H 3943 General Bill, By Rivers, Crosby, Chumley, H.A. Crawford, Burns, 
Goldfinch, Bedingfield, Willis, Wood, Gagnon, Loftis, Putnam, Atwater, Quinn, 
Stringer and Toole
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 59-1-490 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY NOT ADOPT AND THE
 STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY NOT IMPLEMENT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS, AND
 TO PROVIDE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADOPT OR IMPLEMENT THESE STANDARDS IS VOID.

   04/11/13  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 69)
   04/11/13  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 69)
   04/23/13  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon
   04/24/13  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis
   01/21/14  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam
   02/06/14  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
   02/20/14  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Quinn,
                     Stringer
   03/04/14  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-490 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY NOT ADOPT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY NOT IMPLEMENT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADOPT OR IMPLEMENT THESE STANDARDS IS VOID.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 1, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-1-490.    The State Board of Education may not adopt and the State Department of Education may not implement the Common Core State Standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Any actions taken to adopt or implement the Common Core State Standards as of the effective date of this section are void ab initio."

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