S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-420 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-420
SECTION 59-67-420. Extent of transportation to be provided.
Status: in_force

(A) The State, acting through the State Board of Education, assumes no obligation to transport any student to or from school who lives within one and one-half miles of the school he attends, nor to provide transportation services extending within three-tenths of a mile walking distance of the residence of any student, nor to furnish transportation for any student who attends a school outside the school attendance zone in which the student resides when the same grade is taught in an appropriate school that is located within the school district in which the student resides. The State shall bear the cost of transporting students to regularly organized instructional classes in the school attendance area for which state-required school credit is given. The State is not responsible for any additional transportation that is not authorized by state law or regulation. (B) The State may assume the obligation of transporting students living within one and one-half miles of their schools and within three-tenths of a mile walking distance of their residences when it is for the health and safety of the students where hazardous traffic conditions are involved, provided funds are appropriated annually by the General Assembly for this purpose. In these cases, the local school district shall apply in writing to the State Department of Education for the State to assume the financial responsibility for this transportation, provided funds are appropriated annually by the General Assembly for this purpose. If funds are not appropriated by the General Assembly, then neither the State nor a local school district is required to assume this obligation. Highway and railroad traffic hazardous criteria must be established by the school district governing body and must address the safety of the walk zone as it relates to the location of the school to the student's residence, the traffic patterns, speeds and volume on roadways and railroads, the existence of sidewalks or other walk paths, the student's age, available crossing control systems and personnel, and other factors considered pertinent. The districts shall weigh the need for state hazardous transportation funds by giving priority to students who are least familiar with traffic movement and the complexity of the traffic hazards. The Department of Education shall equitably allocate appropriated funds to the district for hazardous transportation services, provided funds are appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose. The department shall receive each district's applications for transportation within a hazardous area and apply these against the district's allocation until available funds are exhausted. When available state funds are exhausted, the remaining costs are the responsibility of the respective district, if the local school district has elected to assume this obligation. If funds are not appropriated by the General Assembly, then neither the State nor a local school district shall be required to assume this obligation. (C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the State shall transport and bear the cost of transporting three-and four-year-old students attending public school programs to their residences at the conclusion of a morning child development session and from their residences to an afternoon child development session. (D) The State shall provide school transportation service as closely and safely as practicable, to the residence of each unescorted student who is eligible to receive state-funded school transportation service and who is enrolled in a full-day four-year-old child development program or kindergarten through the second grade, provided funds are appropriated annually by the General Assembly for this purpose. The State shall provide school transportation service within two-tenths of a mile of each unescorted student's residence who is eligible to receive state-funded school transportation service and who is enrolled in third through fifth grade provided funds are appropriated annually by the General Assembly for this purpose. The special provisions of unescorted students in child development through fifth grade are limited to service documented in the annual route plan. If funds are not appropriated by the General Assembly, then neither the State nor a local school district is required to assume this obligation. Any unescorted stop made pursuant to this subsection is deemed in compliance with any applicable regulation as determined by the State Department of Education. (E) An unescorted student is defined as a student who has no adult or responsible older person available to accompany him to or from the school bus stop for the purpose of providing protection and guidance. Parents or guardians may be considered unavailable for escort if they make application to, meet the unescorted criteria established by, and are granted approval by the school district governing body. The extent and level of service for students will be established and implemented by each individual school district to assure that the most efficient, safe, and timely service possible is provided. To insure equitable distribution of available funds, the State Department of Education must approve the school district criteria associated with the distribution of funds as provided in this subsection. The criteria may consider parents and guardians who are nonambulatory, who are caretakers for a person requiring their undivided attention, or for other similar circumstances. (F) The State shall provide to the local school district the number of school buses required to accommodate all students identified as eligible for transport with state funds under the provisions of Section 59-67-420. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1610 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 59-53-1610
SECTION 59-53-1610. Commission renamed.
Status: in_force

The Aiken County Commission for Technical Education established pursuant to Act 926 of 1962 is renamed the Aiken County Commission for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-140
SECTION 59-119-140. Annual report by board.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall make to the General Assembly an annual report of the university, of all farming operations and tests and experiments and of all receipts and expenditures, with a statement of the condition of the property and funds of such university and of all receipts and expenditures of money appropriated thereto by the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-55 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 1 / Section 59-121-55
SECTION 59-121-55. Formation of nonprofit eleemosynary corporation; transfer of funds or property; application of Freedom of Information Act.
Status: in_force

(A) The Board of Visitors, or individual members or employees of the board or college as designated by the board, are authorized to form or cause to be formed a nonprofit eleemosynary corporation pursuant to Chapter 31 of Title 33, the purpose of which is to provide scholarship and other financial assistance or support to the college. (B) The Board of Visitors is further authorized to transfer funds and property privately donated to the college, and income or proceeds derived from these privately donated funds and property, that the board holds in its name or in the college's name for scholarship and other college support purposes to the nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to subsection (A). These funds, property, and income and proceeds derived from them, must be used by the nonprofit corporation for its stated purposes, except that any restrictions or limitations applicable to a specified portion of these funds or property continue to be applicable after the transfer of the funds, property, and income and proceeds derived from them, to the nonprofit corporation. Any encumbrances or liability on the funds, property, and income and proceeds derived from them so transferred must be assumed by the nonprofit corporation. (C) The records and proceedings of the nonprofit corporation are subject to disclosure in the manner provided by the Freedom of Information Act. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote subsection (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-85 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-85
SECTION 59-2-85. Contributions through payroll deductions.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General and the chief financial officers of state agencies, departments, and institutions maintaining separate payroll accounts, at the request of a state employee, may arrange for contributions through payroll deduction to the program. The State Treasurer is authorized to devise a method whereby private and nonprofit businesses or organizations may arrange for employees to contribute through payroll deduction to the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-10
SECTION 59-40-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Charter Schools Act of 1996". Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 5 / Section 59-136-520
SECTION 59-136-520. Budget and Control Board to prescribe manner of transfer.
Status: in_force

The Budget and Control Board, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education where necessary, shall prescribe the manner in which the transfer provided in this chapter shall be accomplished.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 7 / Section 59-111-540
SECTION 59-111-540. Loan contracts.
Status: in_force

Before being granted a loan each applicant shall enter into a contract with the Department, which is considered a contract with the State of South Carolina agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan is granted to him. The contract shall include such terms and provisions as shall carry out the purpose and intent of Section 59-111-530. The contract must be signed by the chairman of the Department, countersigned by the executive secretary of the Department, and signed by the applicant.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-160
SECTION 59-67-160. Physical examination of school bus driver.
Status: in_force

A school bus driver shall have a physical examination that meets the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), 49 C.F.R. 391.41, and meets the certification requirements of this section, certified by a medical examiner as defined in 49 C.F.R. 390.5, before the testing required to operate a school bus and at least every two years after that. The certification must be made on forms provided by the State Department of Education or the United States Department of Transportation. The school bus driver candidate shall provide the testing administrator with the certified physical examination before taking the school bus driver physical performance test and the commercial driver's license skills test. The school bus driver candidate shall provide a copy of the certification to the employing school district. A school district may require additional physical examinations as the district determines to be appropriate. The State assumes no responsibility for the cost of physical examinations required by districts. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, rewrote the first sentence, substituting federal requirements for prior state protocols and guidelines, and in the third to last sentence, deleted "physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant's" following "copy of the".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-50
SECTION 59-139-50. Development of plan for providing technical assistance to districts in designing and implementing plans.
Status: in_force

By September, 1993, the Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop a written plan outlining the process for providing technical assistance to districts in designing their overall plans and implementing those plans, including compiling and disseminating research on effective practice and contracting with recognized groups for providing expertise to the districts and schools in the areas addressed by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 3 / Section 59-130-300
SECTION 59-130-300. Repayment of bonds; bonds not obligations of state.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be made payable solely from the revenues derived by the college 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 college, from the revenues and also from any other revenues of the college except revenues derived from appropriations received from the General Assembly. The bonds are not obligations of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-410
SECTION 59-1-410. "Teacher Recognition Day."
Status: in_force

"Teacher Recognition Day" in South Carolina shall be observed annually during American Education Week.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-520
SECTION 59-19-520. Appeal in counties where functions of trustees and board of education have been combined.
Status: in_force

In counties where the functions of the boards of trustees and those of the county board of education have been combined, the appeal provided in Section 59-19-510 shall lie to the county board of education from its original action disposing of the matter in controversy before hearing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-740 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 9 / Section 59-53-740
SECTION 59-53-740. Lease agreements for creation, operation, or use of campus facilities.
Status: in_force

(A) The Area Commission of Florence-Darlington Technical College with the approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into one or more ground lease agreements with a private entity whereby the private entity will provide all services necessary for the creation and operation of an on-campus facility, the purpose of which shall be determined by the commission including, but not limited to, financing, designing, constructing, managing, operating, maintaining, and related services. Upon expiration of the ground lease agreement term, the private entity shall surrender unto the college, such premises with the existing buildings, other structures, and improvements constructed and located thereon and therein, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, must first approve all ground lease agreement terms and conditions including the consideration involved. The full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations must not be pledged, and any statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The approval required herein shall be in lieu of or a substitute for any other approval required by any other provision of law or regulation in connection with the undertaking of the private entity and the college; however, the private entity and the college shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of the State Engineer. (B) The Area Commission of Florence-Darlington Technical College, upon the approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into a lease or lease purchase agreement with a private entity for the entity to occupy a college facility or a facility to be built by the college on college property for the purpose of conducting an entrepreneurial or commercial activity. (C) The Area Commission of Florence-Darlington Technical College, upon approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into a ground lease with a private entity for the private entity to build a facility on property of the college in which the private entity will conduct an entrepreneurial or commercial activity consistent with the scope and mission of the college. (D) In implementing the provisions of subsections (B) and (C) of this section, full compliance with the provisions of Article X, Section 11 of the Constitution of this State is required. (E) Neither this section, nor the approval required by this section, exempts any transaction or entity from complying with Chapter 35 of Title 11. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added subsection (E) relating to compliance with the Procurement Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-37-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 37 / Section 59-37-10
SECTION 59-37-10. Schools for orphans or needy children in eleemosynary institutions.
Status: in_force

Upon application of the directors or managing board of any eleemosynary institution in this State, operated without profit as a home for orphans or needy children who are admitted thereto, the State Board of Education shall establish a grammar or high school or both for the inmates of such institution within school age.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-570
SECTION 59-19-570. Appeal shall not act as supersedeas.
Status: in_force

Until the matter in controversy has been finally disposed of, no appeal shall act as a supersedeas or suspension of the order of the board having original jurisdiction of the cause.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-75 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 59-31-75
SECTION 59-31-75. Textbooks required for course to begin.
Status: in_force

A public school may not begin a course if state-approved textbooks or other course material is not available on the first day of class or if the delivery date is after the first two weeks of classes unless the board of trustees determines that the class should be offered.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 59-18-300
SECTION 59-18-300. Adoption of educational standards in core academic areas.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education is directed to adopt grade specific performance-oriented educational standards in the core academic areas of mathematics, English/language arts, social studies (history, government, economics, and geography), and science for kindergarten through twelfth grade and for grades nine through twelve adopt specific academic standards for high school credit courses in mathematics, English/language arts, social studies, and science. The standards are to promote the goals of providing every student with the competencies to: (1) read, view, and listen to complex information in the English language; (2) write and speak effectively in the English language; (3) solve problems by applying mathematics; (4) conduct research and communicate findings; (5) understand and apply scientific concepts; (6) obtain a working knowledge of world, United States, and South Carolina history, government, economics, and geography; and (7) use information to make decisions. The standards must be reflective of the highest level of academic skills with the rigor necessary to improve the curriculum and instruction in South Carolina's schools so that students are encouraged to learn at unprecedented levels and must be reflective of the highest level of academic skills at each grade level. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment in the introductory paragraph, substituted "high school credit courses" for "benchmark courses".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 15 / Section 59-53-1260
SECTION 59-53-1260. Audit.
Status: in_force

