S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-180
SECTION 59-155-180. Pre-service and in-service teacher education programs.
Status: in_force

(A) As a student progresses through school, reading comprehension in content areas such as science, mathematics, social studies, English/language arts, career and technology education, and the arts is critical to the student's academic success. Therefore, to improve the academic success of all students in prekindergarten through grade twelve, the State shall strengthen its pre-service and in-service teacher education programs. (B)(1) Beginning with students entering a teacher education program in the fall semester of the 2016-2017 School Year, all pre-service teacher education programs including MAT degree programs must require all candidates seeking certification at the early childhood or elementary level to complete a twelve credit hour sequence in literacy that includes a school-based practicum and ensures that candidates grasp the theory, research, and practices that support and guide the teaching of reading. The six components of the reading process that are comprehension, oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary will provide the focus for this sequence to ensure that all teacher candidates are skilled in diagnosing a child's reading problems and are capable of providing an effective intervention. All teacher preparation programs must be approved for licensure by the State Department of Education to ensure that all teacher education candidates possess the knowledge and skills to assist effectively all children in becoming proficient readers. The General Assembly is not mandating an increase in the number of credit hours required for teacher candidates, but is requiring that pre-service teacher education programs prioritize their missions and resources so all early and elementary education teachers have the knowledge and skills to provide effective instruction in reading and numeracy to all students. (2) Beginning with students entering a teacher education program in the fall semester of the 2016-2017 School Year, all pre-service teacher education programs, including MAT degree programs, must require all candidates seeking certification at the middle or secondary level to complete a six credit hour sequence in literacy that includes a course in the foundations of literacy and a course in content-area reading. All middle and secondary teacher preparation programs must be approved by the department to ensure that all teacher candidates possess the necessary knowledge and skills to assist effectively all adolescents in becoming proficient readers. The General Assembly is not mandating an increase in the number of semester hours required for teacher candidates but rather is requiring that pre-service teacher education programs prioritize their mission and resources so all middle and secondary education teachers have the knowledge and skills to provide effective instruction in reading and numeracy to all students. (C)(1) To ensure that practicing professionals possess the knowledge and skills necessary to assist all children in becoming proficient readers, multiple pathways are needed for developing this capacity. (2) A reading/literacy coach shall be employed in each elementary school. Reading coaches shall serve as job-embedded, stable resources for professional development throughout schools in order to generate improvement in reading and literacy instruction and student achievement. Reading coaches shall support and provide initial and ongoing professional development to teachers based on an analysis of student assessment and the provision of differentiated instruction and intensive intervention. The reading coach shall: (a) model effective instructional strategies for teachers by working weekly with students in whole, and small groups, or individually; (b) facilitate study groups; (c) train teachers in data analysis and using data to differentiate instruction; (d) coaching and mentoring colleagues; (e) work with teachers to ensure that scientifically based reading programs are implemented with fidelity; (f) work with all teachers (including content area and elective areas) at the school they serve, and help prioritize time for those teachers, activities, and roles that will have the greatest impact on student achievement, namely coaching and mentoring in the classrooms; and (g) help lead and support reading leadership teams. (3) The reading coach must not be assigned a regular classroom teaching assignment, must not perform administrative functions that deter from the flow of improving reading instruction and reading performance of students and must not devote a significant portion of his or her time to administering or coordinating assessments. The department must publish guidelines that define the minimum qualifications for a reading coach. Districts must provide to the department information on the name and qualifications of reading coaches funded by the state appropriations. (4) The board is authorized to approve guidelines on an annual basis for professional development, coursework, certification, and endorsement requirements for teachers of early childhood and elementary education, including special education teachers, interventionists, reading specialists, and administrators, whose responsibilities, either directly or indirectly, substantially relate to reading and literacy instruction, support, or interventions as provided in this section. The guidelines approved by the board shall also include the issuance of appropriate credit to individuals who have completed a department-approved intensive and prolonged professional development program. Local school districts, working with the department, shall offer the required professional development, coursework, certification, and endorsements at no charge to teachers. In-service hours earned through professional development must be used for renewal of teaching certificates in all subject areas. (5) Beginning September 1, 2026, early childhood, elementary, and special education teacher candidates seeking their initial certification in South Carolina must earn a passing score on a rigorous test of scientifically based reading instruction and intervention and data-based decision making principles as approved by the board. The objective of this item is to ensure that teacher candidates understand the foundations of reading and are prepared to teach reading to all students. (6) The board shall approve guidelines and procedures to allow in-service teachers the option of utilizing the test in item (5) to exempt requirements established by the board pursuant to item (4). As part of this process, the board shall set a minimum cut score for an in-service teacher to achieve to take advantage of this provision. A teacher's score on this assessment may not be used for evaluation purposes. Contingent upon funding by the General Assembly, this test shall be provided at no cost to the teacher. (7) Teachers, administrators, and other certified faculty and staff are exempt from having to earn the literacy endorsement to maintain certification only if they are not educating or serving students in a school or other educational setting. The literacy endorsement must be earned before an individual who was previously exempt pursuant to this item returns to a position where they educate or otherwise serve students. (8) Annually by August first, the department shall publish guidelines and procedures used in evaluating all courses offered to teachers, including virtual courses and professional development, leading to the literacy endorsement. The department shall publish the approved courses and professional development leading to the literacy endorsement no later than January first, annually. (9) Prior to August 1, 2026, and continuing every five years thereafter, the department will conduct an evaluation of approved courses used for compliance of this section. The evaluation should include survey data from prior course participants. The department shall remove any courses receiving an unsatisfactory evaluation from the list of approved courses and professional development under this section. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 9, rewrote (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-145 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-145
SECTION 59-40-145. Students attending charter schools outside district of residence.
Status: in_force

