H 4719 General Bill, By D.E. McTeer, Anderson, Bailey, J.M. Baxley, Breeland, J. Brown, Carnell, J.L.M. Cromer, J. Hines, M. Hines, Jennings, M.H. Kinon, Kirsh, Lloyd, McCraw, J.T. McElveen, McMahand, Neilson, Phillips, Rhoad, Sheheen, R. Smith, Stille, L.S. Whipper, J.M. White, Wilder and D. Williams
    A Bill to amend Section 59-35-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to local school boards of trustees providing for kindergartens, so as to provide that the five-year-old kindergarten program in each school district must be a full-day program beginning with school year 1996-97, to allow parents to elect to withhold their children form the program, to provide the notice of enrollment required and the method of counting students; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 59-35-20 so as to authorize a school district or school to obtain an annual waiver from the State Board of Education for up to three years from the full-day five-year-old kindergarten requirement, and to provide the basis for granting the waiver, to authorize the use of district's allocation for the program to rent appropriate facilities for up to three years, and to provide for an automatic waiver to a district if funds for the programs are not appropriated by the General Assembly.
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03/07/96	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-20
03/07/96	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-20