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H. 3847
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bedingfield, Walker, E.H. Pitts, Ballentine and Gambrell
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5247sd07.doc
Introduced in the House on April 11, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Statewide assessment program
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/11/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-8 4/11/2007 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-8
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-18-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO MEASURE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, SO AS TO REVISE A DATE BY WHICH STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PASS CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES IN WHICH END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-18-310(B), as last amended by Act 254 of 2006, is further amended to read:
"(B) The statewide assessment program in the four academic areas must include grades three through eight, an exit examination in English/language arts and mathematics, which is to be first administered in a student's second year of high school enrollment beginning with grade nine, and end-of-course tests for gateway courses awarded Carnegie units of credit in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Beginning with the graduating class of 2010 2013, students are required to pass a high school credit course in science and a course in United States history in which end-of-course examinations are administered to receive the state high school diploma."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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