S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-160
SECTION 59-21-160. State appropriations for school district employer contributions; calculation of allocations to individual school districts.
Status: in_force

Beginning with appropriations for school year 1998-99, state funds appropriated by the General Assembly for school district employer contributions must be allocated to individual school districts based on the Education Finance Act formula. State appropriations for school district employer contributions for school years before 1998-99 must be allocated using the EFA formula and the weighted pupil method in the following percentages:
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-100
SECTION 59-49-100. Purpose of school.
Status: in_force

(A) It is declared to be the purpose and policy of the State to maintain and develop the school property in accordance with the purposes of the will of Dr. John de la Howe as interpreted by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Mars v. Gibert, 93 SC 455, which for historical reference reads: "First, the establishment and maintenance of an agricultural and mechanical school as an institution in Abbeville County, stimulating and improving the industrial life of the entire community; second, the training, free of charge, of twenty-four boys and girls, not as college men and women, but in the beginning of school life; and, third, the like training of the children of the neighborhood not supported by the fund." It is declared that the term "Abbeville County" shall be understood to mean that portion of South Carolina known as Abbeville County at the time the will of Dr. John de la Howe was dated, namely January 2, 1797. The property is now in McCormick County. It is further declared that, given the above historical perspective, the board shall instruct the president of the school to implement programs which shall meet the needs of children from all of South Carolina who have an interest in agriculture, biotechnology, and natural resources. (B) Under the provisions of the will and the bequest accepted by the State of South Carolina, the school must 'educate twelve poor boys and twelve poor girls'. To meet this requirement, the school shall use the current measures of poverty as defined by the State Department of Education. (C) Also under the provisions of the will and the subsequent bequest, the board may allow local students to attend as day students provided they meet the admissions requirements. The board will determine equity of admissions statewide. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 164, SECTION 14, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-40
SECTION 59-103-40. Council of presidents of state institutions of higher learning.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall establish a council of presidents consisting of the presidents of the State institutions of higher learning. The council of presidents shall appoint a chairman and such other officers and committees as it may see fit. It shall meet at least four times a year, of which two meetings will be held jointly with the Commission. The council of presidents shall establish committees consisting of qualified personnel representing the various State-supported institutions of higher learning, either upon request of the Commission or upon its own initiative, to investigate, study and report to the Commission on such subjects as: (a) Academic planning (b) Business and financial coordination (c) Library utilization and coordination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-140
SECTION 59-155-140. State Reading Proficiency Plan.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The department, with approval by the board, shall develop, implement, evaluate, and continuously refine a comprehensive state plan to improve reading achievement in public schools. The State Reading Proficiency Plan must be approved by the board annually, and must include, but not be limited to, sections addressing the following components: (a) reading process; (b) professional development to increase teacher reading expertise; (c) professional development to increase reading expertise and literacy leadership of principals and assistant principals; (d) reading instruction; (e) reading assessment; (f) support for struggling readers; (g) early childhood interventions; (h) family support of literacy development; (i) district guidance and support for reading proficiency; (j) state guidance and support for reading proficiency; (k) accountability; and (l) urgency to improve reading proficiency. (2) The state plan must be based on research and evidence-based practices, aligned to the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills, and applied to the conditions prevailing in reading/literacy education in this State, with special emphasis on addressing instructional and institutional deficiencies. The plan must present and explain the scientifically based rationale for state-level actions to be taken. The plan must be updated annually and incorporate a state reading proficiency progress report. (3) The state plan must include specific details and explanations for all substantial uses of state, local, and federal funds promoting reading/literacy and best judgment estimates of the cost of scientifically based, thoroughly analyzed proposals for initiation, expansion, or modification of major funding programs addressing reading and writing. Analyses of funding requirements must be prepared by the department for incorporation into the plan. (B)(1) Each district must prepare a comprehensive annual reading proficiency plan for prekindergarten through fifth grade. (2) Each district reading proficiency plan shall: (a) document how reading and writing assessment and instruction for all PK-5 students are aligned to the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills; (b) document scientifically based interventions being provided to students who have failed to demonstrate grade-level reading proficiency; (c) include a system for helping parents understand how they can support the student as a reader at home; (d) provide for the monitoring of reading achievement and growth at the classroom, school, and district levels with decisions about intervention based on all available data; and (e) explain how the district will provide teacher training based in the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills from an approved list provided by the department. (3)(a) The department shall develop the format for the plan and the deadline for districts to submit their plans for approval. A district that does not submit a plan or whose plan is not approved shall not receive any state funds for reading until it submits a plan that is approved. All district reading plans must be reviewed and approved by the department. The department shall provide written comments to each district on its plan and to all districts on common issues raised in prior or newly submitted district reading plans. (b) The department shall monitor the district and school plans and use their findings to inform the training and support the office provides to districts and schools. (c) The department may direct a district that is persistently unable to prepare an acceptable PK-12 reading proficiency plan or to help all students comprehend grade-level texts to enter into a multidistrict or contractual arrangement to develop an effective intervention plan. (C) Each school serving students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade must prepare, submit to the district, and post on its website prior to the start of each year an implementation plan aligned with the district reading proficiency plan to enable the district to monitor and support implementation at the school level. The school plan must be a component of the school's strategic plan required by Section 59-18-1310. A school implementation plan shall be sufficiently detailed to provide practical guidance for classroom teachers. Proposed strategies for assessment, instruction, and other activities specified in the school plan must be sufficient to provide to classroom teachers and other instructional staff helpful guidance that can be related to the critical reading and writing needs of students in the school. In consultation with the School Improvement Council, each school must include in its implementation plan the training and support that will be provided to parents as needed to maximize their promotion of reading and writing by students at home and in the community. (D) The department shall identify schools serving students in sixth through eighth grade with fifty percent or more of its students scoring at the lowest achievement level on the statewide summative assessment. Each year identified, the school shall prepare, submit to the district, and post on its website prior to the start of the school year a school implementation plan aligned with the district's reading proficiency plan to enable the district to monitor and support implementation at the school level. The school implementation plan shall be sufficiently detailed to provide classroom teachers and instructional staff with strategies based in the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills for assessments, instruction, and other activities related to the critical reading and writing needs of students. In consultation with the School Improvement Council, the implementation plan shall include training and supports provided to parents as needed to maximize the promotion of reading and writing by students at home and in the community. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 4, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-100
SECTION 59-28-100. Citation of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Parental Involvement in Their Children's Education Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-48-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 48 / Section 59-48-40
SECTION 59-48-40. Admission criteria, standards, and procedures.
Status: in_force

The school shall admit students in accordance with criteria, standards, and the procedures established by the board. To be eligible to be considered for admission, an applicant must be a legal resident of this State. Eligibility to remain enrolled in the school terminates when a student becomes a nonresident of this State. The board shall ensure, insofar as possible without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal number of students are admitted from each of the state's congressional districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-40
SECTION 59-20-40. Determination of annual allocations.
Status: reserved

The annual allocation to each school district for the operation of the foundation program as it relates to the school district shall be determined as follows: (1) Computation of the basic amount to be included for current operation in the foundation program: (a) Each school district shall maintain a program membership of each school by compiling the student membership of each classification. The cumulative one hundred thirty-five day average daily membership of each school district by program classification will determine its monetary entitlement. The district's average daily membership (ADM) will be computed, currently maintained, and reported in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education. Funds for the state's portion of the per-pupil cost of the foundation program shall be disbursed monthly to the various school districts. End-of-year adjustments in state funds shall be made based on the one hundred thirty-five day student average daily membership in each classification. (b) The base student cost shall be established annually by the General Assembly. The base student cost shall be established in such a manner that five years after July 2, 1978, the funding level shall approximate the cost of the defined minimum program as set forth by the State Board of Education. Each year the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall submit to the Legislature an estimate of the projected rate of inflation for the fiscal year to be budgeted, and the base student cost shall be adjusted to incorporate the inflated cost of providing the Defined Minimum Program. (c) Weightings, used to provide for relative cost differences, between programs for different students are established in order that funds may be equitably distributed on the basis of pupil needs. The criteria for qualifications for each special classification must be established by the State Board of Education according to definitions established in this article and in accordance with Sections 59-21-510, 59-35-10, 59-53-1860, and 59-53-1900. Cost factors enumerated in this section must be used to fund programs approved by the State Board of Education. Pupil data received by the Department of Education is subject to audit by the department. Cost factors or weightings are as follows: No local match is required for adult education and the number of weighted pupil units funded depends on funding available from the general fund of the State and the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund. Each student in the State must be counted in only one of the first eleven pupil classifications. Students shall generate funds for early childhood assistance and grades 4-12 academic assistance in accordance with Section 59-139-20. The State Board of Education must determine the qualifications for each classification in accordance with Sections 59-21-510, 59-35-10, 59-53-1860, 59-53-1900, and Chapter 30 of this title. The program for each classification must meet specifications approved by the State Board of Education. School districts may count each student who is instructed at home under the provisions of Section 59-65-40 in the district's weighted pupil units at a weighting of .25 for supervising, overseeing, or reviewing the student's program of home instruction. No local match is required for students instructed at home under the provisions of Section 59-65-40." (d) The basic amount for the foundation program for each district shall be computed as follows: (1) The calculated average daily membership in each student classification shall be multiplied by the weighting factor for that respective classification. (2) The subtotals (totals in each student classification) in all classifications shall be added to get the district's total weighted pupil units. (3) The district's weighted pupil units shall be multiplied by the base student cost figure as established annually by the General Assembly. (e) Computation of the required local revenue in support of the foundation program. The amount that each school district shall provide toward the cost of the South Carolina foundation program shall be computed by determining the total statewide collective local share (approximately thirty percent) of the total cost of the foundation program, and multiplying this by the index of taxpaying ability of each district as defined in Section 59-20-20. (f) Computation of the required state effort. The amount that the State shall provide to each school district toward the cost of the foundation program shall be the difference between the district's basic amount as computed in subsection (d) minus the required amount raised locally as computed in subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, state aid to any school district shall be reduced in proportion to the ratio that its local school tax effort falls below that required by subsection (2) of Section 59-20-50. (2) Reserved. (3) Provisions for a phase-in plan of implementation (a) As a result of the cost of implementing the foundation program at both state and local level as calculated in this section, there will be a phase-in implementation period of five years to assist in implementing the education finance program. (b) Each year of the phase-in period the General Assembly shall specify the base student cost and the percentage of the difference between current funding and full funding of the defined minimum program which shall be achieved each year. It is the intent of this chapter that the full implementation of the foundation program from present funding level in present financing plans, in terms of real dollars, be achieved in substantially equal annual intervals over a period of five years; provided, that if a district increases its local effort annually by at least five percent in real dollars, the period of time for full implementation may be extended five years. However, it is recognized that, during periods of abnormally low growth in state revenue, appropriations may necessarily have to be reduced below the anticipated trend and that during periods of abnormally high revenue growth an effort would be made to restore progress in funding to achieve full implementation during the five year phase period. It is recognized further that, should the trend of growth in state revenue diverge substantially from historical experience, then the length of the phase period might be increased or decreased accordingly. Each local school district shall progress annually in eliminating the difference between its current funding and full funding of the defined minimum program at the same percentage as mandated by the General Assembly for statewide progress toward full funding; provided, that each district shall increase its local effort annually by at least the amount required in this section or by five percent in real dollar terms, or shall increase its millage for the local share of expenditures under the foundation program by at least two and one-half mills. Any district failing to make either the required local effort or the five percent increase in real dollars terms or the two and one-half mill increase will have its entitled increase in state aid reduced by the proportion that its actual increase in local effort falls below its required increase of five percent in real dollars, or two and one-half mills, whichever is less. (4) Impact aid revenue shall be counted as local effort for purposes of computing actual local effort, in order to meet requirements of Section 59-20-40(3) (b). Provided, however, that should the degree of equality achieved under this chapter prove insufficient to qualify South Carolina for utilizing impact aid in the school finance equalization plan, then impact aid would not be counted as local revenue. (5) To qualify for funds provided in this chapter, each district must attain an average pupil-teacher ratio based on average daily membership in the basic skills of reading and mathematics in grades one through three of 21:1. Provided, That any local district may apply to the State Board of Education for approval of a waiver to this subsection by submitting and justifying an alternative educational program to serve the basic skill needs of average daily membership in grades one through three. The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove of such waiver forty-five days after receipt of such application. Provided, Further, That beginning with Fiscal Year 1978-79, if a school district violates the provisions of this subsection, the state aid for the ensuing fiscal year to such school district shall be reduced by the percentage variance that the actual pupil-teacher ratios in such school district has to the required pupil-teacher ratios mandated in this Subsection. Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the State Board of Education is authorized to waive the pupil-teacher requirements specified herein upon a finding that a good faith effort is being made by the school district concerned to comply with the ratio provisions but that for lack of classroom space which was beyond its control it is physically impossible for the district to comply for the Fiscal Years 1978-1979 and 1979-1980 and the cost of temporary classroom space cannot be justified. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the average daily membership pupil-teacher ratio for grades 1 through 3 stipulated in the chapter be implemented to the extent possible on an individual class basis and that the pupil enrollment in these grades should not exceed twenty-eight pupils in each class. (6) No district shall be required to increase local revenue if combined state and local revenue exceeds the amount necessary to meet the base student cost of the minimum foundation program at full implementation. (7) [Deleted] (8) The General Assembly shall annually provide the portion of the local required support of the foundation program required by the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 on the basis of the district's taxpaying ability in the annual general appropriation act. Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment, in subsection (1)(c)(9), added items a and b. The 2005 amendment, in subsection (1)(c), substituted "Career and Technology" for "Vocational" in the heading preceding item (10); in item (10), substituted "Pre-career and technology" for "Pre-vocational", and in item (11) substituted "Career and Technology" for "Vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-110
SECTION 59-131-110. Securing payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principle and interest of the bonds authorized hereby shall be adequately secured, the trustees shall be empowered in their discretion: (1) To issue bonds in such amount as the trustees shall deem necessary, provided that it shall be lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds to meet the payment of interest on such bonds for a period of one year, it being recognized by the General Assembly, that until the facilities, to be constructed with the proceeds of the loan, shall be completed, an undue burden may be imposed upon then existing revenues. (2) To pledge the entire revenues of the facilities for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they respectively mature. (3) To covenant that no parking facilities owned by the trustees at the College will be used free of charge, or to specify and limit the facilities which may be made use of free of charge. (4) To covenant to establish and maintain such system of rules as will insure the greatest use and occupancy of the facilities. (5) To covenant that an adequate schedule of charges will be established and maintained for all the facilities, to the extent necessary to produce sufficient revenues to: (a) Pay the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities, including the cost of fire, extended coverage and use and occupancy insurance; (b) Pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) Create and at all times maintain an adequate Debt Service Reserve Fund to meet the payment of such principal and interest; and (d) Create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies and for major repairs and replacement. (6) To covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the facilities, and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created thereon, equal or superior to the lien created for the benefit of such bonds. (7) To covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. (8) To provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds. (9) To make covenants with respect to the use of the facilities, to be constructed with the proceeds of the bonds authorized hereby, and of the other facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the bonds. (10) To covenant that all revenues pledged for the payment of the bonds shall be duly segregated into special funds and that such funds will be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose. (11) To covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on such terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing such bonds shall prescribe. (12) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent shall be given. (13) To covenant as to the maintenance of the facilities, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy. (14) To prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived. (15) To impose a statutory lien upon the facilities. Such lien shall extend to such facilities, to their appurtenances and extension, to their additions, improvements, and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured thereby. Such facilities shall remain subject to such statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. Any holder of any of the bonds, or any of the coupons representing interest thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce the statutory lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application thereof. Provided, that the statutory lien shall not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the facilities, or any part thereof. (16) To covenant that if there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of such bonds, with power to fix rates and charges for the facilities, sufficient to provide for the payment of the expense of operating and maintaining such facilities, and to apply the income and revenues of such facilities to the payment of such bonds, and the interest thereon. (17) To establish on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter a Debt Service Reserve Fund and to cause the same to be deposited with a corporate trustee, and to that end, the trustees shall be empowered to utilize any moneys available for such purpose, including revenues previously accumulated from the facilities prior to the issuance of bonds. (18) To appoint a corporate trustee to whom shall be paid all or any portion of the revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds or derived from the operation of the facilities, and to prescribe the manner in which the revenues shall be utilized and disposed of. (19) To prescribe the conditions under which bonds on a parity with these bonds may be issued. The authorizations contained in this section shall also apply with respect to parking facilities on property leased to the State for not less than ninety-nine years under the terms and conditions of an agreement described in item (a) of Section 59-131-10 and the revenues from such parking facilities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-156-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 156 / Section 59-156-210
SECTION 59-156-210. Duties of Department of Education to public school providers.
Status: in_force

