South Carolina Senate Bill 1267 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-05-16 - Amended
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [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 Of And Standards And Criteria For 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 With Exceptions 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, To Provide That A School District May Contract With Certain Entities For The Provision Of Services, To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Provide Certain Reports On The Program To The General Assembly, 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. John Courson [R]	Sen. Robert Ford [D]	Sen. Robert Hayes [R]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]
Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. John Knotts [R]	Sen. John Matthews [D]	Sen. Nikki Setzler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-16		Amended
2012-05-15		Amended
2012-04-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2012-04-26		Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-1
2012-04-26		Read second time
2012-04-26		Amended
2012-04-26		Committee Amendment Adopted
2012-04-18		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
2012-02-29		Referred to Committee on Education
2012-02-29		Introduced and read first time

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1267&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120229.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120418.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120419.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120426.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120426a.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120427.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120515.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/1267_20120516.htm