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Contacts

State Education Agency

South Carolina Department of Education

Virginia Tate

Gifted Education, AP & IB Education Associate

Office of Standards and Learning

1429 Senate Street

Room 602-B

Columbia, SC  29201

803-734-2782

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

South Carolina Consortium for Gifted Education

P.O. Box 255

Imo, SC  29063

[email protected]

 

Tami Richardson

President

 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2013-2014
Total Student Population 
739,629
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
103,669
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $26,628,246

2013-2014: $26,628,246

2012-2013:  $26,628,246

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Academically Gifted
Specific academic areas
Performing/Visual Arts
Other
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
State policy specifically permits
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
State policy does not permit
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
No state policy, up to LEA to determine
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
No
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
Yes
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
No

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