South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4000


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4000
Ratification Number:              207
Act Number:                       138
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990427
Primary Sponsor:                  Hamilton
All Sponsors:                     Hamilton, Wilkins, Townsend, Altman, 
                                  Bales, Battle, Barrett, Beck, G. Brown, 
                                  H. Brown, Canty, Carnell, Clyburn, Cooper, 
                                  Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Easterday, Emory, 
                                  Gilham, Gourdine, Harrell, Hayes, J. Hines, 
                                  M. Hines, Hinson, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, 
                                  Kirsh, Klauber, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, 
                                  Littlejohn, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, 
                                  McGee, Miller, Parks, Phillips, Rodgers, 
                                  Sandifer, D. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, 
                                  Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Vaughn, 
                                  Young-Brickell, Simrill
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11322std99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990623
Date of Last Amendment:           19990623
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        19990630
Subject:                          Education flexibility program, Education 
                                  Department, Board, Schools and school 
                                  districts, Waivers, Task Force


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  19990819  Act No. A138
------  19990630  Signed by Governor
------  19990624  Ratified R207
House   19990623  Ordered enrolled for ratification
House   19990623  Conference Committee Report adopted    98 HCC
Senate  19990623  Conference Committee Report adopted    88 SCC
House   19990603  Conference powers granted,             98 HCC  Hamilton
                  appointed Reps. to Committee of                J. Hines
                  Conference                                     Hinson
Senate  19990603  Conference powers granted,             88 SCC  Bryan
                  appointed Senators to Committee                Mescher
                  of Conference                                  Glover
Senate  19990603  Insists upon amendment
House   19990527  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
Senate  19990525  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19990520  Read second time
Senate  19990520  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19990519  Committee report: Favorable with       04 SED
                  amendment
Senate  19990513  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee
House   19990512  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19990511  Amended, read second time
House   19990506  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Simrill
House   19990505  Recalled from Committee                21 HEPW
House   19990427  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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(A138, R207, H4000)

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PURSUING STATEWIDE WAIVERS FOR THE SIX FEDERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHING A STATE EDUCATION FLEXIBLITY PROGRAM AND REPORT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 1999, TO THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.

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

Task force

SECTION 1. (A) The State Board of Education through the Department of Education is directed to establish a task force to review and make recommendations for pursuing statewide waivers for the six applicable federal education programs and establishing a state education flexibility program to include the possible waiving of specified statutory and regulatory educational requirements applicable to local school districts and schools to help improve student academic performance.

(B) The recommendations shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) the particular waivers to be sought from federal regulations and the reasons why;

(2) state statutory requirements relating to education that the General Assembly should consider including in the flexibility program and the reasons why;

(3) the regulatory requirements relating to education that the board will consider waiving;

(4) a description of how the proposed educational flexibility plan is consistent with and will assist in implementing the intent and objectives of Act 135 of 1993, the School to Work Transition Act of 1994, and the Education Accountability Act of 1998;

(5) the process to be used to evaluate applications from local school districts or schools requesting waivers of state statutory or regulatory education requirements; and

(6) the process to be used to evaluate the performance of students in the schools and local school districts affected by the waivers.

(C) In undertaking this review, the following areas may not be considered for the education flexibility program:

(1) maintenance of effort;

(2) comparability of services;

(3) parental participation and involvement;

(4) the distribution of funds to local school districts;

(5) school attendance areas; and

(6) applicable constitutional requirements.

(D) In establishing the membership of the task force, the state board and Department of Education shall appoint members of the education community directly involved in the areas covered by the federal programs and under consideration for waivers as well as school and district administrators. The members should come from all regions of the State and be representative of the types of school districts in the State. The task force report and the recommendations of the state board shall be reported to the Senate Education Committee and House Education and Public Works Committee no later than December 1, 1999.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 24th day of June, 1999.

Approved the 30th day of June, 1999.

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