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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 33, TITLE 59 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR A STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM SCHOOLING MODEL WHICH MUST INCLUDE A UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFICULTIES; TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL USE THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS BEGINNING WITH THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, SUBJECT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FUNDING; TO PROVIDE SCREENING MAY BE REQUESTED BY PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND CERTAIN SCHOOL PERSONNEL; TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL CONVENE SCHOOL-BASED TEAMS TO ANALYZE DATA FROM SCREENINGS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE PARENTS OF SUCH AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH NOTICE OF SCREENING FINDINGS AND RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS AND TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE INTERVENTIONS AND STUDENT PROGRESS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND RESOURCES CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION METHODS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND REPORT FINDINGS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM; TO CREATE THE LEARNING DISORDERS TASK FORCE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN MATTERS RELATING TO READING DISORDERS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE TASK FORCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 33, TITLE 59 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR A STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM SCHOOLING MODEL WHICH MUST INCLUDE A UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFICULTIES; TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL USE THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS BEGINNING WITH THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, SUBJECT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FUNDING; TO PROVIDE SCREENING MAY BE REQUESTED BY PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND CERTAIN SCHOOL PERSONNEL; TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL CONVENE SCHOOL-BASED TEAMS TO ANALYZE DATA FROM SCREENINGS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE PARENTS OF SUCH AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH NOTICE OF SCREENING FINDINGS AND RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS AND TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE INTERVENTIONS AND STUDENT PROGRESS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND RESOURCES CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION METHODS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND REPORT FINDINGS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM; TO CREATE THE LEARNING DISORDERS TASK FORCE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN MATTERS RELATING TO READING DISORDERS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE TASK FORCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2017-2018 H 4434 South Carolina H 4434 (2017-2018)
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South Carolina H 4434 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 33, TITLE 59 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR A STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM SCHOOLING MODEL WHICH MUST INCLUDE A UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFICULTIES; TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL USE THE UNIVERSAL SCREENING PROCESS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS BEGINNING WITH THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, SUBJECT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FUNDING; TO PROVIDE SCREENING MAY BE REQUESTED BY PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND CERTAIN SCHOOL PERSONNEL; TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL CONVENE SCHOOL-BASED TEAMS TO ANALYZE DATA FROM SCREENINGS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE PARENTS OF SUCH AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH NOTICE OF SCREENING FINDINGS AND RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE AT-RISK STUDENTS WITH CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS AND TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE INTERVENTIONS AND STUDENT PROGRESS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND RESOURCES CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION METHODS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND REPORT FINDINGS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATEWIDE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM; TO CREATE THE LEARNING DISORDERS TASK FORCE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN MATTERS RELATING TO READING DISORDERS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE TASK FORCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 12/13/2017 (committee substitute) — source
  2. 2/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 2/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 2/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 2/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 3/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 3/16/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 4/17/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 5/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2nd Reading — 380 (pass) · upper
  • to adopt the free conference report — 420 (pass) · upper
  • Grant Free Conference Powers — 1020 (pass) · lower
  • Concur in Senate Amendments — 0109 (fail) · lower
  • to grant free conference powers — 420 (pass) · upper
  • Passage of Bill — 1062 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Free Conference Report — 1010 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Clary — primary (person)
  • Cogswell — primary (person)
  • Cole — primary (person)
  • Collins — primary (person)
  • Elliott — primary (person)
  • Felder — primary (person)
  • Govan — primary (person)
  • Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
  • King — primary (person)
  • Ott — primary (person)
  • Pope — primary (person)
  • Taylor — primary (person)
  • Thayer — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-12-13 Prefiled filing
  • 2017-12-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
  • 2018-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
  • 2018-01-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
  • 2018-02-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope
  • 2018-02-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
  • 2018-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ott
  • 2018-02-15 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-20 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2018-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
  • 2018-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Cole, King
  • 2018-02-21 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2018-02-21 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Loftis, Hill, Magnuson
  • 2018-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-02-21 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-2
  • 2018-02-22 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
  • 2018-02-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-22 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2018-02-22 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2018-03-15 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-16 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2018-04-17 Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted amendment-passage, amendment-amendment
  • 2018-04-17 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2018-04-17 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-04-17 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
  • 2018-04-18 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2018-04-24 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2018-05-01 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
  • 2018-05-01 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-109
  • 2018-05-02 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Sheheen, Martin, Hembree
  • 2018-05-03 Conference committee appointed Felder, Clary, Brown
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference powers granted
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference committee appointed Felder, Clary, Brown
  • 2018-05-08 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference report adopted
  • 2018-05-08 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference powers granted
  • 2018-05-08 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference committee appointed Sheheen, Martin, Hembree
  • 2018-05-08 Free conference report adopted
  • 2018-05-08 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
  • 2018-05-09 Ordered enrolled for ratification
  • 2018-05-14 Ratified R 251
  • 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-25 Effective date 05/18/18
  • 2018-05-31 Act No. 213

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f211fa81-42ec-4d9d-93f7-ee02159ce58e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).