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Bill 4666

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4666
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020206
Primary Sponsor:                  Hamilton
All Sponsors:                     Hamilton, Cato, Leach, Loftis and Rice
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20945sd02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test 
                                  (PACT), Greenville County School District to 
                                  set annual date for testing


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020206  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO PROVIDE THAT THE PALMETTO ACHIEVEMENT CHALLENGE TEST (PACT) SHALL BE ADMINISTERED ANNUALLY IN THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE DAY FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE DISTRICT'S ONE HUNDRED SIXTIETH DAY OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION WITH THE MAKE-UP TEST TO BE TWO WEEKS LATER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT) shall be administered annually in the Greenville County School District beginning on the day following completion of the district's one hundred sixtieth day of student instruction if sufficient time remains during that week to complete the test. If sufficient time does not remain during that week to complete the test, it shall be administered at the beginning of the following week. The make-up test shall begin two weeks later.

    However, if the dates required by this section in any year are earlier than the dates set by the State Board of Education through the Department of Education for the administration of the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test in other school districts of this State for that year, the governing board of the school district shall reschedule the administration of the PACT Test in the district to the earliest dates that will be after the statewide administration of the test and that will allow completion of the test during the same week.

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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