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H. 5056
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. R. Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\sm\20059wab20.docx
Introduced in the House on January 29, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Veteran's Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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1/29/2020 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 20)
1/29/2020 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 20)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-375 SO AS TO PROVIDE ALL K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY, AND TO PROVIDE THIS DAY MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE REQUIRED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 1, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-1-375. All K-12 public schools must be closed on the eleventh day of November in observance of Veterans Day except when the eleventh day of November falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case all K-12 public schools instead must be closed on the day that South Carolina state government offices are closed in observance of Veterans Day. This day must not be considered as one of the required one hundred and eighty instructional days in the school year provided in Section 59-1-425."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2021.
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