South Carolina House Bill 5186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-30 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 59-152-22 So As To Provide For A Director To Serve As Chief Executive Officer And Administrative Head Of First Steps To School Readiness And To Provide Requirements For The Director; By Adding Section 59-152-55 So As To Provide The Director May Form And Contract With A Private Nonprofit Foundation To Financially Support The Efforts Of First Steps, Among Other Things; To Amend Section 59-152-10, Relating To The Establishment Of First Steps, So As To Designate It As An Agency Instead Of An Initiative, To Eliminate Local Partnerships, And To Provide Additional Requirements For The Agency And Its Director; To Amend Section 59-152-20, Relating To The Purpose Of First Steps, So As To Make Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 59-152-25, Relating To Definitions Concerning First Steps, So As To Revise Necessary Definitions; To Amend Section 59-152-30, Relating To The Goals For First Steps, So As To Make Conforming Changes; To Amend Section 59-152-32, Relating To The Long-range Initiative Of First Steps, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Remove Obsolete Language; To Amend Section 59-152-33, Relating To The Role Of The Department In The School Readiness Assessment, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Remove Obsolete Language; To Amend Section 59-152-40, Relating To Oversight Of First Steps By A Board Of Trustees, So As To Eliminate This Oversight And Provide The Early Childhood Advisory Council Shall Serve As An Advisory Board To The Department And To Provide Related Duties Of The Council; To Amend Section 59-152-50, Relating To The Establishment Of The Office Of South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness And Related Duties, So As To Eliminate The Existing Provisions And Provide Duties Of The Department; To Amend Section 59-152-60, Relating To The Creation, Function, And Duties Of Local First Steps Partnership Boards, So As To Eliminate The Existing Provisions And Establish Regional First Steps Offices, To Specify The Membership Of Each Region, And To Provide Related Duties Of The Director; To Amend Section 59-152-70, Relating To The Powers And Duties Of Local First Steps Partnerships, So As To Provide For The Creation Of Advisory Boards For Each Regional Office, To Provide Requirements Concerning The Composition Of The Advisory Boards, And To Provide Advisory Board Members Are Not Entitled To Per Diem Or Compensation; To Repeal Article 17 Of Chapter 11, Title 63 Relating To The First Steps To School Readiness Board Of Trustees; To Repeal Section 59-152-90 Relating To Local Partnership Grant Funding Procedures; To Repeal Section 59-152-100 Relating To Local Partnership Grant Use Requirements; To Repeal Section 59-152-120 Relating To Local Partnership Grant Funding Use Restrictions; To Repeal Section 59-152-130 Relating To Local Partnership Matching Funds; To Repeal Section 59-152-140 Relating To Carry Forward Funds; To Repeal Section 59-152-150 Relating To Fiscal Accountability Measures For Local Partnerships; And To Repeal Section 59-152-160 Relating To Internal Evaluation Policies And Procedures.

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Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-30	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2022-03-30	House	Introduced and read first time

S1115 (Similar To) 2022-03-02 - Referred to Committee on Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	152	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	22	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	32	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	33	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	55	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	152	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5186&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/5186_20220330.htm