H 4874 General Bill, By Davenport
Summary: Home school program; parent with child in shall be entitled to five hundred dollar income tax credit; home schooled children shall have access to public school libraries; to provide for textbook purchases
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12-6-3395 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A CHILD IN A HOME SCHOOL PROGRAM SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REFUNDABLE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX CREDIT PER CHILD EACH YEAR BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 2002, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS TAX CREDIT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-65-48 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARIES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE APPROPRIATE TO THEIR AGE AND GRADE LEVEL DURING THE SAME HOURS AND UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL ARE AFFORDED AND TO PROVIDE THAT HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY PURCHASE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS FROM THE STATE BOOK DEPOSITORY USED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE AT THE STATE'S CONTRACTED PRICE FOR THOSE TEXTBOOKS.
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03/07/02	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-4
03/07/02	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-5