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2025-2026 Bill 5259 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 25, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5259

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A house RESOLUTION

TO HONOR THE 
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER FOR EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND 
ADVANCEMENT (CERRA) IN RECOGNITION OF ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND ITS COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH RECRUITMENT AND 
RETENTION EFFORTS, AND TO PROCLAIM MARCH 24, 2026, AS "CERRA RECOGNITION AND 
CELEBRATION DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, in 1985, the 
Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA), then known 
as the South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment (SCCTR), was established 
to address the growing teacher shortage; and

Whereas, CERRA's pilot 
program, Teacher Cadets, started in just four high schools but is now in 163 
high schools in 70 of South Carolina's 75 school districts; and Pro Team, a 
middle school program grown from the success of Teacher Cadets, is in 57 middle 
schools in the state; and

Whereas, CERRA's South 
Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which was founded in 1999, provides a 
fellowship to over 800 South Carolina college students at fourteen institutions 
of higher learning and boasts an 80% graduation rate and approximately 3,000 
graduates who have served as classroom teachers in our South Carolina public 
school classrooms; and

Whereas, CERRA's 
service programs provide both required mentor training and additional support 
for mentor and induction programs, facilitate National Board Certification for 
teachers and districts, and host the South Carolina Teacher Forum which 
promotes leadership development among the District Teachers of the Year; and

Whereas, CERRA authors 
the annual Supply and Demand Report that informs statewide education policy, 
participates in multiple working groups and collaborative initiatives with 
education stakeholders, hosts the statewide Online Educator Employment System, 
and maintains ongoing partnerships with South Carolina's colleges, 
universities, and school districts; and

Whereas, the fortieth 
anniversary of CERRA is a momentous occasion to reflect upon the past, 
celebrate the present, and look to the future with both hope and determination 
to advance education in our State and to recognize that CERRA has become 
integral to the state's education system. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, honor the fortieth anniversary of the Center for Educator 
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) in recognition of its impact on 
public education in South Carolina and its commitment to advance education through 
recruitment and retention efforts, and proclaim March 24, 2026, as "CERRA's 
Recognition and Celebration Day" in South Carolina.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Executive Director of CERRA, 
Dr. Lindsay Yearta, Ph.D.

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