South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 604

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Fair, Grooms, Bryant, Campsen, Bright and S. Martin
Document Path: l:\s-res\mlf\005comm.kmm.mlf.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 23, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Common Core State Standards

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/23/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 19)
   2/23/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 19)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/23/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 1, TITLE 59 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-490 TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS MAY NOT BE IMPOSED ON SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 may not adopt and the State Department 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.

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