House Amendment 1
H 5438 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
State Board of Education - JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5269

Rep. Wetmore proposes the following amendment (LC-5438.WAB0005H):

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

SECTION 1. The State Board of Education is directed to withdraw its regulations relating to School and Classroom Library Materials, designated as Regulation Document Number 5269 and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the South Carolina Code, and resubmit the regulations with the following revisions to subsection I.C.:

C. For purposes of this regulation, "Age and Developmentally Appropriate" means topics, messages, materials, and teaching methods suitable to particular ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group. Instructional Material is not "Age and Developmentally Appropriate" for any age or age group of children if it includes descriptions or visual depictions of "sexual conduct," as that term is defined by Section 16-15-305(C)(1).