The commission shall furnish to the members of the legislative delegations who provide county funds an annual audit of the receipts and expenditures of the center.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-48-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 48 / Section 59-48-60
SECTION 59-48-60. Adoption of policies and regulations.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may adopt policies and regulations as it considers necessary for the operation and management of the school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-120
SECTION 59-8-120. Administration of fund.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) There is established at the department, the "South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund" that is separate and distinct from the general fund, consisting of monies appropriated to the department to provide scholarships to eligible students for qualifying expenses. The funds and assets of the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund are not funds of the State but are instead held in trust. The monies placed into and accumulated in the fund constitute the trust corpus, to be used only for the purposes outlined in this act; the scholarship recipients are the trust beneficiaries who hold equitable title to the scholarship funds allocated to them from the fund and are the direct beneficiaries of the trust; and the trustee selected by the State Superintendent of Education as described in this section is the trustee of the trust who may distribute funds only in a way consistent with this act and as directed by a beneficiary. The fund must receive and hold all monies allocated for it as well as all earnings until disbursed as provided in this section. Monies deposited in the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund may not revert to the general fund or be appropriated by the General Assembly for any other purpose. If the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund program ceases for any reason, then the trustee shall deposit all remaining amounts in the trust fund to a specific education account separate from the general fund designated by the General Assembly. (2) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint the Trustee of the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund to serve at will. The trustee may not be a public entity or an employee of any public entity. The trustee may be either an individual or entity and shall have, in the state superintendent's sole discretion, the necessary expertise and good reputation to serve as the trustee. The trustee must have, at a minimum, at least five years' experience as a trustee of a registered nonprofit organization, public trust or nonfamilial trust whose assets exceed five million dollars or a master's degree in accounting, public administration, or other related field. The trustee must not have filed for bankruptcy pursuant to Title 11, Chapters 7 or 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or been convicted of criminal fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, conversion, money laundering, theft crimes, or any crime that is recognized as a felony under state or federal law. The trustee shall file a statement of economic interest pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 13, Title 8 of the South Carolina Code of Laws. The trustee shall be bound by all duties of trustees under South Carolina law, unless such duties conflict with the requirements of this chapter, in which case the requirements of this chapter control. The state superintendent shall have the authority to remove the trustee. Upon removal the State Superintendent of Education shall provide notification to the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. (B) The trustee shall hold, manage, control, and administer the monies placed into or accruing within the fund and disburse scholarships awarded pursuant to this section and as directed by the parent. Information contained in or produced from a tax return, document, or magnetically or electronically stored data used by the department in the exercise of its duties as provided in this chapter must remain confidential and is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Personally identifiable information, as described in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, of children applying for or receiving scholarships must remain confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. (C) Upon request of the department, the State Treasurer shall transfer seven thousand five hundred dollars per scholarship student for the 2025-2026 School Year to the Education Scholarship Trust Fund. For all subsequent school years, the allocation must be equivalent to the allocation used in the previous year, increased by the percentage increase in the average per pupil funding from state sources as provided by the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs for the prior fiscal year, unless an increased or decreased limit is authorized in the annual general appropriations act. (D) The department shall create an individual online ESTF account for each scholarship student. (1) The parent must be able to access the individual online account for the scholarship student using a secure portal. (2) The individual scholarship student's account must be created within thirty days of the application approval. (E) The trustee shall make payments to an individual scholarship student's account from the ESTF on a quarterly basis with the first payment being distributed by July thirty-first of each year. (F) Prior to depositing each payment into the student's online account, the department shall verify that the student is not enrolled as a full-time student in his resident school using the forty-five, ninety, one hundred thirty-five, and one hundred seventy day student counts and provide that information to the trustee. (G) Education service providers may not refund, rebate, or share a student's scholarship funds directly with a parent or the scholarship student. The funds in an account may only be used for qualifying expenses as defined in this chapter and provided by the department. (H) Neither the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund nor an individual student's account constitutes a debt of the State or any political subdivision thereof, including school districts. The South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund and individual student accounts must be held and apply solely toward carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 8, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor." 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 16, provides as follows: "SECTION 16. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Current eligible participants may continue receiving benefits under the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, until the end of the 2024-2025 School Year." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-590 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 59-31-590
SECTION 59-31-590. School personnel not permitted to act as agents for publishers.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any teacher of a school supported in whole or in part from the public school funds of this State or any trustee of any such school or any other school officer to become an active or silent agent of any schoolbook publisher or be in anywise pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any schoolbook into any school in this State. Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the circuit judge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-60
SECTION 59-4-60. Cooperation and assistance from state entities.
Status: in_force

All of the agencies, departments, and institutions of higher learning of the State must provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to the Treasurer and the director in the implementation of the program under this chapter. Colleges and universities shall make every effort to restrict tuition increases to no more than the annual higher education price index.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 110 / Section 59-110-40
SECTION 59-110-40. Faculty salary enhancements.
Status: in_force

(A) From the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund based on available funds, it is the intent of the General Assembly that faculty salary enhancements be provided for nursing faculty at accredited nursing programs at the public institutions of higher learning at the two-year, four-year, and graduate levels. This enhancement is intended to bring salaries for nursing faculty within the average for the geographic area in which the State of South Carolina competes for nursing faculty. Salary enhancements shall be based on a twelve-month appointment and prorated for nine-month appointments. (B) In regard to these faculty salary enhancements, the Commission on Higher Education, upon consultation with members of the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (ACAP) from institutions with accredited nursing programs and the chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Deans and Directors in Nursing Education, shall determine and distribute funds from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to the institutions where such faculty are employed. The governing body of the institution pursuant to its procedures shall then allocate these enhancements among its affected faculty in such amounts as it determines appropriate consistent with the guidelines of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 11 / Section 59-63-1140
SECTION 59-63-1140. Strip searches prohibited.
Status: in_force

No school administrator or official may conduct a strip search.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-180
SECTION 59-146-180. Qualification of school districts for funds.
Status: in_force

To qualify for the funds under this chapter, each school district shall meet the requirements of this chapter and any guidelines promulgated hereunder. Funds must be withheld from districts when inappropriate reporting of facilities' needs is found or when inappropriate use of funds is documented.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-60
SECTION 59-103-60. Recommendations to Governor's Office and General Assembly.
Status: in_force

The commission shall make such recommendations to the Governor's Office and the General Assembly as to policies, programs, curricula, facilities, administration, and financing of all state-supported institutions of higher learning as may be considered desirable. The House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Office of the Governor may refer to the commission for investigation, study, and report any requests of institutions of higher learning for new or additional appropriations for operating and for other purposes and for the establishment of new or expanded programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-51 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-51
SECTION 59-53-51. Board to establish statewide policies and procedures; appeal by area commission.
Status: in_force

The Board shall establish statewide policies and procedures necessary to insure educational and financial accountability for operation of the technical education institutions and their programs. The area commissions shall participate and provide input in the formulation of statewide policies and procedures through joint meetings, distribution of discussion documents and position papers, joint committees, service by area commission members on state board standing committees, and whatever other means which may be necessary or desirable. The area commissions are delegated primary responsibility for local governance and supervision of the individual institutions in compliance with all state laws by adoption of appropriate local policies and procedures which are consistent with state-level policies and procedures. Institutional fees and locally appropriated county funds must be retained in accounts held by the area commissions for expenditure under their direction in accordance with all applicable state and other laws. An area commission has the right to appeal to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority any final decision or action of the Board in accordance with the following procedures: (1) if differences occur between the state executive director and the local president, the executive director, local president, and state board congressional district member or a designated at-large Board member shall appear before the local area commission to resolve the differences; (2) if the differences are not resolved as outlined in item (1) the area commission chairman, local president, and state executive director shall appear before the Board to resolve the differences; (3) if the differences are not resolved by the Board all parties, including the chairman of the Board, shall appear before the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to resolve the differences.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-120
SECTION 59-59-120. Limitation of activities of guidance counselors and career specialists.
Status: in_force

School guidance counselors and career specialists shall limit their activities to guidance and counseling and may not perform administrative tasks.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-70
SECTION 59-71-70. Maturity of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall mature in such annual series or installments as the authorities shall provide, except that: (1) The first maturing bonds shall mature within three years from the date as of which they may be issued; (2) Not less than three per cent of the aggregate of the issue shall mature in any year; and (3) No bond shall mature later than twenty-five years from the date as of which it may be issued. The provisions of this section shall not prevent the authorities from issuing the aggregate of the bonds authorized by the election on one or more occasions as two or more issues.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-210
SECTION 59-29-210. Emphasis on teaching as profession.
Status: in_force

The Governor's schools for talented high school students and the gifted and talented programs shall emphasize the importance of the teaching profession.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-40
SECTION 59-63-40. Discrimination on account of race, creed, color, or national origin prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the State on account of race, creed, color or national origin. (2) Except with the express approval of a board having jurisdiction, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced attendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races, creeds, colors, or national origins; and no school district or attendance area, by whatever name known, shall be established, reorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and further provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution to select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such religion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to such members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to promote the religious principle for which it is established. SECTION 59-63-45. Reimbursement for attending another school district (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a nonresident child otherwise meeting the enrollment requirements of this chapter may attend a school in a school district which he is otherwise qualified to attend if the person responsible for educating the child pays an amount equal to the prior year's local revenue per child raised by the millage levied for school district operations and debt service reduced by school taxes on real property owned by the child paid to the school district in which he is enrolled. The district may waive all or a portion of the payment required by this section. (B) Students attending a school pursuant to this section must be counted in enrollment for purposes of determining state aid to the district. (C) If the payment to the school district is not made within a reasonable time as determined by the district, the child must be removed from the school after notice is given. (D) Any nonresident student enrolled in the schools of a district no later than September 9, 1996, shall not be required to meet the conditions of subsection (A) of this section as long as the student is continuously enrolled in the district and as long as the student meets the qualifications provided by law for attending the schools of the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-460
SECTION 59-127-460. Authority of trustees to issue additional bonds; purposes for which additional bonds may be issued.
Status: in_force

The trustees are authorized to issue additional bonds in one or more series as provided in the resolutions authorizing the original series of bonds for the purpose of refunding or retiring the bonds or for the purpose of enlarging or improving the football stadium.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-441 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-441
SECTION 59-1-441. Policy to permit student to deliver message.
Status: in_force

(A) The governing body of a school board or school district may adopt a policy that permits graduating high school students as selected by school policy using objective criteria such as academic standing or the ex-officio function of a student office or position, to deliver a brief opening or closing message, or both, of two minutes or less, at the high school's graduation exercises. (B) If a student delivers a brief opening or closing message, or both, of two minutes or less, the content of that message must be prepared or selected by the student and may not be recommended, monitored, reviewed, or censored by a member of the governing body of the school district, its officers, or employees. No student may be disciplined or reprimanded by the school for the content of any nonobscene, nonprofane, or nonvulgar message delivered pursuant to this section. (C) The provisions of this section do not apply to policies of the school district or high school that relate specifically to more lengthy, extensive, or featured speeches at the high school's graduation delivered by a class valedictorian or other student selected on bases such as academic standing or position in student government.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-540
SECTION 59-119-540. Exemption of bonds from taxation.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be exempt from State, county, municipal and school taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-480 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-480
SECTION 59-130-480. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be sold at public or private sale upon the terms and conditions as the board of the university considers advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-34-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 34 / Section 59-34-10
SECTION 59-34-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-320
SECTION 59-123-320. No time limit on issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

The authorizations granted by Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320 shall remain in full force and effect until they shall be rescinded by subsequent enactment, and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-40
SECTION 59-53-40. Coordination with Commission on Higher Education and others; budget; college parallel courses and associate degree programs.
Status: in_force

The Board and local area commissions shall insure effective coordination with the public schools, other state agencies, literary councils, and private and nonprofit training organizations to maximize opportunities to best meet local education and training needs. The Board shall maintain effective coordination with the Commission on Higher Education and other educational boards and state agencies. The Board is required to submit to the Commission on Higher Education a budget and enrollment documentation for all existing and proposed college parallel courses or associate degree programs with college transfer credit by institutional location for review and comment prior to submission of the Board's total state budget request to the Governor. All college parallel courses or associate degree programs are subject to the approval or termination by the Commission on Higher Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-20
SECTION 59-21-20. Appropriation for teacher salaries based on term of 190 days.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall make sufficient appropriation to pay state aid to salaries of all school teachers in the public schools on the basis and for the length of one hundred ninety days in the elementary and secondary schools in the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-110
SECTION 59-123-110. College of Dental Medicine established.
Status: in_force

In addition to the present facilities, activities and colleges of The Medical University of South Carolina, there is hereby created and established a four-year college of dental medicine, to be located in Charleston, South Carolina, as a part of The Medical University, and to be known as the College of Dental Medicine of The Medical University of South Carolina; and the board of trustees of the University may commence operations of the college as soon as practicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-32 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-32
SECTION 59-63-32. Requirements to enroll child in public school; affidavit; penalties for providing false information.
Status: in_force

(A) The school district may require an adult seeking to enroll a child who resides with the adult pursuant to Section 59-63-31(1)(c) to accept responsibility for making educational decisions concerning the child. These educational decisions may include, but not be limited to, receiving notices of discipline pursuant to Sections 59-63-230 and 59-63-240, attending conferences with school staff, and granting permission for athletic activities, field trips, and other activities as required. (B) The school district also must require an adult to complete and sign an affidavit: (1) confirming the qualifications set out in Section 59-63-31(1)(c) establishing residency of the child in the school district; (2) attesting that the child's claim of residency in the district is not primarily related to attendance at a particular school within the district; and (3) accepting responsibility for educational decisions for the child. (C) Upon receipt of the affidavit provided for in subsection (B), the child must be admitted to an appropriate school pending the results of any further procedures for determining eligibility for attendance within the school district. (D) If it is found that information contained in the affidavit provided for in subsection (B) is false, the child must be removed from the school after notice of an opportunity to appeal the removal pursuant to the appropriate district grievance policy. (E) If it is found that a person wilfully and knowingly has provided false information in the affidavit provided for in subsection (B) to enroll a child in a school district for which the child is not eligible, the maker of the false affidavit is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and also must be required to pay to the school district an amount equal to the cost to the district of educating the child during the period of enrollment. Repayment does not include funds paid by the State. (F) The affidavit which is required by school districts under this section must include, in large print, the penalty for providing false information on the affidavit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-70
SECTION 59-32-70. Applicability to private schools.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to private schools.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-60
SECTION 59-32-60. Department to ensure compliance; annual district report.
Status: in_force

The department shall assure district compliance with this chapter. Each local school board shall consider the programs addressed in this chapter in developing its annual district report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 59-33-330
SECTION 59-33-330. Delegation of right to make educational decisions.
Status: in_force

An adult student who is eligible for special education, who has not been determined to be incapacitated pursuant to Article 5, Title 62, may delegate his right to make educational decisions to another adult. An adult student may delegate educational rights by naming an agent through a duly executed power of attorney or by using a form that the State Department of Education shall develop and provide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1930 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 19 / Section 59-18-1930
SECTION 59-18-1930. Review of state and local professional development; recommendations for improvement.
Status: in_force

The Education Oversight Committee shall provide for a comprehensive review of state and local professional development to include principal leadership development and teacher staff development. The review must provide an analysis of training to include what professional development is offered, how it is offered, the support given to implement skills acquired from professional development, and how the professional development enhances the academic goals outlined in district and school strategic plans. The Oversight Committee shall recommend better ways to provide and meet the needs for professional development, to include the use of the existing five contract days for in-service. Needed revisions shall be made to state regulations to promote use of state dollars for training which meets national standards for staff development. Upon receipt of the recommendations from the comprehensive review of state and local professional development, the State Department of Education shall develop an accountability system to ensure that identified professional development standards are effectively implemented. As part of this system the department shall provide information on the identified standards to all principals and other professional development leaders. Training for all school districts in how to design comprehensive professional development programs that are consistent with the standards also shall be a part of the implementation. A variety of staff development options that address effective teaching and assessment of state academic standards and workforce preparation skills shall be included in the information provided to principals and other professional development leaders to ensure high levels of student achievement. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment made no apparent changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-161 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-161
SECTION 59-53-161. Bond issues; disposal of bonds.
Status: in_force

