South Carolina § 43-1-240 - Coordination with First Steps to School Readiness initiative.
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§ 43-1-240. Coordination with First Steps to School Readiness initiative.
The State Department of Social Services in establishing priorities and funding for programs and services which impact on children and families during the first years of a child's life, within the powers and duties granted to it, must support, as appropriate, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative, as established in Chapter 152, Title 59, at the state and local levels.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, SECTION 5, eff June 28, 1999.
Editor's Note
1999 Act No. 99, SECTION 8, provides in part as follows:
"The provisions of this act are repealed July 1, 2007, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly."
2006 Act No. 412, SECTION 2, provides in part as follows:
"Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, is reauthorized until July 2013."
2013 Act No. 101, SECTION 117.114, provides as follows:
"117.114. (GP: First Steps Reauthorization) Act 99 of 1999, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, is reauthorized for the duration of Fiscal Year 2013-2014."
2014 Act No. 286, SECTION 117.108, provides as follows:
"117.108. (GP: First Steps Reauthorization) Act 99 of 1999, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, is reauthorized for the duration of Fiscal Year 2014-2015."
2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 20.B, repealed by 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provided as follows:
"B. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, is reauthorized until July 1, 2016."
2016 Act No. 284, SECTION 117.128, provides as follows:
"117.128. (GP: First Steps Reauthorization) Act 99 of 1999, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by Act 287 of 2014 is reauthorized for the duration of Fiscal Year 2016-17."
2017 Act No. 97, SECTION 117.119, provides:
"117.119. (GP: First Steps Reauthorization) Act 99 of 1999, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by Act 287 of 2014 is reauthorized for the duration of Fiscal Year 2017-18."
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 of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed.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."
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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