For all public school providers approved to offer services pursuant to this chapter, the Department of Education shall: (1) serve as the fiscal agent; (2) verify student enrollment eligibility; (3) recruit, review, and approve eligible providers. In considering approval of providers, consideration must be given to the provider's availability of permanent space for program service and whether temporary classroom space is necessary to provide services to any children; (4) coordinate oversight, monitoring, technical assistance, coordination, and training for classroom providers; (5) serve as a clearing house for information and best practices related to four-year-old kindergarten programs; (6) receive, review, and approve new classroom grant applications and make recommendations for approval based on approved criteria; (7) coordinate activities and promote collaboration with other private and public providers in developing and supporting four-year-old kindergarten programs; (8) maintain a database of the children enrolled in the program; and (9) promulgate guidelines as necessary for the implementation of the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-40
SECTION 59-125-40. Compensation of board members.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall receive as compensation for services and attendance on the meetings of the board his actual expenses which shall be paid out of the funds of the institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-800 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 59-25-800
SECTION 59-25-800. Reclassification of all teachers in district.
Status: in_force

The county board may, in determining whether or not a discrimination exists, recommend that the State Board of Education require all teachers in the district to be examined and recertified under the procedure then in force for the certification of teachers as to their qualifications and may thereupon require the trustees of such district to classify such teachers in accordance with such recertification for the purpose of fixing their salaries, to the end that the salaries of such teachers shall be based upon the value of the services rendered, it being found as a fact that each grade of teachers' certificates now outstanding is held by teachers of greatly varying efficiency, abilities and accomplishments. Should no appeal be taken from a decision of the county board making such recommendation, the State Board of Education shall carry out such recommendation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-550
SECTION 59-125-550. Sources of funds to secure bonds; disposition of athletic facilities.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this article are payable from the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the trustees, as well as from proceeds of the admissions fee and the special student fee. Bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by such additional pledges of other revenues or fees of Winthrop as Winthrop may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the athletic facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the athletic facilities upon the receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of Winthrop to the effect that such action does not adversely affect the ability of Winthrop to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon such further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-5 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-5
SECTION 59-32-5. Short title.
Status: in_force

This may be cited as the "Comprehensive Health Education Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 5 / Section 59-69-230
SECTION 59-69-230. Payments from school funds.
Status: in_force

All moneys disbursed by any county treasurer on account of school funds or taxes shall be paid on the order of the board of school trustees, countersigned by the county superintendent of education, or as otherwise directed by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-164 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-164
SECTION 59-53-164. When student fee is payable; payment of costs from reserve fund.
Status: in_force

Each special student fee shall be in such amount and shall be payable on such occasions as shall be provided by the schedule or schedules which shall from time to time be promulgated by the board, which is authorized to revise any such schedule from time to time when required by the provisions of this article by any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of any bonds. A special student fee at any college may, in the discretion of the board, be made effective as of July 1, 1978, notwithstanding that bonds authorized by this article may not be issued for the college until some subsequent date. All moneys received therefrom prior to the issuance of the bonds shall be deposited in the bond reserve fund for the college. Prior to the issuance of any bonds, moneys in the bond reserve fund may be used to pay costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any plant improvements which may be acquired by the board in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-53-152 and the State Treasurer may honor requisitions of the board drawn for such purposes. Subsequent to the issuance of any bonds pursuant to this article, moneys in the bond reserve fund shall be used only to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, except that if accumulations of the bond reserve fund shall become greater than the amount prescribed by the board in the resolution adopted pursuant to 59-53-155, such excess moneys may with the permission of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority be applied to additional plant improvements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-300
SECTION 59-31-300. Retention of books within districts.
Status: in_force

As far as may be practicable the State Board of Education shall provide for the retention of all necessary schoolbooks for use by the school districts within such districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-630 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 2 / Section 59-101-630
SECTION 59-101-630. Funding research grant positions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in recognition and support of the opportunities for economic development presented through the expansion of research activities, a public institution of higher learning may establish research grant positions funded by federal grants, public charity grants, private foundation grants, research grants, medical school practice plans, individual private gifts, externally generated revenue for service or testing activities, and grant generated revenue or a combination of these, without regard to the authorized number of full-time equivalency (FTE) positions allocated to the public institution of higher learning, provided that: (1) state appropriated funds must not be used to fund any portion of research grant positions. FTE positions funded solely or partially by state or other funding sources shall remain subject to the number of FTE positions authorized for each public institution of higher learning; (2) research grant positions shall not occupy FTE positions; (3) research grant positions may be established using other funds during the proposal development or pre-award stages of grant funding in anticipation of specific grant or project funding; (4) research grant positions may be established for multiple years; however, research grant positions are limited to and may not exist beyond the duration of the funding for the project or grant or any subsequent renewal. At the discretion of the public institution of higher learning other funds may be used to fund continued employment between the expiration of one grant and the subsequent renewal of the same or similar grant or the award of an additional grant. When funding for the project or grant ends or is insufficient to continue payments under the conditions of the project or grant, research grant employees must be terminated and these positions must cease to exist. Research grant employees are exempt from the provisions of Sections 8-17-310 through 8-17-380; (5) persons occupying research grant positions may be eligible for all benefits, not to exceed those benefits available to covered state employees, provided that funds are available within the grant or project or by use of grant-generated revenue; (6) persons occupying research grant positions are employed at-will and do not have grievance rights afforded to covered state employees or faculty of the respective public institution of higher learning. Research grant employees are not entitled to compensation beyond the date of termination, other than for the part of the project or grant that has been performed; and (7) discretionary determinations by a public institution of higher learning as to whether to hire an employee pursuant to this section are final and not subject to administrative or judicial appeal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-240
SECTION 59-117-240. Issuance of bonds; limit.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence these borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there may not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of twenty-five million dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-108-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 108 / Section 59-108-10
SECTION 59-108-10. Membership; terms, vacancies, and officers; Educational Advisory Committee.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Mid-Carolina Commission for Higher Education. This body, hereinafter called the commission, shall be composed of nine members from Sumter, Clarendon, and Lee Counties who shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegations of the appropriate counties as herein provided. The members shall be appointed for terms of four years each and shall serve until their successors shall have been appointed and qualify. The present members of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education established by Act 50 of 1965 shall become the initial members of the governing board of the commission. Upon the expiration of the terms of the two members currently serving on the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education whose terms next expire after the effective date of this chapter, one member of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor from Clarendon and Lee Counties, respectively, in this order, upon recommendation of the legislative delegation of the appropriate county. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the manner of original appointment. The members shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer from among their membership and shall organize and adopt rules and procedures necessary to carry out their duties. To facilitate its work the commission is authorized to appoint from its member counties as considered appropriate, an Educational Advisory Committee consisting of not less than ten nor more than fifteen members which shall meet and consult with the commission as may be required. All members of the Educational Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation or fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-156 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-156
SECTION 59-53-156. Bond issues; maturing provisions; interest; redemption.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be issued as serial bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such time and on such occasions and shall be in such denominations as the board shall determine; provided, that the last maturing bonds of any issued shall be expressed to mature not later than forty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue shall fall due not later than three years from their date. The bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest within the limitation of Section 11-9-350 of the 1976 Code, payable on such occasions as the board shall prescribe, and shall be payable in such medium of payment and at such place as such resolutions shall prescribe. Any bonds may be issued with provisions permitting their redemption prior to their stated maturity, at such time and under such conditions as the board shall prescribe. Bonds made subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, within such limitations as the board shall prescribe. All bonds that are subject to redemption shall contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. Any resolution authorizing redeemable bonds shall contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 11 / Section 59-63-1150
SECTION 59-63-1150. Compliance with case law; training of school administrators.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, all searches conducted pursuant to this article must comply fully with the "reasonableness standard" set forth in New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 328 (1985). All school administrators must receive training in the "reasonableness standard" under existing case law and in district procedures established to be followed in conducting searches of persons entering the school premises and of the students attending the school. Editor's Note The full cite for the case identified in this section is: New Jersey v T.L.O. (1985) 462 US 325, 83 L Ed2d 720, 105 S Ct 733.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-440
SECTION 59-53-440. Budgets.
Status: in_force

The Area Commission shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year on or before February fifteenth of each year for approval by each of the respective legislative delegations from Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties. In Berkeley County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 159 of 1995. In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-510
SECTION 59-119-510. Authorization, generally.
Status: in_force

Clemson University, in this article referred to as the university, may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment of buildings for the purposes of the university, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing apartment buildings, dwelling houses, dining halls, cafeterias and inns or for any one or more of such purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-230
SECTION 59-150-230. Lottery prizes.
Status: in_force

(A) Lottery prizes are subject to the South Carolina state income tax. Residents and nonresidents of this State who receive a lottery prize in excess of five hundred dollars are subject to a mandatory withholding of state income tax as required by law. Federal income tax must be withheld from lottery prizes in excess of five thousand dollars. Neither the State nor a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this State may impose a tax on the sale of a lottery ticket or share or on the payment of a prize pursuant to this chapter; nor may a county, municipality, or other political or public subdivision assess an ad valorem tax against a lottery ticket or share bought or sold pursuant to this chapter. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, attachments, garnishments, or executions authorized and issued pursuant to law must be withheld if timely served upon the commission. This subsection does not apply to a lottery retailer. (C) The commission shall promulgate regulations and adopt policies and procedures to establish a system of verifying the validity of lottery games tickets or shares claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of prizes. (1) A prize, a portion of a prize, or a right of a person to a prize awarded is not assignable except as provided in this section. A prize or a portion of a prize remaining unpaid at the death of a prize winner must be paid to the estate of the deceased prize winner or to the trustee of a trust established by the deceased prize winner as settlor if a copy of the trust document or instrument has been filed with the commission with a notarized letter of direction from the settlor and no written notice of revocation has been received by the commission before the settlor's death. Following a settlor's death and before payment to a trustee, the commission shall obtain from the trustee a written agreement to indemnify and hold the commission harmless with respect to claims that may be asserted against the commission arising from payment to or through the trust. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a person, pursuant to an appropriate judicial order, may be paid the prize to which a winner is entitled. (2)(a) The commission must establish a prize structure for each lottery game that is based upon sound actuarial principles and does not rely upon proceeds generated from future or other lottery games. The commission may establish a lottery reserve fund to further accomplish this purpose. The monies in the restricted account may be used only for the purpose of making deferred payments of a lottery game prize as elected by a prize winner. (b) For the purpose of Section 59-150-230, the amount of withholding is based on the total prize value but the payment of withholding tax must be adjusted according to the payment schedule for the prize. (3) A prize must not be paid if it: (a) arises from claimed lottery game tickets that are stolen, counterfeit, altered, fraudulent, unissued, produced or issued in error, unreadable, not received, or not recorded by the commission within applicable deadlines; (b) lacks captions that conform and agree with the play symbols as appropriate to the particular lottery game involved; or (c) fails to comply with additional specific regulations and public or confidential validation and security tests of the commission appropriate to the particular lottery game involved. (4) A particular prize in a lottery game must not be paid more than once, and if more than one person is entitled to a particular prize, the sole remedy of those persons is the award to each of them of an equal share in the prize. (5) A holder of a winning lottery game ticket or share from a lottery game or multi-state or multi-sovereign lottery game must claim a cash prize within one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the cash prize was won. In a South Carolina lottery game in which the player may determine instantly if he has won or lost, he must claim a cash prize within ninety days after the end of the lottery game. If a valid claim is not made for a cash prize within the applicable period, the cash prize is an unclaimed prize for purposes of this chapter. (D) A prize must not be paid upon a lottery game ticket or share purchased or sold in violation of this chapter and is an unclaimed prize for purposes of this section. (E) The commission is discharged of all liability upon payment of a prize. (F) A lottery game ticket or share must not be purchased by and a prize must not be paid to a member of the board, an officer or employee of the commission, or a spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in his principal place of residence. A lottery game ticket or share must not be purchased by and a prize must not be paid to an officer, employee, agent, or a subcontractor of a lottery vendor, or a spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in his principal place of residence if he has access to confidential information that may compromise the integrity of the lottery. (G) A lottery prize must not be paid to a person who is incarcerated. A lottery prize payment received in violation of this subsection must be returned immediately and in full to the commission. (H) The use of an electronic or mechanical machine designed for a lottery game authorized pursuant to this chapter must be limited to a lottery retailer and their employees only in order to facilitate retail sales of lottery tickets, and such a machine must not dispense as a prize coins or currency. The operation of the lottery games excludes machines and lottery games, including video poker lottery games, prohibited by Sections 12-21-2710, 16-19-40, and 16-19-50. (I) Unclaimed prize money must be deposited in the Education Lottery Account each year. A portion of the unclaimed prize money, in an amount to be determined by the General Assembly in its annual general appropriations bill and other bills appropriating monies for previous or current fiscal years, must be allocated to the Department of Education for the purchase of new school buses. A portion, in an amount to be determined by the General Assembly, of the unclaimed prize money in the Education Lottery Account, must be allocated by the General Assembly in its annual general appropriations bill or any bill appropriating monies for previous or current fiscal years to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities or an established nonprofit public or private agency recognized as an affiliate of the National Council on Problem Gambling to receive monies from the fund for the prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling disorder and educational programs related to that disorder, including a gambling hotline, to be used for prevention programs including, in part or in totality, mass media communications. Nothing in this section prevents the State Department of Administration from contracting with any combination of agencies which meet the criteria provided for in this section, including a combination that includes the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for the treatment of compulsive gambling disorder and educational programs related to that disorder, including a gambling hotline. Semi-annually, the director of the selected agency shall report to the board on the programs implemented with these funds, including nonidentifying statistical information pertaining to persons served by these programs. The director of the agency also shall provide a copy of the report to the General Assembly promptly upon receipt of the semi-annual reports. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-20
SECTION 59-152-20. Purpose.
Status: repealed

