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EXPLANATION: This proviso directs any CDEPP unexpended funds from the Office of First Steps to School Readiness to other entities.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 367, after line 9, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(SDE: CDEPP Unexpended Funds) For Fiscal Year 2015-16,
the Office of First Steps to School Readiness is directed by
August 1 to allocate any unexpended CDEPP funds from the prior
fiscal year and any carry forward CDEPP from prior fiscal years
that were transferred to the restricted account for the
following purposes:
1. Office of
First Steps - $376,872 - Baby Net Early Intervention Autism
Therapy;
2. EOC - South Carolina Autism
Society - $150,000;
3. EOC - Reach Out and Read -
$1,500,000 to serve Medicaid-enrolled children statewide;
and
4. Department of Education -
$4,250,000 for full-day 4K.
If carry
forward funds are less than the amounts appropriated, funding
for the items listed herein shall be reduced on a pro rata
basis. If carry forward funds are more than the amounts
appropriated, the Office of First Steps will retain and carry
forward the balance and is authorized to expend the funds for
the full-day 4K program in private centers. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.