All bonds shall be disposed of in such manner as the board shall determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, shall be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall be obtained. If the board shall elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at lease one advertisement thereof shall appear either in a financial paper published in New York City, or some newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina, not less than seven days prior to the occasion fixed for the opening of bids.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-90
SECTION 59-40-90. Appeal to Administrative Law Court.
Status: in_force

A final decision of the school district or a public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor may be appealed by any party to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D). Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The first 2006 amendment deleted "local" throughout preceding "school board"; in subsection (C), substituted "thirty days" for "forty-five days" in the second sentence; and, in subsection (D), added the second sentence relating to attorney's fees and other expenses. The second 2006 amendment, in subsection (D), substituted "Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D)" for "circuit court for the county in which the proposed charter school is or was to have located". The 2008 amendment rewrote the section, deleting prior subsections (A) to (C), relating to appeals to the State Board of Education, deleting subsection designator (D), and substituting "school district" for "state board". 2014 Act No. 288, SECTION 5, inserted "or a public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-190
SECTION 59-67-190. Driver prohibited from leaving bus while engine is running.
Status: in_force

No driver or operator of a school bus shall leave the bus while the engine is running.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 3 / Section 59-119-350
SECTION 59-119-350. Trustees not given right to levy or collect taxes.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall give such board of trustees the right to levy or collect any tax.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-120
SECTION 59-67-120. Tampering with governors prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, other than authorized mechanics, to tamper with governors on school buses operated in this State. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term of thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-95 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-95
SECTION 59-125-95. Availability of graduate-level in-state tuition to North Carolina residents.
Status: in_force

As existing capacity allows, Winthrop University may offer graduate-level in-state tuition to residents of the member counties of the Carolinas Partnership for Economic Development, as long as no new section of any scheduled class is required to be opened to accommodate such students and no qualified South Carolina graduate student shall lose a position in a class due to a North Carolina student.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-23-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 59-23-250
SECTION 59-23-250. Minimum lot requirements prohibited; acquisitions or additions on existing properties.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a requirement that public schools be constructed on a lot or parcel of certain minimum size is prohibited. (B) School districts must receive approval from the South Carolina Department of Education prior to property acquisition or additions on existing properties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-380
SECTION 59-125-380. Tax-exempt status.
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this article and all interest to become due on them have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-2-50.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-670 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 2 / Section 59-101-670
SECTION 59-101-670. Transaction register of funds expended; contents; posting on website; procurement card statement information; redaction; technical consultation.
Status: in_force

(A) Each public institution of higher learning shall maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended, from whatever source for whatever purpose. The register must be prominently posted on the institution's Internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. (1)(a) The register must include for each expenditure: (i) the transaction amount; (ii) the name of the payee; (iii) the identification number of the transaction; and (iv) a description of the expenditure, including the source of funds, a category title, and an object title for the expenditure. (b) The register must include all reimbursements for expenses, but must not include an entry for salary, wages, or other compensation paid to individual employees. (c) The register must not include a social security number. (d) The register must be accompanied by a complete explanation of any codes or acronyms used to identify a payee or an expenditure. (e) At the option of the public institution, the register may exclude any information that can be used to identify an individual employee or student. (f) This section does not require the posting of any information that is not required to be disclosed under Chapter 4, Title 30. (2) The register must be searchable and updated at least once a month. Each monthly register must be maintained on the Internet website for at least three years. (B) Each public institution of higher learning shall be responsible for providing on its Internet website a link to the Internet website of any agency, other than the individual institution, that posts on its Internet website the institution's monthly state procurement card statements or monthly reports containing all or substantially all of the same information contained in the monthly state procurement card statements. The link must be to the specific webpage or section on the website of the agency where the state procurement card information for the institution can be found. The information posted may not contain the state procurement card number. (C) Any information that is expressly prohibited from public disclosure by federal or state law or regulation must be redacted from any posting required by this section. (D) In the event any public institution of higher learning has a question or issue relating to technical aspects of complying with the requirements of this section or the disclosure of public information under this section, it shall consult with the Office of Comptroller General, which may provide guidance to the public institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-10
SECTION 59-47-10. Board of Commissioners.
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind shall consist of eleven members appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Each congressional district must be represented by one board member, who must be a resident of that district, and four members must be appointed at large from the State. Of the members appointed at large, one must be deaf, one must be blind, one must represent the interests of persons with multiple handicaps, and one shall represent the general public. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. The State Superintendent of Education and the Executive Officer of the Department of Health and Environmental Control are ex officio members of the board. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "eleven" for "ten".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-95 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-95
SECTION 59-123-95. Board may borrow to purchase diagnostic and therapeutical equipment.
Status: in_force

In order to raise moneys which are required to pay the cost of diagnostic and therapeutical equipment for use in the hospital operated by The Medical University of South Carolina (The Medical University), the Board of Trustees of the University with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of South Carolina (the state board) may borrow such amounts as shall be required for such purposes. Not more than two million dollars of debt created pursuant to this section shall be outstanding at any time. The borrowing authorized by this section shall be in the form of notes of The Medical University payable solely from charges for the service or use rendered by the equipment. Upon its acquisition, an appropriate schedule of charges shall be placed in effect and maintained. All moneys received from the charges shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and deposited in a special fund to be applied to the payment of the principal and interest on the notes. With the approval of the state board any surplus in such fund may be used as a revolving fund to purchase additional diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. No note may be issued hereunder unless the use of its proceeds, its terms, its maturities and the service charge to be imposed for the use of the purchased equipment is approved by the state board. The charges imposed by authority of this section shall be in addition to the "special charge" established and maintained pursuant to Section 14 of act 1654 of 1972 imposed to secure in part all Plant Improvement Bonds of The Medical University now or hereafter issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-930 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 12 / Section 59-53-930
SECTION 59-53-930. Powers of commission; preparation of annual budget; funding.
Status: in_force

The commission has the same powers as provided by Article 1, Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code, and in addition must prepare and submit its annual budget for approval to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Beaufort Technical College must be funded in accordance with the provisions of Sections 59-53-51, 59-53-52, and 59-53-57.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-360
SECTION 59-63-360. Attorney General; representation of school districts.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall monitor all reported school crimes. The Attorney General or his designee may represent the local school district when a criminal case is appealed to an appellate court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 153 / Article 1 / Section 59-153-60
SECTION 59-153-60. Compliance by trustee or fiduciary.
Status: in_force

(A) Compliance by the trustee or other fiduciary with Sections 59-153-30, 59-153-40, and 59-153-50 must be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the trustee's or fiduciary's decision or action and not by hindsight. (B) The trustee's investment and management decisions must be evaluated not in isolation but in the context of the trust portfolio as a whole and as a part of an overall investment strategy having risk and return objectives reasonably suited to the endowment system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-340
SECTION 59-125-340. Authority to bond.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or 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 notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, 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. § 59-67-105 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-105
SECTION 59-67-105. Maximum ride time; routing.
Status: in_force

(A) A student may not ride continuously on a state-owned school bus for more than ninety minutes. With the approval of the Department of Education, the ninety-minute maximum ride time may be exceeded when the area's geography requires longer than average highway travel because of a circuitous or meandering road network, extremely low population density, or waterway barriers. The ninety-minute maximum ride time may be exceeded when attendance zones are multidistrict or countywide. (B) The Department of Education annually shall assure that state-owned school buses are routed in the most efficient manner and shall require that they are operated only on adequately maintained and safe public and private accessible highways and streets.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-30
SECTION 59-112-30. Effect of change of residency.
Status: in_force

When the domicile of a student or of the person upon whom a student is financially dependent changes after enrollment at a State Institution, tuition charges shall be adjusted as follows: (A) Except as provided in Section 59-112-20(B) above, when domicile is taken in South Carolina, a student shall not become eligible for in-state rates until the beginning of the next academic session after expiration of twelve months from date of domicile in this State. (B) When South Carolina domicile is lost, eligibility for in-state rates shall end on the last day of the academic session in which the loss occurs; however, application of this subsection shall be at the discretion of the institution involved. (C) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, any dependent person who has been domiciled with his family in South Carolina for a period of not less than three years immediately prior to his enrollment may enroll in a state-supported institution of higher learning at the in-state rate and may continue to be enrolled at such rate even if the parent, spouse or guardian upon whom he is dependent moves his domicile from this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-360
SECTION 59-127-360. Registration of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds may be in the form of fully registered bonds, payable to the registered owner as shown on the books of the treasurer of the university, or on registry books kept for the university by the State Treasurer or by any corporate registrar, upon conditions the trustees prescribe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-15
SECTION 59-125-15. Winthrop College changed to Winthrop University.
Status: in_force

Winthrop College is changed to Winthrop University, effective July 1, 1992, and wherever in the 1976 Code or in any other provision of law the name Winthrop College appears, it must be construed to mean Winthrop University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-108-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 108 / Section 59-108-30
SECTION 59-108-30. Purpose of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have as its purpose the encouragement of higher education in its member counties and, more specifically, the establishment in its member counties of facilities to offer college courses and other post-secondary courses as considered desirable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-30
SECTION 59-21-30. Schools operating times; minimum average daily attendance.
Status: in_force

No school in any school district shall continue open a longer period of time than that fixed by (a) the board of trustees in the district in which such school is located or (b) the county board of education in any county which may operate under a county unit plan. No school shall receive any benefits under the provisions of Section 59-21-20 which does not have the minimum average daily attendance for the previous scholastic year, or for the current scholastic year, fixed in the schedules below. In three-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 48; in four-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 68; in five-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 90; in six-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 114; in seven-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 140; in eight-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 168; in nine-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 198; in ten-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 230; in eleven-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 264; in twelve-teacher high schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 300; and in all high schools with more than twelve teachers the minimum average daily attendance shall be 26 pupils for each teacher. In one-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 17; in two-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 36; in three-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 60; in four-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 84; in five-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 110; in six-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 138; in seven-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 168; in eight-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 200; in nine-teacher elementary schools the minimum average daily attendance shall be 234; and in all elementary schools with more than nine teachers the minimum average daily attendance shall be 26 pupils per teacher. In addition to the number of teachers a district is entitled to under the above schedule, a district shall receive benefits to pay additional teachers, high or elementary, according to the excess average daily attendance in each school, such excess to be added together by level. The high school excess average daily attendance shall be divided by 26 and the elementary excess average daily attendance by 26. Each district shall receive benefits for the salaries resulting from such excess, provided that the school board of trustees shall not employ a teacher in any school based on the average daily attendance of another school within the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1615 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 16 / Section 59-18-1615
SECTION 59-18-1615. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Chronically underperforming school" means: (a) a school that receives an overall rating of unsatisfactory for three consecutive years on its annual school report card, as provided in Section 59-18-900; or (b) in the absence of the annual school report card, the Department of Education shall apply the same metrics as established in the state and federal combined accountability model, as defined in the Every Student Succeeds Act to identify "chronically underperforming schools". (2) "School district" or "district" is defined pursuant to Section 59-1-160. (3) "Turnaround plan" means a plan outlining goals for a school or district's educational improvement that includes specific strategies designed to increase student achievement and measures to evaluate the success of the implementation of the plan so that the school or district is no longer underperforming or chronically underperforming. The department is required to provide schools and districts with a template to complete the turnaround plan. (4) "Underperforming district" means a district in which sixty-five percent or more of the schools in the district have an overall rating of unsatisfactory or below average on their annual school report cards, as provided in Section 59-18-900, or as defined in item (5). (5) "Underperforming school" means: (a) a school that receives an overall rating of unsatisfactory or below average on its annual school report card, as provided in Section 59-18-900; or (b) in the absence of the annual school report card, the Department of Education shall apply the same metrics as established in the state and federal combined accountability model, as defined in the Every Students Succeed Act to identify "underperforming schools".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-30
SECTION 59-20-30. Declaration of legislative purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the General Assembly in this chapter: (1) To guarantee to each student in the public schools of South Carolina the availability of at least minimum educational programs and services appropriate to his needs, and which are substantially equal to those available to other students with similar needs and reasonably comparable from a program standpoint to those students of all other classifications, notwithstanding geographic differences and varying local economic factors. (2) To encourage school district initiative in seeking more effective and efficient means of achieving the goals of the various programs. (3) To establish a procedure for the distribution of a specified portion of the state education funds so as to ensure that the funds are provided on the basis of need to the extent set forth by this chapter in order to guarantee a minimum level of funding for each weighted pupil unit in the State. (4) To make it possible for each school district to provide the defined minimum program within approximately five years from July 2, 1978, and to do so with an equal local tax effort. (5) To establish a reasonable balance between the portion of the funds to be paid by the State and the portion of the funds to be paid by the districts collectively in support of the foundation program. For the initial stage of this program the proportionate state share of the funds for this program shall be approximately seventy percent statewide and the remainder of the program shall be financed from local revenue sources. (6) To require each local school district to contribute its fair share to the required local effort, which is to be in direct proportion to its relative taxpaying ability. (7) To ensure that tax dollars spent in public schools are utilized effectively and to ensure that adequate programs serve all children of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 1 / Section 59-136-130
SECTION 59-136-130. Board a body corporate and politic; powers of board.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees is constituted a body corporate and politic under the name of the board of trustees for Coastal Carolina University. The corporation has the power to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued by the corporate name; (3) have a seal and to alter it at pleasure; (4) make contracts and to have, to hold, to purchase, and to lease real estate and personal property for corporate purposes, and to sell and dispose of personal property and any building considered by it as surplus property or not further needed, and any buildings that it may need to do away with for the purpose of making room for other construction. The board does not have power to sell or dispose of any of its real estate, other than buildings, except with the consent of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate; (5) appoint a chairman and to appoint or otherwise provide for the appointment of subordinate and assistant officers and agents, faculty members, instructors, and other employees, prescribing the terms of their employment and their duties and fixing their compensation; (6) make bylaws and regulations for the management of its affairs and its own operations not inconsistent with law; (7) condemn land for corporate purposes as provided by law; (8) fix tuition fees and other charges for students attending the university, not inconsistent with law; (9) confer degrees upon students and other persons as the board considers qualified; (10) accept, receive, and hold all monies or other properties, real, personal, and mixed, that may be given, conveyed, bequeathed, or devised to the university and to use them for the benefit of the university, but in those cases where the money or property is received, charged with any trust, the money or property must be held and used strictly in accordance with the terms of the trust. If the terms of the trust require something to be done other than to administer the trust, no obligation in receiving the trust over and above its administration is binding upon the university or the State, except any obligation accepted by the General Assembly; (11) assign any member of the faculty without additional salary to additional duties in any other university department than that in which the faculty member may at the time be working; (12) compel by subpoena, rule, and attachment witnesses to appear and testify and papers to be produced and read before the board in all investigations relating to the affairs of the university; (13) adopt measures and make regulations as the board considers necessary for the proper operation of the university; (14) appoint for the university a board of visitors of a number as it may determine, to regulate the terms during which the members of the board of visitors serve, and to prescribe their functions; (15) remove any officer, faculty member, agent, or employee for incompetence, neglect of duty, violation of university regulations, or conduct unbecoming a person occupying such a position; (16) appoint an executive committee not exceeding five members of the board who have the powers of the board during the interim between meetings of the board but not the power to do anything inconsistent with the policy or action taken by the board, and the executive committee at each meeting of the board shall report fully all action taken by it during the interim; (17) appoint committees of the board or officers or members of the faculty of the university with authority and for purposes in connection with the operation of the university as the board considers necessary; (18) appoint a president. The president shall report to and seek approval of his actions and those of his subordinates from the board; (19) issue revenue bonds as provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-560 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-560
SECTION 59-127-560. Filing description of obligations 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. § 59-39-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 59-39-310
SECTION 59-39-310. Driver education and training programs established.
Status: in_force