The purpose of the First Steps initiative is to develop, promote, and assist efforts of agencies, private providers, and public and private organizations and entities, at the state level and the community level, to collaborate and cooperate in order to focus and intensify services, assure the most efficient use of all available resources, and eliminate duplication of efforts to serve the needs of young children and their families. First Steps funds must not be used to supplant or replace any other funds being spent on services but must be used to expand, extend, improve, or increase access to services or to enable a community to begin to offer new or previously unavailable services in their community. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, Office of First Steps to School Readiness, and the local First Steps Partnerships shall ensure that collaborations, the existence and continued development of partnerships, and the sharing and maximizing of resources occur so that the funding of grants and services, as provided in this chapter, may continue. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 7, in the last sentence, substituted "local First Steps Partnerships" for "County First Steps Partnerships", substituted "shall ensure that collaborations, the existence and continued development" for "shall assure that collaboration, the development", and substituted "resources occur so that the funding of grants and services, as provided in this chapter, may continue" for "resources are occurring before funding for the implementation/management grants, as provided for in this chapter, are made available".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 14 / Section 59-53-1110
SECTION 59-53-1110. Commission created; members; appointment; organization.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education, which is a body politic and corporate and consists of thirteen members. The present members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education shall continue to hold office as members of this commission for the terms for which they have been appointed, and the new members thereafter are appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each, upon the recommendation of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation. Each of the seven school districts of Spartanburg County shall have one member, Cherokee County School District One shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation, the School District of Union County shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation, and two members must be appointed from Spartanburg County at large. The two at-large members may not be from the same district. The chairman of the Spartanburg County Planning and Development Board and the chairman of the County District Superintendents of Education or a designated alternative superintendent are ex officio members. The commission shall meet as soon after appointment as practicable and shall organize by electing a chairman and other officers as it considers necessary. Thereafter, the commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. It shall make periodic reports of its activities and progress to the legislative delegation and the board of education. (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the four at-large members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education serving on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms or until a vacancy occurs, after which only two such members must be appointed. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence substituted "Commission" for "Committee"; rewrote the third sentence to add references to Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union County school districts; and in the fourth sentence substituted "The two at-large members may not" for "Of the four at-large members, no two members may".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-160
SECTION 59-146-160. Allocation of proceeds of sale of state school facilities bonds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds received from the issuance of state school facilities bonds, after deducting the costs of issuance, must be allocated to the school districts in the same manner and for the same purposes as provided in Section 59-144-100 and the first paragraph of Section 59-144-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-420 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-420
SECTION 59-125-420. Procedures and covenants for repayment.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds authorized by this article is secured adequately, the trustees of Winthrop may: (1) issue bonds in such amount within the limitations provided for in this article as the trustees consider necessary. It is lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds, except bonds issued to effect refunding of outstanding bonds, to meet the payment of interest on the bonds for a period equal to the period of construction of the facilities to be financed with the proceeds of such bonds plus a period not exceeding six months. It is recognized by the General Assembly that until the facilities to be constructed with the proceeds of the loan are completed, an undue burden may be imposed upon the existing revenues at that time; (2) pledge the revenues or the net revenues of the facilities as designated by the trustees in connection with the issuance of the bonds whether then or after that time to be existing and to pledge any otherwise available gifts, grants, or donations to Winthrop for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they respectively mature. However, any surplus of the revenues or net revenues available after the payment of costs of operation and maintenance of the facilities and of debt service on the bonds, and the establishment of any debt service reserve obligation under the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds, is placed in a contingency and improvement fund for the facilities in order to restore depreciated or obsolete items of the facilities, to make improvements to the facilities, to defray the cost of unforeseen contingencies with regard to the facilities, to prevent defaults under such bonds, or to redeem any of the bonds; (3) further secure the bonds with a pledge of any additional revenues or fees of Winthrop as may be authorized under other laws of this State; (4) covenant that no facilities owned by Winthrop may be used free of charge, or to specify and limit the facilities which may be used free of charge; (5) covenant to establish and maintain a system of rules as will ensure the continuous use and occupancy of the facilities whose revenues are pledged to secure any bonds; (6) covenant that an adequate schedule of charges be established and maintained for the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged to secure the bonds, to the extent necessary to produce sufficient revenues to: (a) pay the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, including the cost of fire, extended coverage and use, and occupancy insurance; (b) pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) create and at all times maintain an adequate debt service reserve fund to meet the payment of the principal and interest; and (d) create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies and for major repairs and replacement. (7) covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created on them equal or superior to the lien created for the benefit of such bonds. The trustees are empowered to discontinue the use of or demolish obsolete facilities and to reserve the right, under the terms they prescribe, to issue additional bonds on a parity with the bonds authorized by this article, if at some later date they obtain legislative authorization for the issuance of additional bonds; (8) covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article; (9) provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution, and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds; (10) make covenants with respect to the use of the facilities to be constructed with the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this article and of the other facilities whose revenues must be pledged for the payment of the bonds; (11) covenant that all revenues or net revenues of the particular facilities pledged for the payment of the bonds must be segregated into special funds and that the funds must be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose; (12) covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on the terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing the bonds prescribe; (13) provide for early defeasance of bonds through the establishment of special escrow accounts maintained by a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer, of cash or United States government obligations, or obligations of agencies of them, which escrows may be funded with proceeds of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or revenues or other funds available to Winthrop; (14) prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent to it, and the manner in which consent is given; (15) covenant as to the maintenance of the facilities, whose revenues must be pledged for the payment of the bonds, the insurance to be carried on them, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy; (16) prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds become or may be declared due before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which the declaration and its consequences may be waived; (17) impose a statutory lien upon the facilities designated by the trustees, the revenues or net revenues of which must be pledged to secure the bonds. The lien must extend to the facilities, to their appurtenances and extension, to their additions, improvements, and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and must inure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured by the lien. The facilities remain subject to the statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. A holder of a bond, or any of the coupons representing interest on them, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, may protect and enforce the statutory lien, and by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings may enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application of them. However, the statutory lien may not be construed to give the bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the facilities or any part of them; (18) covenant that if there is a default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, a court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, with power to fix rates and charges for the facilities, sufficient to provide for the payment of the expense of operating and maintaining the facilities, and to apply the income and revenues of the facilities to the payment of the bonds and the interest on them; (19) establish on or before the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this article a debt service reserve fund and to cause it to be deposited with a corporate trustee, who may be the State Treasurer, and to that end, the trustees are empowered to utilize any monies available for that purpose, including revenues previously accumulated from the facilities before the issuance of bonds. In the discretion of the trustees, in lieu of cash, the debt service reserve fund may be funded with a surety bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, line of credit, or similar guarantee. At the discretion of the trustees, Winthrop may purchase an insurance policy insuring payment of both principal and interest on any issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article; (20) appoint a corporate trustee, who may be the State Treasurer, or paying agent to whom must be paid all or any portion of the revenues or net revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds or derived from the operation of the facilities, and to prescribe the manner in which these revenues or net revenues must be utilized and disposed of. The corporate trustee shall serve in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for the bondholders under the resolutions of the trustees authorizing the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-80
SECTION 59-71-80. Provision for redemption.
Status: in_force

Any bond may be issued with a provision for its redemption prior to its stated maturity at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as may be prescribed by the authorities, but no bond shall be redeemable before maturity unless it contains a statement to that effect. In the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds, provision shall be made specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-30
SECTION 59-116-30. Authority, powers, and duties of campus police officers.
Status: in_force

(A) Campus police officers are peace officers. While in the performance of the duties of their employment, they have all the powers of municipal and county police officers to make arrests for both felonies and misdemeanors and possess all of the common law and statutory powers, privileges, and immunities of police officers. Campus police officers shall: (1) preserve the peace, maintain order, and prevent unlawful use of force or violence or other unlawful conduct on the campuses of their respective institutions and protect all persons and property located there from injury, harm, and damage; (2) enforce and assist the officials of their respective institutions in the enforcement of the laws of the State and county and municipal ordinances, and the lawful regulations of the institution, and assist and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies and officers. Campus police officers shall exercise powers granted in this chapter only upon the real property owned by their respective institutions as defined in item (1) of Section 59-116-10. (B) Campus police officers may arrest persons outside the territory described in subsection (A) when the person arrested has committed a criminal offense within that territory, and the arrest is made during the person's immediate and continuous flight from that territory. (C) Safety and security departments created and operated by the boards of trustees of institutions under this chapter for the purposes of this chapter are campus police departments and the sworn campus police officers of the department are campus police officers. (D) Campus police officers may designate and operate emergency vehicles and patrol cars in the manner provided by law for municipal and county law enforcement officers. Such a vehicle must bear distinctive and conspicuous lettering which reads "campus police" on the sides and rear of the vehicle. The provisions of this chapter may not be construed as a diminution or modification of the authority or responsibility of a municipal police department, sheriff, constable, or other peace officer either on the property of an institution or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 27 / Section 59-53-2410
SECTION 59-53-2410. Technical College Enterprise Campus Authorities created; purpose.
Status: in_force

(A) There are created bodies politic and corporate known as the Aiken Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Greenville Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Spartanburg Community College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Technical College of the Lowcountry Enterprise Campus Authority, the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, the Tri-County Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority, and the York Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. The authorities are public instrumentalities of the State and the exercise by them of a power conferred in this article is the performance of an essential public function. The authorities are governed by a board, which consists of members of the respective commissions. All members serve ex officio. Persons serving as chairman, vice chairman, treasurer, and secretary of the respective commissions shall serve in the same capacity on their respective board. Members of a board shall receive per diem as provided for members of boards, commissions, and committees and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (B) A board shall exercise the powers of an authority. (C) The purpose of an authority is to provide for the management, development, and operation of an enterprise campus. Effect of Amendment The first 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 148, SECTION 1, inserted "the Technical College of the Lowcountry Enterprise Campus Authority," in the first sentence. The second 2010 amendment, 2010 Act No. 276, SECTION 1, in the first sentence of subsection (A) inserted "the Technical College of the Lowcountry Enterprise Campus Authority, the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority,". 2019 Act No. 2, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first sentence, inserted "the Tri-County Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority," following "the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-95 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-95
SECTION 59-20-95. Fiscal practices of local education agencies of concern, actions authorized.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section, "LEA" means a state agency that is also a Local Education Agency. (B) The State Auditor shall adopt the statewide program created by the State Department of Education in Section 59-20-90, and shall use it to identify fiscal practices and budgetary conditions that, if uncorrected, could compromise the fiscal integrity of a state agency that is also an LEA, and advise the LEA to take appropriate corrective actions. (C)(1) This program must replicate the procedures of Section 59-20-90, except that: (a) the State Auditor shall act with respect to an LEA as the department acts toward a school district; and (b) in a declaration of fiscal caution, the State Auditor may waive the provisions of Section 59-20-90(D)(3), (4), (5), and (6) and immediately direct the department to assume emergency management of the LEA, which may continue until the State Auditor releases the LEA from the declaration of fiscal caution; and (c) in a declaration of fiscal emergency, the State Auditor immediately shall direct the department to assume emergency management of the LEA, which must continue until the State Auditor releases the LEA from the declaration of fiscal emergency. (2) The department assumes full management of an LEA at the moment that written notice is sent from the State Auditor to the LEA by certified mail, return receipt requested. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 23, SECTION 2.B, provides as follows: "(B) The State Auditor shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-40
SECTION 59-17-40. Alteration or division of school districts; consolidated district for entire county and district formed from two or more counties.
Status: in_force

All of the school districts of any county may be consolidated into a single school district embracing the entire county in the manner provided by Section 59-17-20 for the alteration or division of school districts, and, whenever territory embraced in two or more counties is proposed to be formed into one school district, such district may be formed by the joint action of the boards of education of the respective counties as provided in Section 59-17-20 for the formation of school districts in a county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-140
SECTION 59-40-140. Funds; services; reports.
Status: in_force

