South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 11

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      11
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010110
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilson
All Sponsors:                     Wilson, Grooms, Mescher, Elliott, Reese, 
                                  Branton
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5078djc01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Education Committee 04 SED
Subject:                          Teachers, oral recitation of excerpt from 
                                  "Declaration of Independence" before 
                                  first period; School Districts


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010110  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-457 SO AS TO REQUIRE TEACHERS IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS STATE TO CONDUCT, BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST PERIOD CLASS OF EACH SCHOOL DAY, AN ORAL RECITATION OF A CERTAIN EXCERPT FROM THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE".

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-1-457. Teachers in each public school in this State shall conduct, before the opening of the first period class of each school day, an oral recitation of the following excerpt from the 'Declaration of Independence':

'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed'."

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

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