South Carolina House Bill 4587 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-18 - Member
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provide That The State Superintendent Of Education Is Required To Accept Any Federal Funds Available To South Carolina Which Are Distributed To This State On A Nonmatching Basis Through His Office Or The State Department Of Education, To Provide That Beginning July 1, 2012, The State Superintendent Of Education Is Required To Notify Each House Of The General Assembly Through Their Presiding Officers, The Chairman Of The House Education And Public Works Committee, And The Chairman Of The Senate Education Committee Of Those Federal Funding Opportunities To Which This Section Applies Made Available To The State Since His Last Report, And To Provide That Any Citizen Of This State Is Conferred Legal Standing To Bring A Writ Of Mandamus In A Court Of Competent Jurisdiction To Compel The State Superintendent Of Education To Comply With The Provisions Of This Section, And If That Citizen Is Deemed To Be The Prevailing Party In Such An Action Is Also Entitled To Costs And Attorney Fees.

Superintendent of Education required to accept any federal funds

Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]	Rep. Kenneth Hodges [D]	Sen. Kevin Johnson [D]
Rep. John King [D]	Sen. Maymia McLeod [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Munnerlyn [D]	Rep. Harry Ott [D]
Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Sen. Ronnie Sabb [D]	Rep. Bakari Sellers [D]	Rep. James Smith [D]
Rep. Kit Spires [R]	Rep. David Tribble [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-18		Member
2012-01-12		Member
2012-01-12		Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2012-01-12		Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	3	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4587&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/4587_20120112.htm