(A) A local school board of trustees sponsor shall distribute state, county, and school district funds to a charter school as determined by the following formula: the previous year's audited total general fund revenues, divided by the previous year's weighted students, then increased by the Education Finance Act inflation factor, pursuant to Section 59-20-40, for the years following the audited expenditures, then multiplied by the weighted students enrolled in the charter school, which will be subject to adjustment for student attendance and state budget allocations based on the same criteria as the local school district. These amounts must be verified by the State Department of Education before the first disbursement of funds. All state and local funding must be distributed by the local school district to the charter school monthly beginning July first following approval of the charter school application and must continue to be disbursed to the charter school for the duration of its charter and for the duration of any subsequent renewals. After verification of student attendance on the fifth day of school at the beginning of each school year, the State Department of Education shall distribute funds to school districts with charter schools: (1) having approved incremental growth and expansion as provided in their charter application; or (2) for opening of new charter schools in the current fiscal year. These funds must be released to districts on behalf of their charter schools no later than fifteen days after receipt of verified enrollment. Districts shall provide this funding to eligible charters no later than thirty days after receipt from the Department of Education. Necessary adjustments due to enrollment changes must be made pursuant to the Education Finance Act. (B) The South Carolina Public Charter School District or public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor shall receive and distribute state funds to the charter school as provided by the General Assembly. (C) During the year of the charter school's operation, as received, and to the extent allowed by federal law, a sponsor shall distribute to the charter school federal funds which are allocated to the sponsor on the basis of the number of special characteristics of the students attending the charter school. These amounts must be verified by the State Department of Education before the first disbursement of funds. (D) Notwithstanding subsection (C), the proportionate share of state and federal resources generated by students or staff serving them must be directed to the sponsor. After receipt of federal or state categorical aid funds, sponsors shall, within ten business days, supply to the charter school the proportional share of each categorical fund for which the charter school qualifies. If the sponsor fails to do so, the Department of Education may fine the sponsor an amount equivalent to the withheld amounts. Fines imposed must be remitted to the charter school from which the amounts were withheld. (E) All services centrally or otherwise provided by the sponsor including, but not limited to, food services, custodial services, maintenance, curriculum, media services, libraries, and warehousing are subject to negotiation between a charter school and the sponsor and must be outlined in the contract required pursuant to Section 59-40-70(F), except as otherwise provided or required by law. (F) All awards, grants, or gifts collected by a charter school must be retained by the charter school. (G) The governing body of a charter school is authorized to accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind made to the charter school and to expend or use the gifts, donations, or grants in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the donor. A gift or donation must not be required for admission. However, a gift, donation, or grant must not be accepted by the governing board if subject to a condition contrary to law or contrary to the terms of the contract between the charter school and the governing body. All gifts, donations, or grants must be reported to the sponsor in their annual audit report as required in Section 59-40-50(B)(3). (H) A charter school shall report to its sponsor and the Department of Education any change to information provided under its application. In addition, a charter school shall report at least annually to its sponsor and the sponsor shall compile those reports into a single document which must be submitted to the department. The Department of Education shall develop a template to be used by charter schools for this annual report. The report shall provide all information required by the sponsor or the department and shall include, at a minimum: (1) the number of students enrolled in the charter school from year to year; (2) the success of students in achieving the specific educational goals for which the charter school was established; (3) an analysis of achievement gaps among major groupings of students in both proficiency and growth; (4) the identity and certification status of the teaching staff; (5) the financial performance and sustainability of the sponsor's charter schools; and (6) board performance and stewardship including compliance with applicable laws. (I) The sponsor shall provide technical assistance to persons and groups preparing or revising charter applications at no expense. (J) Charter schools may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, lease, sublease, installment purchase agreement, land contract, option, or by any other means provided by law or otherwise, and hold and own in its own name buildings or other property for school purposes and interests in it which are necessary or convenient to fulfill its purposes. (K) Charter schools are exempt from state and local taxation, except the sales tax, on their earnings and property whether owned or leased. Instruments of conveyance to or from a charter school are exempt from all types of taxation of local or state taxes and transfer fees. (L) Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, this subsection applies to converted charter schools that converted into a charter school after the effective date of this act. For purposes of computing the funding for any year to be provided a converted charter school under the provisions of this section, the computations required shall be made as provided in this section based on the previous year's revenues, expenditures, and other applicable factors pertaining to that particular converted charter school, and also then shall be made as provided in this section for the year immediately preceding the previous year based on the revenues, expenditures, and other applicable factors for that year pertaining to that particular converted charter school. The funding of the converted charter school for the initial year shall be the average of the weighted per pupil unit funding computed for these two prior years, and funding for the converted charter school after the initial year shall be provided by the school district in the same manner as regular public schools in the district. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote subsection (A); added subsection (B) prescribing the formula for distribution of funds; redesignated subsections (B) to (J) as subsections (C) to (K); deleted former subsection (K); and made conforming amendments throughout. The 2012 amendment rewrote the section. 2014 Act No. 208, SECTION 1, in subsection (K), deleted "all" following "are exempt from", and inserted "whether owned or leased".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1783 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1783
SECTION 59-53-1783. Powers of board.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the powers contained elsewhere in this subarticle, the board has all power necessary, useful, or appropriate to operate and administer the authority, to effectuate the purposes of the authority, and to perform its other functions including, but not limited to, the power to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued in its own name; (3) adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with provisions in this subarticle for the administration of the authority's affairs and the implementation of its functions; (4) have a seal and alter it at its pleasure, although the failure to affix the seal does not affect the validity of an instrument executed on behalf of the authority; (5) make and execute contracts and all other instruments and agreements necessary or convenient for the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and functions; (6) buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire real and personal property and other assets and sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its real and personal property and other assets, upon such terms and conditions the board determines; (7) employ agents, advisors, consultants, engineers, architects, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, land planners, superintendents, managers, and other employees and agents as necessary in the board's judgment in connection with any aspect of the Enterprise Campus and to determine their duties and to fix their compensation; (8) procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property, assets, or activities, including insurance against liability for its acts or the acts of its employees or agents; (9) procure insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of collateral or security or credit support from any public or private entities, including any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or the State of South Carolina, for the payment of any bonds issued by it, including the power to pay premiums or fees on any insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of collateral or security or credit support; (10) receive, accept, and expend from any source including any federal, state, or other public agency and any private agency, person, or other entity appropriated funds, donations, loans, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value; (11) invest or reinvest its funds as provided in Section 11-9-660; (12) make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of its property, or income in a manner determined to be in the best interest of the authority. Any guarantee or indebtedness of the authority does not create an obligation of the State or commission, nor must the guarantee or indebtedness be considered a debt against the general revenue of the State or commission; (13) fix and revise when necessary and charge and collect rates, fees, rents, and charges for the use of, and for the services furnished by it, for all or any portion of the Enterprise Campus; (14) determine the character of the Enterprise Campus, and acquire, develop, construct, and provide for the Enterprise Campus, and maintain, repair, and operate, and enter into contracts for the management, lease, use, or operation of all or any portion of the Enterprise Campus; (15) establish and enforce, and agree through any resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority to make and enforce rules and regulations for the use of and services rendered by the authority for the Enterprise Campus; (16) appoint and provide for advisory committees; (17) establish not-for-profit corporations in accordance with applicable corporate law and with the powers as provided by the applicable corporate law; and (18) do all other things necessary or convenient to exercise the powers granted or reasonably implied by this subarticle. (B) The powers contained in this subarticle include the power to enter into contracts and other agreements with public or private entities for the lease of authority property, the construction, occupancy, use, and ownership by the public or private entity of buildings or other facilities on authority property, and the conveyance of the public or private entity's property to the authority at the end of any applicable contract or agreement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-120
SECTION 59-101-120. Charge for diplomas.
Status: in_force

At no State institution of higher learning shall any graduate be charged more than the actual cost for his diploma. But a graduate from any such institution of higher learning may pay a greater price for his diploma if such graduate should elect to do so.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-270
SECTION 59-53-270. Powers of commission.
Status: in_force

The Commission is vested with authority to: (1) Employ personnel; (2) Accept and administer funds or equipment from other governmental agencies, individuals, or corporations; (3) Enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the center; (4) Acquire, own, and sell property, real and personal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-190
SECTION 59-150-190. Lottery ticket sale proceeds; retailer fiduciary duty; retailer deposit; commission priority; retailer payment.
Status: in_force

(A) All proceeds from the sale of the lottery game tickets or shares constitute a trust fund until paid to the commission either directly or through the commission's authorized collection representative. A lottery retailer and officers of a lottery retailer's business have a fiduciary duty to preserve and account for lottery proceeds, and a lottery retailer is personally liable for all proceeds. Proceeds include unsold instant tickets received by a lottery retailer and cash proceeds of the sale of lottery products, net of allowable sales commissions and credit for lottery prizes sold or paid to winners by a lottery retailer. Sales proceeds and unused instant tickets must be delivered to the commission or its authorized collection representative upon demand. (B) The commission shall require a lottery retailer to place all lottery proceeds due the commission in accounts in institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) no later than the close of the next banking day after the date of their collection by the lottery retailer until the date they are paid over to the commission. At the time of the deposit, lottery proceeds are considered the property of the commission, and a lottery retailer is personally liable for those proceeds due the commission. The commission may require a lottery retailer to establish a single separate electronic funds transfer account where available for the purpose of receiving monies from ticket or share sales, making payments to the commission, and receiving payments for the commission. Unless otherwise authorized in writing by the commission, each lottery retailer shall establish a separate bank account for lottery proceeds which must be kept separate and apart from all other funds and assets, and must not be commingled with any other funds or assets. A lottery retailer, upon the deposit of lottery proceeds in excess of insurance coverage by the FDIC, shall furnish an indemnity bond from a responsible surety company authorized to do business in this State in an amount sufficient to protect the State against loss in the event of insolvency or liquidation of the institution or for another cause. A lottery retailer, instead of the indemnity bond, may pledge as collateral for the deposits, obligations of the United States, obligations fully guaranteed both as to principal and interest by the United States, obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Farm Credit Bank, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or general obligations of this State or a political subdivision of it. The State Treasurer shall exercise prudence in accepting the securities listed as collateral. The surety or collateral must be filed with the State Treasurer at time of deposit. (C) Proceeds from the sale of lottery game tickets or shares received by a lottery retailer who becomes insolvent or dies insolvent, are due the commission from the person or his estate in preference over all debts or demands. (D) A lottery retailer is not required to pay for lottery tickets or shares until the tickets or shares have been activated by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-151-115 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 151 / Section 59-151-115
SECTION 59-151-115. Guidelines and procedures.
Status: in_force

(A) Prior to allowing any university employee or student access to the network, the board must adopt guidelines and procedures which, at a minimum, ensure that: (1) access to the network is limited to specific university employees and specific university students who have direct involvement in one or more formal documented partnerships that meet the requirements of Section 59-151-110(C); (2) these university employees and university students cease to have access to the network once they are no longer directly involved in such a formal documented partnership; and (3) the access to the network does not compete with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants. (B) Prior to allowing any private organization or entity access to the network, the board must adopt guidelines and procedures which, at a minimum, ensure that: (1) access to the network is limited to specified employees of these private organizations or entities who have direct involvement in one or more formal documented partnerships that meet the requirements of Section 59-151-110(C); (2) these employees cease to have access to the network once they are no longer directly involved in such a formal documented partnership; (3) the access to the network does not compete with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants; and (4) any South Carolina commercial entity has a separate commodity internet connection for its routine operations. (C) For purposes of this section, occasional and incidental use of the network by persons appropriately granted such access to the network for purposes that are not directly related to the missions of the participating institutions is not considered as competing with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 284, SECTION 11, provides as follows: "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 59-10-10
SECTION 59-10-10. Standards established; status reports to parents; decrease in student to physical education teacher ratio.
Status: in_force

(A) The goal of this article is to provide every elementary student with the equivalent of thirty minutes of physical activity daily. Beginning in the 2006-07 school year, students in kindergarten through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of one hundred fifty minutes a week of physical education and physical activity. In 2006-07, a minimum of sixty minutes a week must be provided in physical education, and as Section 59-10-20 is phased in, the minimum time for physical education must be increased to ninety minutes a week. The certified physical education teacher to student ratio is designed to provide students in kindergarten through fifth grade with scheduled physical education either every day or on alternate days throughout the school year and must be based on the South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards. The student to teacher ratio in a physical education class may not exceed the average student to teacher ratio of 28 to 1. An individual student's fitness status must be reported to his parent or guardian during a student's fifth grade, eighth grade, and high school physical education courses. The physical activity must be planned and coordinated by the Physical Education Activity Director pursuant to Section 59-10-30. (B) A student may be exempted from these physical education and activity requirements required by subsection (A) by seeking a waiver as outlined in Section 59-29-80(B). (C) During each year of implementation of the reduced student to physical education teacher ratio, each district shall report to the State Department of Education by June fifteenth, the number of minutes of physical education instruction and the minutes of additional physical activity students receive daily with a total for the week. The report must be listed by elementary school and by individual class and grade level. The State Department of Education shall provide a summary of this information to the General Assembly by December first of each year of implementation. (D) The implementation of decreased student to teacher ratio and increased instruction in physical education pursuant to Section 59-10-20 is not intended to replace or reduce time dedicated to instruction in the arts taught by certified arts specialists.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-310
SECTION 59-1-310. Superintendents of education may administer oaths and probate certain papers.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education and the county superintendent of education of the various counties of the State may administer an oath or affirmation to any person and probate any and all papers which may pertain to or be connected with the duties of their respective offices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1360
SECTION 59-63-1360. Transportation.
Status: in_force

A school district or consortium shall determine what, if any, transportation shall be provided to students attending an alternative school in accordance with written district guidelines.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-120
SECTION 59-112-120. In-state tuition at technical colleges for bordering state residents.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Technical Colleges may offer in-state rates to residents of bordering North Carolina and Georgia communities if a reciprocal agreement is in effect with the two-year colleges in these neighboring regions or when students from these out-of-state communities are employed by South Carolina employers who pay South Carolina taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 5 / Section 59-111-310
SECTION 59-111-310. "Tuition" defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this article, "tuition" shall mean the amount charged for registering for a credit hour of instruction and shall not be construed to mean any other fees or charges or costs of textbooks.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-135-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 135 / Section 59-135-40
SECTION 59-135-40. Meetings of board.
Status: in_force

The board shall meet in Greenwood not less than four times each year, the time and place to be fixed by the chairman or as the board provides. The chairman shall preside and, in his absence, a member shall preside as the board may select. The chairman or a majority of the members has the power to call a special meeting and fix the time and place of the meeting. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board. A majority vote of the whole board is required for the election or removal of the president. The president, other officers, and faculty members shall attend meetings of the board when requested to do so. Notice of the time and place of all meetings of the board must be mailed by the secretary or his assistant to each trustee not less than five days before each meeting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-6-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 59-6-100
SECTION 59-6-100. Accountability Division established within Education Oversight Committee; selection of executive director.
Status: in_force

