South Carolina H 3195: Teacher salary

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2025-2026 Bill 3195 Text of Previous Version (May. 13, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3195

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May 13, 2026

H. 3195

Introduced by Reps. Haddon, Pope, Pedalino, 
Chumley, Taylor, Erickson, Bradley, Hixon, Ligon, Weeks, Oremus, Hartz, 
Williams, Luck, Gilliard, Rivers and Anderson 

S. Printed 5/13/26--H.

Read the first time January 14, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-10-10, RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL 
EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN 
MANDATORY MINIMUM PERIODS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR RECESS IN 
FOUR-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE EACH YEAR IN ADDITION TO OTHER 
CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE RECESS PERIODS MUST BE HELD INDOORS 
DURING TIMES OF INCLEMENT WEATHER; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-10-30, RELATING TO 
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITY DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING 
CHANGES; AND TO REDESIGNATE ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 10, TITLE 59 AS "PHYSICAL 
EDUCATION AND ACTIVITY."

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-10-10(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (A)(1) The goal of this article is to provide every elementarypublic school 
student in four-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade 
with the equivalent of thirty minutesa prescribed amount of time in physical education and/or of 
physical activity daily.

 (2) Beginning in the 2006-072028-2029 school yearSchool Year,students 
in kindergarten through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of one hundred fifty minutes a week of physical education and 
physical activity, a majority of which must be physical education. one hundred fifty minutes a week of physical education and 
physical activity. In 2006-07, a minimum of sixty minutes a week must be 
provided in physical education, and as Section 59-10-20 is phased in, the 
minimum time for physical education must be increased to ninety minutes a week Students in sixth grade through eighth grade must be provided a 
minimum of sixty hours of physical education and physical activity during each 
school year, a majority of which must be physical education. Physical education 
courses offered in kindergarten through eighth grade must meet academic 
standards adopted by the State Board of Education. The certified 
physical education teacher to student ratio is designed to provide students in 
kindergarten through fiftheighth 
grade with scheduled physical education either every day 
or on alternate days throughout the school year and must be based on the 
South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards. The student to teacher 
ratio in a physical education class may not exceed the average student to 
teacher ratio of 28 to 1as 
specified in the defined program. An individual student's fitness status 
must be reported to his parent or guardian during a student's fifth grade, 
eighth grade, and high school physical education courses. The physical activity 
must be planned and coordinated by the certified/licensed Physical 
Education Activity Director pursuant to Section 59-10-30.

 (3) Every student in four-year-old 
kindergarten through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of twenty minutes 
of unstructured outdoor recess daily, with allowance for short-term 
interruption not to exceed three consecutive school days due to facility and 
staffing availability, in addition to the time required to meet existing 
physical education standards of this title and other academic curriculum 
requirements.

 (4) In the event of inclement weather, 
the school shall hold recess period indoors as conducive to allowing physical 
activity as practical. Recess periods may not be used to fulfill any curriculum 
or physical education requirements and cannot be removed as a form of 
punishment to an individual or group more than two days per week.

SECTION 2. Section 59-10-10(C) and (D) of the S.C. Code is amended 
to read:

 (C) During each 
year of implementation of the reduced student to physical education teacher 
ratio, eachEach district shall annually report to the State Department of Education by 
June fifteenth, the number of minutes of physical education instruction and the 
minutes of additional physical activity students receive daily with a total for 
the week. The report must be listed by elementary school 
and by individual class and grade level. The State Department of Education 
shall provide a summary of this information to the General Assembly by December 
first of each year of implementation.

 (D) 
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