The “Dual Participation Bill” passed out of the Senate Education Committee back to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation. It passed with a unanimous vote with one abstention. Now is the time for everyone to send faxes, emails and make some phone calls to the senators. This bill is by no means a “slam dunk” to get passed by the Senate. Hopefully, when it goes back to the Senate floor, it will not be opposed by one of the senators. This would hold the bill up even further. There is a possible “clarification of terminology” that may be put in the bill that supposedly will guarantee that a coach’s authority to make rules for the team is not compromised. The email addresses for the senators are:

Thomas C. Alexander TCA@scsenate.org
Ralph Anderson RA@scsenate.org
Andre Bauer RAB@scsenate.org
William S. "Bill" Branton, Jr. WSB@scsenate.org
John E. Courson SIV@scsenate.org
John W. Drummond PTE@scsenate.org
Dick Elliott DE@scsenate.org
Michael L. Fair CP@scsenate.org
Robert Ford RIF@scsenate.org
Warren K. Giese WKG@scsenate.org
Maggie Wallace Glover MWG@scsenate.org
Chauncey K. Gregory SFG@scsenate.org
Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms LKG@scsenate.org
John D. Hawkins DH@scsenate.org
Robert W. Hayes, Jr. set@scsenate.org
Donald H. Holland closed
C. Bradley Hutto CBH@scsenate.org
Darrell Jackson DJ1@scsenate.org
John R. Kuhn JRK@scsenate.org
John C. Land III JCL@scsenate.org
Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. SFI@scsenate.org
Phil P. Leventis PL@scsenate.org
Larry A. Martin SRU@scsenate.org
John W. Matthews, Jr. JWM@scsenate.org
Glenn F. McConnell SJU@scsenate.org
J. Yancey McGill JYM@scsenate.org
William C. Mescher SGE@scsenate.org
Thomas L. Moore TLM@scsenate.org
William H. O'Dell WHO@scsenate.org
Kay Patterson KAY@scsenate.org
Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. MED@scsenate.org
Robert L. "Bob" Peeler ltgov@scsenate.org
Clementa C. Pinckney CCP@scsenate.org
Luke A. Rankin LR@scsenate.org
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. AR@scsenate.org
Glenn G. Reese GR@scsenate.org
Scott H. Richardson SR1@scsenate.org
James H. "Jim" Ritchie JHR@scsenate.org
W. Greg Ryberg STR@scsenate.org
Edward E. Saleeby EES@scsenate.org
Nikki G. Setzler NGS@scsenate.org
Linda H. Short (Mrs. Paul) LHS@scsenate.org
J. Verne Smith SLC@scsenate.org
David L. Thomas SBI@scsenate.org
Daniel B. "Danny" Verdin III DBV@scsenate.org
Robert L. Waldrep, Jr. SAG@scsenate.org