Within the Education Oversight Committee, an Accountability Division must be established to report on the monitoring, development, and implementation of the performance based accountability system and reviewing and evaluating all aspects of the Education Accountability Act and the Education Improvement Act. The Education Oversight Committee will employ, by a majority vote, for a contract term of three years an executive director for the Accountability Division. The director must be chosen solely on grounds of fitness to perform the duties assigned to him and must possess at least the following qualifications: a demonstrated knowledge of public education, experience in program evaluation, and experience in a responsible managerial capacity. No member of the General Assembly nor anyone who will have been a member for one year previously will be contracted to serve as director. The director will have the authority to employ, with the approval of the subcommittee, professional and support staff as necessary to carry out the duties of the division, which shall be separate from the administrative staff of the Education Oversight Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-151-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 151 / Section 59-151-130
SECTION 59-151-130. Board of directors; membership; executive committee.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina LightRail Consortium must be a joint venture exclusively among the three member universities, with administrative support to be provided by an appropriate department within one or more of the universities to include procurement, accounts payable, accounts receivable, web design and hosting, and similar administrative or technical support functions. (B) The South Carolina LightRail Consortium must be governed by a board of directors consisting of six members. The board of directors consists of two representatives each from Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina, to be appointed by the respective university presidents and to serve at their pleasure. The consortium must be chaired by a member of the board of directors from each member institution on a rotating basis among all institutions for a term of two years. (C) Membership on the board is not an office of honor or profit within the meaning of Section 3, Article VI of the Constitution of this State. (D) The board shall establish rules of procedure governing its operations and also may establish an executive committee of the board to act in the board's stead in the manner authorized by the full board. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 284, SECTION 11, provides as follows: "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-10
SECTION 59-58-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as the "South Carolina Nonpublic Post-Secondary Institution License Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 59-21-540
SECTION 59-21-540. Special educational services for which State aid allowed.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse school districts of the State for providing special educational services when in compliance with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, from the regular appropriations and for teachers' salaries, in such manner as is provided by law. Such State aid shall be allowed as follows: (1) For special educational services for the educable mentally handicapped, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of ten enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in educable mentally handicapped employed to serve a minimum caseload of twenty-six educable mentally handicapped pupils for other instruction in a regular class. (2) For special education services for the trainable mentally handicapped, State aid shall be allowed for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of eight. (3) For special education for pupils with speech defects, State aid shall be allowed to school districts for speech clinicians (a) on the basis of one clinician per seventy-five speech handicapped children with this special aid being allowed notwithstanding the fact that such children may be counted for regular State aid in regular classes, or (b) on the basis of one clinician per one thousand five hundred students where severe speech problems are present requiring more intensified therapy. (4) For special education for emotionally handicapped children, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of eight enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in emotionally handicapped employed to serve a minimum caseload of twenty-six emotionally handicapped pupils enrolled for other instruction in a regular class. (5) For special education for hearing handicapped children, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher with a minimum average daily attendance of six enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in hearing handicapped employed to serve a minimum caseload of twelve hearing handicapped pupils enrolled for other instruction in a regular class. (6) For special education for visually handicapped children, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of six enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in visually handicapped employed to serve a minimum caseload of twelve visually handicapped pupils enrolled for other instruction in a regular class. (7) For special education for orthopedically handicapped children, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of eight enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in orthopedically handicapped employed to serve a minimum caseload of sixteen orthopedically handicapped pupils enrolled for other instruction in a regular class. (8) For special education for learning disabilities children, State aid shall be allowed (a) for a teacher employed with a minimum average daily attendance of ten enrolled in a self-contained class, or (b) a teacher in learning disabilities employed to serve a minimum caseload of twenty-six learning disabilities children enrolled for other instruction in a regular class. (9) For teachers serving more than one type of handicapped pupil, State aid shall be allowed on the basis of the enrollment required for the handicapping condition affecting the majority of pupils served by the specialist. (10) The proportionate part of a teacher's salary will be allowed when such a teacher has less than the required minimum average daily attendance and enrollment. (11) If in any district there are handicapped children not able even with the help of transportation to be assembled in a school, instruction may be provided in a child's home, or in hospitals or sanitoria. Children so instructed may be counted under the provisions of this article. If the child is permanently disabled, the cost of classroom-to-home video or audio service shall be allowed at the rate of six hundred dollars per year. The State Board of Education shall determine the number of hours of home instruction acceptable in lieu of regular school attendance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-340
SECTION 59-133-340. Powers and duties of trustees as to issuance and repayment of bonds.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized hereby are adequately secured, the trustees are empowered in their discretion: (1) to issue bonds in such amount, within the limitations herein provided for, as the trustees consider necessary, it is lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds, except bonds issued to effect refunding of outstanding bonds, to meet the payment of interest on such bonds for a period equal to the period of construction or renovation of the athletic facilities to be financed with the proceeds of such bonds, plus a period not exceeding six months, it being recognized by the General Assembly, that until the athletic facilities to be constructed or renovated with the proceeds of the bonds are completed, an undue burden may be imposed upon then existing revenues or other sources of payment of the bonds; (2) to impose admissions fees and a special student fee upon such basis and in such amounts as the trustees shall determine; (3) to pledge the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the trustees, and the proceeds of any admissions fees and special student fee, as security for the payment of such bonds, whether then or thereafter to be existing. However, any surplus of such revenues or net revenues available after the payment of costs of operation and maintenance of the athletic department and of athletic facilities and of debt service on such bonds, and the establishment of any debt service reserve obligation in a bond reserve fund under the proceedings providing for the issuance of such bonds, may be placed in a contingency and improvement fund for athletic facilities in order to restore depreciated or obsolete athletic facilities, to make improvements to such athletic facilities, to defray the cost of unforeseen contingencies with regard to such athletic facilities, to prevent defaults under such bonds or to redeem any of such bonds, or may be reflected in the opening balance of the operating fund of the department for the next succeeding fiscal year and used for any purpose approved by the trustees; (4) to further secure the bonds with a pledge of any additional revenues or fees of Francis Marion as may be authorized under other laws of the State; (5) to specify and limit the athletic facilities which may be made use of free of charge; (6) to covenant to establish and maintain such system of rules as will ensure the continuous and effective use of the athletic facilities; (7) to covenant that an adequate schedule of rates and charges for attendance at events held at any athletic facilities will be maintained, and that net athletic revenues plus any proceeds of the admissions fees and the special student fee will be sufficient to: (a) pay the cost of operating and maintaining the athletic department and the athletic facilities, including the cost of fire, extended coverage and use, and occupancy insurance; (b) pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) provide any necessary debt service coverage ratios; (d) create and maintain any bond reserve fund established to meet the payment of principal and interest of any of the bonds; and (e) create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies and for major repairs and replacement of athletic facilities; (8) to covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the athletic facilities and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created thereon, equal or superior to any lien created thereon for the benefit of the holders of such bonds. However, the trustees reserve the right, under such terms as they shall prescribe, to issue additional bonds on a parity with, or subordinate to, the bonds authorized by this article; (9) to covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article; (10) to provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution, and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds; (11) to make covenants with respect to the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities; (12) to covenant that all revenues or net revenues pledged for the payment of the bonds must be duly segregated into special funds and that such funds will be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose; (13) to covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on such terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing such bonds shall prescribe; (14) to provide for early defeasance of bonds through the establishment of special escrow accounts maintained by a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer, of cash, or United States government obligations, or obligations of agencies thereof, which escrows may be funded with proceeds of bonds issued hereunder or revenues or net revenues or other funds available to Francis Marion; (15) to prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which consent shall be given; (16) to covenant as to the maintenance of the athletic facilities, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy; (17) to prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived; (18) to impose a statutory lien upon any athletic facilities as security for the payment of the bonds. The lien shall extend to such athletic facilities, to their appurtenances and extensions, to their additions, improvements, and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured thereby. These athletic facilities shall remain subject to such statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. Any holder of any of the bonds, or any of the coupons representing interest thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce the statutory lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application thereof. However, the statutory lien must not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the athletic facilities or any part thereof; (19) to covenant that, if there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the athletic department, with power to fix rates and charges for athletic facilities and other activities of the athletic department, and to apply the income and revenues of the athletic department to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon; (20) to establish on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this article a bond reserve fund and to cause the same to be maintained by the State Treasurer or its corporate trustee designee, and to that end, the trustees are empowered to utilize any monies available for the funding of any such bond reserve fund, including revenues or net revenues previously accumulated prior to the issuance of bonds or available proceeds of the admissions fee or the special student fee. In the discretion of the trustees, in lieu of cash, such a bond reserve fund may be funded with a surety bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, line of credit, or similar guarantee. At the discretion of the trustees, Francis Marion may purchase an insurance policy ensuring payment of both principal and interest on any issuance of bonds hereunder; (21) with the consent of the State Treasurer, to appoint a corporate trustee and a paying agent for the bondholders, either of whom may be the State Treasurer, and to prescribe the manner in which revenues or net revenues, as well as proceeds of admissions fees and special student fee shall be utilized and disposed of. Any such corporate trustee shall serve in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for the bondholders under the resolutions of the trustees authorizing the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 3 / Section 59-104-250
SECTION 59-104-250. Technical college libraries shall convert to computer-based automated system compatible with state library systems.
Status: in_force

All libraries in the technical colleges in this State shall convert to a computer-based automated system that is compatible with existing state library systems and allows for appropriate networking with public colleges and universities if funds are appropriated for this purpose. The Commission on Higher Education shall request special appropriations to accomplish the conversion.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 59-25-340
SECTION 59-25-340. Requirement of passing adopted pedagogy examination.
Status: in_force

A person who has received a passport certificate issued by the ABCTE, possesses an alternative route certificate, and has been initially hired by a school district must be required, as a condition for professional certification, to successfully pass the South Carolina adopted pedagogy examination.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-200 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-200
SECTION 59-29-200. Pupil-teacher ratios.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984, no school district with a student population in excess of 9,000 shall receive any remediation funds appropriated hereunder unless each language arts and mathematics class in grades seven through twelve has in 1984-85 a pupil-teacher ratio of thirty students per teacher or less, in 1985-86 a pupil-teacher ratio of twenty-eight students per teacher or less, and in 1986-87, and thereafter, a pupil-teacher ratio of twenty-five to one or less.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-120
SECTION 59-5-120. Prescription of rules and promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The Board of Education, as successor to the State Educational Finance Commission, shall prescribe and promulgate, in the manner provided by law, reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of Sections 59-5-100 and 59-5-110, Chapter 21 of this Title, Article 3 of Chapter 67 of this Title and Articles 1 and 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title and such rules and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 1 / Section 59-111-10
SECTION 59-111-10. Scholarship for winner of essay contest sponsored by Governor's Committee on Employment of Physically Handicapped.
Status: in_force

Each year the first place winner of the essay contest sponsored by the Governor's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped shall receive a four-year scholarship from the State-supported institution of his choice, provided he is otherwise qualified. The scholarship shall be granted by the governing body of the particular institution upon certification by the Governor's Committee of the first-place winner and that the winner is in financial need. The scholarship shall provide free tuition and fees, and may be cancelled if a recipient does not maintain general scholastic and conduct standards established by the institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 5 / Section 59-69-270
SECTION 59-69-270. Borrowing to pay school claims.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer and the county supervisor or other managing officer of the several counties in this State shall, upon the application of the county boards of education of the respective counties, borrow from time to time during any fiscal year such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the school claims of such counties, not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the amount reported by the county auditors for schools for such fiscal year. In addition thereto they may borrow not exceeding fifty per cent of the estimated receipts from the State for school aid or any other school fund that may be estimated to be paid to such county, at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate of six per cent per annum. They may pledge the taxes to be collected for that purpose or the funds to be paid therefor as security for the payment of the money so borrowed and the interest thereon. All money borrowed shall be held and paid out by the county treasurer as school funds and without extra commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-110
SECTION 59-117-110. Prior authorization for campus closing.
Status: in_force

No campus of the University of South Carolina shall be closed without prior authorization of the General Assembly by act or joint resolution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-505 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 5 / Section 59-136-505
SECTION 59-136-505. Issuance of state institution bonds and revenue bonds to refund and defease previous bonds; application of fees and revenues to satisfy obligations; purposes for which bonds may be issued.
Status: in_force

(A) No later than June 30, 1995, the Budget and Control Board shall issue state institution bonds pursuant to Title 59, Chapter 107, on behalf of Coastal Carolina University to refund and defease all state institution bonds issued on behalf of the University of South Carolina which are the Series 1991B and Series 1992C State Institution Bonds. That portion of the State Institution Bonds to be refunded which was used to provide facilities at Coastal Carolina University shall be refunded by a series of state institution bonds issued on behalf of Coastal Carolina University and secured by pledge of the tuition fees from Coastal Carolina University. The remaining state institution bonds to be refunded shall be refunded from the proceeds of state institution bonds issued on behalf of the University of South Carolina and secured by pledge of tuition fees collected at the University of South Carolina. (B) On or before June 30, 1995, Coastal Carolina University shall issue its revenue bonds to refund the Student and Faculty Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 1987, issued by the University of South Carolina and Student and Faculty Housing Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes, the proceeds of which were used to provide facilities at Coastal Carolina University. The proceeds from the refunding revenue bonds shall be applied to defease and refund the outstanding Series 1987 Bonds and Notes. On and after the date of issuance of all refunding bonds, the pledge of revenues derived from the operation of dormitory facilities at Coastal Carolina University shall be released from the pledge securing other student and faculty housing revenue bonds issued by the University of South Carolina. (C) Pending the issuance of the bonds described in subsections (A) and (B) above, the Budget and Control Board and the State Treasurer shall take all action necessary to continue the application of tuition fees and dormitory revenues derived by Coastal Carolina University to satisfy all obligations of the University of South Carolina with respect to bonds issued to provide facilities at Coastal Carolina University. (D) For purposes of Section 59-107-10, Coastal Carolina University is also considered an institution on behalf of which state institution bonds may be issued thereunder. The purposes for which state institution bonds may be issued on behalf of Coastal Carolina University shall include the refunding of state institution bonds issued on behalf of the University of South Carolina to provide facilities at Coastal Carolina University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 16 / Section 59-53-1340
SECTION 59-53-1340. Budget.
Status: in_force

The commission shall submit a budget to the legislative delegation on or before March first of each year. If a majority of the legislative delegation shall approve the budget, the Auditor of York County shall levy and the treasurer shall collect a tax sufficient to provide the necessary funds for the administration of this act upon all taxable property in York County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-90
SECTION 59-32-90. Restrictions on use of films, pictures, or diagrams.
Status: in_force

Films, pictures, or diagrams in any comprehensive health education program in public schools must be designed solely for the purpose of explaining bodily functions or the human reproduction process and may not include actual or simulated portrayals of sexual activities or sexual intercourse.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-57-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 57 / Section 59-57-20
SECTION 59-57-20. Meetings.
Status: in_force

The Commission may meet at such times and in such places as the majority of the members deem most desirable. Meetings shall be called by the chairman of the Commission; provided, that in the event the chairman is unable or unwilling to call a meeting, the Commission can be called into session on the written request and signatures of three members.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-240
SECTION 59-133-240. Authority to borrow; bonding limit.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence such borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of fifteen million dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-135 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-135
SECTION 59-49-135. Foundation and endowment fund.
Status: in_force

