COLUMBIA, S.C. — Teachers say the job often stretches well beyond the school day. Many are assigned additional duties, such as bus duty or after-school club sponsorships, sometimes without extra pay. One bill aims to change that.
The proposal would limit what school districts can require teachers to do as part of their base salary to classroom instruction and closely related duties.
Teachers’ contracts often say their salary covers their normal teaching duties, like instruction, lesson planning, and faculty meetings, and also ‘other duties as assigned,'” according to Dena Crews, President of the South Carolina Education Association…