Bill Text: SC H3845 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Charter schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Committee on Education [H3845 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-H3845-Amended.html

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AMENDED

February 14, 2019

H. 3845

Introduced by Reps. Elliott and Loftis

S. Printed 2/14/19--H.

Read the first time February 5, 2019.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO AUTHORIZE THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FUNDS FOR THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT AND ATTENDED SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE CERTAIN FUNDING.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    From the EIA funds appropriated in and carried forward from Act 97 of 2017, the South Carolina Department of Education shall distribute to the South Carolina Public Charter School District, an amount equal to three thousand six hundred dollars per pupil for three- and four-year-old students with a disability, who are eligible for services under IDEA and who were enrolled in brick and mortar charter schools sponsored by the district or registered institution of higher education during the 2017-2018 School Year and for whom EIA funding previously was not provided. The district shall distribute the funds on a per pupil basis to the charter schools providing the IDEA services and shall not retain any portion thereof. The schools shall submit documentation of the student count to both the district and the department before the funds are dispersed.

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