2017-2018 Bill 550: Lexington School District One and Lexington
High School - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018
S. 550
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Shealy, Courson, Cromer, Massey and
Setzler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1134vr17.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 14, 2017
Introduced in the House on March 15, 2017
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 15, 2017
Summary: Lexington School District One and Lexington High
School
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
3/14/2017SenateIntroduced, adopted, sent to House (Senate
Journalpage 10)
3/15/2017HouseIntroduced, adopted, returned with concurrence
(House Journalpage 8)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/14/2017
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR LEXINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FOR ITS
SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES AND TO APPLAUD LEXINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL ON BEING SELECTED AS A NATIONAL BANNER UNIFIED CHAMPION
SCHOOL.
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn
that, as part of Lexington School District One’s continuing support
of Special Olympics athletes, Lexington High School served as the
site of the Special Olympics National Unified Champion Schools
Conference, February 79, 2017. More than two hundred
representatives from Special Olympics programs in fortyeight states
were in attendance; and
Whereas, during the conference, Lexington School District One
presented fortyfive students, Special Olympics athletes, with
athletic letters for their outstanding accomplishments in unified
sports. Students receiving letters were from Lexington, River
Bluff, and White Knoll high schools. All three are Unified Champion
Schools (schools with demonstrated commitment to inclusion), and
Lexington School District One is the first school district to award
letters for Special Olympics training and unified sports teams
(teams composed of athletes with and without intellectual
disability) in the State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, in addition, Lexington High School was the first school
in the country, as well as the first among eight schools in South
Carolina, to be recognized as a Banner Unified Champion School;
and
Whereas, in further celebration of the letter presentation, more
than one thousand students from Lexington High School, along with
special guests Mary Davis and Kevin Negandhi of ESPN SportsCenter,
helped unveil the school’s Unified Champion School banner in the
Lexington High School gymnasium; and
Whereas, the General Assembly takes great pleasure in commending
Lexington School District One for its leadership in the inclusion
of Special Olympics athletes, and the members are proud to salute
Lexington High as the first school in this great country to be
named a Banner Unified Champion School. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives
concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this
resolution, recognize and honor Lexington School District One for
its support of Special Olympics athletes and applaud Lexington High
School on being selected as a National Banner Unified Champion
School.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be
presented to Lexington School District One and Lexington High
School.
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