South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 568

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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31206cz15.docx

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

Summary: Procedures and standards for review of charter school applications (D. No. 4494)

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 8)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

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

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INTRODUCED

March 17, 2015

S. 568

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 PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR REVIEW OF CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4494, 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 Procedures and Standards for Review of Charter School Applications, designated as Regulation Document Number 4494, 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.

State Board of Education Regulation 43-601 governs the procedures and standards for review of charter school applications. The proposed amendments would align Regulation 43-601 to (1) recent changes to the South Carolina Charter Schools Act of 1996 and (2) the guidance and compliance provided to both sponsors and applicants by the South Carolina Department within the South Carolina Public Charter School Application Guidance.

Notice of Drafting for the proposed amendments regulation was published in the State Register on August 22, 2014.

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