S 1021

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 1021
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A senate RESOLUTION
TO HONOR THE CENTER FOR EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT,
RETENTION, AND ADVANCEMENT (CERRA) UPON ITS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY, TO
CONGRATULATE THE CENTER FOR ITS DECADES OF DEDICATION TO ADVANCING EDUCATION
THROUGH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS, AND TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 24, 2026, AS
"CERRA RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION DAY."
Whereas, the Center of
Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) was established as the
South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment in 1985 to address the growing
teacher shortage; and
Whereas, CERRA's pilot
program, Teacher Cadets, started in just four high schools but is now in one
hundred sixty-three high schools in seventy of South Carolina's seventy-five
school districts; and Pro Team, a middle school program grown from the success
of Teacher Cadets, is in fifty-seven middle schools in the State; and
Whereas, CERRA's South
Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which was founded in 1999, provides
fellowships to over eight hundred South Carolina college students at fourteen
institutions of higher learning and boasts an eighty percent graduation rate.
Approximately three thousand Teaching Fellows graduates have served as teachers
in South Carolina's public-school classrooms; and
Whereas, 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
Whereas, 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
Whereas, 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,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the
South Carolina Senate, by this resolution,
honor the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA)
upon its fortieth anniversary, congratulate the Center for its decades of
dedication to advancing education through recruitment and retention efforts,
and recognize March 24, 2026, as "CERRA Recognition and Celebration Day."
Be it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the executive director of CERRA,
Dr. Lindsay Yearta.
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