To ensure effective use of funds, awards under contract for First Steps Partnerships, with the approval of the Office of First Steps to School Readiness, may be carried forward and used in the following fiscal year. Funds appropriated to South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness may also be carried forward into subsequent years.

HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 17, eff June 18, 2014.

Editor's Note

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, provides as follows:

"B. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, is reauthorized until July 1, 2016."

Effect of Amendment

2014 Act No. 287, Section 17, deleted "County" before "First Steps Partnerships".