2017-2018 Bill 3039: Advanced Manufacturing Instruction Act of 2017 - South Carolina Legislature

South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 3039

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Rep. Gilliard

Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18955wab17.docx

Companion/Similar bill(s): 4388

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017

Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Advanced Manufacturing Instruction Act of 2017

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

12/15/2016HousePrefiled

12/15/2016HouseReferred to Committee on Education and Public Works

1/10/2017HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage49)

1/10/2017HouseReferred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journalpage49)

2/2/2017HouseMember(s) request name removed as sponsor: Long

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2016

ABILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE “ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION ACT OF 2017” BY ADDING SECTION 5929250 TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 20172018 ACADEMIC YEAR, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ELECTIVE INSTRUCTION IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH TWELVE, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION1.This act must be known and may be cited as the “Advanced Manufacturing Instruction Act of 2017”.

SECTION2.Article 1, Chapter 29, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

“Section 5929250.(A)Beginning with the 20172018 academic year, every school district shall provide elective instruction in advanced manufacturing for students in grades six through twelve in an effort to provide students with the skills needed to successfully adapt to evolutions in advanced manufacturing resulting from the continuous adoption of emerging, innovative technology.

(B)For the purposes of this chapter, ‘advanced manufacturing’ means a collection of activities that: (a) depends on the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing, and networking; and (b) makes use of cutting edge materials and emerging capabilities enabled by the physical and biological sciences, for example nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. Advanced manufacturing involves both new ways to manufacture existing products and the manufacture of new products emerging from new advanced technologies. Advanced manufacturing encompasses all aspects of manufacturing, including the ability to quickly respond to customer needs through innovations in production processes and innovations in the supply chain.”

SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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