South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 3943

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rivers, Crosby, Chumley, H.A. Crawford, Burns, Goldfinch, Bedingfield, Willis, Wood, Gagnon, Loftis, Putnam, Atwater, Quinn, Stringer and Toole
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19962ab13.docx

Introduced in the House on April 11, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Adoption of Common Core Standards

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/11/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 69)
   4/11/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 69)
   4/23/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon
   4/24/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis
   1/21/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam
    2/6/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atwater
   2/20/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Quinn, Stringer
    3/4/2014  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/11/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-490 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY NOT ADOPT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY NOT IMPLEMENT THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADOPT OR IMPLEMENT THESE STANDARDS IS VOID.

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.    The State Board of Education may not adopt and the State Department of Education may not implement the Common Core State Standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Any actions taken to adopt or implement the Common Core State Standards as of the effective date of this section are void ab initio."

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

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