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| Rep. WHITE raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 90 was out of order as it was not germane.
Rep. MEACHAM argued contra the Point.
The SPEAKER stated, citing Rule 5.3, that the Bill shall only include provisions for appropriating funds, provisions affecting revenue and rules, regulations and directives and procedures relative thereto which meant relative to the expenditure of revenue.
Rep. MEACHAM continued to argue contra the Point in stating that it all related to money as they all received funding.
The SPEAKER stated that it had to be a provision to tell you how you spend money, restrict how you spend money or direct how you spend money. He further stated that it was not germane and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 134 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TMR.026), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, SDE, Page 554, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read /From the funds appropriated in 1A, the Department shall establish Regional Volunteer Coordinators to develop, promote and expand the use of volunteers in all public schools./
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Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. ROBINSON raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 134 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER stated that it was directed to how they spend the money in Part IA and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. RUDNICK continued speaking.
The SPEAKER granted Reps. WILLIAMS and KENNEDY a leave of absence for the remainder of the day.
Rep. McTEER spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. RUDNICK demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T.C. Allison Askins Baker Barber Baxley Boan Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corning Cromer Davenport Delleney Elliott Fair Farr Gamble Gonzales Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Holt Jennings Keegan Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Lanford Law Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin McAbee McCraw McKay McTeer Meacham Phillips Quinn Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Rogers Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Snow Spearman Stille Stoddard Stone Stuart Thomas Townsend Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wilder, D. Wilder, J. Worley Wright Young, A.
Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Byrd Harwell Houck Hutson Inabinett Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Rudnick Scott Shissias Waites Whipper Young, R.
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. WHITE moved that when the House adjourns it adjourn to meet at 9:30 A.M. tomorrow, which was agreed to.
Rep. DAVENPORT proposed the following Amendment No. 184 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TR.021), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, SDE, Page 554, Line 28, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read: /The Department, in consultation with professional educational associations, shall compile a list of state and local regulations imposed on schools which they consider as unnecessarily burdensome. The findings of this study shall be reported to the General Assembly by January 1995 and must include recommendations to eliminate outdated, duplicative and unnecessary regulations imposed on schools./
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Rep. McTEER raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 184 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER stated that it was not germane and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 274 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\DM.020), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Department of Education, Page 554, by adding and appropriated numbered paragraph to
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Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. KEYSERLING proposed the following Amendment No. 300 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TR.065), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Education, Page 554, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read: /The Department of Education may designate the Beaufort and/or Jasper County School Districts as demonstration sites for privatization of student transportation services and for the coordination of community based public transportation services.
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Rep. KEYSERLING explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. TOWNSEND, WALKER, STILLE, TROTTER, ALLISON and LITTLEJOHN proposed the following Amendment No. 301 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FR.070), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Education, Page 547, Paragraph 25, Line 37, by inserting after /EFA Foundation Program./ the following /The index of taxpaying ability must also be adjusted to reflect the true market value for a manufacturing facility that is closing, or has closed, in the current year if that facility represented more than two percent of the total local revenue for that district./
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Rep. MEACHAM proposed the following Amendment No. 302 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\FR.007), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Page 554, Line 28, right column, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read /Any local school district which receives funding from this act shall provide for a moment of voluntary silent prayer at the beginning of each school day. And Districts not complying with this provision shall not receive any funding provided by Part IA, Section 19 (O) (page 0258) for higher order thinking skills./
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The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. MEACHAM demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Allison Anderson Askins Bailey, G. Baker Barber Baxley Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Byrd Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corning Cromer Davenport Delleney Elliott Fair Farr Felder Gamble Gonzales Govan Harrell Harrelson Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hines Hodges Houck Huff Hutson Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kinon Kirsh Koon Lanford Law Littlejohn Marchbanks Mattos McAbee McCraw McElveen McKay McLeod McMahand McTeer Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Rogers Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Snow Spearman Stille Stoddard Stone Stuart Sturkie Thomas Townsend Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Wilder, D. Wilder, J. Wilkes
Wilkins Worley Wright Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Beatty Cobb-Hunter Whipper Young, R.
So, the amendment was adopted.