A child who resides in a school district other than the one where a charter school is located may attend a charter school outside his district of residence; however, the receiving charter school shall have authority to grant or deny permission for the student to attend pursuant to Sections 59-40-40(2)(b) and 59-40-50(B)(7) and (8) according to the terms of the charter after in-district children have been given priority in enrollment. However, the out-of-district enrollment shall not exceed twenty percent of the total enrollment of the charter school without the approval of the sponsoring district board of trustees. The district sending children to the charter school under the terms of this section must be notified immediately of the transferring students. Out-of-district students must be considered based on the order in which their applications are received. If the twenty percent out-of-district enrollment is from one school district, then the sending district must concur with any additional students transferring from that district to attend the charter school. The charter school to which the child is transferring shall be eligible for state and federal funding according to the formula defined in Section 59-40-140(A), (B), and (C), as applicable. However, this section does not apply to a charter school sponsored by the South Carolina Public Charter School District Board of Trustees. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added the last (seventh) sentence excepting certain schools from application of the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-360
SECTION 59-31-360. Waiver of textbook rental charges; use of school district books.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall waive textbook rental charges for grades kindergarten through twelve of the public schools, to the end that basal textbooks adopted and approved by the board for use in the public schools must be supplied to the school children of the State without charge. Title to books so provided shall remain in the State Board of Education. Each school district shall fully utilize all books owned by it to effect the purposes of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-60
SECTION 59-152-60. Local First Steps Partnership Boards.
Status: repealed

(A) Each county must be represented on a Local First Steps Partnership Board and each local board must provide services within every county it represents. A local partnership board must be comprised of individuals with resources, skills, knowledge, and interest in improving the readiness of young children for school. A list of all local partnership board members must be published in the partnership's annual report, be reported annually to the local legislative delegation, and be on file with the Office of First Steps. (B) The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees must establish bylaws for use by each local partnership board. These bylaws must, in addition to other requirements provided in this section, require that a meeting or election of a local partnership board comply with all Freedom of Information Act and IRS disclosure requirements. (C) In accordance with the bylaws established by the board of trustees, appointed members shall comprise a voting majority of the board. (1) No more than four may be elected to sit on a First Steps Partnership Board. (2) Each county legislative delegation shall appoint six members to a local partnership board. In multicounty partnerships, the legislative delegations shall modify their appointments based on the plan approved by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees pursuant to Section 59-152-70(E). (3) Each of the following entities located within a particular First Steps Partnership coverage area shall recommend one member to the legislative delegation for appointment by the delegation to serve as a member of the local First Steps Partnership Board: (a) Department of Social Services; (b) Department of Health and Environmental Control; and (c) Head Start or early Head Start. (4) The county public library system staff located within a particular First Steps Partnership coverage area shall recommend one employee of the system for appointment by its county council to serve as a member of the partnership, and the council either shall make the appointment or reject the appointment and ask the library staff to make another recommendation. (5) Each public school district board located within a particular First Steps Partnership coverage area shall appoint one of its employees to serve as a member of the local First Steps Partnership. (6) The legislative delegation may by resolution delegate some or all of its appointments to county council. (D) In conjunction with the independent external program evaluation established in Section 59-152-160, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall conduct a formal review of the membership categories for First Steps Partnership Board composition. Upon completion of the review, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall submit to the General Assembly a statement either verifying the continued applicability and appropriateness of the composition categories for First Steps Partnership Boards in place at that time, or recommending any appropriate and necessary changes. (E)(1) Members who miss more than three consecutive meetings without excuse are considered terminated from membership and a vacancy is created. (2) When any membership vacancy occurs, the vacancy timely must be filled with a person from the same category and in the same manner of election or appointment as the vacated member. (3) The terms of the members of a local First Steps Partnership Board are for four years; however, excluding all appointed members, membership on the board may not exceed eight consecutive years. Elected members may not serve in a holdover capacity after their term ends. (F) The chairman of a local partnership board must be elected by majority vote of the board. The chairman shall serve a one-year term; however, the chairman may be elected to subsequent terms not to exceed a total of four consecutive years. (G) A local First Steps Partnership Board must have policies and procedures for conducting meetings and disclosing records comparable to those provided for in the Freedom of Information Act. Prior to every vote taken by the board, members must abstain from voting if the issue being considered would result in a conflict of interest. The abstention must be noted in the minutes of the meeting. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." 2023 Act No. 81, SECTION 1.B, provides as follows: "[SECTION 1.]B. The terms of all local First Steps Partnership members designated pursuant to Section 59-152-60(C)(3) terminate on July 1, 2023. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall design and implement a transition plan setting forth the tasks to be accomplished by local First Steps Partnerships in compliance with the requirements of this act. This plan shall be fully implemented by July 1, 2024." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 11, rewrote the section. 2023 Act No. 81, SECTION 1.A, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-300
SECTION 59-19-300. Propriety of trustee's receiving pay as teacher.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for a school trustee to receive pay as a teacher of a free public school that is located in the same school district of which such person is a trustee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-20
SECTION 59-25-20. Qualifications of teachers.
Status: in_force

