South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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Bill 3205


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-18-350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STATE CONTENT STANDARDS, SO AS TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR THE DATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STANDARDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 59-18-350(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 200 of 2014, is further amended to read:

"(B)    For the purpose of developing new college and career readiness English/language arts and mathematics state content standards, a cyclical review must be performed pursuant to subsection (A) for English/language arts and mathematics state content standards not developed by the South Carolina Department of Education. The review must begin on or before January 1, 2015, and the new college and career readiness state content standards must be implemented for the 2015-2016 2016-2017 school year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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