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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3643 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010228 Primary Sponsor:Law All Sponsors:Law, Merrill, Loftis, Robinson, Rice, Leach Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20118sd01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:School building plans, model; series of five presented by architects for use in construction of new; School Districts History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010411 Co-Sponsor removed (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Hinson House 20010313 Co-Sponsor removed (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Chellis House 20010312 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Loftis Robinson Rice Leach House 20010228 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-23-15 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL CAUSE TO HAVE PREPARED BY ARCHITECTS EXPERIENCED IN SCHOOL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION A SERIES OF FIVE DIFFERENT MODEL SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS FOR ELEMENTARY, FOR MIDDLE, AND FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT THESE PLANS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THIS STATE FOR THEIR USE WHEN UNDERTAKING NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS A DISTRICT MUST USE ONE OF THESE FIVE PLANS WHEN UNDERTAKING NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-23-15. The Department of Education shall cause to have prepared by architects experienced in school building and construction a series of five different model school building plans for elementary, for middle, and for high schools. These plans shall be made available to the several school districts of this State for their use when undertaking new school building construction and a district must use one of these five building plans unless the State Board of Education for good cause shown grants a waiver of this requirement. New school building construction for purposes of this section does not include renovations or additions to existing facilities."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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