{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-20-55","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-55","heading":"Proficiency requirements for teachers.","body":"Beginning July 1, 1986, and thereafter, employment may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the criteria outlined in Section 59-20-50(4)(b). The criteria do not have to be met by teachers having twenty-five years or more of teaching service as of the effective date of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 in order for them to be employed.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 20 Education Finance Act of 1977"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c020.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:59:14Z","sha256":"b08bed1144c6418260f9cc65319166d962bcc4c417187915a61c02eb02c3ec05","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-20-50","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-20-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}