By July 2007, the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations outlining specific objective criteria for districts to use in the identification of students at risk for being poorly prepared for the next level of study or for dropping out of school. The criteria must include diagnostic assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses in the core academic areas. The process for identifying these students must be closely monitored by the State Department of Education in collaboration with school districts to ensure that students are being properly identified and provided timely, appropriate guidance and assistance and to ensure that no group is disproportionately represented. The regulations also must include evidence-based model programs for at-risk students designed to ensure that these students have an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma. By the 2007-08 school year, each high school of the State shall implement one or more of these programs to ensure that these students receive the opportunity to complete the necessary requirements to graduate with a state high school diploma and build skills to prepare them to enter the job market successfully. The regulation also must include an evaluation of model programs in place in each high school to ensure the programs are providing students an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act
Section 59-59-10. Citation of chapter.
Section 59-59-30. Implementation of chapter; administrative support and staffing.
Section 59-59-40. Guidance and counseling model.
Section 59-59-55. Model for addressing at-risk students.
Section 59-59-60. Organizing high school curricula around clusters of study and cluster majors.
Section 59-59-105. Duties of career specialists.
Section 59-59-120. Limitation of activities of guidance counselors and career specialists.
Section 59-59-130. Implementation of principles of "High Schools that Work" organizational model.
Section 59-59-140. Individual graduation plans.
Section 59-59-150. Regulations for identifying at-risk students; model programs.
Section 59-59-160. Parental participation; annual parent counseling conferences.
Section 59-59-190. Assistance in planning and promoting career information and employment options.
Section 59-59-200. Training of teachers and guidance counselors; review of performance.
Section 59-59-220. Development of appropriate resources and instructional materials.
Section 59-59-230. Promulgation of regulations.