The governing board of any school district maintaining a secondary school which includes any grades nine through twelve, inclusive, shall establish driver education and training programs for students in high school grades.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1840 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1840
SECTION 59-53-1840. Annual appropriation for career and technology education.
Status: in_force

There must be appropriated annually, out of the State Treasury, for the promotion of career and technology education in agriculture, engineering or industrial technology, and family and consumer science subjects, a sum not less than the amount which may be apportioned to the State from the funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States in an act entitled "An Act 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", approved February 23, 1917. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology education in agriculture, engineering or industrial technology, and family and consumer science subjects" for "vocational education in agriculture subjects, industrial subjects and home economic subjects" following "promotion of".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-150
SECTION 59-59-150. Regulations for identifying at-risk students; model programs.
Status: in_force

By July 2007, the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations outlining specific objective criteria for districts to use in the identification of students at risk for being poorly prepared for the next level of study or for dropping out of school. The criteria must include diagnostic assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses in the core academic areas. The process for identifying these students must be closely monitored by the State Department of Education in collaboration with school districts to ensure that students are being properly identified and provided timely, appropriate guidance and assistance and to ensure that no group is disproportionately represented. The regulations also must include evidence-based model programs for at-risk students designed to ensure that these students have an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma. By the 2007-08 school year, each high school of the State shall implement one or more of these programs to ensure that these students receive the opportunity to complete the necessary requirements to graduate with a state high school diploma and build skills to prepare them to enter the job market successfully. The regulation also must include an evaluation of model programs in place in each high school to ensure the programs are providing students an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-65
SECTION 59-40-65. Online or computer instruction; requirements; enrollment in South Carolina Virtual School Program.
Status: in_force

(A) If the governing body of a charter school offers as part of its curriculum a program of online or computer instruction, this information shall be included in the application and the governing body shall be required to: (1) provide each student enrolled in the program with a course or courses of online or computer instruction approved by the charter school's sponsor that must meet or exceed the South Carolina content and grade-specific standards. Students enrolled in the program of online or computer instruction must receive all instructional materials required for the student's program; (2) ensure that the persons who operate the program on a day-to-day basis comply with and carry out all applicable requirements, statutes, regulations, rules, and policies of the charter school; (3) ensure that each course offered through the program is taught by a teacher meeting the requirements of Section 59-40-50; (4) ensure that a parent or legal guardian of each student verifies the number of hours of educational activities completed by the student each school year; (5) adopt a plan by which it will provide: (a) frequent, ongoing monitoring to ensure and verify that each student is participating in the program, including proctored assessment(s) per semester in core subjects graded or evaluated by the teacher, and at least bi-weekly parent-teacher conferences in person or by telephone; (b) regular instructional opportunities in real time that are directly related to the school's curricular objectives, including, but not limited to, meetings with teachers and educational field trips and outings; (c) verification of ongoing student attendance in the program; (d) verification of ongoing student progress and performance in each course as documented by ongoing assessments and examples of student coursework; (6) administer to all students in a proctored setting all applicable assessments as required by the South Carolina Education Accountability Act. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a charter school that provides a program of online or computer instruction from reimbursing families of enrolled students for costs associated with their Internet connection for use in the program. (C) A charter school shall provide no more than seventy-five percent of a student's core academic instruction in kindergarten through twelfth grade via an online or computer instruction program. The twenty-five percent of the student's core academic instruction may be met through the regular instructional opportunities outlined in subitem (A)(5)(b). (D) Charter school students may enroll in the Department of Education's virtual education program pursuant to program requirements. (E) Private or homeschool students choosing to take courses from a virtual charter school may not be provided instructional materials, or any other materials associated with receiving instruction through a program of online or computer instruction at the state's expense. (F) Only students enrolled in the charter school as a full-time student shall be reported in the charter school's average daily membership to the State Department of Education for the purposes of receiving state or federal funds. Private and homeschool students may not be included in the student weighted pupil units or average daily membership reported to the State Department of Education for the purposes of receiving state or federal funds. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment, in subsection (D), substituted "Department of Education's virtual education program" for "South Carolina Virtual School Program". 2014 Act No. 288, SECTION 9, in subsection (A)(1), substituted "charter school's sponsor" for "State Department of Education" and substituted "grade-specific" for "grade specific".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 3 / Section 59-136-360
SECTION 59-136-360. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be sold at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the university considers advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-16-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 16 / Section 59-16-50
SECTION 59-16-50. Adult education program pilot; recommendations to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

Through the use of an online pilot program, the State Department of Education shall examine the feasibility of providing services of the South Carolina Virtual School Program to students enrolled in adult education programs and shall make recommendations to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2008.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-210
SECTION 59-25-210. Revocation or suspension of certificate; power of board to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, for the purposes of this article, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, to administer oaths, and to examine witnesses and such parts of any books and records as relate to the issue or issues involved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 7 / Section 59-111-550
SECTION 59-111-550. Department authorized to enter and cancel contracts with medical and dental schools for admission of students.
Status: in_force

The Department may make inquiry of the medical or dental schools which are approved for applicants to attend, and make arrangements and enter into contracts with those institutions for the admission of students granted loans by the Department. The Department, upon proper notice, may cancel any contract made with the institutions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-35 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 1 / Section 59-130-35
SECTION 59-130-35. Authorization to sell Remley's Point; use of certain appropriated funds; use of proceeds from sale.
Status: in_force

(A) Pursuant to item (4) of Section 59-130-30, the board of trustees of the College of Charleston, with the consent of the Budget and Control Board, is authorized to sell Remley's Point which it owns in Charleston County during fiscal year 1997-98 or thereafter for such price and under such terms and conditions as the board considers appropriate. The funds appropriated to the college for other operating expenses on line 13, Section 18E, Part I of this act, after this property is sold shall be used by the college for the purpose of acquiring through lease or purchase additional real and personal property in Charleston County which shall be used for athletic, intramural, or sports programs of the college. The proceeds derived from this sale shall be retained by the college and used to reimburse the appropriation which was used as provided above to fund this purchase. (B) Remley's Point for purposes of this section is described as follows: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Christ Church Parish in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, containing 17.32 acres of highland and 15 acres of marshlands, be the same more or less, more particularly shown and delineated on a plat thereof entitled 'Plat of 17.32 acres in Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, State aforesaid conveyed by the Estates of W. A. Leland and W. R. Bonsal to the College of Charleston', surveyed August 6, 1975, by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor." The property is further identified on Charleston County Tax Map 514-05-00 as parcel number 6.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-55 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-55
SECTION 59-29-55. Instruction on Black history.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall examine the current status of the teaching of South Carolina History. By the 1989-1990 school year, each public school of the State must instruct students in the history of the black people as a regular part of its history and social studies courses. The State Board of Education shall establish regulations for the adoption of history and social studies textbooks which incorporate black history and shall, through the State Department of Education, assist the school districts in developing and locating suitable printed materials and other aids for instruction in black history. The State Board of Education shall examine curricular material for grades 1-6 to determine the level of emphasis on the relationship of agriculture and other industries to the South Carolina economy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-460
SECTION 59-63-460. Annual reports.
Status: in_force

The teacher or principal of every school shall keep and furnish annually to the trustees of the school district a list of all pupils that have attended the school during the preceding scholastic year, showing the names of the pupils, their respective places of residence and the number of days each pupil has attended. Such list shall be certified to the county board of education by the trustees on or before the first day of August in every year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-230
SECTION 59-117-230. Trustees authorization; acquisition of facilities; bond refunds.
Status: in_force

The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-150
SECTION 59-103-150. Early retirement plans for faculty of public institutions of higher learning.
Status: in_force

(A) As long as there is no impact on state appropriations and subject to approval by the governing body of the public institution of higher education, the institution may implement an early retirement plan for its faculty to accomplish the following objectives: (1) reallocate institutional resources; (2) provide an equitable method to increase the flexibility of the institution to effect cost-saving measures; (3) foster intellectual renewal; (4) provide increased opportunities for promotion of a younger faculty; (5) improve the opportunity to recruit qualified women and minorities. (B) An early retirement plan may include provisions for institutions to pay: (1) actuarial costs required by Sections 9-1-1850 and 9-11-60; (2) health, dental, and life insurance costs; (3) incentive payments; (4) the costs of single premium annuity plans to provide supplemental benefits.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-43-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 43 / Section 59-43-30
SECTION 59-43-30. Funding.
Status: in_force

The adult education program of any school district may be supported either in whole or in part by either Federal, State, county or school district funds or by any combination thereof and may be supplemented by funds provided from other sources.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-20
SECTION 59-65-20. Penalty for failure to enroll or cause child to attend school.
Status: in_force

Any parent or guardian who neglects to enroll his child or ward or refuses to make such child or ward attend school shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days; each day's absence shall constitute a separate offense; provided, the court may in its discretion suspend the sentence of anyone convicted of the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-420 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-420
SECTION 59-71-420. Limits on aggregates of indebtedness; maturity date.
Status: in_force

The aggregate outstanding principal indebtedness on account of bonds issued for capital improvements and other purposes, after deducting that part of any sinking fund applicable to the retirement of bonds issued for such purposes, shall never exceed one hundred thirty-seven million, five hundred thousand dollars. The aggregate outstanding principal indebtedness on account of bonds issued to acquire the school bus equipment authorized by the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 67 of this Title, after deducting that part of any sinking fund applicable to the retirement of bonds issued for such purpose, shall never exceed nine million dollars. Within such limits, State school bonds may be issued from time to time under the conditions prescribed by this article, but in no event to mature later than July 1, 1991.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-156-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 156 / Section 59-156-110
SECTION 59-156-110. South Carolina Child Early Reading Development and Education Program.
Status: in_force

There is created the South Carolina Child Early Reading Development and Education Program which is a full day, four-year-old kindergarten program for at-risk children which must be made available to qualified children in all public school districts within the State. The program must focus on: (1) a comprehensive, systemic approach to reading that follows the State Reading Proficiency Plan and the district's comprehensive annual reading proficiency plan, both adopted pursuant to Chapter 155, Title 59; (2) successfully completing the readiness assessment administered pursuant to Section 59-155-150; (3) the developmental and learning support that children must have in order to be ready for school; (4) incorporating parenting education, including educating the parents as to methods that may assist the child pursuant to Section 59-155-110, 59-155-130, and 59-155-140; and (5) identifying community and civic organizations that can support early literacy efforts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-80
SECTION 59-40-80. Conditional authorization of charter school.
Status: in_force

A sponsor may conditionally authorize a charter school before the applicant has secured its space, equipment, facilities, and personnel if the applicant indicates such authority is necessary for it to meet the requirements of this chapter. Conditional authorization does not give rise to any equitable or other claims based on reliance, notwithstanding any promise, parole, written, or otherwise, contained in the authorization or acceptance of it, whether preceding or following the conditional authorization. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment substituted "sponsor" for "local school board" in the first sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-110
SECTION 59-21-110. Allowance for supervision and overhead.
Status: in_force

In addition to the State aid for teachers' salaries, each school district or operating unit shall be allowed for supervision and overhead seven and 50⁄100 dollars a school year for each pupil, which allowance shall be based on enrollment. These funds shall be disbursed monthly along with the disbursement of funds for teachers' salaries.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1784 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1784
SECTION 59-53-1784. Lease agreements for construction and use of Enterprise Campus facilities; procurement policy; disposal of surplus property.
Status: in_force

(A) The authority must comply with the provisions of Chapter 47 of Title 2; provided, however, only State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, approval is required for leases and lease purchase agreements, including ground lease agreements, the terms and conditions thereof, and the consideration involved, for the construction or use of facilities on the Enterprise Campus. Upon the expiration of the lease purchase agreements, including ground lease agreements, the private entity shall surrender unto the authority such premises with the existing buildings, other structures, and improvements constructed and located on the Enterprise Campus, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, required herein for leases and lease purchase agreements, including ground lease agreements, is in lieu of or a substitute for any other approval required by any other provision of law or regulation. The full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations must not be pledged, and any statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The authority shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of State Engineer. In the leasing of property and the granting of easements and rights-of-way by the authority, the authority is exempt from the provisions of Sections 1-11-55, 1-11-56, and 10-1-130. (B) For all matters associated with the Enterprise Campus, the authority is exempt from the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, however, the authority shall adopt a procurement policy requiring competitive solicitations, and the policy must be filed with and approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. The policy must include provisions for audit and recertification. (C)(1) The authority is exempt from all regulations and general laws including, but not limited to, Sections 1-11-58 and 1-11-65, governing disposal of surplus government property, whether real, personal, or mixed. (2) The exemption provided in item (1) includes an exemption for the sale of real property but only if the sale is for a price not less than a market value determined by an appraisal conforming to the Department of Administration's appraisal standards and the transfer of title is by quit claim deed. After the recording of the deed for the sold real property, the authority shall file with the Department of Administration and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority a copy of the recorded deed and a copy of the appraisal. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 189, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and its provisions expire June 30, 2020." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 189, SECTION 1, rewrote (C), providing that the exemption of the authority from surplus property laws applies to real, personal, and mixed property in certain circumstances. 2021 Act No. 4, SECTION 1, in (C), inserted the (1) designator, substituted "including, but not limited to, Sections 1-11-58 and 1-11-65, governing disposal of surplus government property, whether real, personal, or mixed" for "governing disposal of surplus government property", and added (2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-90
SECTION 59-73-90. Designation of school by taxpayer.
Status: in_force