(A) The board shall create a Development Office for the school that will be headed by an executive director. The executive director shall be an employee of the school, be hired by the head of the school, and serve at his pleasure with a salary that shall be set by the board. The board may establish and maintain an endowment fund for the school that is subject to the direction of the Executive Director of the Development Office and that has the primary purpose of raising funds to support the furtherance of the school's mission, goals, and objectives. (B) The endowment fund must be organized on a nonprofit basis as a separate legal entity recognized under and in compliance with the laws of this State. (C)(1) In consultation with the Executive Director of the Development Office, the endowment fund must adopt an annual operations and capital budget. Prior to adopting the annual budget, the head of the endowment fund must meet with the Executive Director of the Development Office and the head of the school to review the endowment fund's proposed budget, and prior to any subsequent proposed material changes to the budget. The endowment fund budget and its fundraising goals must exclusively be based on the operation and capital goals of the school as provided to the foundation by the Executive Director of the Development Office and the head of the school. (2) The endowment fund shall not accept any donations that are restricted in their use unless the proposed restriction is approved by the board prior to its acceptance and unless the funds are being used for a purpose that is needed by the school. (D) Prior to taking any action, including fundraising, on behalf of the school, the board and the endowment fund must enter into a written agreement detailing the corresponding rights, duties, and responsibilities of the endowment fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-3-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-3-10
SECTION 59-3-10. Appointment, compensation, and qualifications of State Superintendent of Education.
Status: in_force

Section effective until approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution. The referendum to amend Section 7, Article VI failed on November 6, 2018. See Editor's Note. The State Superintendent of Education shall be elected at each general election in the same manner as other State officers and shall enter upon the duties of his office at the time prescribed by law. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall give bond for the use of the State in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of his office, and he shall also, at the time of giving bond, take and subscribe the oath prescribed in Section 26 of Article III of the Constitution of the State, which shall be endorsed upon the back of the bond. The bond shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and by him recorded and, when so recorded, shall be filed with the State Treasurer. The Superintendent of Education shall receive as compensation for his services such sum as the General Assembly shall by law provide, payable monthly out of the State Treasury, and his traveling expenses, not exceeding three hundred dollars, shall be paid out of the State Treasury upon duly itemized accounts rendered by him. Text of Section through (A) effective upon approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution. The referendum to amend Section 7, Article VI failed on November 6, 2018. See Editor's Note. (A) The State Superintendent of Education must be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and must receive such compensation as may be established under the provision of Section 8-11-160. A vacancy in the office of superintendent must be filled as provided in Section 1-30-10(B)(1)(iv) and in Section 1-3-210, as applicable. (B) The Superintendent of Education must possess: (1) the minimum of a master's degree and substantive and broad-based experience in the field of public education including, but not limited to, service as a classroom teacher, principal, other school or school district administrator, school district superintendent, or other education policy making body at either the state or local level or any combination of them; or (2) the minimum of a master's degree and substantive and broad-based experience in operational and financial management in any field of expertise including, but not limited to, finance, economics, accounting, law, or business. Text of (C) effective upon approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution. The referendum to amend Section 7, Article VI failed on November 6, 2018. See Editor's Note. (C) Any judicial action challenging the qualifications of a candidate or appointee, as appropriate, must be brought in circuit court within thirty days of the close of candidate filing or appointment for Superintendent of Education. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 178, SECTIONS 4 and 6, provide as follows: "SECTION 4. The person elected State Superintendent of Education in the 2018 General Election shall serve out his term; however, if the person vacates that office before the term expires in January 2023, any successors must: (1) be appointed as provided in Section 1-30-10(B)(1)(iv); and (2) must satisfy the experience requirements of Section 59-3-10(B)." "SECTION 6. The provisions of Section 59-3-10(B), as contained in SECTION 1, take effect upon approval by the Governor. The remaining provisions of this act take effect upon approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, providing for the appointment of the State Superintendent of Education by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and are applicable beginning with the 2018 General Election." The referendum to amend Article VI, Section 7 failed on November 6, 2018. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 178, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-183 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-183
SECTION 59-29-183. In-service training programs.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall develop or select in-service training programs for teachers and staff in teaching higher order thinking and problem solving as part of the existing curriculum. Upon funding for district implementation of the program by the General Assembly, the State Department of Education shall ensure that each school district implements teacher in-service training in higher order thinking and problem solving on a schedule to train all teachers and staff within five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-156-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 156 / Section 59-156-220
SECTION 59-156-220. Funding for students enrolled with private providers.
Status: in_force

(A) Eligible students enrolling with private providers during the school year must be funded on a pro rata basis determined by the length of their enrollment. (B) Private providers transporting eligible children to and from school must be eligible for a reimbursement of up to five hundred fifty dollars for each eligible child transported, funded on a pro rata basis determined by the length of the child's enrollment. Providers who are reimbursed are required to retain records as required by their fiscal agent. (C) Providers enrolling between one and six eligible children must be eligible to receive up to one thousand dollars for each child in materials and equipment grant funding, with providers enrolling seven or more such children eligible for grants not to exceed ten thousand dollars. (D) Providers receiving equipment grants are expected to participate in the program and provide high-quality, center-based programs for a minimum of three years. A provider who fails to participate for three years shall return a portion of the equipment allocation at a level determined by the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps to School Readiness. Funding to providers is contingent upon receipt of data as requested by the Department of Education and the Office of First Steps.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-160
SECTION 59-109-160. Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 3 / Section 59-136-370
SECTION 59-136-370. Filing with State Treasurer description of all obligations entered into by board.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments, and all pertinent data.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2040 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 23 / Section 59-53-2040
SECTION 59-53-2040. Acceptance of donations.
Status: in_force

The board may accept funds, grants, or equipment from donors to offset the cost of implementing the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-60
SECTION 59-25-60. Non-teaching occupational experience credit.
Status: in_force

(A) When reviewing an application by an individual for an educator certificate, the State Department of Education shall award years of experience on the educator certificate for non-teaching occupational experience in, or related to, the content field of the certificate for which the individual qualifies. One year of experience credit may be awarded for every two years of full-time relevant occupational experience completed by the individual. Years of experience shall be awarded solely for the purpose of advancement on the teacher salary schedule. Except for individuals seeking work-based certification, educator experience credit and relevant occupational experience eligible for educator experience credit must have been earned after the conferral of a bachelor's degree from a college or university meeting State Board of Education accreditation requirements. To be eligible for years of experience on the educator certificate, the individual must complete and submit a verification of relevant occupational experience form developed by the State Department of Education with the application for an educator certificate. (B) Individuals who entered the teaching profession prior to July 1, 2025, with non-teaching occupational experience in, or related to, the content field of their teaching certificate may complete and submit the verification of relevant occupational experience form to the State Department of Education to have additional years of experience added to their certificate for the purposes of advancing on the teacher salary schedule. If additional years of experience are awarded, the eligible individual is entitled to have his pay adjusted at the beginning of the next school year, from the effective date of the adjustment, to reflect the new experience step on the employing district's salary schedule. However, the individual is not entitled to retroactive pay for the increased years of experience during prior years of teaching or for any purpose other than advancement on the teacher salary schedule. (C) Nothing in this section alters any existing requirements for receiving an educator certificate. Individuals with the occupational experience identified in subsection (A) must still meet all other existing requirements in order to receive an educator certificate. (D) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as allowing additional years of experience to be awarded for purposes other than advancement on the teacher salary schedule. Years of experience awarded pursuant to this section for relevant occupational experience are not considered service credit for the purposes of the state retirement or state health plans administered by PEBA. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 29, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. The State Department of Education shall not add a full-time equivalent (FTE) position or partial FTE to evaluate and process certification requests as required to implement the provisions of this act." 2025 Act No. 29, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines for purposes of implementation of this act and make available the non-teaching occupational experience verification form described in this act no later than one hundred-eighty-days after the approval by the Governor."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-50
SECTION 59-152-50. Office of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness established; duties.
Status: repealed

Under supervision of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, there is created an Office of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness. The office shall: (1) provide to the board information on best practice, successful strategies, model programs, and financing mechanisms; (2) review the local partnerships' plans and budgets in order to provide technical assistance and recommendations regarding local grant proposals and improvement in meeting statewide and local goals; (3) provide technical assistance, consultation, and support to local partnerships to facilitate their success including, but not limited to, model programs, strategic planning, leadership development, best practice, successful strategies, collaboration, financing, and evaluation; (4) evaluate each program funded by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees on a regular cycle to determine its effectiveness and whether it should continue to receive funding; (5) recommend to the board the applicants meeting the criteria for First Steps partnerships and the grants to be awarded; (6) submit an annual report to the board, the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and Public Works Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Senate Education Committee by December first which includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) the needs and resources available to meet the goals and purposes of the First Steps to School Readiness initiative statewide, to include each local partnership; (b) a list of risk factors the office considers to affect school readiness; (c) identification of areas where client-level data is not available; (d) an explanation of how First Steps programs reach the most at-risk children; (e) the ongoing progress and results of the First Steps to School Readiness initiative statewide and locally; (f) fiscal information on the expenditure of funds, and recommendations and legislative proposals to further implement the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative statewide; (g) kindergarten readiness results for the prior school year as well as longitudinal data to document progress toward improving kindergarten readiness; (h) annual and five-year goals to serve a high proportion of at-risk children in the State along with a plan and timetable to reach the goals that align to the benchmarks and objectives established by the board; (i) the evidence-based and evidence-informed programs provided and number of children and families served for the past three fiscal years. The data must include the percentage of total at-risk children served by the initiative; (j) the total amount of state, local, federal, and other revenues received and the total amount of these funds expended by the State Office of First Steps and by each local partnership for services to children and families; (k) availability of high-quality and affordable professional development and high-impact strategies such as coaching for child care providers to include the number of individuals, by partnership, who receive the professional development; (l) innovative practices in counties that are making progress toward the benchmarks and objectives; (m) technical assistance provided by State Office of First Steps to county partnerships with information related to the type of assistance provided and outcomes of the assistance; (n) evidence of each local partnership's collaboration with public and private stakeholders; and (o) performance reviews of the local partnership boards referenced in Section 59-152-70(F); (7) provide for ongoing data collection. Before June 30, 2015, the board shall develop a response to the November 2014 external evaluation of each prevalent program and the overall goals of the initiative, as provided in Section 59-125-160. The office shall contract with an external evaluator to develop a schedule for an in-depth and independent performance audit designed to measure the success of each prevalent program in regard to its success in supporting the goals of the State Board and those set forth in Section 59-152-20 and Section 59-152-30. Results of all external performance audits must be published in the First Steps annual report; (8) coordinate the First Steps to School Readiness initiative with all other state, federal, and local public and private efforts to promote good health and school readiness of young children and support for their families; (9) complete an annual accountability report pursuant to Section 1-1-820 and identify key program area descriptions and expenditures and link these to key financial and performance results measures, and provide this report to the General Assembly to post on its Internet website; and (10) submit to the Agency Head Salary Commission, pursuant to Sections 8-11-160 and 8-11-165, justification of and recommendations for the salary and any salary increases for the Executive Director of the South Carolina Office of First Steps to School Readiness. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 10, rewrote the section, revising the time and manner for performance audits, revising ongoing data collection provisions, and correcting an obsolete reference. 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 3, rewrote (6), revising miscellaneous reporting requirements of the Office of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness; added (9) and (10); and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-45 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-45
SECTION 59-25-45. Health and dental insurance.
Status: in_force

Teachers working less than thirty hours a week, but no less than fifteen hours a week, shall qualify for state health and dental insurance. The Public Employee Benefit Authority is directed to amend its "Plan of Benefits" regarding fringe benefits to conform to the provisions of this section. Teachers and employers shall each contribute toward the cost of these benefits with the employer paying only that portion of the employer's normal cost which is attributable to the time the teacher is working, and the teacher shall pay all remaining costs. However, the employer's contribution shall be no less than half the normal cost.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-110
SECTION 59-33-110. Mediation as part of due process provision.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall establish a mediation process as a part of the "due process" provision required in accordance with Public Law 94-142. If all parties agree, mediation will be used before any due process hearings required by Public Law 94-142 or at any time during the due process procedures. During discussions of the mediation process with parents, it must be clearly stated that the right of the parents or the school district to due process is in no way compromised by agreeing to mediation and that neither parents nor the school district are bound by the outcomes of mediation. The mediation process must be developed by July 1, 1994, and implemented during the 1994-95 school year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-114-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 114 / Section 59-114-40
SECTION 59-114-40. Qualification requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) Members of the National Guard enrolled or planning to enroll in an eligible institution may apply to the commission for a college assistance program grant. To qualify, an applicant must: (1) be in good standing with the active National Guard at the beginning of each academic year and remain a member in good standing with the active National Guard throughout the entire academic year for which benefits are payable; (2) have valid tuition and fee expenses from an eligible institution; (3) maintain a cumulative grade point average that the institution requires to remain as a student; and (4) satisfy additional eligibility requirements as may be promulgated by the commission. (B) Individuals joining the National Guard become eligible for college assistance program grants upon completion of basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Enlisted personnel shall continue their service in the National Guard during the term of the courses covered by the grant received. Officers shall continue their service with the National Guard for at least four years after completion of the most recent grant awarded or degree completion. (C) National Guard members receiving a full Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship are not eligible for college assistance program grants. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment rewrote this section. 2014 Act No. 151, SECTION 2, in subsection (B), substituted "upon completion of basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT)" for "on the day of enlistment".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-80
SECTION 59-58-80. Student tuition recovery fund; surety bonds by licensed institutions; use of funds for benefit of students.
Status: in_force