No board of school trustees shall hereafter employ any teacher who has not a certificate to teach in the free public schools of the State. This provision, however, shall not affect the employment of any teacher now teaching in any of the schools of the special school districts. The trustees of any such school may also impose any additional examinations and qualifications they may deem proper before or after employing any teacher.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-40
SECTION 59-40-40. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) A "charter school" means a public, nonreligious, nonhome-based, nonprofit corporation forming a school that operates by sponsorship of a public school district, the South Carolina Public Charter School District, or a public or independent institution of higher learning, but is accountable to the board of trustees, or in the case of technical colleges, the area commission, of the sponsor which grants its charter. Nothing in this chapter prohibits charter schools from offering virtual services pursuant to state law and subsequent regulations defining virtual schools. (2) A charter school: (a) is, for purposes of state law and the state constitution, considered a public school and part of the South Carolina Public Charter School District, the local school district in which it is located, or is sponsored by a public or independent institution of higher learning; (b) is subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services; however, an applicant may seek to form a single gender charter school without regard to the gender makeup of that proposed charter school; (c) must be administered and governed by a governing body in a manner agreed to by the charter school applicant and the sponsor, the governing body to be selected as provided in Section 59-40-50(B)(9); (d) may not charge tuition or other charges pursuant to Section 59-19-90(8) except as may be allowed by the sponsor and is comparable to the charges of the local school district in which the charter school is located; (e) is subject to the same fixed asset inventory requirements as are traditional public schools. (3) "Applicant" means the person who or nonprofit corporate entity that desires to form a charter school and files the necessary application with the South Carolina Public Charter School District Board of Trustees, the local school board of trustees in which the charter school is to be located, or the board of trustees or area commission of a public or independent institution of higher learning. The applicant also must be the person who or the nonprofit corporate entity that applies to the Secretary of State to organize the charter school as a nonprofit corporation. (4) "Sponsor" means the South Carolina Public Charter School District Board of Trustees, the local school board of trustees in which the charter school is to be located, as provided by law, a public institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-103-5, or an independent institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-113-50, from which the charter school applicant requested its charter and which granted approval for the charter school's existence. Only those public or independent institutions of higher learning, as defined in this subsection, who register with the South Carolina Department of Education may serve as charter school sponsors, and the department shall maintain a directory of those institutions. The sponsor of a charter school is the charter school's Local Education Agency (LEA) and a charter school is a school within that LEA. The sponsor retains responsibility for special education and shall ensure that students enrolled in its charter schools are served in a manner consistent with LEA obligations under applicable federal, state, and local law. (5) "Certified teacher" means a person currently certified by the State of South Carolina to teach in a public elementary or secondary school or who currently meets the qualifications outlined in Sections 59-27-10 and 59-25-115. (6) "Noncertified teacher" means an individual considered appropriately qualified for the subject matter taught and who has completed at least one year of study at an accredited college or university and meets the qualifications outlined in Section 59-25-115. (7) "Charter committee" means the governing body of a charter school formed by the applicant to govern through the application process and until the election of a board of directors is held. After the election, the board of directors of the corporation must be organized as the governing body and the charter committee is dissolved. (8) "Local school district" means any school district in the State except the South Carolina Public Charter School District and does not include special school districts. (9) "Charter school contract" means a fixed term, renewable contract between a charter school and a sponsor that outlines the roles, powers, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each party to the contract. (10) "Resident public school" means the school, other than a charter school, within whose attendance boundaries the charter school student's custodial parent or legal guardian resides. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in item (1), deleted "nonsectarian," following "public,", added "or the South Carolina Public Charter School District" and deleted "local" preceding "school board of trustees" and added the second sentence relating to virtual services; in item (2), in subitem (a), added "South Carolina Public Charter School District or local" and in subitem (d) added the clause at the end starting with "and is comparable"; rewrote items (4) and (5); added item (8) defining "local school district"; and made conforming changes throughout. The 2012 amendment rewrote items (1), (2), (3), and (4), and added items (9) and (10).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-120
SECTION 59-155-120. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the State Board of Education. (2) "Department" means the State Department of Education. (3) "Foundational literacy skills" means phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension and excludes models based on meaning, structure, syntax, and visual cues. (4) "Formative assessment" means nationally normed formative assessments approved by the board and aligned with state standards used during the school year to analyze general strengths and weaknesses in learning and instruction, to include reading comprehension, of students individually as to adapt instruction, make decisions about appropriate intervention services, and inform placement and instructional planning for the next grade level. (5) "Literacy" means the mastery of foundational literacy skills and the use of those skills to comprehend texts and write proficiently to meet grade-level English/Language Arts standards. (6) "Readiness assessment" means an assessment used to analyze students' competency in prekindergarten or kindergarten. (7) "Reading interventions" means individual or group assistance in the classroom and supplemental support based on curricular and instructional decisions made by classroom teachers who have proven effectiveness in teaching reading and a literacy endorsement or reading/literacy coaches who meet the minimum qualifications established in guidelines published by the department. (8) "Reading proficiency" means the ability of students to meet state reading standards in kindergarten through grade five, demonstrated by readiness, formative, or summative assessments. (9) "Reading proficiency skills" means the ability to understand how written language works at the word, sentence, paragraph, and text level and mastery of the skills, strategies, and oral and written language needed to comprehend grade-level texts. (10) "Science of reading" means the comprehensive body of scientific research on how proficient reading develops, why some students have difficulty learning to read, and the scientifically based approaches to effectively, explicitly, and systematically teach students to read, including foundational literacy skills. The science of reading also addresses the developmental stages of reading, effective instructional strategies, the identification and support of diverse learners to include those with reading difficulties such as dyslexia, and the application of these research findings in an educational setting to ensure effective reading instruction and literacy develops for all students. (11) "Scientifically based" means reading instruction, interventions, programs, and other reading services provided to students that are aligned with the science of reading. These approaches and methods must be grounded in systematic and objective research conforming to established scientific principles. (12) "Substantially fails to demonstrate third grade reading proficiency" means a student who does not demonstrate reading proficiency at the end of the third grade as indicated by scoring Does Not Meet Expectations or at the lowest achievement level on the statewide summative reading assessment. (13) "Summative assessment" means state-approved assessments administered in grades three through eight and any statewide assessment used in grades nine through twelve to determine student mastery of grade-level or content standards. (14) "Summer reading camp" means an educational program offered by each local school district or consortia of school districts for students who are unable to comprehend grade-level texts and who qualify for mandatory retention. (15) "Third grade reading proficiency" means the ability to read grade-level texts by the end of a student's third grade year as demonstrated by scoring Meets or Exceeds Expectations as a result of state-approved summative reading assessments administered to third grade students, or through other assessments as noted in this chapter and adopted by the board. (16) "Universal reading screener" means a nationally normed formative assessment used to screen and monitor the progress of students in foundational literacy skills to identify or predict students at risk of not meeting grade-level proficiency and determine effectiveness of instruction and intervention. All universal reading screeners must be aligned with state standards to English/Language Arts, meet the criteria of a nationally normed formative assessment, and be recommended by the department and approved by the board. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 16 / Section 59-53-1320
SECTION 59-53-1320. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

