South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 564

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31202cz15.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: State Board of Education; Defined program 6-8 (D. No. 4476)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/17/2015  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (Senate Journal-page 7)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 6)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/17/2015
3/17/2015-A

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INTRODUCED

March 17, 2015

S. 564

Introduced by Education Committee

S. Printed 3/17/15--S.

Read the first time March 17, 2015.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO DEFINED PROGRAM 6-8, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4476, 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 State Board of Education, relating to Defined Program 6-8, designated as Regulation Document Number 4476, 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.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

Regulation 43-232 establishes that each school district board of trustees shall ensure quality schooling by providing a rigorous, relevant curriculum for all students. Each school district shall examine the academic achievement standards adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education. Elementary, middle, and high school faculty and staff shall work together to ensure that students are prepared to achieve these standards. When approved by the principal and the parents, a student promoted to the seventh or eighth grade may take units of ninth grade or higher work for school credit.

The amendment will narrow the language to ensure high school credit given in the middle school level must be high school-level courses that have been approved by the South Carolina Department of Education.

Notice of Drafting for the proposed amended regulation was published in the State Register on July 25, 2014.

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