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Panel advances bill to equalize excused absences for school‑sanctioned clay‑target teams; education groups urge absence limits
Summary
The subcommittee advanced a bill requiring equal treatment of excused absences for interscholastic activities authorized by a school, citing examples of clay target sport teams not covered by the South Carolina High School League; Palmetto State Teachers Association recommended a cap on allowable absences to protect seat time.
The K‑12 subcommittee voted to send a bill favorably to full committee that would require school districts to treat absences for school‑authorized interscholastic activities — such as a competitive clay‑target shooting team — the same way they treat absences for other sanctioned extracurricular competitions.
Representative Johnson introduced the legislation after parents and district leaders raised instances where students who competed in a statewide clay‑target league were treated differently from students who missed class for sanctioned high school league events, such as…
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