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Committee reviews a slate of state bills affecting local schools, from a 'bathroom bill' to grading-floor proposals
Summary
Julie updated the committee on multiple state bills: the Student Physical Privacy Act (the 'bathroom bill') moving toward the Senate floor, scholarship eligibility disputes for 'unbundler' homeschoolers, greater charter oversight, a Parental Rights Act with opt-in health care provisions, proposals on mental-health providers in schools, and a contentious bill (H.5073) that would remove grading floors.
Julie (S7) provided a broad legislative update on bills that could affect district operations.
She described the South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act (referred to as the "bathroom bill") as likely to pass the Senate; the bill would codify protections that have been enforced previously via a one-year budget proviso and would create a private right of action for certain encounters in bathrooms, changing facilities or overnight quarters. She also summarized debate over the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, noting this…
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