There is hereby committed to the commission the function of promoting the program contemplated by Chapter 53 of Title 59 in and for York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, is empowered as follows to: (1) adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) adopt such bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it considers advisable; (3) acquire an appropriate site and to construct and equip on that site appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications set forth by the Advisory Committee for Technical Training; (4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise, all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property; (5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests; (6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education; (7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program; (8) employ such personnel as is necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions; (9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency for the operation of its facilities; (10) operate its affairs on a fiscal year beginning on July first in each year and ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year; (11) expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds issued by York County to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities; (12) apply for, receive, and expend monies from all governmental agencies, both state and federal; and (13) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Chapter 53 of Title 59 or by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-460
SECTION 59-130-460. Tax exempt status.
Status: in_force

The bonds are exempt from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes and franchise and license fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-130
SECTION 59-152-130. Matching funds.
Status: repealed

(A) Local partnerships shall provide an annual match of at least fifteen percent, to include private donations, grant funds, and in-kind donated resources, or any combination of them. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees may decrease this percentage requirement for a partnership based on their capacity to provide that match. The First Step partnership shall encourage private individuals and groups to contribute to a partnership's efforts to meet its match. The match required of individual partnerships by the First Steps board should take into consideration such factors as: (1) local wealth, using such indicators as the number and percentage of children eligible for free and reduced lunches in grades 1-3; and (2) in-kind donated resources. Only in-kind donations, as defined by the standard fiscal accountability system provided for in Section 59-152-150, which meet the criteria established by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees and that are quantifiable may be applied to the in-kind match requirement. (B) The Office of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness shall establish guidelines and reporting formats for partnerships to document expenses to ensure they meet matching fund requirements. The office shall compile a report annually on the private cash and in-kind contributions received by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees and First Steps partnerships. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 15, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-113-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 113 / Section 59-113-20
SECTION 59-113-20. Qualifications of applicants for grants.
Status: in_force

The State of South Carolina shall grant an amount, as provided in this chapter, to any applicant who meets the following qualifications: (a) has been a resident of South Carolina for at least one year; (b) is of good moral character; (c) has demonstrated qualities of academic merit and financial need; (d) has been accepted by or is registered in a South Carolina independent institution of higher learning as a full-time student whose academic programs are not comprised solely of sectarian instruction; (e) is not enrolled in a course of study leading to a degree in theology, divinity, or religious education; and (f) has not been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies or any second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related offenses under the laws of this or any other state or under the laws of the United States in order to be eligible for a South Carolina tuition grant, except that a high school or college student otherwise qualified who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related misdemeanor offense nevertheless shall be eligible or continue to be eligible for such grants after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment, in item (f), added "second or subsequent" in two places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-44-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 44 / Section 59-44-10
SECTION 59-44-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Community Education Act of 1976.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-40
SECTION 59-29-40. Required subjects; films depicting nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; special instruction as to their effect.
Status: in_force

Films depicting the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and special instructions as to their effect upon the human system shall be taught in all the junior high and high schools of this State and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as all other required branches in such schools, as may be required by the State Board of Education. Such films shall be presented at orientation programs of all State-supported institutions of higher learning. The South Carolina Television Center shall make available to such schools and institutions television programs and films with commentary relative to such subject matter and the school shall require each student enrolled therein to view such program or film. The State Board of Education or the college or university officials, as the case may be, shall provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-70
SECTION 59-67-70. Dual wheels.
Status: in_force

County boards of education may at their discretion require that all replacement or new buses, placed in service in their respective counties, shall be equipped with dual wheels.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-240
SECTION 59-40-240. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this chapter, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words thereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment redesignated this section from SECTION 59-40-210.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1960 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 19 / Section 59-18-1960
SECTION 59-18-1960. School growth measurement system.
Status: in_force

In measuring annual school growth, with approval of the State Board of Education and the Education Oversight Committee, the State shall use a value-added system that calculates student progress or growth. A local school district may, in its discretion, use the value-added system to evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth. The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a public record and will be made available only to the specific teacher, principal, and superintendent. Furthermore, the estimates of specific teacher effects also may be made to any teacher preparation programs approved by the State Board of Education. The estimates made available to the teacher preparation programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only in evaluation of the respective teacher preparation programs. Furthermore, educator effectiveness data must be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 30-4-30, and may not be subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. An institution or postsecondary system receiving the estimates shall develop a policy to protect the confidentiality of the data.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 59-1-30
SECTION 59-1-30. Construction.
Status: in_force

