South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4148

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Ballentine
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19578wab19.docx

Introduced in the House on February 28, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Statutory school term

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/28/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 64)
   2/28/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 64)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/28/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-1-425, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATUTORY SCHOOL TERM, SO AS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY OPERATE SCHOOLS ON FOUR-DAY WEEKLY CALENDARS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUR-DAY WEEKLY CALENDARS AND PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED FOUR-DAY WEEKLY CALENDARS FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-1-425 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

"( )(1)    Beginning with the 2020-2021 School Year, a school district board of trustees may operate one or more schools in the district on a four-day weekly calendar pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, subject to approval by the State Department of Education.

(2)    To operate a school on a four-day weekly calendar, a district first must submit a proposed four-day school schedule plan to the department for approval. The proposed plan must:

(a)    meet the equivalent number of instructional hours of the statutory school term; and

(b)    conform annual salaries for certified teachers accordingly, taking into account scheduled staff development days.

(3)    A proposed plan must be submitted to the department before June first of the calendar year in which the four-day weekly calendar schedule would be implemented. The department shall review and either approve or deny the request within thirty days of receipt, and notify the district within twenty-four hours of reaching a decision to approve or deny. If the department denies a request, it shall provide a written explanation of its decision.

(4)    A school operating on a four-day weekly calendar must be used in calculating the average daily membership for the district."

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

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