Each taxpayer when he pays any tax for school purposes voted under the provisions of Sections 59-73-40 and 59-73-50 may designate to which school in the school district he wishes the money paid by him to go, and the treasurer shall keep a note of such designation, and the money shall be applied as thus designated. When no designation is made by the taxpayer at the time of such payment the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-250
SECTION 59-31-250. State institutions of higher learning authorized to establish textbook rental systems.
Status: in_force

Any State institution of higher learning may, in the discretion of its board of trustees or other governing body, set up a textbook rental system in the same manner as is provided in Section 59-31-210 for school districts and may choose or purchase its own textbooks. All funds received by such institutions from rental of books belonging to such institutions shall be retained by them respectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-170
SECTION 59-102-170. Administrative fine.
Status: in_force

Upon a finding that an athlete agent has violated a provision of this chapter, as determined from admissions of the athlete agent freely and voluntarily made or as the result of a contested case hearing, the administrative law judge may assess a fine against an athlete agent not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for a violation of this chapter. Comment Editor's Note 2005 Act No. 128, SECTION 27, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2005, and applies to all licensing and administrative hearings involving the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs." Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "the Administrative Law Judge" for "conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, the Department of Consumer Affairs". 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-158-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 158 / Section 59-158-50
SECTION 59-158-50. Disclosure of agreement terms; limitations.
Status: in_force

(A) If an institution of higher learning collects, retains, or maintains copies or summaries of the terms of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness contract or proposed contract detailing compensation to the intercollegiate athlete for the use of the intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness or athletic reputation, the documentation may not be considered a public record under Section 30-4-20(C) unless they are a party. (B) An institution of higher learning may not be compelled to disclose the information to a collegiate athletic association, athletic conference, or other group or organization with authority over an intercollegiate athletic program at an institution of higher learning. Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 207, SECTION 5, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-110
SECTION 59-146-110. Execution and authentication of state school facilities bonds.
Status: in_force

All state school facilities bonds issued under this chapter must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer. The Governor and the State Treasurer may sign these obligations by a facsimile of their signatures. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed on, or reproduced upon each of them and each must be attested by the Secretary of State. The delivery of the state school facilities bonds executed and authenticated is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after the execution or authentication.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-10
SECTION 59-33-10. Legislative findings; declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that it is necessary and proper to provide an appropriate education for all handicapped children and youth enrolled in public schools or eligible for enrollment therein. It further finds that this purpose can best be accomplished through implementation of an intensive five-year plan to expand and improve existing programs for exceptional children in the public schools. The purpose of this article is to provide for the mandatory establishment of educational and training services and facilities for handicapped children in the public schools, between the ages designated in Section 59-63-20, who cannot be trained adequately without special educational facilities and services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-51-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-51-10
SECTION 59-51-10. Wil Lou Gray School established; location.
Status: in_force

The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is established and must be located in Lexington County on the property formerly occupied by the Army Air Force and known as the Columbia Air Base, which property the State received by quitclaim deed in September 1947 for the joint use of the Opportunity School and the South Carolina Trade School.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-530
SECTION 59-63-530. Credit on tuition for taxes paid.
Status: in_force

Whenever under the provisions of law any school district or municipal corporation is authorized to levy a special tax for the support of public schools therein, any person not a resident of such school district or municipal corporation shall be entitled to a credit upon fees for the tuition of his children by the amount of such special tax paid by such person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 3 / Section 59-111-160
SECTION 59-111-160. "Total disability" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, total disability shall mean the physical inability to perform work in any gainful occupation, which disability directly results from any injury received in line of duty. In cases of such total disability, the free tuition provided for herein shall be extended only while such fireman or law-enforcement officer continues to be totally disabled. This article shall not apply to a child or children born after the first year of total disability as herein defined.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 59-69-20
SECTION 59-69-20. State Treasurer shall hold certain property and moneys for educational purposes.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall take and hold in trust for the State any grant or devise of lands and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made to him for educational purposes, all gifts to the State when the purpose is not designated, all escheated property, the net assets or funds of all estates or copartnerships in the hands of the courts of the State when there have been no claimants for the same within the last seventy years and other money that came into the State Treasury by reason of the twelfth section of an act entitled "An Act to Provide a Mode of Distribution of the Moneys as Collected as Direct Tax from the Citizens of this State by the United States, and Turned Over in Trust to the State of South Carolina," approved December 24, 1891 (Acts 1891, p. 1067), together with such other means as the General Assembly may provide. For faithful management of all property so received the State Treasurer shall be responsible upon his bond to the State as for other funds received by him in his official capacity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-50
SECTION 59-131-50. Provisions of resolution concerning bonds.
Status: in_force

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this chapter, the trustees shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of the bonds within the limitations herein mentioned, which resolutions shall prescribe the tenor, terms and conditions of such bonds. Such bonds shall be issued as serial bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees shall determine. Provided, always, that the last maturing bonds of any issue shall be expressed to mature not later than forty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this chapter, shall fall due within five years from their date. They shall bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the trustees shall prescribe, and the bonds shall be in such denominations, shall be payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions shall prescribe. All bonds maturing subsequent to fifteen years from their date shall be subject to redemption not later than fifteen years from their date, and on all subsequent interest payment dates prior to their respective maturities. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date prior to their respective maturities. 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, in such amount as the trustees shall prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption shall contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolution authorizing their issuance shall contain provisions, specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 59-10-380
SECTION 59-10-380. Food or beverage items sold as fundraiser.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article may be construed to prohibit or limit the sale or distribution of any food or beverage item through fundraisers by students, teachers, or groups when the items are intended for sale off the school campus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 1 / Section 59-111-30
SECTION 59-111-30. South Carolina defense scholarship fund.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina defense scholarship fund is hereby created for which the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the fiscal year 1962-1963. Additional appropriations to the fund may be made in annual general appropriation acts. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall administer the fund and shall allocate to State-supported institutions of higher learning which have elected to make loans to students under the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 17 of Title 20, United States Code, Annotated, their equitable share of the funds appropriated, so as to enable the institutions to contribute to the fund created as required by Federal law, a sum equal to one ninth of the total Federal capital contributed. The allocations made to institutions of higher learning shall be deemed loans by the State to the institutions and payment on the loans shall be made as directed by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Interest on the loans shall not exceed three per cent per annum. Appropriations to the South Carolina defense scholarship fund may also be used for participation as loan guarantees provided under the college reserve program of the United Student Aid Funds, Incorporated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-114-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 114 / Section 59-114-65
SECTION 59-114-65. Grants dependent on availability of funds; administration costs.
Status: in_force

Grants provided pursuant to this chapter are subject to the availability of funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Funds appropriated for the college assistance program may be carried forward and expended for the same purpose. If a midyear budget reduction is imposed by the General Assembly or the Executive Budget Office, as appropriate, the appropriations for the college assistance program are exempt. Up to five percent of the amount appropriated to the college assistance program may be used to defray administrative costs incurred by the commission associated with the implementation of this chapter. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 151, SECTION 3, added the second and third sentences, relating to the carry forward of funds and midyear budget reduction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-160
SECTION 59-71-160. Exemption of bonds from taxes.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this article shall be exempt from all State, county, municipal, school district and other taxes or assessments, direct or indirect, general or special, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-250
SECTION 59-65-250. Cooperation between attendance supervisors and county and district agencies and the like.
Status: in_force

The county attendance supervisor whose salary shall be paid from State funds and such other attendance supervisors as may be employed by the county or school districts therein shall cooperate with the social and civic organizations and agencies of the county or district, as well as with the trustees of the several school districts in the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-150
SECTION 59-109-150. Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this State, for the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of a project by the authority or its agent or a participating institution for higher learning will constitute the performance of an essential public function, neither the authority nor its agent shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a project or any property acquired or owned by the authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the State and by the municipalities and other political subdivisions in the State."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-1030 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-1030
SECTION 59-119-1030. Provisions for adequate payment of principal and interest; admissions, special student fees; debt service requirements; debt service fund.
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 admission 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 59-119-1040(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 Clemson to calculate the debt service requirements of the bonds not less frequently than annually and, if required at such time, appropriate revisions of any admission 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, shall 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. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, until the earlier to occur of (i) May 1, 2000 or (ii) the earlier retirement or defeasance of the $6,935,000 original principal amount Clemson University Stadium Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, any requirement under the Prior Acts for the trustees to impose an admissions fee or a special student fee shall remain in full force and effect. (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. § 59-51-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-51-40
SECTION 59-51-40. Powers and duties of board.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees is a body politic, under the name and style of the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School. It shall have a seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its name it may contract for, purchase, and hold property for the purposes provided for in this chapter. It may take any property or money given or conveyed by deed, devised, or bequeathed to the school, and hold it for its benefit and use. The conditions of the gifts or conveyances in no case may be inconsistent with the purposes of the school, and the board may not by the acceptance thereof incur any obligation on the part of the State. It shall securely invest all funds and keep all property which may come into its possession. It may sue and be sued in its name and may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 59-69-30
SECTION 59-69-30. State school fund.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall from time to time invest in bonds of this State or of the United States or in bonds of any county, school district or municipality within the State all such money in the name of the State as a permanent State school fund and shall pay out the income derived therefrom to the counties of the State as the same may be apportioned among the counties by the State Board of Education. But no disposition shall be made of any property, grant, devise, gift or bequest inconsistent with the purposes, conditions or terms thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1030 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 13 / Section 59-53-1030
SECTION 59-53-1030. Powers of Commission.
Status: in_force

When funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, the Commission is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training and, without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall be empowered as follows: (1) To adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) To adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of appropriated funds as it may deem advisable; (3) When funds are made available by the General Assembly, to acquire a site within Orangeburg County and to construct and equip thereon appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the former State Advisory Committee; (4) To acquire by gift, or purchase, or otherwise, all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property; (5) To accept gifts, grants, donations, devises and bequests; (6) To provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education; (7) To provide the necessary administrative services required by the State program; (8) To employ such personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to fulfill its functions; (9) To establish, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the State agency, for the operation of its facilities; (10) To operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the State of South Carolina; (11) To expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds which may be issued to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds as may be appropriated for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the facilities; (12) To apply for, receive, and expend moneys from all governmental agencies, both State and Federal; and (13) To exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and all other laws modifying, amending or implementing them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-570
SECTION 59-71-570. Sinking fund payments.
Status: in_force

If the annual principal payment on account of outstanding bonds be less than five per cent of the aggregate of all bonds outstanding, there shall be placed in the sinking fund hereby established for the retirement of State school bonds such sum as is the difference between five per cent of the outstanding State school bonds and the amount retired by way of principal of such outstanding bonds during such year. The sinking fund shall be duly apportioned between debt existing by reason of borrowings for advances to the school districts or operating units of the several counties and debt existing by reason of borrowings to defray the cost of acquiring school bus equipment, in the proportion that each bears to the total of State school bonds outstanding. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the remaining balance in the Sinking Fund as of July first, 1981, shall be remitted to the General Fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 15 / Section 59-53-1230
SECTION 59-53-1230. Technical education center.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance and operation of a technical education center to be located within the district, and there shall be developed and carried out at such center a program of adult pre-employment, adult extension, and high school pre-employment training for residents of the district and such other persons as the commission shall designate, upon such terms as the commission shall require, all in conjunction and coordination with the State program for technical education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-112 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-112
SECTION 59-39-112. Elective credit for released time classes in religious instruction; instruction by private schools.
Status: in_force

(A) A school district board of trustees may award high school students no more than two elective Carnegie units for the completion of released time classes in religious instruction as specified in Section 59-1-460 if: (1) for the purpose of awarding elective Carnegie units, the released time classes in religious instruction are evaluated on the basis of purely secular criteria that are substantially the same criteria used to evaluate similar classes at established private high schools for the purpose of determining whether a student transferring to a public high school from a private high school will be awarded elective Carnegie units for such classes. However, any criteria that released time classes must be taken at an accredited private school is not applicable for the purpose of awarding Carnegie unit credits for released time classes; and (2) the decision to award elective Carnegie units is neutral as to, and does not involve any test for, religious content or denominational affiliation. (B) For the purpose of subsection (A)(1), secular criteria may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) number of hours of classroom instruction time; (2) review of the course syllabus which reflects the course requirements and materials used; (3) methods of assessment used in the course; and (4) whether the course was taught by a certified teacher. (C) The provisions of subsection (A)(1) also shall be satisfied if a school district leaves the evaluation and assessment function for an off-campus released time class to an accredited private school, and accepts the off-campus released time transfer of credit without individually assessing the quality or subject matter of the class, trusting the private school accreditation process to ensure adequate academic standards. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 322, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Released Time Credit Act"'. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 179, SECTION 1, added (C), providing that a school district board of trustees may accept released time credits as transfer credits from an accredited private school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-7-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 59-7-10
SECTION 59-7-10. Educational Television Commission created; appointment and terms of members.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the South Carolina Educational Television Commission, which shall be composed of the Superintendent of Education, who shall be a member of the commission, ex officio, and in addition the commission shall be composed of eight members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: One shall be appointed from each of the congressional districts, and one shall be appointed from the State at large, who shall be named by the Governor as chairman of the commission. The term of the member who serves ex officio shall be coterminous with the term of the office to which he was elected, and the terms of the members appointed by the Governor shall be for six years, except that of those first appointed two shall serve for terms of two years, two shall serve for terms of four years and three shall serve for terms of six years, after which the terms of all members shall be for six years. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "eight" for "seven"; removed the word "six" preceding the phrase "congressional districts".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-150
SECTION 59-119-150. Clemson University authorized to purchase computer; agreement for furnishing data processing services to State Department of Social Services.
Status: in_force

