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Bill 861

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      861
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990525
Primary Sponsor:                  Education Committee SED 04
All Sponsors:                     Education Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20741ac99.doc
Companion Bill Number:            4186
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Regulation No. 2362, Education Board, 
                                  Free textbooks


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990601  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990527  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990526  Read second time
Senate  19990525  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on May 25, 1999 - Word format

INTRODUCED

May 25, 1999

S. 861

S. Printed 5/25/99--S.

Read the first time May 25, 1999.

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO FREE TEXTBOOKS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2362, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION 1. The regulations of the Board of Education, relating to free textbooks, designated as Regulation Document Number 2362, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

This regulation addresses provisions for distributing free instructional materials, the free basal textbook list, and provisions for disposing of out-of-adoption materials. Section 26 is added establishing State Board of Education policy for funding consumable instructional materials; Section 27 is added establishing State Board of Education policy with regard to payment of fees for lost instructional materials; Section 28 is added establishing State Board of Education policy for funding instructional materials adopted subject to Section 59-31-45 of the 1976 Code; and Section 29 is added requiring publishers to provide a certified list of contracts.

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