The Committee on Education and Public Works proposes the following amendment (LC-5164.WAB0005H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 7, by striking Section 59-8-140(A)(1)(2) and (3) and inserting:

  (2) The department must require an independent school that applies to be an education service provider to be located in the State, to have an educational curriculum that includes courses set forth in the state's diploma requirements and to meet the compulsory attendance and State Board of Education approval requirements in Section 59-65-10. The curricula and attendance requirements do not apply to home instruction programs under Sections 59-65-45 or 59-65-47.
  (3) An education service provider that participated in the program in the previous school year and desires to participate in the program in the current school year shall reapply to the department. The education service provider reapplyingannually shall certify to the department that it continues to meet all program requirements. An education service provider required to administer academic testing shall provide to the department test score data from the previous school year. If individual student test score data is not submitted, then the department shall remove the education service provider from the program. The reporting requirements do not apply to home instruction programs under Sections 59-65-45 or 59-65-47.

Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 59-8-150 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

(K) This section does not apply to home instruction programs under Sections 59-65-45 or 59-65-47.