CERRA

2025-2026 Bill 5259: CERRA - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5259
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0319HA-EB26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 25, 2026
Adopted by the House on February 25, 2026
Summary: CERRA
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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2/25/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 9
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02/25/2026

A
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RESOLUTION

TO HONOR THE
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER FOR EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND
ADVANCEMENT (CERRA) IN RECOGNITION OF ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ITS COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION EFFORTS, AND TO PROCLAIM MARCH 24, 2026, AS "CERRA RECOGNITION AND
CELEBRATION DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, in 1985, the
Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA), then known
as the South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment (SCCTR), was established
to address the growing teacher shortage; and

W
hereas, CERRA's pilot
program, Teacher Cadets, started in just four high schools but is now in 163
high schools in 70 of South Carolina's 75 school districts; and Pro Team, a
middle school program grown from the success of Teacher Cadets, is in 57 middle
schools in the state; and

W
hereas, CERRA's South
Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which was founded in 1999, provides a
fellowship to over 800 South Carolina college students at fourteen institutions
of higher learning and boasts an 80% graduation rate and approximately 3,000
graduates who have served as classroom teachers in our South Carolina public
school classrooms; and

W
hereas, CERRA's
service programs provide both required mentor training and additional support
for mentor and induction programs, facilitate National Board Certification for
teachers and districts, and host the South Carolina Teacher Forum which
promotes leadership development among the District Teachers of the Year; and

W
hereas, CERRA authors
the annual Supply and Demand Report that informs statewide education policy,
participates in multiple working groups and collaborative initiatives with
education stakeholders, hosts the statewide Online Educator Employment System,
and maintains ongoing partnerships with South Carolina's colleges,
universities, and school districts; and

W
hereas, the fortieth
anniversary of CERRA is a momentous occasion to reflect upon the past,
celebrate the present, and look to the future with both hope and determination
to advance education in our State and to recognize that CERRA has become
integral to the state's education system. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, honor the fortieth anniversary of the Center for Educator
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) in recognition of its impact on
public education in South Carolina and its commitment to advance education through
recruitment and retention efforts, and proclaim March 24, 2026, as "CERRA's
Recognition and Celebration Day" in South Carolina.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Executive Director of CERRA,
Dr. Lindsay Yearta, Ph.D.

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