SC law guaranteed teachers 2 days of planning time. Some schools still aren’t complying.

Roughly one in five teachers reported not receiving their legally required planning days, the state's largest association of educators found.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: October 8, 2026

Words: 1,253

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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COLUMBIA — When teachers went back to school this summer, a state law guaranteed them two days free of meetings to plan for the year ahead.

Nearly 1 in 5 teachers didn’t get those planning days, according to a survey done by the Palmetto State Teachers Association, the state’s largest educator advocacy group.

The guaranteed planning time was part of last year’s sweeping education law titled the Educator Assistance Act, which both chambers passed …

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