The k-12 sub-committee held the second hearing of the new session this week to consider the following bills:
H4536 – A bill to increase the compulsory age of attendance from seventeen to eighteen. The sub-committee adjourned debate on the bill.
H4505 – A bill to provide that a student attending the SC National Guard Youth Challenge Academy who is sixteen and unable to remain enrolled due to the necessity of immediate employment would be able to take the GED. The sub-committee adjourned debate on the bill.