Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section
59-29-120(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) All
public high schools, colleges, and universities
in this State that are sustained or in any manner supported by
public funds shall and all public institutions of
higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, shall give
instruction in the essentials of the United States Constitution,
the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers,
including the study of and devotion to American
institutions and ideals, and no student in any such
school, college, or university or public
institution of higher learning may receive a certificate of
graduation without previously passing a satisfactory examination
upon the provisions and principles of the United States
Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the
Federalist Papers, and, if a citizen of the United
States, satisfying the examining power of his loyalty
thereto. A listing of recommended instructional
materials may be identified by the Commission on Higher
Education working in conjunction with the colleges and
universities."
SECTION 2. Section 59-29-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-29-130.
The instruction provided for in Section 59-29-120
shall must be given:
(1) for at
least one year of the in high
school, college and university grades,
respectively; and
(2) at
least once during the matriculation of undergraduate students in
public institutions of higher learning as part of their degree
requirement."
SECTION 3. Section 59-29-140 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.