The Committee on Education and Public Works proposes the following amendment (LC-3862.WAB0001H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 59-40-50(8)(f) and inserting:

  (f) In addition, a charter school located on a federal military installation or base where the appropriate authorities have made buildings, facilities, and grounds on the installation or base available for use by the charter school as its principal location also may give enrollment prioritypreference to otherwise eligible students who are dependents of military personnel living in military housing on the base or installation or who are currently stationed at the base or installation not to exceed fifty percent of the total enrollment of the charter school. This prioritypreference is in addition to the other prioritiespreferences provided by this item, but no child may be counted more than once for purposes of determining the percentage makeup of each prioritypreference;

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.