The Clemson University Board of Trustees is hereby given authority for the purchase of computer equipment to be acquired during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976, and to borrow money necessary for the purchase of the computer equipment and to pay for other costs incidental thereto. The term of the loan as provided herein shall not exceed seven (7) years and the debt service shall be financed by payments for the use of said computer. Provided, Further, The Clemson University Board of Trustees is hereby given authority to enter into a contract of a duration not exceeding seven (7) years, commencing in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976, with the State Department of Social Services, in order to provide automatic data processing services to the Department of Social Services, and receive payment therefor. Provided, Further, The State Board of Social Services is hereby given authority to enter into a contract of a duration not exceeding seven (7) years, with Clemson University, commencing in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976, in order to receive automatic data processing services from Clemson University and make payment therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-100
SECTION 59-149-100. Scholarship eligibility for study-abroad or out-of-state program; summer school.
Status: in_force

Students enrolled in an eligible public or independent institution qualify for a LIFE Scholarship, even though they may not be physically present in South Carolina during all or part of the school term for which the LIFE Scholarship applies. The student's institution must approve for credit a study-abroad or out-of-state program. Summer school may be substituted for one fall or spring semester in any year in a planned program of study.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-530
SECTION 59-71-530. Sale of bonds.
Status: reserved

State school bonds whose proceeds are to be applied exclusively to the purchase of school bus equipment may be privately placed, if the terms and conditions of such disposition shall be approved by resolution duly adopted by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. All other State school bonds shall be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of notice of such sale one or more times at least ten days before such sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the State and also in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The bonds shall be awarded to the highest bidder at a price not less than par and accrued interest to the date of delivery, but the right shall be reserved to reject all bids and to readvertise the bonds for sale. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of such bonds, the Board may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of State or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sales of such bonds shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-340
SECTION 59-127-340. Trustees to adopt resolutions for issuance of bonds; single issue or separate issues authorized.
Status: in_force

In order to utilize the authorizations of this article, the trustees, on behalf of the university, shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of the bonds within the limitations mentioned, and by that resolution shall prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds and the obligations of the university incurred in connection with their issuance. The bonds may be issued as a single issue or as several separate issues. In the event that the bonds are issued as two or more issues, then all bonds must be on a parity in all respects inter se and are equally and ratably entitled to payment from the sources provided in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 59-18-110
SECTION 59-18-110. Objectives.
Status: in_force

The system is to: (1) use academic achievement standards to push schools and students toward higher performance by aligning the state assessment to those standards and linking policies and criteria for performance standards, accreditation, reporting, school rewards, and targeted assistance; (2) provide an annual report card with a performance indicator system that is logical, reasonable, fair, challenging, and technically defensible, which furnishes clear and specific information about school and district academic performance and other performance to parents and the public; (3) require all districts to establish local accountability systems to stimulate quality teaching and learning practices and target assistance to low performing schools; (4) provide resources to strengthen the process of teaching and learning in the classroom to improve student performance and reduce gaps in performance; (5) support professional development as integral to improvement and to the actual work of teachers and school staff; and (6) expand the ability to evaluate the system and to conduct in-depth studies on implementation, efficiency, and the effectiveness of academic improvement efforts. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-20
SECTION 59-17-20. Alteration or division of school districts.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise expressly provided, the school districts of the various counties shall not be altered or divided except: (1) By act of the General Assembly relating to one or more counties; or (2) By authorization of the county boards of education under the following conditions: (a) With the written approval of the Senator and the entire house legislative delegation from the county involved; (b) Upon a written petition, signed by at least four fifths of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved, which shall state plainly to the county board of education the action petitioned and shall also bear the signed certificate of the members of the county board of registration that the number of electors who signed the petition represent at least four fifths of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved; or (c) Upon the written petition, signed by at least one third of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved, which shall state primarily the action petitioned and shall bear the signed certificate of the members of the county board of registration that the number of the electors who signed the petition represent at least one third of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved; if such consolidation be approved favorably by a majority of the qualified electors of each of the school districts involved at an election called by the county board of education for the purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1830 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1830
SECTION 59-53-1830. Career and Technology training funds.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is created and appointed custodian of funds coming to the State from the United States under the provisions of the act referred to in Section 59-53-1810 and is responsible on his bond for the correct and proper handling of the funds. Monies appropriated by the State or paid into the State Treasury from the United States for the purpose provided in Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 must be paid out upon the order of the State Board of Education, duly countersigned and approved by the secretary of the board, and itemized vouchers must be filed with the Comptroller General as in the case of other funds. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-135-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 135 / Section 59-135-10
SECTION 59-135-10. Board of trustees.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees for Lander University is composed of the Governor of the State or his designee, who is an ex officio of the board, and sixteen members, with fifteen of these members to be elected by the General Assembly and one member to be appointed from the State at large by the Governor. The General Assembly shall elect and the Governor shall appoint these members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of this State. Of the fifteen members to be elected, one member must be elected from each congressional district and the remaining eight members must be elected by the General Assembly from the State at large. The term of office of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is coterminous with the term of the Governor appointing him. He shall serve after his term has expired until his successor is appointed and qualifies. Each position on the board constitutes a separate office and the seats on the board are numbered consecutively: Seats One through Seven corresponding to the number of each congressional district and Seats Eight through Fifteen to be designated at large. The member appointed by the Governor shall occupy Seat Sixteen. Effective July 1, 2012, the member from former Seat One is transferred to Seat Eight, the member from former Seat Three is transferred to Seat Nine, the member from former Seat Five is transferred to Seat Ten, the member from former Seat Seven is transferred to Seat Eleven, the member from former Seat Nine is transferred to Seat Twelve, the member from former Seat Thirteen is to remain in Seat Thirteen, the member from former Seat Fourteen is to remain in Seat Fourteen, and the member from former Seat Fifteen is to remain in Seat Fifteen, with these members continuing to serve until their terms expire on June 30, 2014. The member from former Seat Eleven is transferred to Seat Six with a term that expires on June 30, 2016. A member for Seats One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Seven must be elected by the General Assembly in 2012 for a term that expires on June 30, 2016. The General Assembly shall hold elections every two years to select successors of the trustees whose four-year terms are then expiring. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no election may be held before April first of the year in which the successor's term is to commence. The term of office of an elective trustee commences on the first day of July of the year in which the trustee is elected. If an elective office becomes vacant, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall hold an election at any time during the session to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy occurring in the appointed office on the board must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment in the same manner of the original appointment. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-20
SECTION 59-117-20. Terms of members of board.
Status: in_force

The regular term of office of each trustee elected by the General Assembly is four years; however, the trustee shall continue to function as a trustee after his term has expired until his successor is elected and qualifies. Trustees from the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth judicial circuits whose terms expire March 31, 1982, must next be elected for terms commencing on April 1, 1982, and those terms expire on June 30, 1986. Trustees from the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth judicial circuits elected for terms to commence April 1, 1984, shall have their terms extended to June 30, 1988, and must next be elected for terms commencing on July 1, 1988. Thereafter, the General Assembly shall hold elections every two years for the purpose of selecting successors of those trustees whose terms are then expiring. The term of office of an elective trustee commences on the first day of July of the year in which the trustee under this plan is scheduled to be elected and the term continues until the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the term is scheduled to expire. After its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to those elective trustees whose terms are expiring not earlier than the first day of April of the year the term expires. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina. The term of office of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is four years. If the Governor, chooses to designate a member to serve in his stead as permitted by Section 59-117-10, the appointment is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and shall continue, at the pleasure of the Governor making the appointment, so long as he continues to hold the specified office. The term of the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association is for the active term of office as president.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 59-29-510
SECTION 59-29-510. Acceptance of nongovernmental grants, gifts, and donations; administration of funds.
Status: in_force

(A) No state funds may be used to support or operate the Financial Literacy Initiative. This prohibition does not prevent the Department of Education from housing the offices of the Financial Literacy Initiative. A separate fund must be established to accept nongovernmental grants, gifts, and donations from a public or private source for the South Carolina Financial Literacy Trust. All funds may be carried forward from fiscal year to fiscal year. The State Treasurer shall invest the monies in the Financial Literacy Trust in the same manner as other funds under his control are invested and all interest derived from the investment of these funds shall remain in the trust. The South Carolina Financial Literacy Board of Trustees shall administer and authorize any disbursements from the trust. Private individuals and groups shall be encouraged to contribute to this endeavor. (B) All interest derived from the investment of the funds in subsection (A) shall remain a part of the trust.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-750 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 9 / Section 59-111-750
SECTION 59-111-750. Establishment of Environmental Scholars Endowment by the State Board for Comprehensive and Technical Education.
Status: in_force

After the fund has reached four hundred thousand dollars, the State Board for Comprehensive and Technical Education, known as "the board", also may request the transfer of one hundred thousand dollars from the fund to the board to establish and administer an Environmental Scholars Endowment for the award of scholarships to eligible students currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a technical education degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences. This article applies to the board in its administration of the endowment except that private match funds are not required. The board shall establish written guidelines for the application, review, and selection process which must be furnished to eligible students through the technical education colleges.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-108-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 108 / Section 59-108-50
SECTION 59-108-50. Records and reports of commission; accounting of funds.
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep accurate and detailed records of its meetings and actions and as soon after June thirtieth of each year as is feasible, shall submit a written report to the legislative delegations of the participating counties which shall include an accounting of all funds the commission may have received and disbursed in the twelve months preceding that date.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-113-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 113 / Section 59-113-10
SECTION 59-113-10. Higher Education Tuition Grant Commission.
Status: in_force

There is created a Higher Education Tuition Grant Commission consisting of eight representatives of the independent institutions of higher learning in the State who choose to come under the provisions of this chapter. In addition, the membership of the commission includes one ex officio member who must be the chief executive officer of the State Commission on Higher Education or his designee. The terms of the representatives of the institutions are for three years and until their successors are selected and qualify. The membership of the commission must be rotated among the participating institutions. The commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall make those regulations as may be necessary in order to carry out the intent of this chapter. The commission is responsible solely to the General Assembly and shall report to that body at least annually.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1870 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1870
SECTION 59-53-1870. Expenditure of funds; instructional program standards; review.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations governing the expenditures of monies appropriated by Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 and shall make the regulations known to the various school districts of the State so they may know the conditions under which they are entitled to share in the funds available for career and technology education. (B) The State Board of Education shall adopt instructional program standards for career and technology programs and a needs assessment format which includes instructional requirements for the special characteristics of the different career and technology programs, using as a guide for career and technology agriculture the standards of quality career and technology programs in agriculture/agribusiness education developed by the career and technology agricultural education profession. The instruction program standards for career and technology agriculture programs must include the instructional programs for the interim between academic years which are itemized in Section 59-53-1860. (C) These instructional program standards must be incorporated in the South Carolina State Plan for Career and Technology Education as adopted by the State Board of Education. The instructional standards adopted by the State Board of Education must be used to evaluate all career and technology programs. (D) Local programs of career and technology agriculture education and the school district's needs assessment for agriculture education programs must be reviewed by Clemson University consultants for agriculture education with the participation of an advisory team consisting at minimum of a member of the local advisory committee for career and technology agriculture, a member of the local advisory council for career and technology education, and a teacher-educator for agriculture education from Clemson University. The findings of these reviews must include an explicit statement of the career and technology agricultural education needs of the students and the agriculture community served by the local program. A member of this review team must be allowed to include a minority opinion in the findings of the review. These reviews must be scheduled by Clemson University at intervals adequate to assure local program compliance with the State Plan for Career and Technology Education. Whenever a high school or joint career and technology school's annual report, as required by Section 59-20-60, the Education Finance Act of 1977, on programmatic needs fails to justify or continue offering on a full-time twelve-month a year basis an existing career and technology agriculture education program, the school district board of trustees for the school shall include and consider the findings of the Clemson University review of the local career and technology agriculture program in the needs assessment of the district board of trustee's comprehensive annual and long-range plan for meeting program needs. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment designated subsections (A) to (D), rewrote the section to substitute "career and technology" for "vocational" and make nonsubstantive language changes throughout; in subsection (A) deleted "rules and" preceding regulations; in subsection (B), deleted at the beginning "On or before December 30, 1980"; and, in subsection (D), substituted "Clemson University" for "the State Department of Education" in three places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-475 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-475
SECTION 59-1-475. Continuing education on domestic violence; adoption as part of curriculum by school districts.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Education and the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, with the review and approval of Department of Social Services, shall develop guidelines and materials for continuing education concerning domestic and family violence including, but not limited to: (1) the nature, extent, and causes of domestic and family violence; (2) issues of domestic and family violence concerning children; (3) prevention of the use of violence by children; (4) sensitivity to gender bias and cultural, racial, and sexual issues; (5) the lethality of domestic and family violence; (6) legal issues relating to domestic violence and child custody. (B) Each school district shall adopt a curriculum for continuing education on domestic and family violence for teachers and appropriate staff based on the guidelines and materials developed by the department pursuant to subsection (A) which must be submitted to the department for approval. No expense shall be incurred by the school districts to administer the implementation of this curriculum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-150
SECTION 59-146-150. Investment in state school facilities bonds by fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries to invest any monies in their hands in bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1340
SECTION 59-63-1340. Permissible divergence from traditional programs and schools.
Status: in_force

Within the requirements of Section 59-1-440, alternative school programs may differ from traditional education programs and schools in scheduling, administrative structure, curriculum, or setting and state requirements may be waived in these areas if such waiver assists the alternative school in meeting its purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-610 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 2 / Section 59-101-610
SECTION 59-101-610. Use of funds for lump-sum bonus plans.
Status: in_force

