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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Rose
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Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
Summary: Abstinence only education
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/22/2011 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
2/22/2011 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 7)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 1, TITLE 59 OF THE 1976 CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-490 TO REQUIRE THAT ANY APPROPRIATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO FUND ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION MUST INCLUDE A PROVISION THAT PERMITS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OPT OUT OF ANY OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ABSTINENCE ONLY INSTRUCTION AND TO RECEIVE A PRO RATA SHARE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED BASED ON THE DISTRICT'S PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL STATE STUDENT POPULATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 1, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-1-490. Any appropriation by the General Assembly to fund abstinence only education must include a provision that permits a school district to opt out of any obligation to provide abstinence only instruction and to receive a pro rata share of the total amount appropriated for this purpose based on the district's percentage of the total state student population. If a district chooses to opt out, the district may use its share of the appropriation to fund general operating expenses."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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