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EXPLANATION: Directs reporting of students within the state public charter school district
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 343, after line 31, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(SDE: Public Charter Pupil Counts) With funds
appropriated to the South Carolina Public Charter School
District, the district must require each charter school to
submit a student attendance report for the 5th, 45th, 90th and
135th days. Reporting requirements shall include both Average
Daily Membership and Weighted Pupil Unit membership. The South
Carolina Public Charter School District shall then provide the
data for each charter school to the Department of Education.
Quarterly, the Department will submit the information to the
House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and Public
Works Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate
Education Committee.
The South Carolina Public Charter School District must
also require each virtual charter school to collect the
following information: (1) the reason or reasons why each
student enrolled in the virtual charter school district; and (2)
the reason or reasons why a student withdrew from the virtual
charter school district. This data must be provided to the
Department of Education quarterly and must include the unique
student identifier. The Department, in turn, will provide
summary information to the House Ways and Means Committee, the
House Education and Public Works Committee, the Senate Finance
Committee and the Senate Education Committee on the enrollment
and withdrawal information./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.