A unanimous vote sent the proposal to the full House education committee, with Rep. Terry Alexander, D-Florence, not voting. Along with banning so-called grading floors, the bill would ban schools from considering benchmark tests as part of a student’s grade and require students finish all their work before making up class credit.

“It’s going to make grades matter again,� said Rep. Fawn Pedalino, a Turbeville Republican who sponsored the bill.

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The South Carolina Board of Education has required teachers and school librarians to remove 21 books from classrooms and shelves since the regulation went into effect in June 2024. The board voted to allow six books to remain. One of those books—“Crank� by Ellen Hopkins—requires parental permission to check out.

The rule violates students’ right under the First Amendment to receive information, lawyers for the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union argued in the lawsuit, filed on behalf of three high school students, their parents and school librarians.

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