I was out of the chamber at the time the roll call vote was taken on Amendment #302. Had I been in the chamber, I would have voted for the amendment.
Rep. JAMES S. KLAUBER
Reps. McTEER and ANDERSON proposed the following Amendment No. 304 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FF.056), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Education, Page 554, Line 28, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read: /The increase in EFA funds over the prior fiscal year should be used to help fund pay increases for those school personnel who are not receiving EIA salary supplements./
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Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Section 19 as amended was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 19A.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, SDE, Page 555, Paragraph 6, Lines 31-32, by striking /Basic Skills Remedial/ and inserting /Academic Assistance Act 135/
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Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 202 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\TMR.035), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, SDE, Page 558, Paragraph 31, Lines 18-19, by striking /of the/
Amend further, Page 558, Paragraph 31, Line 20, by striking /$1,248,000/
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Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 185 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\TMR.28), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, SDE, Paragraph 34, Page 558, Line 44, Left Column and Line 1, Right Column by striking /Remedial and Compensatory Program/ and by inserting /Academic Assistance Act 135/
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Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 191 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TMR.033, which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, SDE, Paragraph 43, Page 559, Line 16-17, by striking /contractual services/ and inserting /other operating expenses/
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Reps. HINES, NEILSON, ANDERSON, ASKINS, BAXLEY, BEATTY, BREELAND, G. BROWN, J. BROWN, GOVAN, HARRELSON, HARVIN, HARWELL, HOUCK, INABINETT, JENNINGS, KENNEDY, McELVEEN, McLEOD, McMAHAND, NEAL, SNOW, SPEARMAN, WILLIAMS and WORLEY proposed
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, EIA, Page 559, left column, paragraph 41, by inserting after /59-26-20(k)/ Line 38
/In addition, $100,000 of these funds must be set aside and used by the Pee Dee Consortium for minority teaching scholarships./
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Rep. HINES explained the amendment.
Rep. LITTLEJOHN raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 258 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER stated that it directed how to spend money and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. HARWELL spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. G. BROWN spoke in favor of the amendment.
The SPEAKER granted Reps. BAXLEY and WRIGHT a leave of absence for the remainder of the day.
Reps. LITTLEJOHN and McTEER spoke against the amendment.
Rep. NEILSON spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. McTEER moved to table the amendment.
Rep. KIRSH demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Baker Barber Brown, H. Cato Clyborne Cobb-Hunter Corning Delleney Fulmer Gamble Gonzales Graham Hallman Harrell Harrison Holt Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Keyserling Klauber Lanford Law Littlejohn Marchbanks McCraw
McTeer Meacham Quinn Rhoad Richardson Riser Rogers Sharpe Sheheen Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stuart Sturkie Thomas Trotter Vaughn Waites Walker Wells White Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T.C. Anderson Askins Bailey, G. Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Byrd Chamblee Cooper Davenport Elliott Felder Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Hines Hodges Houck Hutson Inabinett Jennings Kinon Kirsh McElveen McLeod McMahand Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Robinson Rudnick Scott Snow Stoddard Stone Townsend Wilder, D. Wilder, J. Wilkes Worley
So, the amendment was tabled.
Reps. MATTOS and McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\TMR.CTN), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, SDE, Page 561, Paragraph 56, Line 40, by inserting after /plan/ the following /These funds may be used for courses which support the education of students with disabilities or special needs in the regular classroom/
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The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. MATTOS proposed the following Amendment No. 193 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FR.027), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, Education, Page 562, Paragraph 63, Line 5, Left Column, by inserting after /placement./ /The Department shall develop a plan for Community-based alternative initiatives for status offenders to be presented to the Ways and Means Committee, House Education & Public Works Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Senate Education Committee by January 15, 1995./
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Rep. BOAN raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 193 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 139 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FR.025), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19A, Education, Page 562, Paragraph 64, Line 6, by striking the proviso in its entirety.
Amend further, Page 562, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read: /The Department shall provide statewide administrators and teachers training in the best practices for addressing student violence and shall develop or select non-violent problem solving curricula and other appropriate violence prevention approaches./
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Rep. BOAN raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 139 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. McTEER moved to table the amendment.
Rep. RUDNICK demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 40 to 20.
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