2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction
Section 59-29-155. Founding principles instruction required; reporting requirements; professional development.
(A) The State Board of Education and Education Oversight Committee shall incorporate instruction on the founding principles that shaped the United States into the required study of the United States Constitution as provided in Section 59-29-120, and the South Carolina Social Studies Standards upon the next cyclical review. The board and committee shall include, at a minimum, the Federalist Papers and instruction on the structure of government and the role of the separation of powers and the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution.
(B) The State Department of Education biennially shall submit a report by October fifteenth of each odd-numbered year, commencing in 2017, to the Senate Education Committee and the House Education and Public Works Committee documenting the implementation of this section.
(C) The State Department of Education shall make available professional development opportunities to teachers regarding subsection (A) by physical or electronic means.
HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 192 (H.3848), Section 2, eff May 26, 2016.
Editor's Note
2016 Act No. 192, Section 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Founding Principles Act'."
