The freeze on South Carolina's classroom teachers' yearly salary step increases imposed last May would be lifted, retroactively, if a proviso introduced in Senate Finance today is passed; I will help shepherd this proviso through the budget process next week. @SCforEd @PSTANews https://t.co/Jrwd0Mjav9
Tom Davis
@senatortomdavis · SC · S
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CoverageJan 9, 2020 to Oct 31, 2021
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One of the things the COVID-19 crisis has taught us with students having to continue their education instruction online and patients increasingly utilizing telemedicine is that extending broadband capacity to all parts of South Carolina is an absolute necessity. https://t.co/TO47XDNcoW
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The state budget just passed by the South Carolina Senate lifts the freeze on classroom teachers' yearly salary step increases, retroactive to July 1; the budget now crosses over to the House for consideration. @SCforEd @PSTANews https://t.co/SiL28RJVWV
Sen. @ShaneMassey wants to prioritize teachers’ vaccinations and hasten in-person learning. Gov. @HenryMcMaster wants to avoid cancelling appointments for those aged-70-plus who’ve already signed up. We can do both; I’m working on compromise language now. https://t.co/dEeqydJhnb
Earlier this morning, the K-12 Senate Finance subcommittee I serve on voted to favorably report H. 3609 (the teacher-salary step increases) to the full committee; I expect it to receive a favorable report there, too, and to thereafter be approved by the full Senate. https://t.co/kIzZRLsbHM
SC Senate passed a conservative budget that puts $500mm of $725 mm in new money into a reserve account, prevents an increase in businesses unemployment insurance taxes, provides teachers with step salary increases, and ensures a nurse in each K-12 school. SC House should concur. https://t.co/4g61slmjpw
.@WJCLNews: in-person K-12 teaching is critical; teachers have tried hard to effectively reach students via “online learning,” but it’s a poor substitute. The vaccination of our teachers should be prioritized. https://t.co/ygKRLf06AC
RT @michaelburges12: As the author of the Teacher Bill of Rights, whose intent was to harmonize the needs of ALL teachers, it needs to be c&
Im at the Covid-19 drive-thru testing event at HIlton Head High School being run by DHEC and the national guard. 300 of the 500 testing kits have already been used and Ive asked DHEC to deliver more. https://t.co/opjTqbQhE9