South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 530

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Giese, Kuhn, Knotts, Hayes, Peeler, Ritchie, Ryberg, Mescher, Branton, Alexander, Elliott, Moore, Waldrep, Thomas, Holland, Matthews, Pinckney, Patterson, Verdin, Courson, Leatherman, Short, Fair and Gregory
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 3701

Introduced in the Senate on March 27, 2003
Last Amended on May 11, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Character education, letter conduct grades required

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/27/2003  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference SJ-27
    4/1/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-12
    4/1/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-12
    4/1/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-12
   4/29/2004  Senate  Amended SJ-40
   4/30/2004          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/11/2004  Senate  Amended SJ-7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/27/2003
3/27/2003-A
4/1/2003
4/29/2004
4/30/2004
5/11/2004

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AMENDED

May 11, 2004

S. 530

Introduced by Senators Giese, Kuhn, Knotts, Hayes, Peeler, Ritchie, Ryberg, Mescher, Branton, Alexander, Elliott, Moore, Waldrep, Thomas, Holland, Matthews, Pinckney, Patterson, Verdin, Courson, Leatherman, Short, Fair and Gregory

S. Printed 5/11/04--S.

Read the first time March 27, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-17-135, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CHARACTER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A TEACHER IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THIS STATE SHALL INDICATE A LETTER GRADE AND COMMENTS ON A STUDENT'S REPORT CARD UNDER THE SUBJECT HEADING OF "CONDUCT" AS AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE STUDENT EXPRESSES CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-17-135 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 4 of 2001, is amended by adding a lettered subsection at the end to read:

"( )(1)    Conduct grades are intended to provide parents or guardians with an assessment of student behavior and must not be included as part of a student's transcript or in the compilation of a student's GPA. Each teacher in a public school of this State shall indicate a conduct grade on a student's report card for each subject taught. However, if a teacher provides instruction in more than one subject to the same student, an overall conduct grade may be issued. Conduct grades must be indicated by the letter 'S' for satisfactory, 'N' for needs improvement, or 'U' for unsatisfactory. If a student receives a letter grade of 'N' or 'U', a teacher comment must be provided as an explanation of the grade. Comments for a student receiving a letter grade of 'S' are optional

(2)    Each school or district shall have a conduct grading program in place before the effective date of this subsection and shall have the program reviewed by the State Department of Education, Office of Character Education to determine whether the program meets the intent of this section. Each program is to include measurable objectives for each character trait as provided for in this section."

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

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