S 390

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 390
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A JOINT RESOLUTION
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE State Board of
Education, RELATING TO Assessment Program, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT
NUMBER 5359, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina:
SECTION 1.  The
regulations of the State Board of Education, relating to Assessment Program,
designated as Regulation Document Number 5359, and submitted to the General
Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the S.C.
Code, are approved.
SECTION 2.  This joint resolution takes effect upon
approval by the Governor.
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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED
BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.
Regulation 43-262.I.
outlines the statewide assessment program, including the testing of public-school
students at selected grade levels and in selected content and skill areas. The
SCDE proposes to update outdated language in the regulation. Specifically, the
No Child Left Behind Act is no longer in effect. It was replaced with the Every
Student Succeeds Act in 2015. Changing the name to Every Student Succeeds Act
(ESSA) or prevailing legislation would allow the regulation to be updated to
the current legislation and allow for change in the future without a request
for a regulation change.
Additionally, the name of
the state summative assessment, South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State
Standards, SCPASS, is no longer in use. SC READY replaced that assessment and
is the current assessment. By changing the name to SC READY or the corresponding
state assessment would allow the regulation to be updated to the current test
and allow for change in the future without a regulation change request.
This updates the current
names of items and provides for prevailing terminology in future updates.
The Notice of Drafting for
the proposed amendments to the regulation was published in the State
Register on August 23, 2024.
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