HB 4557

Education: teachers and administrators; interim teaching certification process; modify

Education: calendar; restrictions on school start date; eliminate

Labor: leave; local unit of government’s option to provide paid leave for military active service; modify to reflect mandatory paid leave for certain members of law enforcement agencies and fire departments

Individual income tax: deductions; deduction for compensation paid to election inspectors; provide for

Insurance: health insurers; closure or removal of a health system considered a qualifying event for a special enrollment period; provide for

Consumer protection: other; cryptocurrency kiosks; prohibit the installation and operation of

Education: school districts; student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; modify

Education: graduation requirements; foreign language requirement; allow to be satisfied with career and technical education credits

Education: all other employees; licensing of school librarians; eliminate

Education: special education; at least 1 teacher trained in Orton-Gillingham approach principles; require each school district to employ

Education: other; certain requirements for the approval of teacher preparation programs; create

Education: teachers and administrators; completion of certain training for K-5 teachers; require

Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-104-20, RELATING TO THE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SO AS TO ADD THE CLASSIC LEARNING TEST AS AN APPROVED ASSESSMENT FOR RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-149-50, RELATING TO THE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP, SO AS TO AMEND THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP TO INCLUDE ACT AND CLT SCORES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-26-20, RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "TALENTED AND QUALIFIED RESIDENT"" TO INCLUDE ACT AND CLT SCORES."

Regards student use of a nasal epinephrine delivery device

Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions

An Act relating to education; relating to reimbursement of school district energy costs; relating to correspondence study program materials; relating to substitute teaching; relating to the qualifications of school board members; relating to school consolidation; relating to the required local contribution made by a city or borough school district for public school funding; relating to reemploying retired members of the teachers' retirement system at regional resource centers; establishing a teachers' student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date.

Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)