South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 5156

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31315cz16.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1044

Introduced in the House on March 23, 2016
Introduced in the Senate on April 14, 2016
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Test security (D. No. 4606)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/23/2016  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 19)
   4/13/2016  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 17)
   4/13/2016  House   Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 17)
   4/14/2016  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
   4/14/2016  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
   4/14/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/23/2016
3/23/2016-A

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INTRODUCED

March 23, 2016

H. 5156

Introduced by Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee

S. Printed 3/23/16--H.

Read the first time February 23, 2016.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO TEST SECURITY, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4606, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the State Board of Education, relating to Test Security, designated as Regulation Document Number 4606, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

State Board of Education (SBE) Regulation 43-100 (R.43-100) regulates not only test security, but also includes disciplinary action for educator's breach of professional ethics for violating test security. The amendment is being proposed because failing to test and exempting students from being assessed are breaches and the parental opt-out of testing movement unintentionally jeopardizes an educator's certificate.

Notice of Drafting for the proposed amendments to the regulation was published in the State Register on August 28, 2015.

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