South Carolina H 3210: Non-teaching duties of public school educators

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2025-2026 Bill 3210 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3210

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
59-25-425 SO AS TO LIMIT TEACHER DUTIES UNDER SCHOOL DISTRICT SALARY SCHEDULES 
TO CLASSROOM AND CERTAIN RELATED DUTIES, TO PROHIBIT THE ASSIGNMENT OF EXTRACURRICULAR 
DUTIES WITHOUT CONSENT AND EXTRA COMPENSATION AS STATED IN THE TEACHING 
CONTRACT, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP RELATED PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING 
THESE PROVISIONS, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS 
APPLICABLE BEGINNING WITH TEACHING CONTRACTS ISSUED FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL 
YEAR.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina General Assembly finds that teachers are valued professionals whose 
base compensation must be for performing their professional responsibility of teaching 
students; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina General Assembly finds the proper function of public schools 
necessarily involves personnel to perform numerous nonteaching functions, such 
as bus duty, recess duty, lunch duty, coaching, club sponsorship, and assisting 
with other afterschool activities; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina General Assembly finds that school districts must endeavor to study 
and develop solutions that balance the importance of compensating professional 
educators for performing their professional duties with ensuring the needs for 
schools to ensure nonteaching functions are performed either by teachers who 
are provided extra compensation or a collaborative effort of volunteers. Now, 
therefore,

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 
1.A. Article 5, Chapter 25, Title 59 of the S.C. 
Code is amended by adding:

 Section 
59-25-425. (A) With respect to 
duties and compensation, a teacher's contract shall specify:

 (1) 
salary, based on the district salary schedule, which:

 (a) 
only may be considered compensation for instruction, planning, and attending 
faculty meetings and professional development; and

 (b) 
may not be considered compensation for performing extracurricular duties; and

 (2) 
any extracurricular duties that the teacher agrees to perform, the amount of 
time the teacher agrees to provide each such duty, and additional compensation 
to be provided for each such duty.

 (B) A 
teacher may not be required to perform extracurricular duties, regardless of 
compensation, as an express or implied condition for employment. 

 (C) 
Each school district shall develop and implement a plan ensuring the proper 
performance of extracurricular duties in schools either by securing the 
assistance of volunteers, employing additional nonprofessional staff, or 
providing extra compensation and other incentives to professional staff who 
contract to provide extracurricular duties. In developing and implementing this 
plan, a district should solicit input and support from school improvement 
councils, parent-teacher organizations, and other interested groups. Each 
district shall develop its initial plan for implementation before the beginning 
of the 2026-2027 School Year, and update it before July first annually 
thereafter.

 (D) 
For purposes of this article, "extracurricular duties" include bus duty, recess 
duty, lunch duty, and those duties performed by a teacher outside the regular 
school day that involve students and are not directly related to the 
instructional program, such as coaching duties, taking tickets at sporting 
events, and acting as a faculty sponsor for a student club. Extracurricular 
duties do not include such things as time spent in parent-teacher conferences 
or activities related to courses taught by the teacher, such as band concerts 
that are performed as a part of band class.

B. The 
provisions of this section are applicable to teacher contracts beginning with 
the 2026-2027 School Year.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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