South Carolina Senate Bill 834 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Create The South Carolina Child Development Education Program Which Is A Full Day, Four-year-old Kindergarten Program For At-risk Children Which Must Be Made Available To Qualified Children In All Public School Districts Within The State, To Establish Priority For The Program, To Require The Program To Be Available To All Qualified Children By The 2015-2016 School Year, To Establish Eligibility For The Program, To Provide That Within Five Years Of The Program Being Available To All Qualified Children, That The Program Must Be Expanded To All Children Regardless Of Financial Eligibility, To Establish Provider Standards, To Task The Department Of Education And The Office Of First Steps To School Readiness With Acting As Administrators Of The Program, To Establish Standards For The Program, And To Set The Funding Level Of The Program.

Child development education program

Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2013-12-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2013-12-10	Senate	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0834&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/834_20131210.htm