South Carolina Statutes
§ 59-152-30 — Goals.
South Carolina § 59-152-30
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-30 (2026).
Text
The goals for South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness are to:
(1)provide parents with access to the support they might seek and want to strengthen their families and to promote the optimal development of their preschool children;
(2)increase comprehensive services so children have reduced risk for major physical, developmental, and learning problems;
(3)promote high-quality preschool programs that provide a healthy environment that will promote normal growth and development;
(4)provide services so all children receive the protection, nutrition, and health care needed to thrive in the early years of life so they arrive at school ready to succeed; and (5) mobilize communities to focus efforts on providing enhanced services to support families and their young children so as to enab
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, SECTION 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), SECTION 8, eff June 18, 2014. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 8, in paragraph (3), substituted "high-quality" for "high quality", and in paragraphs (4) and (5), substituted "ready to succeed" for "ready to learn".
Nearby Sections
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§ 59-152-100
Local partnership boards; use of grant funding.§ 59-152-120
Local partnerships; funding use restrictions.§ 59-152-130
Matching funds.§ 59-152-140
Carrying funds forward into subsequent years.§ 59-152-160
Internal evaluation policies and procedures.§ 59-152-20
Purpose.§ 59-152-25
Definitions.§ 59-152-30
Goals.§ 59-152-32
Comprehensive long-range initiative.§ 59-152-33
School readiness assessment.§ 59-152-40
Board of Trustees to oversee initiative.§ 59-152-60
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 59-152-30, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/152/59-152-30.