{"id":"SC-044","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021)","authority":"S.C. Const. art. III; joint resolution","instrument":"Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint Resolution","title":"To Provide for a Return to Five-Day, In-Person Classroom Instruction for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 School Years... and to Provide Requirements Concerning Dual-Modality Instruction for the 2021-2022 School Year","dateIssued":"2021-04-22","effective":"2021-04-22 (ratified); in-person instruction required no later than Apr. 26, 2021","end":"End of the 2021-22 school year","startDate":"2021-04-22","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["every school district in the State","teachers (dual-modality prohibition)"],"clause":"SECTION 1. For the 2020-2021 School Year, every school district in the State must offer five-day, in-person classroom instruction to students no later than April 26, 2021. For the 2021-2022 School Year, every school district in the State must offer five-day, in-person classroom instruction to students.... SECTION 3. (A)... school districts are prohibited from assigning a teacher to deliver instruction to students simultaneously in-person and virtually, an approach often referred to as \u0027dual-modality instruction\u0027, unless it is reasonable and necessary due to extreme and unavoidable circumstances","enforcement":"Statutory mandate on districts; State Department of Education oversight","functions":["IN instruction (mandatory in-person offering)","RL remote learning (dual-modality barred)","WF workforce (parents\u0027 schedules restored on the State\u0027s timetable)","HR teacher assignments"],"notes":"Compelled a change in how every district operated in Q2 and Q3 2021; the instrument that ended remote-only public schooling in South Carolina.","sourceUrl":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/704.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":125871,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-044","citation":"General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021), Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint Resolution (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. SC-044)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":[]}