Current Status Bill Number:960 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960109 Primary Sponsor:Bryan All Sponsors:Bryan Drafted Document Number:GJK\22101SD.96 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:Kindergarten programs in public schools
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19960109 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED
referred to Committee
Senate 19951204 Prefiled, referred to Committee 04 SED
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-35-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL YEAR 1996-97, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A DISTRICT SHALL IMPLEMENT FULL-DAY AS WELL AS HALF-DAY FIVE-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE THAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND FIVE-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN MAY ELECT AT THEIR OPTION EITHER THE FULL-DAY OR HALF-DAY PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILDREN, TO REQUIRE PARENTS ELECTING A FULL-DAY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PRIOR NOTICE TO THE DISTRICT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH CHILDREN ATTENDING THESE PROGRAMS SHALL BE COUNTED FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-35-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-35-10. The board of trustees of each school district shall establish and provide kindergartens for children within its jurisdiction. All children in the five-year-old kindergarten program must be counted in the average daily membership of any public school district when public school funds are to be apportioned to the several school districts. State aid for the five-year-old kindergarten program must be distributed through the formula provided for in the `Education Finance Act'.
Beginning with school year 1996-97, the board of trustees of a district shall implement full-day as well as half-day five-year-old kindergarten programs. Parents of children who are eligible to attend five-year-old kindergarten may elect at their option either the full-day or half-day program for their children. Parents intending to enroll their children in a full-day kindergarten program must notify the district by December first of the year preceding the anticipated enrollment date, except that such notice for the 1996-97 school year only must be provided by April 1, 1996.
A child attending a full-day five-year-old kindergarten program shall be counted twice as much as a child attending a half-day five-year-old kindergarten program for purposes of computing average daily membership and other similar computations involving the number of students attending schools of a particular district."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.