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H. 3873
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education and Public Works Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11480ac03.doc
Introduced in the House on March 27, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on April 2, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
Summary: Education Department; Half-Day Child Development Programs
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/27/2003 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference HJ-9 4/1/2003 House Read second time HJ-29 4/2/2003 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-22 4/2/2003 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-12 4/2/2003 Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-12
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INTRODUCED
March 27, 2003
H. 3873
S. Printed 3/27/03--H.
Read the first time March 27, 2003.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO HALF-DAY CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2796, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Board of Education, relating to Half-Day Child Development Programs, designated as Regulation Document Number 2796, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
There needs to be a change in the language of 24 S.C. Code Ann. Regulation 43-264.1(V)(A)(1) (Supp. 2001), Half-Day Child Development Programs. The funding allocation for Half-Day Child Development Programs has been dependent upon the previous three years' average for the number of students tested as "not ready" on the CSAB as the determiner of the amount of funding that districts would receive for Half-Day Child Development Programs. Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) is an outdated assessment of young children; having been given since 1979 and is no longer used. The change in the regulation should provide that the determination of funding would be based on the number of children in kindergarten who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch. The purpose of half-day child development programs is to provide services for children most at risk of school failure.
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