South Carolina Senate Bill 313 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-04-25 - Recommitted to Committee on Education
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Establish A School District Choice Program And Open Enrollment Program Within The Public School System Of This State, To Provide For A Voluntary Pilot Testing Of The Program Before Full Implementation, To Define Certain Terms, To Provide For An Application Process For Students Wishing To Transfer, To Provide Responsibilities, Standards, And Criteria Concerning Sending And Receiving Schools And School Districts, To Provide Standards Of Approval, Priorities For Accepting Students And Criteria For Denying Students, To Provide That With Certain Exceptions The Parent Is Responsible For Transporting The Student To School, To Provide That Districts Shall Receive One Hundred Percent Of The Base Student Cost From The State For Nonresident Students Enrolled Pursuant To This Chapter, To Provide That A Student Generally May Not Participate In Interscholastic Athletic Contests And Competitions For One Year After His Date Of Enrollment, To Provide That A Receiving District Shall Accept Certain Credits Toward A Student's Requirements For Graduation And Shall Award A Diploma To A Nonresident Student Who Meets All Requirements For Graduation, To Provide That A School District May Contract With Certain Entities For The Provision Of Services, To Provide That The State Department Of Education Annually Shall Survey School Districts To Determine Participation In The Open Enrollment Program And Provide Certain Deleted Reports On The Program To The General Assembly, To Provide A District May Receive Certain Waivers Concerning The Implementation Of This Act, And To Provide That Implementation Of This Program Each Fiscal Year Is Contingent Upon The Appropriation Of Adequate Funding By The General Assembly.

School district choice program and open enrollment program

Sen. Robert Hayes [R]	Sen. John Courson [R]	Sen. Nikki Setzler [D]	Sen. John Matthews [D]
Sen. Joel Lourie [D]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]	Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. Luke Rankin [R]
Sen. Larry Martin [R]	Sen. William O'Dell [R]	Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]	Sen. Robert Ford [D]
Sen. Kevin Johnson [D]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	Senate	Recommitted to Committee on Education
2013-03-20		Scrivener's error corrected
2013-03-19	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2013-03-15		Scrivener's error corrected
2013-03-14	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
2013-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2013-01-30	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0313&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/313_20130130.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/313_20130314.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/313_20130315.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/313_20130319.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/313_20130320.htm