South Carolina H 4254: Guidance counselors and career specialists

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2025-2026 Bill 4254 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 27, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4254

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-59-120, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIVITIES OF GUIDANCE COUNSELORS 
AND CAREER SPECIALISTS TO EXCLUDE PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE IF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, DETERMINES THAT A DISTRICT IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS 
SECTION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY WITHHOLD UP TO FIVE PERCENT OF 
THE DISTRICT'S AID TO CLASSROOM APPROPRIATION FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-59-120 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
59-59-120. School guidance counselors and career specialists shall limit their 
activities to guidance and counseling and may not perform administrative tasks. If the State Board of Education, upon recommendation of the 
State Superintendent of Education, determines that a district is in violation 
of this section, the department may withhold up to five percent of the 
district's aid to classroom appropriation for that fiscal year.

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

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