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H5225 • 2026
Rosenwald School Day in SC
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Rosenwald School Day in SC
Introduced and adopted ( House Journal-page 9 )
Rosenwald School Day in SC
2025-2026 Bill 5225: Rosenwald School Day in SC - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter H. 5225 STATUS INFORMATION House Resolution Sponsors: Reps. Bernstein, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow Document Path: LC-0656WAB-GM26.docx Introduced in the House on February 24, 2026 Adopted by the House on February 24, 2026 Summary: Rosenwald School Day in SC HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 2/24/2026 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journal-page 9 ) View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 02/24/2026 A house RESOLUTION TO DECLARE FEBRUARY 28, 2026, AS "ROSENWALD SCHOOL DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. W hereas, a challenge grant fund established by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington ran from 1912 to 1923 to build schools for African American students across the Southeast, with the resulting schools known as Rosenwald Schools; and W hereas, four hundred eighty-six Rosenwald Schools were built in South Carolina, at least one in every county, and over one third of African American students in the South attended a Rosenwald School in the first half of the twentieth century; and W hereas, African American communities in South Carolina matched Rosenwald Fund donations with money raised by the community and with land they owned to ensure education for their children; and W hereas, Rosenwald Schools also served as community meeting spaces and were an important gathering space for the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina; and W hereas, despite the integral role Rosenwald Schools played in African American education and the Civil Rights Movement, most buildings have fallen into disrepair or have been demolished, their land and stories lost with them; and W hereas, the remaining Rosenwald School buildings and school sites are invaluable cultural resources that should be protected, restored, and interpreted. Now, therefore, B e it resolved by the House of Representatives : T hat the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives , by this resolution, declare February 28, 2026, as "Rosenwald School Day" in South Carolina. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on February 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM