South Carolina Senate Bill 588 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 59-18-310, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Statewide Assessments Under The Education Accountability Act, So As To Eliminate Social Studies Assessments For Third Grade Through Eighth Grade And Remove Science Assessments For Third Grade; To Amend Section 59-18-320, Relating To The Administration Of Statewide Assessments, So As To Make Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 59-18-325, Relating To The Procurement Of Statewide Assessments, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And To Amend Section 59-155-180, Relating To Literacy Add-on Endorsements Required Under The Read To Succeed Act, So As To Create A Fund Within The State Department Of Education To Reimburse Teachers For All Or A Portion Of Tuition Costs Of Obtaining Literacy Add-on Endorsements, Subject To Availability Of Funds Based On Appropriations By The General Assembly, And To Require The Department To Develop Related Guidelines For Implementing These Provisions.

Statewide assessments

Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]

Sen. John Matthews [D]

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Sen. Sean Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-02-28	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4760 (Similar To) 2020-01-30 - Referred to Committee on Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	155	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	18	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	18	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	18	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0588&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/588_20190228.htm