If any section or part of the South Carolina School Code is found to be ambiguous or otherwise subject to more than one interpretation, such section or part shall be liberally construed to the extent that the general purpose of the entire Code and of public education may be advanced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-20
SECTION 59-102-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: (1) "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports services contract; an endorsement contract; or a name, image, or likeness contract, as defined in Chapter 158, Title 59. (2) "Athlete agent": (a) means an individual, whether or not registered under this chapter, who: (i) directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract or, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for a student athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization; (ii) for compensation or in anticipation of compensation related to a student athlete's participation in athletics: (A) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions, unless the individual is an employee of an educational institution acting exclusively as an employee of the institution for the benefit of the institution; or (B) manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; or (iii) in anticipation of representing a student athlete for a purpose related to the athlete's participation in athletics: (A) gives consideration to the student athlete or another person; (B) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions; or (C) manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; but (b) does not include an individual who: (i) acts solely on behalf of a professional sports team or organization; (ii) is a licensed, registered, or certified professional and offers or provides services to a student athlete customarily provided by members of the profession, unless the individual: (A) also recruits or solicits the athlete to enter into an agency contract; (B) also, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for the athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization; or (C) receives consideration for providing the services calculated using a different method than for an individual who is not a student athlete; or (iii) is an institution of higher learning or an employee or contractor employed by an institution of higher learning. (3) "Athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate. (4) "Contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent and a student athlete to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency contract. (5) "Educational institution" includes a public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college, and university. (6) "Endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of another party any value the student athlete has because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained from athletic ability or performance. (7) "Enrolled" means registered for courses and attending athletic practice or class. 'Enrolls' has a corresponding meaning. (8) "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics. (9) "Interscholastic sport" means a sport played between educational institutions that are not community colleges, colleges, or universities. (10) "Licensed, registered, or certified professional" means an individual licensed, registered, or certified as an attorney, dealer in securities, financial planner, insurance agent, real estate broker or sales agent, tax consultant, accountant, or member of a profession, other than that of athlete agent, who is licensed, registered, or certified by the state or a nationally recognized organization that licenses, registers, or certifies members of the profession on the basis of experience, education, or testing. (11) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, other legal or commercial entity, or government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. (12) "Professional sports services contract" means an agreement under which an individual is employed or agrees to render services as a player on a professional sports team, with a professional sports organization, or as a professional athlete. (13) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (14) "Recruit or solicit" means attempt to influence the choice of an athlete agent by a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete. The term does not include giving advice on the selection of a particular agent in a family, coaching, or social situation unless the individual giving the advice does so because of the receipt or anticipated receipt of an economic benefit, directly or indirectly, from the agent. (15) "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter. (16) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to: (a) execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (b) attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. (17) "State" means the State of South Carolina when referring to this State or a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when referring to another state. (18) "Student athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in an interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular interscholastic or intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student athlete for purposes of that sport. Comment 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." 2022 Act No. 239, SECTION 117.172, provides as follows: "117.172. (GP: Name Image Likeness) For Fiscal Year 2022-23, Act 35 of 2021 in its entirety pertaining to intercollegiate athlete (NIL) name, image, or likeness is suspended." Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment rewrote this section. 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote (2), relating to the definition of "athlete agent"; inserted (5), relating to the definition of "educational institution" and redesignated former (5) as (6); in (6), substituted "on behalf of another party any" for "a product or service based on" following "receives consideration to use"; inserted (7), relating to the definition of "enrolled" and redesignated former (6) as (8); in (8), substituted "that promotes or regulates" for "for the promotion or regulation of" following "by a national association"; inserted (9) and (10), relating to the definitions of "interscholastic sport" and "licensed, registered, or certified professional", respectively, and redesignated former (7) to (9) as (11) to (13); inserted (14), relating to the definition of "recruit or solicit" and redesignated former (10) as (15); inserted (16), relating to the definition of "sign", and redesignated former (11) to (12) as (17) to (18); and in (18), inserted "interscholastic or" in two places. 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 2, in (1), substituted "; an endorsement contract; or a name, image, or likeness contract, as defined in Chapter 158, Title 59" for "or an endorsement contract". 2024 Act No. 207, SECTION 7, in (2)(b), inserted (iii), and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-70
SECTION 59-102-70. Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew certificate of registration.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Consumer Affairs may limit, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration of a person registered pursuant to Section 59-102-60(A) for conduct that would have justified denial of registration pursuant to Section 59-102-60(B). (B) The department may suspend or revoke the registration of a person registered pursuant to Section 59-102-50(C) or renewed pursuant to Section 59-102-60(E) for any reason for which the department could have refused to grant or renew registration or for conduct that would justify refusal to issue a certificate of registration pursuant to Section 59-102-60(B). (C) The department may suspend, refuse to renew, or revoke a person's registration if that person fails to complete at least twenty hours of continuing athlete agent education coursework biennially. The department may promulgate regulations necessary for the approval of credit hours. 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." 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." 2022 Act No. 239, SECTION 117.172, provides as follows: "117.172. (GP: Name Image Likeness) For Fiscal Year 2022-23, Act 35 of 2021 in its entirety pertaining to intercollegiate athlete (NIL) name, image, or likeness is suspended." Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (a), deleted "suspend, revoke, or"; rewrote subsection (B) relating to requests for contested case hearings by aggrieved persons; and added subsection (C) permitting the Department of Consumer Affairs to request a contested case hearing. 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote the section. 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 3, added (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-190
SECTION 59-40-190. Liability of governing body, sponsor, board and employees; employment of governing body member.
Status: in_force

(A) The governing body of a charter school may sue and be sued. The governing body may not levy taxes or issue bonds. (B) A sponsor is not liable for any of the debts of the charter school. (C) A local school district, sponsor, members of the board or area commission of a sponsor, and employees of a sponsor acting in their official capacity are immune from civil or criminal liability with respect to all activities related to a charter school they sponsor. The governing body of a charter school shall obtain at least the amount of and types of insurance required for this purpose. (D) A member of a school governing body may not receive pay as an employee in the same school. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added subsection (D) relating to employment of a member of the governing body. The 2012 amendment inserted "local school district," and "or area commission" in subsection (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-290
SECTION 59-39-290. Regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall adopt, establish, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-320
SECTION 59-127-320. Authority of trustees to construct, operate, and maintain improvements; limited authority to issue bonds; university authorized to apply other funds to stadium improvements.
Status: in_force

(A) The right of the trustees to construct the improvements and then to operate and maintain them is affirmed. (B) Subject to obtaining the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, expressed by resolution duly adopted, the trustees are authorized to issue not more than twenty million dollars of bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, or equipping athletic facilities and for the purpose of refunding any previous series of bonds authorized by this section. Bonds issued pursuant to this section are payable from the admission fee, the special student fee, and net athletic revenues. (C) It is not intended by this article to limit the university in the construction of the improvements to the sums provided in this article, and if the university obtains funds from other sources for the purposes of enlarging and improving the football stadium, then it is empowered to apply the funds to the improvements as now contemplated or to provide further improvements for the football stadium.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-140
SECTION 59-115-140. Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 5 / Section 59-111-360
SECTION 59-111-360. Proof of eligibility.
Status: in_force

