South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3912 — Social studies standards and assessments

Last action — Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 06, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-18-350, RELATING TO THE CYCLICAL REVIEW OF STATE STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED IN THE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REVIEW AND REVISION PROCESS FOR STATE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE STANDARDS TAKE A TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO HISTORY, TO SPECIFY QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND REVISING THE STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill H 3912 adds specific requirements for the review and revision of state social studies standards in South Carolina. The changes aim to ensure that individuals responsible for these revisions do not support narratives that are deemed divisive or overly critical of the U.S. history and culture. This matters because it seeks to influence how history is taught in schools, potentially prioritizing traditional perspectives over more contemporary or critical viewpoints, which could impact students' understanding of social studies.

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06, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3912Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
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Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-18-350, RELATING TO THE CYCLICAL REVIEW OF STATE STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED IN THE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REVIEW AND REVISION PROCESS FOR STATE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE STANDARDS TAKE A TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO HISTORY, TO SPECIFY QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND REVISING THE STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 59-18-350 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      (D)(1) An individual responsible for reviewing or revising the state standards and assessments provided in subsection (A) shall not have a record of endorsing divisive concepts in classroom instruction, including the promotion of theoretical perspectives, frameworks, and worldviews that are disproportionately critical of society, culture, and our nation's history as being factual.
       (2) An individual responsible for reviewing or revising the state social studies standards and assessments as provided for in subsection (A) shall certify that they do not have a record of supporting narratives which characterize the founding of the United States, its evolution to a constitutional republic, or the history of the United States in general, as a story of oppression.
       (3) A majority of the State Board of Education designees responsible for reviewing and revising the state social studies standards and assessments must be subject matter historians, including constitutional history experts and military historians.
For the purposes of this subsection, "historian" means a person with a doctorate in United States History or a subject matter expert including a published author of a literary work regarding a historically significant person, time period, or event.
This subsection does not apply to the task force review established in subsection (A).
       (4) Any future revisions to the state social studies standards shall be content based, emphasizing the importance of leading individuals and key events in shaping the political, constitutional, intellectual, economic, diplomatic, and military history of the United States.
       (5) The State Superintendent of Education, according to her discretion, shall certify that all proposed appointees meet the foregoing qualifications and may remove any individual if a violation of this section is discovered at any point in the standards and assessment review process.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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What does H 3912 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-18-350, RELATING TO THE CYCLICAL REVIEW OF STATE STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED IN THE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REVIEW AND REVISION PROCESS FOR STATE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE STANDARDS TAKE A TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO HISTORY, TO SPECIFY QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND REVISING THE STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Who sponsors H 3912?
H 3912 is sponsored by Representative James E. Teeple, Representative Kathy Landing, Representative Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr., and Representative Joseph M. "Joe" Bustos.
What is the current status of H 3912?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 06, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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