republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3295.md

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Bill	Education: Competency-based education	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-210 SO AS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 59-39-290 SO AS TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT, ESTABLISH, AND PROMULGATE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-360 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING COMPETENCY-BASED SCHOOLS FROM CERTAIN APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-1-425, RELATING TO THE STATUTORY ANNUAL SCHOOL CALENDAR AND INSTRUCTION TIME REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-39-100, RELATING TO REQUIRED UNITS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3295	South Carolina H 3295 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Alexander Bradley Collins Erickson	7	25	2	2022-12-08	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/25385d91-37f5-46dc-a969-5e2e71c2f212	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3295&session=125&summary=B	a08c0e82c3e5c18c823653175efe9638f5007e865c73d6b416d5b82a8ea895d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3295 (2023-2024) — Education: Competency-based education

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-210 SO AS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 59-39-290 SO AS TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT, ESTABLISH, AND PROMULGATE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-360 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR EXEMPTING COMPETENCY-BASED SCHOOLS FROM CERTAIN APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-1-425, RELATING TO THE STATUTORY ANNUAL SCHOOL CALENDAR AND INSTRUCTION TIME REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-39-100, RELATING TO REQUIRED UNITS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/01/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/08/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-08 Prefiled filing
• 2022-12-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2023-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley
• 2023-03-01 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Beach, May, Killmartin, McCabe, TA Morgan, JL Johnspm, McDaniel, Jefferson, Tedder, JA Moore, Bauer, Bradley, Erickson, Kirby, Cromer, Harris, Magnuson
• 2023-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander
• 2023-03-08 Debate adjourned
• 2023-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-29 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2023-03-30 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2024-03-21 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 142
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 127

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25385d91-37f5-46dc-a969-5e2e71c2f212. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).