(A) Before an institution is licensed under this chapter, the commission may require that a surety bond be provided by the institution in an amount in compliance with the regulations prescribed by the commission. The obligation of the bond is that the institution, its officers, agents, and employees shall faithfully perform the terms and conditions of contracts for tuition and other instructional fees entered into between the institution and persons enrolling as students. The bond must be issued by a company authorized to do business in the State of South Carolina. The bond must be to the commission, in that form as approved by the commission, and is to be used for the benefit of students who suffer financial losses of tuition and fees prepaid to an institution as a result of the closing of the institution. The commission may use the funds for these purposes to pay refunds to these students for unearned tuition and fees, to pay for or subsidize the cost of providing facilities and instruction for these students to complete their programs, or to pay expenses to store and maintain student records of these students. (B) The bond company may not be relieved of liability on the bond unless it gives the institution and the commission ninety days' written notice of the company's intent to cancel the bond. If at any time the company that issued the bond cancels or discontinues the coverage, the institution's license is revoked as a matter of law on the effective date of the cancellation or discontinuance of bond coverage, unless a replacement bond is obtained and provided to the commissioner. (C) Instead of the surety bond required in subsection (A), the institution may pledge other means of collateral acceptable to the State Treasurer, in an aggregate market value of the required bond. The commission shall deliver a safekeeping receipt of collateral to the State Treasurer to be held until the commission serves notice for its release to the commission. (D) The commission may promulgate regulations establishing a student recovery fund for nonpublic educational institutions. The fund must be used to benefit students because an institution has failed to perform faithfully its contractual obligations for tuition and instructional fees in the event of an institution's closing. The commission may use the funds for these purposes to pay refunds to these students for unearned tuition and prepaid fees, to pay for or subsidize the cost of providing facilities and instruction for these students to complete their programs, or to pay expenses to store and maintain student records of these students. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), in the fourth sentence substituted the final clause starting with "for the benefit of" for "only for payment of a refund of tuition and instructional fees due a student or potential student" and added the fifth sentence relating to tuition refunds and payment of the expense of maintaining records; and, in subsection (D), in the first sentence substituted "recovery " for tuition guaranty" fund, in the second sentence substituted "benefit" for "reimburse" students, and added the third sentence relating to use of the funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 59-18-310
SECTION 59-18-310. Development or adoption of statewide assessment program to promote student learning and measure student performance.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board of Education, through the Department of Education, is required to develop or adopt a statewide assessment program to promote student learning and to measure student performance on state standards and: (1) identify areas in which students, schools, or school districts need additional support; (2) indicate the academic achievement for schools, districts, and the State; (3) satisfy federal reporting requirements; and (4) provide professional development to educators. Assessments required to be developed or adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section or chapter must be objective and reliable, and administered in English and in Braille for students as identified in their Individual Education Plan. (B)(1) The statewide assessment program must include the subjects of English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies in grades three through eight, as delineated in Section 59-18-320, and end-of-course tests for courses selected by the State Board of Education and approved by the Education Oversight Committee for federal accountability, which award units of credit in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. A student's score on an end-of-year assessment may not be the sole criterion for placing the student on academic probation, retaining the student in his current grade, or requiring the student to attend summer school. Beginning with the graduating class of 2010, students are required to pass a high school credit course in science and a course in United States history in which end-of-course examinations are administered to receive the state high school diploma. Beginning with the graduating class of 2015, students are no longer required to meet the exit examination requirements set forth in this section and State Regulation to earn a South Carolina high school diploma. (2) A person who is no longer enrolled in a public school and who previously failed to receive a high school diploma or was denied graduation solely for failing to meet the exit exam requirements pursuant to this section and State Regulation may petition the local school board to determine the student's eligibility to receive a high school diploma pursuant to this chapter. The local school board will transmit diploma requests to the South Carolina Department of Education in accordance with department procedures. Petitions under this section must be submitted to the local school district. Students receiving diplomas in accordance with this section shall not be counted as graduates in the graduation rate calculations for affected schools and districts, either retroactively or in current or future calculations. On or before January 31, 2019, the South Carolina Department of Education shall report to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly the number of diplomas granted, by school district, under the provision. The State Board of Education shall remove any conflicting requirement and promulgate conforming changes in its applicable regulations. The department shall advertise the provisions of this item in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation in the area of each school district within forty-five days after this enactment. After enactment, the department may continue to advertise the provisions of this item, but it shall not be required to advertise after December 31, 2017. At a minimum, this notice must consist of two columns measuring at least ten inches in length and measuring at least four and one-half inches combined width, and include: (a) a headline printed in at least a twenty-four point font that is boldfaced; (b) an explanation of who qualifies for the petitioning option; (c) an explanation of the petition process; (d) a contact name and phone number; and (e) the deadline for submitting a petition. (C) While assessment is called for in the specific areas mentioned above, this should not be construed as lessening the importance of foreign languages, visual and performing arts, health, physical education, and career or occupational programs. (D)(1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 School Year, the State Board of Education shall create a statewide adoption list of no more than five nationally normed formative assessments for use in kindergarten through eighth grade aligned with the state content standards in English/language arts and mathematics that satisfies professional measurement standards in accordance with criteria jointly determined by the Education Oversight Committee and the State Department of Education. The formative assessments must provide diagnostic information in a timely manner to all school districts for each student during the course of the school year. Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for the assessments, local districts must be allocated resources to select and administer formative assessments from the statewide adoption list to use to improve student performance in accordance with district improvement plans. (2) Districts shall ensure all students in kindergarten through eighth grade are assessed using a state-approved, nationally normed formative assessment tool during the fall, winter, and spring each year. School districts shall provide all formative assessment data and scores by grade level and school to the department from the prior school year. The department is directed to compile the information received and submit a comprehensive report regarding performance on the formative assessments to the General Assembly by June 1, annually. Any school district failing to provide this data to the department shall have ten percent of their State Aid to Classroom funding withheld until the data is provided. (3) The state-approved, nationally normed formative assessments shall be periodically reevaluated pursuant to a timeline established by the department not to exceed four years. (E) The State Department of Education shall provide on-going professional development in the development and use of classroom assessments, the use of formative assessments, and the use of the end-of-year state assessments so that teaching and learning activities are focused on student needs and lead to higher levels of student performance. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), in the introductory statement, added "promote student learning and to" preceding "measure student performance" and added paragraph (4) relating to professional development; rewrote subsection (B), adding the second sentence requiring science and United States history examinations; and added subsections (D) to (F) relating to formative assessments. The 2008 amendment rewrote subsection (B); added subsection (C) relating to reporting strand level information and reporting of student scores; redesignated subsections (C) and (D) as subsections (D) and (E) and rewrote subsection (E); and deleted subsection (E) relating to adoption of a developmentally appropriate formative reading assessment for use in first and second grades. 2014 Act No. 155, SECTION 1, in subsection (B), added the paragraph designators; in subsection (B)(1), in the first sentence, deleted text relating to exit examinations, and added the last sentence, relating to exit examinations; and added subsection (B)(2). 2016 Act No. 207, SECTION 1, in (B)(2), deleted "by December 31, 2015" following "submitted to the local school district" in the third sentence; substituted "2019" for "2017" following "January 31," in the fifth sentence; added the second to last sentence, relating to advertisement after December 31, 2017; and made a nonsubstantive change. 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 6, amended the section, deleting obsolete language and deleting provisions concerning the timing for administering certain assessments. 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 12, rewrote (D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-235 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-235
SECTION 59-40-235. Geographical boundaries.
Status: in_force

The geographical boundaries from which a charter school sponsored by a public or independent institution of higher learning may accept students are the same as the boundaries of the State of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-210
SECTION 59-31-210. Board required to provide textbooks on rental basis.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall provide all the textbooks for use in the public schools of the State on a rental system whereby the pupils in the public schools will pay an annual rental in an amount to be fixed by the State Board of Education, in its discretion, graduated as to grades, sufficient to pay all the costs of the administration of this article and the purchase of any books necessary to be acquired by the State Board of Education. But the Board shall not be required to furnish materials which shall be consumed or rendered worthless in any one year, such as pencils, tablets, workbooks, drawing materials and other similar articles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1330
SECTION 59-63-1330. Discretion of school board.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall abrogate the authority of any public school district and its governing board to take such disciplinary action as it is otherwise empowered by law to take against any student for misconduct including, but not limited to, expulsion, and nothing in this chapter shall require that any student be assigned to such an alternative school. These decisions shall rest solely in the discretion of the district and school board, regardless of the offense, record of the child, or other information presented from any source.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-30
SECTION 59-73-30. Levy of annual school district tax.
Status: in_force

The voters or electors of any school district who return real or personal property for taxation may levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any special or other tax for like purposes in the manner herein provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-640 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 59-53-640
SECTION 59-53-640. Commission to maintain record of its receipts and expenditures; reports to be filed; audits to be conducted.
Status: in_force

The commission must at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures and at least once within four months following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be filed with the State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-540
SECTION 59-127-540. Signature and seal.
Status: in_force

The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness must be signed in the corporate name of the university by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting chairman of the board of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting secretary of the board. Interest coupons attached to the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness must be signed by the facsimile signatures of these officers. The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the coupons have ceased to hold office at the time of the issue or at the time of the delivery of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness to the purchaser.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-129-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 129 / Section 59-129-20
SECTION 59-129-20. Retirement benefits for employees.
Status: in_force

Any employee of Palmer College, or any other State employee, on July 2, 1974, who was as of July 1, 1973, an employee of Palmer College may avail himself of prior service credits under the South Carolina Retirement System in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-1-860. Provided, however, that such prior service credits shall not be extended if to do so would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the South Carolina Retirement System plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-30
SECTION 59-39-30. High schools established prior to February 19, 1907 may claim privileges of article.
Status: in_force

Any public high school established prior to February 19, 1907 may claim the privileges of this article; provided, that it conforms to the requirements of this article and the regulations of the State Board of Education. But nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal any of the privileges granted special school districts in the special acts of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-515 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-515
SECTION 59-67-515. Speed limit for public school buses; exceptions.
Status: in_force

No public school bus may be operated in this State in excess of forty-five miles an hour, except when traveling on a highway with a posted maximum speed limit above fifty-five miles an hour, or when traveling to and from special events which necessitate travel on interstate or state primary highways. Special event variances from the authorized speed limit for public school buses must be obtained by written authorization from the Department of Education. In no instance may the public school bus be authorized to exceed the speed of fifty-five miles an hour. Public school buses are not required to have devices to govern the speed or operation of the vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-85 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-85
SECTION 59-49-85. Faculty qualifications.
Status: in_force

(A) The agricultural and natural resources instructional program may use part-time or full-time faculty members who hold advanced degrees or extensive professional experience in the agricultural and natural resources industry and whose professional expertise can be demonstrated by their training and accomplishments as recognized by state or national organizations and affiliations. As an alternative to traditional certification, these faculty members shall participate annually in professional development programs approved by the president and the board of trustees. Pursuant to this chapter, the board of trustees shall adopt policies and regulations governing development of the agricultural and natural resources instructional program. (B) The academic program must be comprised of faculty who hold one or more degrees in the specific subject to be taught and who must have achieved traditional state certification in the area of instruction. Teacher certification must be maintained pursuant to state law and regulations. (C) The president and the board will determine the salary scale of teachers and administrators of the school, not to exceed the highest salaries of any public school district in the State for those designated positions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-30
SECTION 59-5-30. Compensation of members.
Status: in_force

The members of the Board shall receive as compensation a per diem and mileage as is provided for members of the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-330
SECTION 59-133-330. Power to maintain admissions fees and special student fees necessary to repay bonds.
Status: in_force

To the end that provisions be made for the adequate payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds: (1)(a) The trustees shall maintain in full force and effect any necessary admissions fees or special student fee on a basis and in such amounts as will be sufficient, after taking into account net revenues and any other funds pledged to the payment of the bonds as provided under Section 59-133-340(4), to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same mature and to provide the required reserve therefor in any bond reserve fund. It is the duty of Francis Marion to calculate the debt service requirements of the bonds not less frequently than annually and, if required at such time, appropriate revisions of any admissions fees or special student fee must be made by the trustees if such revisions are required, after taking into account net revenues for the year, to make adequate provisions for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and the maintenance of any required reserve in a bond reserve fund. (b) The admissions fees and the special student fee, if any, must bear such nomenclature as the trustees shall prescribe. The special student fee may, in the discretion of the trustees, be included as a part of any other fee. The trustees shall account for the receipt from any admissions fees and special student fee to the State Treasurer, for deposit by the State Treasurer in the debt service fund. (2) The trustees shall cause to be established with the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds pursuant to this article, a debt service fund into which must be deposited annually sufficient funds as provided in this article to meet the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds for such year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-440
SECTION 59-130-440. Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; contents.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this article must be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the board of the university. The resolution of the university, in the discretion of the board, may contain provisions which constitute a part of the contract between the university and the holders of the bonds, as to any of the following: (1) the custody, security, use, expenditure, or application of the proceeds of the bonds including, without limitation, the use of bond proceeds to pay the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction or renovation of facilities, expenses of issuance of the bonds, interest on the bonds for such period of time as the board may determine and the cost of bond insurance or other credit enhancement and to fund reserves established with respect to the bonds; (2) the acquisition, renovation, construction, reconstruction, or completion of the facilities for which the bonds are issued; (3) the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance, or disposition of the facilities the fees and revenues from which are pledged to secure payments with respect to the bonds or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the board to dispose of or to limit or regulate the use of these facilities; (4) the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the bonds and the sources and the methods of the payment, the rank or priority of the bonds as to any lien or security or the acceleration of the maturity of the bonds; (5) the use and disposition of the fees and revenues including, without limitation, the pledging, setting aside, or depositing with a trustee all or part of the fees and revenues to secure the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the bonds and the payment of expenses of operation and maintenance of the facilities; (6) the setting aside out of bond proceeds, the fees and revenues or other available funds of reserves or sinking funds and the source, custody, security, regulation, and disposition of them; (7) the determination of the fees and revenues, subject to the provisions of Section 59-130-510, or other available funds to be pledged as security for payments with respect to the bonds and for the expenses of operation and maintenance of the facilities; (8) the fixing, establishment, collection, and enforcement of the rentals, fees, or other charges from students, faculty members, and others using or being served by, or having the right to use or be served by, the facilities the fees and revenues from which are pledged to secure payments with respect to the bonds and the disposition and application of the fees and revenues charged and collected; (9) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or the incurrence of indebtedness payable from the same fees and revenues from which the bonds are payable; (10) rules to ensure the use of the facilities by students or members of the faculty of the university to the maximum extent to which the building or equipment is capable of serving the students or faculty members; (11) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of the bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds to which the holders shall consent, and the manner in which the consent may be given or evidenced; and (12) any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution or resolutions authorizing or providing for the bonds, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds or to further the purposes for which the facilities are being acquired, constructed, reconstructed, renovated, or equipped and the bonds being issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-490
SECTION 59-127-490. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University. (2) "Equipment" means items with a useful life of at least fifteen years. (3) "Academic and administrative buildings" means the real and personal property and equipment to be utilized by the College of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, the College of Education, Humanities and Social Science, and the College of Business and Applied Professional Sciences, whether or not the acquisition or construction of these facilities are financed from the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other indebtedness issued pursuant to the provisions of this article. (4) "Fees and revenues" means the special student fees, auxiliary fees, and revenues derived or to be derived from the operation, sale, lease, or other disposition of the facilities. (5) "University" means South Carolina State University. SECTION 59-127-500. Power to issue facilities improvement bonds Subject to the approval of the Joint Bond Review Committee and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, by resolution adopted, the university may issue bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, and improvement of land, buildings, and other improvements to real property and equipment for the purpose of providing certain academic and administrative buildings as defined in this article serving the needs of the university.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-580 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 59-31-580
SECTION 59-31-580. Attorney General shall enforce article.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall institute and prosecute suits against all violators of the provisions of this article and all contracts entered into in violation of the terms of this article shall be null and void.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-340
SECTION 59-63-340. Promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 5 / Section 59-69-250
SECTION 59-69-250. Treasurer required to carry forward unexpended balances; report.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall carry forward all sums in his hands collected for any previous year or years for school purposes and unexpended to the next fiscal year and credit the same to the school districts respectively, for which they were apportioned. He shall report such sums to the county superintendent of education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-449 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-449
SECTION 59-1-449. State Department of Education to report state and local funding requirements to local entities.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall report no later than May first in each year to all local government entities having the authority to levy school taxes the amount required in the applicable school districts to provide the state-required minimum effort and an analysis of all local effort requirements for the applicable districts, including the figures used in the computation of: (1) local salary supplements; (2) Education Finance Act foundation program; and (3) per pupil maintenance of effort.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-90
SECTION 59-109-90. Bond anticipation notes; issuance, terms, form, and execution of bonds and notes.
Status: in_force

