SC S0437 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)
Status: Passed on June 9 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-06-09 - Act No. 52
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)
Status: Passed on June 9 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-06-09 - Act No. 52
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Enact The "james B. Edwards Civics Education Initiative", To Define The Term "civics Test", To Require All Students Of Public Or Charter Schools In This State To Take The Civics Test Produced By The United States Citizenship And Immigration Services As Part Of The United States Government Required Credit, To Allow School Districts To Recognize Students Who Receive A Passing Grade On The Test, To Direct The Respective Schools To Report Results To The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee For Inclusion In The Report Card For Each School, To Provide No School Or School District May Charge A Fee For The Test, And To Provide That The Requirements Of This Section Apply To Any Student Entering The Ninth Grade Beginning With The 2016-2017 School Year
Title
James B. Edwards Civics Education Initiative
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2015-05-27 - House - House: Adoption Of Bill (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 19 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2015-03-26 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-03-26 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-09 | Act No. 52 | |
| 2015-06-08 | Effective date 06/03/15 | |
| 2015-06-03 | Signed By Governor | |
| 2015-06-02 | Ratified R 83 | |
| 2015-05-28 | Senate | Concurred in House amendment and enrolled |
| 2015-05-28 | House | Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments |
| 2015-05-27 | House | Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0 |
| 2015-05-27 | House | Read second time |
| 2015-05-27 | House | Amended |
| 2015-05-21 | House | Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 2015-04-14 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 2015-04-14 | House | Introduced and read first time |
| 2015-03-31 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House |
| 2015-03-26 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 |
| 2015-03-26 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2015-03-24 | Senate | Amended |
| 2015-03-18 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 2015-03-17 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education |
| 2015-02-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2015-02-10 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
Same As/Similar To
H3539 (Similar To) 2015-04-23 - Referred to Committee on Education
