H 3954 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H 3954 General Bill, By Hinson and Young-Brickell
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-65-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO SEND THEIR
CHILD OR WARD TO SCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN, SO AS TO REQUIRE FIVE-YEAR OLD
CHILDREN TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN, AND DELETE PROVISIONS WHICH MAKE FIVE-YEAR
OLD KINDERGARTEN OPTIONAL UPON THE EXECUTION OF A WAIVER.
04/10/97 House Introduced and read first time HJ-81
04/10/97 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-81
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-65-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO SEND
THEIR CHILD OR WARD TO SCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN,
SO AS TO REQUIRE FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILDREN TO ATTEND
KINDERGARTEN, AND DELETE PROVISIONS WHICH MAKE
FIVE-YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN OPTIONAL UPON THE
EXECUTION OF A WAIVER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-65-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Part II, Section 29C, Act 164 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-65-10. (A) All parents or guardians shall cause their
children or wards to attend regularly a public or private school or
kindergarten of this State which has been approved by the State
Board of Education or a member school of the South Carolina
Independent Schools' Association or some similar organization, or a
parochial, denominational, or church-related school, or other
programs which have been approved by the State Board of
Education, or the parent may elect to home-school their child or
ward pursuant to Section 59-65-40, 59-65-45, and 59-65-47,
from the school year in which the child or ward is five years of age
before September first until the child or ward attains his seventeenth
birthday or graduates from high school. A parent or guardian
whose child or ward is not six years of age on or before the first day
of September of a particular school year may elect for their child or
ward not to attend kindergarten. For this purpose, the parent or
guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the
governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian
resides. The form of this written document must be prescribed by
regulation of the Department of Education. Upon the written election
being executed, that child or ward may not be required to attend
kindergarten. Children attending a public school are required
to adhere to all attendance regulations promulgated by the State
Board of Education.
(B) Each school district shall provide transportation to and from
public school for all pupils enrolled in public kindergarten classes
who request the transportation. Regulations of the State Board of
Education governing the operation of school buses shall apply."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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