(A) In anticipation of the sale of bonds, the authority may issue bond anticipation notes. (B) The bonds and notes of every issue shall be payable solely out of revenues derived by the authority pursuant to the financing agreement or agreements with respect to the project or projects which such bonds or notes are issued to finance. Notwithstanding that bonds and notes may be payable from a special fund, they shall be and be deemed to be, for all purposes, negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration. (C) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or both, as determined by the authority. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and shall bear such date, mature at such time, not exceeding fifty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate, payable at such time, be in denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the authority shall determine. The bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale for such price as the authority shall determine. (D) Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-490
SECTION 59-130-490. Description of obligations entered into by board to be filed with State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

The board or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments, and all pertinent data.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-70
SECTION 59-122-70. Issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of The Citadel, which prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. The bonds may be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times, and on such occasions as the board may determine. If any bonds are issued as term bonds, a sinking fund must be established to provide for their retirement. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than forty years from their date and the first maturing bonds of any issue must fall due within five years from their date. The bonds must bear such rates of interest, be payable in the denominations, in the medium of payment, and at the place as prescribed by resolutions. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date before their respective maturities as the board prescribes. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in such amount or amounts as the board prescribes in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolution authorizing their issuance must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-120
SECTION 59-49-120. Funds of estate of Dr. John De La Howe.
Status: in_force

All of the money in the hands of trustees of the estate of Dr. John De La Howe shall by them be delivered to the board of trustees created by this chapter when so requested to do by the board of trustees. All amounts received from said estate and its operation shall be appropriated for the support and development of the school, in the discretion of the board of trustees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 59-25-520
SECTION 59-25-520. Powers and duties of court of common pleas; warrant for production of witnesses.
Status: in_force

The court of common pleas shall, on application of the district board, enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers and records and shall have the power to punish as for contempt of court, by a fine or imprisonment or both, the unexcused failure or refusal to attend and give testimony or produce books, papers and records as may have been required in any subpoena issued by the district board. The district board may issue to the sheriff of the county in which any hearing is held a warrant requiring him to produce at the hearing any witness who shall have ignored or failed to comply with any subpoena issued by the district board and duly served upon such witness. Such a warrant shall authorize the sheriff to arrest and produce at the hearing such witness, and it shall be his duty to do so; but the failure of a witness so to appear in response to any such subpoena may be excused on the same grounds as provided by law in the courts of this State as to the attendance of witnesses and jurors.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-41-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 41 / Section 59-41-60
SECTION 59-41-60. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations, consistent with the terms of this chapter, for the receiving and processing of applications for scholarship grants, the payment of grants and the administration of this chapter generally as it may find necessary or desirable. Such rules may, among other things, provide for the payment of scholarship grants by the school districts of the State to the parent of any child entitled to receive a scholarship grant in installments or otherwise, and for the proration of scholarships for children attending school less than a full school year; they shall include a minimum academic standard that shall be met by any school in order to entitle children attending such school to receive a scholarship grant; provided, however, that no rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall restrict, or in any way affect, the requirements of such school concerning the eligibility of pupils who may be admitted thereto or specify minimum physical plant facilities of any such school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 3 / Section 59-136-390
SECTION 59-136-390. Sources of payments of bonds; bonds not obligations of state.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be made payable solely from the revenues derived by the university from the operation of the building or equipment for which the bonds are issued or, in the discretion of the board of trustees of the university, from the revenues and also from any other revenues of the university except revenues derived from appropriations received from the General Assembly. The bonds are not obligations of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-280
SECTION 59-31-280. Subsequent election to come under system.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding that any school district or county may have exercised the privilege accorded under Section 59-31-410 not to come under the provisions of this article, any such school district or county may retract any such election by filing with the State Board of Education a written statement, which for any school district shall be signed by the board of trustees of such district and approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives from such county and for any county shall be signed by the county board of education and approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives of such county, in either case to the effect that the district or the county, as the case may be, desires to retract any such election theretofore made by it and to come under the provisions of this article. Upon any such statement being filed, any such school district or county, as the case may be, shall thereupon come under the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-750 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-750
SECTION 59-63-750. Compensation of school lunch supervisors; office space and equipment.
Status: in_force

Each supervisor shall be paid a salary and three hundred dollars per year for all expenses. The counties shall also furnish necessary office space and equipment for properly administering the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-43-25 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 43 / Section 59-43-25
SECTION 59-43-25. High school equivalency diploma tests.
Status: in_force

Before January 1, 2015, the State Board of Education shall select one or more tests or test batteries that an eligible candidate successfully may complete to receive a high school equivalency diploma. The test batteries approved by the State Board must have demonstrated the appropriate rigor for a high school equivalency exam and must be valid and reliable for the purpose for which these test batteries are administered. The State Board shall select at least one test battery meeting this requirement that is available in paper and pencil form, if one is available. The approved test batteries that are available in paper and pencil (pen), as well as dependent on computer technology, must be available to eligible candidates in both forms. Upon making its selection, the board shall authorize the administration of this test by the State Department of Education under policies that the board shall establish by regulations promulgated by the board and other procedures that the board considers appropriate. The board shall issue a high school equivalency diploma to an eligible candidate who successfully completes the approved test or test battery after January 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1810 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1810
SECTION 59-53-1810. Federal act accepted; State Board of Education designated as State Board of Career and Technology Training.
Status: in_force

The State of South Carolina accepts the provisions of an act of Congress entitled: "To Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Education; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such Education in Agriculture and the Trades and Industries; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Preparation of Teachers of Vocational Subjects; and to Appropriate Money and Regulate Its Expenditure", and designates and constitutes the State Board of Education as the South Carolina State Board of Career and Technology Training to cooperate with the United States Government in putting this law into operation. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "State Board of Career and Technology Training" for "State Board of Vocational Training" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-220
SECTION 59-65-220. Election of attendance supervisors.
Status: in_force

In each county desiring the services of an attendance supervisor, such supervisor shall, if his salary and expenses are to be paid by the State, be elected on or before July first of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, by the members of the county board of education whose terms of office run concurrently with or extend beyond the period of employment of such supervisor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-360
SECTION 59-19-360. Competency-based education systems.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) If a district or school is seeking to implement competency-based education, the State Board of Education may exempt the school from state laws, policies, and regulations that hinder the implementation of certain competency-based practices. A district that wishes to obtain an exemption may submit a waiver application to the State Board of Education in a format developed by the State Department of Education. To be considered, a waiver application must: (a) be approved by the local school district board of trustees; (b) be aligned to the district strategic plan; and (c) provide for the implementation of the strategies described in the waiver application for all students in the school, which may be implemented in phases over a period of five or fewer years. (2) A district must show evidence of the meaningful steps already taken to engage parents and community stakeholders. A district also must include a continued plan to seek parental outreach and consultation using guidelines approved by the State Board of Education when submitting a waiver application for approval by its local board of trustees and the State Board of Education, or the application may not be considered. (3) A district whose waiver application is approved may request additional exemptions and may request amendments to its current approved waiver on a rolling basis. (B) Competency-based education is designed to improve educational outcomes for students by advancing their mastery of concepts and skills. A competency-based system in South Carolina must align with the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate and include the following core principles: (1) Learning outcomes must emphasize competencies that include: (a) application and creation of World Class Knowledge; and (b) the development and application of the World Class Skills and Life and Career Characteristics identified in the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. (2) Competencies with explicit, measurable, and transferable student learning objectives provide transparency and guide students, with customized support from teachers, as the students pursue their own inquiries, understanding, and ownership of learning. (3) A student shall master competencies along a personalized and flexible pathway before he may advance. A student may demonstrate his mastery of competencies through his performance of the competencies, application of the competencies, or both. (4) Assessments must be meaningful and used to personalize learning experiences with a student. (5) A student must receive timely and personalized support based on his individual learning needs. (C) A local school board of trustees and the State Board of Education may not exempt a school from: (1) federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services; (2) health, safety, civil rights, and disability rights requirements as applied to other public schools operating in the district; or (3) state and federal assessment requirements. (D) A school operating under a waiver pursuant to this section shall admit all children eligible to attend the school, subject to space limitations, and may not limit or deny admission or show preference in an admission decision to an individual or group of individuals. (E) If a school is operating under a waiver pursuant to this section, each student enrolled in the school is still considered to be a full-time equivalent student enrolled in the school for the purpose of calculating state financial support, average daily membership, and attendance, and for accountability purposes, the department may develop a process to ensure that schools and districts are not penalized for the purposes of accreditation. (F) If a school is operating under a waiver pursuant to this section, each student must remain enrolled in the state's student information system. (G) The State Department of Education shall establish procedures to ensure that a student who attends a school that is operating under a waiver pursuant to this section and subsequently transfers to another school within the district or to another district is not penalized by being required to repeat coursework that he successfully has mastered. The department may provide a necessary accreditation exemption to a school that launches a competency-based education program. (H)(1) The State Department of Education shall create evaluation criteria and guidelines for schools that are operating under a waiver pursuant to this section. A participating school shall submit required data for a biennial cyclical review on a form developed by the department. The review must begin at the conclusion of the second academic year of the school's implementation of the waiver. The required data shall include, but not be limited to, indicators of student engagement, instructional practices, performance on assessments (formative, benchmark, and state), high school success, and postsecondary success. The review must begin at the conclusion of the second academic year of the school's implementation of the waiver. A report summarizing the reviews including the waivers requested and how they hindered implementation shall be distributed to the Governor and the Legislature. (2) If upon the cyclical review the department determines that a goal or objective is not being met, the department shall notify the district and school in writing. The district and school have sixty days to respond, after which the department may recommend revocation of the flexibility provisions to the State Board of Education. (I) The Commission on Higher Education and State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall establish policies to provide fair and equitable access to institutions of higher education and technical colleges as well as scholarships and financial aid for graduates of schools implementing innovative school models and using nontraditional diplomas and transcripts. (J) The State Department of Education shall establish a definition for competency-based education that must be published on the website of each school district that implements this system of education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-330
SECTION 59-117-330. No time limit for issuing bonds.
Status: in_force

No time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-570
SECTION 59-119-570. Board shall file description of bonds with State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments and all pertinent data.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-100
SECTION 59-63-100. Participation in interscholastic activities of public school district by home school, charter school, and Governor's school students.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Charter school student" is a child enrolled in a charter school established pursuant to Chapter 40, Title 59. (2) "Governor's school student" is a child enrolled at a Governor's school established pursuant to this title. (3) "Home school student" is a child taught in accordance with Section 59-65-40, 59-65-45, or 59-65-47 and has been taught in accordance with one of these sections for a full academic year prior to participating in an interscholastic activity pursuant to this section. (4) "Interscholastic activities" includes, but is not limited to, athletics, music, speech, and other extracurricular activities. (B) Individual Governor's school students and home school students may not be denied by a school district the opportunity to participate in interscholastic activities if the: (1) student meets all school district eligibility requirements with the exception of the: (a) school district's school or class attendance requirements; and (b) class and enrollment requirements of the associations administering the interscholastic activities; (2) student's teacher, in the case of a Governor's school student, certifies by submitting an affidavit to the school district that the student fully complies with the law and any attendance, class, or enrollment requirements for a Governor's school. In addition, a charter school student's teacher, in the same manner required by this subsection for a Governor's school student, also must certify by affidavit to the student's school district that the student fully complies with the law and any attendance, class, or enrollment requirements for a charter school in order for the student to participate in interscholastic activities in the manner permitted by Chapter 40 of this title; (3) student participating in interscholastic activities: (a) resides within the attendance boundaries of the school for which the student participates; or (b) in the case of a Governor's school student, resides or attends a Governor's school within the attendance boundaries of the school for which the student participates; and (4) student notifies the superintendent of the school district in writing of his intent to participate in the interscholastic activity as a representative of the school before the beginning date of the season for the activity in which he wishes to participate. (C) A public school student who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities as a charter school student, Governor's school student, or home school student for the following semester. To establish eligibility for subsequent school years, the student's teacher shall certify by submitting an affidavit to the school district that the student meets the relevant policies of the school at which the student wishes to participate. (D) A Governor's school student or home school student is required to fulfill the same responsibilities and standards of behavior and performance, including related practice requirements, of other students participating in the interscholastic activities of the team or squad and is required to meet the same standards for acceptance on the team or squad. (E) A Governor's school may not be denied by a school district the opportunity to have a team representing the school participate in interscholastic activities if the team meets the same eligibility requirements of other teams. An individual Governor's school student may not participate in an interscholastic activity of a public school district if the school that the student is enrolled in has a team or squad participating in that interscholastic activity. (F) A school district may not contract with a private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits the participation of charter school students, Governor's school students, or home school students in interscholastic activities. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 203, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'Equal Access to Interscholastic Activities Act'."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-34-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 34 / Section 59-34-20
SECTION 59-34-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Blind student" means an individual who is eligible for special education services and who: (a) has a visual acuity of 20⁄200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than twenty degrees; or (b) has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration. (2) "Braille" means the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as standard English Braille. (3) "Individualized education program" means a written statement developed for a student eligible for special education services pursuant to Section 602(a)(20) of Part A of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1401(a).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-30
SECTION 59-25-30. Officials not permitted to designate place for teacher to board or live.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any trustee of any public school or any superintendent or other official thereof to require any teacher to board or live at any teacherage or specified place. Each individual teacher shall have the right to choose his or her boarding place, and for so doing his right to teach shall not be voided by the trustees of any school board or superintendent or other official. Any school trustee or superintendent who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court.