South Carolina House Bill 4780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 27-6)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-09 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kennedy
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A Bill To Establish A Committee Composed Of Specified Members To Review All Existing State Education Statutes And Report To The General Assembly Those Which Are Obsolete Or No Longer Applicable; And To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Develop The System For Providing Services And Technical Assistance For School Districts On A Regional Basis To Include Academic Assistance And Assistance With Finances, And To Provide That The Superintendent Of Education Shall Report The Design Of The System To The General Assembly No Later Than December 31, 2016, And Every Year Thereafter Report The Progress Of The System In Regard To Assistance Provided To Local School Districts, And Also To Require That The Department Of Education Shall Monitor The Operations Of School Boards In Underperforming Districts To Determine If They Are Operating Efficiently And Effectively And To Provide That The Department Shall Monitor The Professional Development Of Teachers, Staff, And Administrators In Districts It Determines Are Underperforming To Ascertain What Improvements And Changes Are Necessary.

Committee created to review all existing state education statutes

Rep. Merita Allison [R]	Rep. Gregory Duckworth [R]	Rep. Gary Clary [R]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]
Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. William Crosby [R]	Rep. Christopher Murphy [R]	Rep. Raye Felder [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]	Rep. Joseph Neal [D]
Rep. Wayne George [D]	Rep. Michael Anthony [D]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]
Rep. Kenneth Bingham [R]	Rep. Robert Brown [D]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]	Rep. Craig Gagnon [R]
Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. Phyllis Henderson [R]	Rep. Donna Wood [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]
Rep. Deborah Long [R]	Rep. James Lucas [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Samuel Rivers [R]	Rep. Gary Simrill [R]	Rep. Edward Tallon [R]	Rep. Don Wells [R]
Rep. Ralph Kennedy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-09	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kennedy
2016-01-28	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2016-01-28	House	Introduced and read first time

H4939 (Similar To) 2016-06-13 - Act No. 241

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4780&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/4780_20160128.htm