The officials of such colleges, universities or institutions charged with administration may require such proof as they deem necessary to insure that the person applying to the college, university or institution is eligible for the benefits provided by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 153 / Article 3 / Section 59-153-320
SECTION 59-153-320. Proposal for annual investment plan.
Status: in_force

(A) The panel shall develop and adopt an annual investment plan for proposal to each trustee for the next fiscal year. No later than June first of each year, the panel shall submit the proposed plans to the respective trustees. Amendments may be made to a plan by the panel during the fiscal year with the approval of the trustee. (B) The panel shall meet at least once during each fiscal year quarter for the purposes of reviewing the performance of investments, assessing compliance with the annual investment plan, and determining whether to recommend amendments to the plan by the trustee. The panel shall meet at other times as are set by the panel or chairman or requested by the trustee. (C) The panel may discuss, deliberate on, and make decisions on a portion of the annual investment plan or relate financial or investment matters in executive session if their disclosure would jeopardize the ability to implement that portion of the plan or achieve investment objectives. (D) A record of the panel or of the trustee or of the trustee's agent that discloses discussions, deliberations, or decisions on portions of the annual investment plan or other related financial or investment matters is not a public record under Section 30-4-20 to the extent and so long as its disclosure would jeopardize the ability to implement that portion of the plan or achieve investment objectives. (E) The costs of administering the duties of the panel as performed for endowment investments must be paid pro rata, considering the amount of time spent on its duties for each of the various trustees, from the investment earnings of the respective endowment funds. (F) The panel does not act as a fiduciary with respect to the respective endowment funds, but must exercise reasonable care and skill in carrying out its duties. (G) The panel may retain independent advisors to assist it and periodically shall provide for an outside evaluation of the investment strategy of the trustee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 18 / Section 59-53-1520
SECTION 59-53-1520. Report.
Status: in_force

Not less frequently than annually the commission shall make a written report of the activities of the commission and file a copy with the Secretary of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 49, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-180
SECTION 59-19-180. Purchase of lands by trustees.
Status: in_force

Whenever a board of school trustees deems it expedient to acquire lands for the erection thereon of any public schoolhouse or building or making any addition to or extension of any public schoolhouse or building already established or for public school playgrounds or other use for such public schools, it may purchase the lots or parcels of land necessary for such purposes and the fee simple title of such land shall be vested in such board of school trustees from the day of the sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 1 / Section 59-111-15
SECTION 59-111-15. Tuition assistance for permanent faculty and staff.
Status: in_force

State-supported colleges or universities and state-supported post-high school vocational or technical colleges are authorized to provide assistance for educational expenses, including the payment, reimbursement, or remission of tuition or fees, to its permanent faculty and staff. The assistance authorized by this section is not considered a perquisite of office or employment. Permanent faculty and staff are not entitled to assistance provided in this section for more than four credit hours a semester. The credit hours generated by individuals receiving assistance under this section may not be used in computing the higher education funding formula and may not have an impact on the level of funding an institution receives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-170
SECTION 59-71-170. Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds issued under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-10
SECTION 59-49-10. Establishment of Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe.
Status: in_force

(A) There is established the Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe to provide training for students who have a career aptitude in agriculture, agribusiness, natural resources, and biotechnology. It also will serve as a research and resource center for students and conduct adult education programs for teachers, farmers, and persons involved in the industry of agricultural and natural resources. This residential and day school shall provide intensive preprofessional and professional instruction in agriculture that a student may complete to satisfy the requirements for a high school diploma and be prepared for college-level study. (B) The school is named the Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 164, SECTION 9, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-54-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 54 / Section 59-54-60
SECTION 59-54-60. Annual reports of state agencies offering certain educational programs.
Status: in_force

Each state agency offering career, technical, occupational, or adult basic and adult secondary education programs shall include in its annual report at least the following: (1) a summary of students or clients served each year and the cost for each student served each year of the training or educational programs; (2) the completion and placement rate and further education of students enrolled in career, technical, and occupational training and the completion and further education of students enrolled in adult basic and adult secondary education programs; (3) the number of new programs started with an assessment of future job opportunities; (4) the number of programs discontinued; (5) the effectiveness of coordination efforts among education and training entities; (6) the effectiveness of articulation efforts with other education and training entities; (7) the effectiveness of the coordination of the training or education program to economic development efforts in each area of the State and the State as a whole; (8) the degree to which unserved or underserved clients or areas previously identified are now being served or referred to other entities for service including the effectiveness of the training and education programs to assist public assistance clients and at-risk youth to move into the work force; (9) a summary report of follow-up studies reflecting employer satisfaction and earnings rate of a sample of persons completing various educational and training programs and students participating in cooperative education programs. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment in the introductory paragraph and in item (1), substituted "career" for "vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-143-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 143 / Section 59-143-10
SECTION 59-143-10. Establishment of endowment; stated purposes; allocations.
Status: in_force

