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

It became law on May 31, 2018.

SC H 4434 · H · 2017-2018