South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3873

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Education and Public Works Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11480ac03.doc

Introduced in the House on March 27, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on April 2, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Education Department; Half-Day Child Development Programs

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/27/2003  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-9
    4/1/2003  House   Read second time HJ-29
    4/2/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-22
    4/2/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
    4/2/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-12

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/27/2003
3/27/2003-A

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INTRODUCED

March 27, 2003

H. 3873

Introduced by Education and Public Works Committee

S. Printed 3/27/03--H.

Read the first time March 27, 2003.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO HALF-DAY CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2796, 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 Half-Day Child Development Programs, designated as Regulation Document Number 2796, 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.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

There needs to be a change in the language of 24 S.C. Code Ann. Regulation 43-264.1(V)(A)(1) (Supp. 2001), Half-Day Child Development Programs. The funding allocation for Half-Day Child Development Programs has been dependent upon the previous three years' average for the number of students tested as "not ready" on the CSAB as the determiner of the amount of funding that districts would receive for Half-Day Child Development Programs. Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) is an outdated assessment of young children; having been given since 1979 and is no longer used. The change in the regulation should provide that the determination of funding would be based on the number of children in kindergarten who are eligible for free and reduced price lunch. The purpose of half-day child development programs is to provide services for children most at risk of school failure.

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