(A) There is established the South Carolina Children's Education Endowment. The revenue received pursuant to Section 48-46-40(E)(3) must be deposited by the State Treasurer in a fund separate and distinct from the state general fund entitled the "Children's Education Endowment". All interest or income earned by the fund shall be retained in the fund and used for its stated purposes, which are to provide funding for Public School Facilities Assistance and Higher Education Scholarship Grants. It is the intent of the General Assembly that in creating this endowment that its funds be managed so as to establish and fund these programs permanently. (B) Upon receipt of monies transferred to the Children's Education Endowment by the State Treasurer, thirty percent of these monies must be allocated to Higher Education Scholarship Grants and seventy percent must be allocated to Public School Facility Assistance. Earnings on each allocation shall accumulate for the benefit of that particular program. The Comptroller General shall record low-level radioactive waste tax revenues collected from the Barnwell waste facility on the accrual basis; however, no expenditure may be made against these accrued revenues until the related cash is deposited with the State. These revenues must be distributed in the manner prescribed by Section 48-48-140. (C) Funds made available for Need-based Grants and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships through the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation must be no more than the prior year's earned revenue and must be released for use on July first and January first of each fiscal year. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any unspent balance in the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation of the Children's Education Endowment Fund, including interest and low-level radioactive waste tax revenue from previous years' collections, may be made available for Need-based Grants and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships. (D) Funds made available from the public school facilities program allocation must be no more than the funds earned and received for that allocation through the most recently completed quarter. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated subsections (A) to (D); and, in subsection (C), added the second sentence relating to disposition of any unspent balance in the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation of the Children's Education Endowment Fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1400 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1400
SECTION 59-63-1400. Review; technical assistance.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall review alternative school plans for eligibility for funding and provide technical assistance for planning, establishing, and implementing an alternative school based on best practice. The department shall assist any district or consortia whose plan does not meet the eligibility criteria; however, no funding will be approved until the plan ensures implementation of appropriate services for students served by the alternative school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-156-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 156 / Section 59-156-140
SECTION 59-156-140. Application for school providers.
Status: in_force

(A) Public school providers participating in the South Carolina Child Early Reading Development and Education Program must submit an application to the Department of Education. Private providers participating in the South Carolina Child Early Reading Development and Education Program must submit an application to the Office of First Steps. The application must be submitted on the forms prescribed, contain assurances that the provider meets all program criteria set forth in this section, and will comply with all reporting and assessment requirements. (B) Providers shall: (1) comply with all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services; (2) comply with all state and local health and safety laws and codes; (3) comply with all state laws that apply regarding criminal background checks for employees and exclude from employment any individual not permitted by state law to work with children; (4) be accountable for meeting the educational needs of the child and report at least quarterly to the parent or guardian on his progress; (5) comply with all program, reporting, and assessment criteria required of providers; (6) maintain individual student records for each child enrolled in the program, including, but not limited to, assessment data, health data, records of teacher observations, and records of parent or guardian and teacher conferences; (7) designate whether extended day services will be offered to the parents and guardians of children participating in the program; (8) be approved, registered, or licensed by the Department of Social Services; and (9) comply with all state and federal laws and requirements specific to program providers. (C) Providers may limit student enrollment based upon space available, but, if enrollment exceeds available space, providers shall enroll children with first priority given to children with the lowest scores on an approved prekindergarten readiness assessment. Private providers must not be required to expand their programs to accommodate all children desiring enrollment, but are encouraged to keep a waiting list for students they are unable to serve because of space limitations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-23-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 59-23-220
SECTION 59-23-220. Inspections; certificate of approval.
Status: in_force

All construction, improvements, and renovation of public school buildings and property must be inspected by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee for compliance with the applicable codes and standards. A certificate of approval must be obtained from the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee before a building may be occupied.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-640 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 2 / Section 59-101-640
SECTION 59-101-640. Graduate assistant health insurance.
Status: in_force

A public institution of higher learning may offer and fund, from any source of revenue other than state approved sources, health insurance to full-time graduate assistants according to a plan approved by the governing body of the respective public institution of higher learning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-130
SECTION 59-112-130. Institutions with law schools; fee waivers.
Status: in_force

A public institution of higher learning with a law school may offer fee waivers to no more than four percent of the law school student body. This waiver does not affect the capacity of the fee waivers for four percent of the undergraduate student body. This waiver must not be applied to fees for out-of-state students.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 1 / Section 59-136-110
SECTION 59-136-110. Board of trustees.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees for Coastal Carolina University is composed of the Governor of the State or his designee, who is an ex officio member 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 by the General Assembly, one member must be elected from each congressional district and the remaining eight members must be elected 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. 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. The General Assembly shall elect those members of the board of trustees it elects during its 1993 Session. Members initially elected from Seats One, Three, Five, Seven, Nine, Eleven, Thirteen, and Fifteen shall be elected for two-year terms and members initially elected from Seats Two, Four, Six, Eight, Ten, Twelve, and Fourteen shall be elected for four-year terms. Thereafter, their successors shall each be elected for four-year terms. Effective July 1, 2012, the member from former Seat Two is transferred to Seat Twelve, the member from former Seat Three is transferred to Seat Two, the member from former Seat Four is transferred to Seat Fifteen, the member from former Seat Five is transferred to Seat Thirteen, the member from former Seat Six is transferred to Seat Three, the member from former Seat Seven is transferred to Seat Eleven, the member from former Seat Eight is transferred to Seat Four, the member from former Seat Nine is transferred to Seat Ten, the member from former Seat Ten is transferred to Seat Five, the member from former Seat Eleven is transferred to Seat Eight, the member from former Seat Twelve is transferred to Seat Seven, the member from former Seat Thirteen is transferred to Seat Nine, and the member from former Seat Fifteen is transferred to Seat Fourteen. The General Assembly shall hold elections every two years to select successors of the trustees whose terms are expiring in that year. 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 and all members shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify. 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. § 59-136-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 5 / Section 59-136-500
SECTION 59-136-500. Transfer of employees, appropriations, assets, and liabilities of Coastal Carolina College to Coastal Carolina University.
Status: in_force

On July 1, 1993, the employees, current appropriations, assets, and liabilities of Coastal Carolina College of the University of South Carolina System are transferred to Coastal Carolina University herein established. All classified or unclassified personnel employed by Coastal Carolina College on June 30, 1993, either by contract or by employment at will, shall become employees of Coastal Carolina University on July 1, 1993, with the same compensation, classification, grade level, or tenure as applicable until thereafter changed by the board of Coastal Carolina University acting through its administration. The Budget and Control Board shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to accomplish this transfer including, but not limited to, the filing of deeds, allocation to Coastal Carolina University of the existing bonded indebtedness of the University of South Carolina attributable to Coastal Carolina College, and the allocation to Coastal Carolina University of endowment funds or other real or personal property donated to the University of South Carolina for the benefit of Coastal Carolina College, provided that this property must continue to be applied to the original purpose of the donation if applicable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-154 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-154
SECTION 59-53-154. Bond issues; full faith and credit of State shall not be pledged.
Status: in_force