A public institution of higher learning may spend federal and other nonstate appropriated sources of revenue to provide lump-sum bonuses at levels outlined in a plan approved by the governing body of the respective public institution of higher learning and according to guidelines established in the plan. The public institution of higher learning must maintain documentation to show that the use of federal funds for this purpose is in compliance with federal law. This payment is not a part of the employee's base salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of employee and employer contributions to the respective retirement systems.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-940 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-940
SECTION 59-119-940. Borrowings; limitations on bonds.
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 the 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 the 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 five hundred million dollars. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment substituted "in the aggregate" for "in such aggregate" in two places and substituted "sixty million dollars" for "forty million dollars". The 2007 amendment substituted "two hundred" for "sixty" million dollars. 2024 Act No. 214, SECTION 5.A, substituted "five hundred million dollars" for "two hundred million dollars".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1760 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1760
SECTION 59-53-1760. Participating counties to receive portion of funds derived from sale of certain facilities.
Status: in_force

If the commission stops operating a facility for vocational and technical education, the respective counties shall participate in any funds derived from the sale of the land, equipment, and facilities in proportion to their total contributions to the payment of the indebtedness incurred for the purchase of the land and construction of the facilities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-110
SECTION 59-5-110. School system survey.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable the Board of Education, as successor to the State Educational Finance Commission, shall make a survey of the entire school system, which shall set forth the needs for new construction, new equipment, new transportation facilities and such other improvements as are necessary to enable all children of the State to have adequate and equal educational advantages.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-54-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 54 / Section 59-54-30
SECTION 59-54-30. Progress reports of area occupational advisory committees and State Occupational Training Advisory Committee.
Status: in_force

After one year from the effective date of this chapter, each area occupational advisory committee shall make a written progress report to the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee. The report must indicate the progress of area technical college commissions and local school boards in reaching the agreement required by Section 59-54-50 and specifically identify issues, if any, delaying final agreement. The State Occupational Training Advisory Committee shall report area technical college commissions and local school boards that have not made appropriate progress toward reaching an agreement to the Governor, General Assembly, State Board of Education, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Based upon a review of the written reports required of the area occupational advisory committees by Section 59-54-40, the memoranda of agreement, and other pertinent information, the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee shall report to the Governor and General Assembly upon the cooperation, articulation, and coordination between technical college commissions and local school boards. The State Occupational Training Advisory Committee shall make its report within one year of the execution of memoranda of agreement between all affected technical college commissions and local school boards or within three years of the effective date of this chapter, whichever comes first. The report is not limited to but must specifically identify technical college commissions and local school boards whose agreements have not achieved coordination and articulation, specify the deficiencies, and make recommendations for removing deficiencies. The report of the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee shall contain the written responses, if any, of the State Board of Education, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, technical college commissions, and local school boards to the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee's findings. In 1989-90 and every two years thereafter, the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee shall monitor the implementation of the memoranda of agreement and assess the cooperation, coordination, and articulation between technical college commissions and local school boards in a report to the Governor and General Assembly. Other appropriate state agencies shall assist the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee in preparing the reports required by this section so that the reports may be prepared using existing personnel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 11 / Section 59-63-1130
SECTION 59-63-1130. Searches by principals or their designees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school principals or their designees may conduct reasonable searches of the person and property of visitors on school premises.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-810 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 59-53-810
SECTION 59-53-810. Creation of commission; membership; officers.
Status: in_force

There is created, as a body politic and corporate of Horry and Georgetown Counties, the "Horry-Georgetown Technical College Commission" (the "commission"), consisting of six qualified electors of Horry County and three of Georgetown County. Appointments to the commission from Horry County must be made by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the Horry County legislative delegation, including the resident Senator. Appointments from Georgetown County must be made by the Governor on the recommendation of the governing body of Georgetown County. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. If a vacancy arises, a successor may be appointed by the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The commission shall elect a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-156-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 156 / Section 59-156-180
SECTION 59-156-180. Professional development.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly recognizes there is a strong relationship between the skills and preparation of prekindergarten instructors and the educational outcomes of students. To improve these educational outcomes, participating providers shall require all personnel providing instruction and classroom support to students participating in the South Carolina Child Early Reading Development and Education Program to participate annually in a minimum of fifteen hours of professional development, including, teaching children from poverty. Professional development should provide instruction in strategies and techniques to address the age-appropriate progress of prekindergarten students in developing emergent literacy skills, including, but not limited to, oral communication, knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological awareness, and vocabulary and comprehension development.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-50-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 50 / Section 59-50-20
SECTION 59-50-20. Board of directors.
Status: in_force

The school is governed by a board of directors composed of seventeen members, as follows: (1) one member from each congressional district, appointed by the Governor; (2) six members from the State at large, appointed by the Governor; (3) the Chairman of the Education Oversight Committee or his designee who serves ex officio; (4) the State Superintendent of Education or his designee who serves ex officio; (5) the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education or his designee who serves ex officio; and (6) the chairman of the school's foundation board or his designee who serves ex officio. Members appointed by the Governor serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Members receive mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. In making the appointments, the Governor shall seek to obtain the most qualified persons from business, industry, and the educational and arts communities. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment in the introductory paragraph substituted "sixteen" for "not more than fifteen"; in item (2) substituted "six" for "four"; in item (3) substituted "Education Oversight Committee or his designee" for "Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural Affairs"; in items (4) and (5) added "or his designee"; rewrote item (6); in the second undesignated paragraph at the end of the second sentence deleted ", except that of those first appointed, the members representing the First, Second, and Third Congressional Districts and two at large members serve for terms or two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify"; and deleted the final undesignated paragraph providing for renovating or building appropriate facilities for the school. The 2012 amendment substituted "seventeen" for "sixteen" in the first paragraph.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-120
SECTION 59-116-120. Construction and application of chapter.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter may not be construed to prevent colleges and universities from employing or continuing to employ guards, gatekeepers, and other security personnel, and the chapter applies only to those security officers who are granted the additional law enforcement authority including the power to arrest provided for officers who fulfill the requirements and meet the standards prescribed in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-240
SECTION 59-53-240. Technical college.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance, and operation of a technical college to be located in one of the three counties as the commission designates, and there must be developed and carried out at the college a program of adult pre-employment, adult extension, and high school pre-employment training for residents of the district and other persons the commission designates upon the terms the commission requires.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-140
SECTION 59-1-140. "Teacher aide" defined.
Status: in_force

"Teacher aide" means a noncertificated person employed by a school district whose assignment consists of and is limited to assisting a certificated teacher.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-85 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-85
SECTION 59-5-85. Teacher evaluation program standards and procedures.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education and the Department of Education shall review and refine, as necessary, the professional performance dimensions in the state's teacher evaluation program (ADEPT) established in Section 59-26-30(B) to ensure the dimensions are consistent with nationally recognized performance-based accreditation standards and certification standards of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification standards. National board certified teachers shall be included in this review. A report on the changes to the dimensions must be provided to the Education and Public Works Committee of the House of Representatives and the Education Committee of the Senate no later than September 1, 2001. The Department of Education shall implement a pilot program to develop procedures and obtain information for including student achievement as a component in the teacher evaluation program (ADEPT). No fewer than five school districts must participate in the development and pilot of the procedures. At least one district designated as impaired is to be included in the pilot if the district chooses. The development of the program is to begin no later than September 1, 2000. A report on the progress of the project and recommendations concerning its implementation is due to the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education and Public Works Committee of the House of Representatives by March 1, 2001. Further, the Department of Education shall develop guidelines for the teacher induction program, established in Section 59-26-20, which shall include sustained long-term coaching and assistance. Information on best practices in teacher induction programs must be disseminated to school districts. By July 1, 2000, the State Department of Education shall adopt criteria for the selection and training of teachers who serve as mentors for new teachers as a part of the induction program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-510
SECTION 59-19-510. Right to appeal to county board of education; petition.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Section 59-19-90, any parent or person standing in loco parentis to any child of school age, the representative of any school or any person aggrieved by any decision of the board of trustees of any school district in any matter of local controversy in reference to the construction or administration of the school laws or the placement of any pupil in any school within the district, shall have the right to appeal the matter in controversy to the county board of education by serving a written petition upon the chairman of the board of trustees, the chairman of the county board of education and the adverse party within ten days from the date upon which a copy of the order or directive of the board of trustees was delivered to him by mail or otherwise. The petition shall be verified and shall include a statement of the facts and issues involved in the matter in controversy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-135 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-135
SECTION 59-5-135. Governor's Institute of Reading; functions; funding.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) reading is the most important academic skill and the basis for success in school and work; (2) test results indicate that a significant portion of South Carolina students score below the fiftieth percentile on nationally normed achievement tests; and (3) it is necessary and proper to establish a comprehensive long-term commitment to improve reading as well as overall academic performance. (B) There is created within the State Department of Education the Governor's Institute of Reading. The purpose of the institute is to create a collaborative effort to mobilize education, business, and community resources to ensure that all children learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade. The purpose of the institute also is to mobilize efforts to improve the reading abilities of students in the middle grades and accelerate the learning of students reading below grade level. The Governor's Institute of Reading is based upon a collaborative effort of education professionals and reading experts and designed to promote reading in every school district. To accomplish this mission, the institute shall: (1) review the best practices in the teaching of reading; (2) provide teachers with professional development and support for implementing best practices in the teaching of reading; and (3) award competitive grants to school districts for designing and providing a comprehensive approach to reading instruction based on best practices. The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines for administering and allocating funds for the Governor's Institute of Reading. Grants must be awarded, beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000, to districts for implementing programs designed to achieve exemplary reading. The department may carry forward any unexpended appropriations to be used for this same purpose from fiscal year to fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-330
SECTION 59-125-330. Acquisition and improvement of facilities.
Status: in_force

The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-147 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-147
SECTION 59-8-147. Application; advertisement and access; errors and corrections.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall prominently post, on the main page of the South Carolina Department of Education website, advertisement of and access to the application for the program. The department shall be responsible for facilitating access to the application and supporting applicants throughout the application process. (B) In the event that an application is submitted and is substantially complete but found to contain errors including, but not limited to, errors of minor omission and misspelling, the submitting party must be notified and given two weeks to correct the errors before a final decision is made regarding the acceptance or denial of the application. If space in the program is limited, preference will be given to applicants whose applications are on hold due to error until the two weeks allotted for correction have passed. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 16, provides as follows: "SECTION 16. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Current eligible participants may continue receiving benefits under the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, until the end of the 2024-2025 School Year."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-860 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 59-53-860
SECTION 59-53-860. Treasurer of Horry County authorized to provide revolving loan account to Horry County Technical Education Commission.
Status: in_force

The treasurer of Horry County is hereby authorized to provide from the general funds of the county a revolving loan account to the Horry County Technical Education Commission in an amount not to exceed seventy-five hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-20
SECTION 59-139-20. Appropriations for academic assistance initiative; uses of funds; matching of weighted pupil units.
Status: in_force

Beginning in fiscal year 1994-95 in the annual general appropriations act, the General Assembly shall determine an appropriation level for the academic assistance initiative. The State Board of Education through the Department of Education shall promulgate regulations to implement a system to provide a pro rata matching of the weighted pupil units pursuant to Section 59-20-40 to the pupils in the districts of the State as follows: (1) early childhood assistance for students in kindergarten through grade three who are eligible for the federal free- and reduced-price lunch program at a weight of .26; (2) grade four through twelve academic assistance for students in these grades who score below minimum basic skills act standards in reading, mathematics, or writing, or their equivalent, at a weight of .114. Funds generated by kindergarten through grade three students must be used by the districts and schools to provide to any student in these grades needed academic assistance. The assistance may be for short, intensive periods or for longer, on-going assistance as needed by each student. Based upon the district and school plans provided for in Section 59-139-10, a portion of these funds may be used to support other components of the early child development initiative in order to better prepare children for entering school. Further, districts may request a waiver from the State Board of Education to use a portion of the funds generated by students in kindergarten through grade three for students in grades four through twelve, if such a change promotes better coordination of state and federal funds provided for programs for these children. Funds generated by students in grades four through twelve must be used to provide any student with needed academic assistance with an emphasis on assistance at the time of need and on accelerating the progress of students performing below their peers. The assistance may be for short, intensive periods or for longer, on-going assistance as needed by the student. Enhanced opportunities for learning must be emphasized. In reviewing the districts' plans, provided for in Section 59-139-10, the State Board of Education shall stress district and school flexibility in addressing student needs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-16-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 16 / Section 59-16-40
SECTION 59-16-40. Guidelines and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines and promulgate regulations to include, but may not be limited to, the following: (1) procedures and criteria to be used for the selection of online courses to be offered for a unit of credit; (2) qualifications and registration requirements of students who may enroll in online courses to include provisions outlining the enrollment of students that have been expelled from school; (3) procedures for private and homeschool students to enroll in courses offered; (4) teacher qualifications and the student-to-teacher ratio for online courses; (5) appropriateness and provisions for charging tuition and fees; (6) procedures for establishing uniform evaluation of student progress and awarding of the final grade; (7) process for maintaining student records and reporting and recording grades on the student's transcript; (8) procedures and requirements for employment, supervision, and evaluation of teachers; (9) procedures and requirements for supervision, monitoring, assessment, and evaluation of enrolled students; and (10) student expectations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1860 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1860
SECTION 59-53-1860. Use of funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education may use the funds appropriated by Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 for the payment of the salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of career and technology subjects, for the purchase of supplies and equipment to be used by career and technology classes, for the maintenance of classes for training teachers of career and technology subjects or for the administration of career and technology education, including necessary supervision and clerical help. (B) Due to the special characteristics of agriculture education work experiences which require instruction during the summer and on a year-round basis, monies appropriated for this purpose must be available on a full-time twelve-month a year basis to those high schools and joint career and technology schools whose teachers of career and technology agriculture are responsible for the following programs of instruction on a full-time basis during the interim between academic years: (1) supervision and instruction of students in agriculture experience programs; (2) group and individual instruction of farmers and agribusinessmen; (3) supervision of student members of "Future Farmers of America" who are involved in leadership training or other activities as part of their career and technology education instructional program; (4) a program of career and technology agriculture established by the State Board of Education. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment designated subsection (A) and (B) and substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-620 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-620
SECTION 59-125-620. Delivery of bond proceeds to State Treasurer; maintenance in special funds; withdrawals; temporary investments.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all bonds must be delivered to the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and retained in a special fund or funds and applied solely to the purposes for which such bonds have been issued. Withdrawals from the fund must be made on the order or requisition of the university and must be in such form as the State Treasurer shall prescribe. The State Treasurer may make temporary investments of funds derived from the proceeds of bonds in the manner prescribed by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-20
SECTION 59-4-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "College or university" means a state-chartered public educational institution of higher learning located in this State. (2) "Contributor" means a person who makes or is obligated to make advance payments in accordance with a prepaid tuition contract. (3) "Director" means the head of the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program. (4) "Designated beneficiary" means the individual who is designated as the beneficiary of amounts paid or to be paid to the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program or, in the case of a change in beneficiaries as permitted under this chapter, the individual who is the new beneficiary. (5) "Fund" means the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program Fund. (6) "Independent institution of higher education" means an independent eleemosynary junior or senior college in South Carolina whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina and which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. (7) "Program" means the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program. (8) "The Tuition Prepayment Contract" means the contract entered into by the Director of the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program or his designee on behalf of the program and a contributor pursuant to this chapter for the advance payment by the contributor of undergraduate tuition at a fixed, guaranteed level for a designated beneficiary to attend a public educational institution of higher learning in the State or another educational institution of higher learning as may be provided in this chapter to which the designated beneficiary is admitted. (9) "Treasurer" means the South Carolina State Treasurer. (10) "Tuition", for purposes of this chapter only, means the registration or matriculation, credit-hour charges, and mandatory college fees, including athletic or activity, medical or infirmary, and capital improvement fees, imposed by a public higher education institution in this State as a condition of enrollment of all full-time, undergraduate students regardless of class. Tuition does not under any circumstance include the expenses for student housing, meal plans, books, class or lab supplies and equipment, uniforms and laundry, transportation, course-specific fees, or any other fees or charges the program did not consider in the determination of the annual contract pricing structure, regardless of how these fees are characterized by the institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-240
SECTION 59-25-240. Revocation or suspension of certificate; service of subpoenas; witness fees.
Status: in_force

