5-66 So As To Require The Board Of Education To Establish A Method To Track Parental Involvement With A Student's Education Who Is Enrolled In Public School, And To Provide For Certain Additional Requirements And Reports Related To Parental Involvement And A Student's Education.
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Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-005
COMMITTEES
South Carolina House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Neal A. Collins was born in Pickens County. He graduated from Pickens High School before earning a Bachelor's degree from Clemson University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Collins served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve for 8 years. He practiced law and served on Pickens County Council for 12 years prior to being elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2014.read less
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South Carolina House from South Carolina
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