Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4505 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:School attendance, alternative school Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:JIC/5335SD.94 Introduced Date:19940113 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940113 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick G. Brown Hines McLeod Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4505 House 19940113 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS AS REFLECTED ON THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DAY ATTENDANCE REPORT MUST ESTABLISH BY JULY 1, 1995, AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL TO SERVE AT-RISK STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-17-115. Every school district with at least two thousand five hundred students as reflected on the one hundred thirty-five day attendance report must establish by July 1, 1995, an alternative school to serve at-risk students of the district. An alternative school for purposes of this section is a school which serves students who have failed in more traditional settings by providing special instruction programs, counseling, and other curricula which are tailored to the student's individual needs."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.