Bill Text: SC H3094 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Educational Rate Program

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means [H3094 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-H3094-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-105 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHILD ATTENDING A STATE-FUNDED FOUR-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL RATE PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-63-105.    For purposes of the federal Educational Rate Program, a child attending a state-funded four-year-old kindergarten program must be considered an elementary school student."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.