The county sheriffs and their respective deputies shall serve all subpoenas of the State Board of Education and shall receive the same fees as are now provided by law for like service. Each witness who appears in obedience to such subpoena shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage of witnesses in civil cases in the courts of the county in which the hearing is held.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1785 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1785
SECTION 59-53-1785. Issuance of bonds; liability for payment of obligations; information to appear on face of bonds.
Status: in_force

(A) The authority may issue bonds in the same manner and for the same purposes, including the purposes of the authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Revenue Bond Act, as provided in Chapter 147, Title 59. (B) The issuance by the authority of any bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness is subject to the approval of them by resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (C) Bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority do not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of South Carolina, the commission, or any of the state's political subdivisions other than the authority, but are payable only from the revenue, money, or property of the authority as provided in this subarticle. The bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority do not constitute an indebtedness of the State within the meaning of any state constitutional or statutory limitation. A member of the board or a person executing bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority is not liable personally on the bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness by reason of their issuance or execution. Each bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness must contain on its face a statement to the effect that: (1) neither the State, the commission, nor any of the state's political subdivisions, nor the authority is obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the bond or other costs incident to the bond except from the revenue, money, or property of the authority pledged; (2) neither the full faith and credit, nor the taxing power of the State, nor any of its political subdivisions, is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness; and (3) the authority does not have taxing power.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-50
SECTION 59-107-50. Authority of State Fiscal Accountability Authority as to applications.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may approve, in whole or in part, or modify in any way that it sees fit any application made by any Board of Trustees, Area Commission, or by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education of any of the state institutions and may direct the application of the principal proceeds of any bonds, issued pursuant to this chapter for such purpose if it shall have found: (1) That a definite and immediate need therefor exists, or, in the event that the issuance of refunding bonds is sought, that it is to the advantage of the institution to effect the refunding of its outstanding bonds; (2) That a satisfactory and proper schedule of tuition fees is in effect at such State institution; (3) That the annual debt service on all state institution bonds issued for such state institution, including the bonds then proposed to be issued, shall not exceed ninety percent of the sums received by such state institution of higher learning from tuition fees for the preceding fiscal year; (4) That the Board of Trustees, Area Commission, or State Board for Technical or Comprehensive Education of the state institution has agreed that such schedule of tuition fees may be revised from time to time and whenever necessary to provide not less than the sum needed to pay the annual principal and interest requirements on the proposed bonds and on all outstanding state institution bonds issued for such state institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 3 / Section 59-104-240
SECTION 59-104-240. Salary enhancement program for technical colleges and two-year campuses.
Status: in_force

(A) The Commission on Higher Education shall request state funds to implement a program to endow salary enhancements for outstanding faculty in technical colleges and two-year campuses of the University of South Carolina. The purpose of the program is to enable the state's two-year college systems to retain and reward outstanding instructional personnel. (B) The commission, in collaboration with the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the University of South Carolina, shall establish procedures to implement the program. Each salary enhancement must be supported by an endowment fund created especially for that purpose. Half of the corpus of each fund must be provided by the commission through this program, and half must be provided by the institution from private sources specifically donated for this purpose. (C) The State Treasurer shall establish a separate fund consisting of any funds appropriated for all salary enhancements plus accrued interest received. Any amount remaining in the established fund at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for salary enhancements. Funds in the specified amounts to support each salary enhancement may be transferred by the commission to each eligible institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-155 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-155
SECTION 59-17-155. Automated external defibrillator program; immunity from civil liability; state contract for purchase of defibrillators.
Status: in_force

(A) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, each school district shall develop and implement an automated external defibrillator program meeting the requirements of Chapter 76 of Title 44 of the 1976 Code for each high school in the district. The program must include provisions that: (1) require an operational automatic external defibrillator on the grounds of the high school; (2) require all persons who are reasonably expected to use the device to obtain appropriate training, including completion of a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a basic first aid course that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and demonstrated proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator. The school district superintendent, or the superintendent's designee, shall determine who is reasonably expected to use the device; (3) establish guidelines for periodic inspections and maintenance of the defibrillators; and (4) define the purpose of the program and the manner in which the program will operate. (B)(1) Any person or entity acting in good faith and gratuitously shall be immune from civil liability for the use of an automated external defibrillator unless the person was grossly negligent in the use. (2) Any designated automated external defibrillator user meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30(1) and acting according to the required training shall be immune from civil liability for the application of an automated external defibrillator unless the application was grossly negligent. (3) A person or entity acquiring an automated external defibrillator and meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30 or an automated external defibrillator liaison meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30 shall be immune from civil liability for the use of an automated external defibrillator by any person or entity described in items (1) or (2) of this subsection. (4) A prescribing physician shall be immune from civil liability for authorizing the purchase of an automated external defibrillator, unless the authorization was grossly negligent. (C) Any person or entity, acting in good faith and gratuitously, that teaches or provides a training program for cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes training in the use of automated external defibrillator is immune from civil liability for providing this training for use if the: (1) person or entity has provided the training in accordance with the guidelines and policies of a national training organization, as defined in Section 44-76-30(1); (2) person providing the training is authorized to deliver that course or curriculum; and (3) training delivery was not grossly negligent. (D) The Department of Administration may establish a state contract for the purchase of automated external defibrillators.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 59-21-510
SECTION 59-21-510. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) "Special education program" means educational services carried on through special schools, special classes and special instruction; (2) "Educable mentally handicapped pupils" means pupils of legal school age whose intellectual limitations require special classes or specialized education instruction to make them economically useful and socially adjusted; (3) "Trainable mentally handicapped pupils" means pupils of legal school age whose mental capacity is below that of those considered educable, yet who may profit by a special type of training to the extent that they may become more nearly self-sufficient and less burdensome to others; (4) "Emotionally handicapped pupils" means pupils of legal school age with demonstrably adequate intellectual potential, who because of emotional, motivational, or social disturbance require special classes or specialized education instruction suited to their needs; (5) "Hearing handicapped pupils" means pupils of age four or older who are certified by a licensed specialist that their hearing deficit requires special classes or specialized education instruction suited to their needs; (6) "Orthopedically handicapped pupils" means pupils of legal school age who have an impairment which interferes with the normal functions of the bones, joints, or muscles to such an extent and degree as to require the school to provide special facilities and instructional programs; (7) "Visually handicapped pupils" means pupils of age four or older who are blind or possess a severe visual disability as defined in Section 43-25-20; (8) "Learning disabilities pupils" means pupils with special learning disabilities who exhibit a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language. These may be manifested in disorders of listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling or arithmetic. They include conditions which have been referred to as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, developmental aphasia, etc. They do not include learning problems which are due primarily to visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, to intellectual disability, emotional disturbances or to environmental disadvantage; (9) "Physically handicapped children" means children of sound mind and of legal school age who suffer from any disability making it impracticable or impossible for them to benefit from or participate in the normal classroom program of the public schools. (10) "Caseload" means membership of handicapped pupils receiving special instruction. (11) "Pupils with autism" means pupils with a severe and chronic disorder that affects communication and behavior and which is manifested during early development by a characteristic pattern of social, communication, and learning behaviors. Autism is a behaviorally defined syndrome; the essential features of which include disturbances of: developmental rates or sequences; response to sensory stimuli; speech, language, and communication; and capacities to relate to people, objects, and events.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-210
SECTION 59-117-210. Purpose; authorization.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for the University of South Carolina to incur debt for, among other things, the purposes of providing funds to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip certain revenue-producing auxiliary facilities, which debt is secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of some or all of the facilities. The University of South Carolina has demonstrated need for additional funds to provide for acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of these facilities. These facilities are needed to replace or renovate aging facilities and to provide additional facilities all to the end that the educational environment at the University of South Carolina will be enhanced for the benefit of present and potential students at the University of South Carolina. (B) Consideration has been given to this need and to the methods of funding it. It has been determined to be in the best interests of the people of this State to authorize the University to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip additional facilities and to incur indebtedness for these purposes which is payable from the revenues derived from the operation of these facilities to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 153 / Article 1 / Section 59-153-80
SECTION 59-153-80. Meetings in executive session, records exempt from disclosure where necessary.
Status: in_force

(A) Meetings by the board while acting as trustee of the endowment fund or by its fiduciary agents to deliberate about, or make tentative or final decisions on, investments or other financial matters may be in executive session if disclosure of the deliberations or decisions would jeopardize the ability to implement a decision or to achieve investment objectives. (B) A record of the board or of its fiduciary agents that discloses deliberations about, or a tentative or final decision on, investments or other financial matters is exempt from the disclosure requirements of Chapter 4 of Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act, to the extent and so long as its disclosure would jeopardize the ability to implement an investment decision or program or to achieve investment objectives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-30
SECTION 59-122-30. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

Any accrued interest received by The Citadel from the initial purchasers of the bonds must be used to pay the first maturing installment of interest on the bonds. The proceeds from the sale of bonds must be applied solely to the following: (1) all costs incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds, including, but not limited to, any fees and expenses of any counsel or financial advisors, printing and rating agency costs, and the fees and expenses of any paying agent, fiduciary, registrar, or similar agent; (2) all costs of acquiring or renovating any facilities, including, but not limited to, any architectural, design, engineering survey, or planning costs and any charges for the construction or acquisition of facilities, including, but not limited to, any necessary licenses, insurance, or bonding in connection with it; and (3) interest on the bonds and other carrying charges until the facilities being acquired or renovated are placed in service.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-550
SECTION 59-119-550. Execution of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be signed in the corporate name of the university by the chairman of the board of trustees of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the secretary of the board of trustees. Interest coupons attached to the bonds shall be signed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Such bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the coupons shall have ceased to hold office at the time of such issue or at the time of the delivery of such bonds to the purchaser.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 59-39-330
SECTION 59-39-330. Supervision of course; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and training course shall be under the supervision of a qualified driver education teacher. Such rules and regulations shall include instrumental standards, teacher qualifications, reimbursement procedure, and other requirements which will further implement the purposes and intent of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-57 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-57
SECTION 59-25-57. Salaries negotiable below schedule for non-TERI retired teachers; expiration.
Status: repealed

Notwithstanding another provision of law, school districts uniformly may negotiate salaries below the school district salary schedule for the 2014-2015 school year for retired teachers who are not participants in the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive program. Thereafter, school districts annually may continue to uniformly negotiate salaries below the school district salary schedule for retired teachers who are not participants in the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive program for each upcoming school year through the 2019-2020 school year. The provisions of this section expire on July 1, 2020. Editor's Note The Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program, Section 9-1-2210, was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278, Part I, SECTION 16, effective July 1, 2018.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-160
SECTION 59-5-160. Graduation of children who are new to South Carolina.
Status: in_force

(A) In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of families who have moved to South Carolina during the child's twelfth grade year, the State Board of Education may: (1) waive specific courses required for graduation if those courses were not specifically required for graduation in the student's most recent state of residence; however, the state board may not waive the number of courses required in ELA, math, and science. If a student does not have sufficient course credit to be issued a South Carolina diploma, the state board, to the extent possible, shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that the student could receive a South Carolina high school diploma and graduation may occur on time; and (2) may accept exit exams, end-of-course exams, or alternative testing required for graduation from the sending state in lieu of South Carolina testing requirements for graduation provided that all portions of these exams necessary for graduation from the sending state have been satisfactorily met. (B) In the event the alternatives provided in subsection (A) cannot be accommodated after all alternatives have been considered, the State Board of Education shall work with other state boards and departments of education to help facilitate the receipt of a diploma from the sending state if the student meets the graduation requirements of that state. (C) The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines and subsequent regulations to comply with the provisions of this section. Editor's Note 2010 Act 246, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect July 1, 2010, contingent upon available funding and agreement by the Interstate Commission to SECTION 3 of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-30
SECTION 59-29-30. Required subjects; Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week.
Status: in_force

Each public school of the State shall designate one week during the school year for the observance of Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week. During this week, each district board of trustees shall require the school principal or other designated person to have each class from the sixth grade upward instructed for at least thirty minutes on three days concerning the risks and dangers involved in the use of alcoholic beverages and narcotics. The principal, or such other designated person, shall also have at least one assembly session during the week of not less than forty-five minutes, at which time the subject of the dangerous effect of alcohol and narcotics shall be presented. The district board of trustees shall each year inform the State Board of Education of the week each public school in its district has designated as Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week, and the State Board of Education shall, through the Department of Education, provide suitable printed materials and other aids for use in the observance of the week.