The faith and credit of the State shall not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued pursuant to this article and there shall be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the members of the board nor any other person executing the bonds shall be personally liable thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-80
SECTION 59-32-80. Penalty for teachers violation of or refusal to comply with chapter.
Status: in_force

Any teacher violating the provisions of this chapter or who refuses to comply with the curriculum prescribed by the school board as provided by this chapter is subject to dismissal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-380
SECTION 59-1-380. Tobacco-free school campus policy.
Status: in_force

(A) Every local school district in the State shall implement and enforce a written policy prohibiting at all times the use of any tobacco product by any person in school buildings, in school facilities, on school campuses, and in or on any other school property owned or operated by the local school administrative unit. The policy also must prohibit the use of any tobacco product by persons attending a school-sponsored event at a location not listed in this subsection when in the presence of students or school personnel or in an area where smoking or other tobacco use is otherwise prohibited by law. (B) The policy must include at least all of the following elements: (1) adequate notice to students, parents or guardians, the public, and school personnel of the policy; (2) posting of signs prohibiting at all times the use of tobacco products by any person in and on school property; and (3) requirements that school personnel enforce the policy, including appropriate disciplinary action. (C) Disciplinary actions for violating the policy may include, but not be limited to: (1) for students: administrator and parent or legal guardian conference, mandatory enrollment in tobacco prevention education or cessation programs, community service, in-school suspension, suspension for extracurricular activities, or out-of-school suspension; (2) for staff: verbal reprimand, written notification in personnel file, mandatory enrollment in tobacco prevention education, voluntary enrollment in cessation programs, or suspension; (3) for contract or other workers: verbal reprimand, notification to contract employer, or removal from district property; and (4) for visitors: verbal request to leave district property or prosecution for disorderly conduct for repeated offenses. (D) The local school district shall collaborate with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the Office of Substance Use Services, and the South Carolina Department of Education, as appropriate, to implement the policy, including as part of tobacco education and cessation programs and substance use prevention efforts. (E) The policy may permit tobacco products to be included in instructional or research activities in public school buildings if the activity is conducted or supervised by the faculty member overseeing the instruction or research and the activity does not include smoking, chewing, inhaling, or otherwise ingesting the tobacco product. (F) For purposes of this section "tobacco product" has the same meaning as defined in Section 16-17-501. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 38, SECTIONS 1, 3 to 4, and 13, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Omnibus Tobacco Enforcement Act of 2023'." "SECTION 3. Laws, ordinances, or rules enacted by political subdivisions of this State prior to December 31, 2020, pertaining to ingredients, flavors, or licensing, related to the sale of cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, e-liquid, vapor products, tobacco products, or any other products containing nicotine that can be ingested into the body by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, or by any means, and municipal code amendments to said laws, ordinances, or rules, are exempt from the preemption imposed by this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority to determine its own public-use policies relating to any of the products referenced in this act. "SECTION 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority under Chapter 29, Title 6, including, without limitation, with respect to land use regulation, land development regulation, zoning, or permitting." "SECTION 13. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor except SECTION 2, SECTION 3, and SECTION 4 which take effect upon approval by the Governor." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 38, SECTION 11, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "Every local school district in the State shall implement" for "By August 1, 2019, every local school district in the State shall adopt, implement," and deleted "or alternative nicotine product" following "tobacco product", and in the second sentence, deleted "or alternative nicotine product" following "tobacco product"; in (B)(2) deleted "or alternative nicotine products" following "tobacco products"; in (E), deleted "or alternative nicotine products" following "tobacco products" and deleted "or alternative nicotine product" following "tobacco product"; and rewrote (F).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-50
SECTION 59-71-50. Notice of election.
Status: in_force

Notice of the holding of such an election shall be given by publication thereof, in some newspaper published in the county wherein the operating school unit is located, at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the occasion set for the holding of such election. If the operating school unit lies partly in one county and partly in another the publication required by this section shall be made in both counties. Such notice shall state: (1) The occasion of the holding of the election; (2) The location of the several polling places; (3) The qualifications imposed upon persons desirous of voting; (4) The amount of bonds to be issued; and (5) A brief description of the purpose for which the proceeds of the bonds shall be applied.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-70
SECTION 59-65-70. Court empowered to declare child delinquent.
Status: in_force

If the court determines that the reported absence occurred without the knowledge, consent or connivance of the responsible parent or guardian or that a bona fide attempt has been made to control and keep the child in school, the court may declare such child to be a delinquent and subject to the provisions of law in such cases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-118-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 118 / Section 59-118-60
SECTION 59-118-60. South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund.
Status: in_force

There is created the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund which shall be separate and distinct from the state general fund and shall be administered by the Commission on Higher Education with the funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the general appropriations act of 1997-98. The General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act shall appropriate monies into this matching gift, fund not to exceed five million dollars annually, to be used for the purpose of providing matching state funds to qualifying colleges and universities for purposes stipulated by this chapter. The combined annual total of the match funds appropriated to the University of South Carolina Columbia, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina cannot exceed sixty percent of the annual appropriation. The disbursement match cannot exceed the amount provided by the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund. The State Treasurer shall manage and invest the monies in the Higher Education Matching Gift Fund in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as other state funds under his control are managed and invested, and disbursements to particular colleges or universities shall be made on warrant and under the direction of the Commission on Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 2 / Section 59-63-120
SECTION 59-63-120. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" means a gesture, an electronic communication, or a written, verbal, physical, or sexual act that is reasonably perceived to have the effect of: (a) harming a student physically or emotionally or damaging a student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of personal harm or property damage; or (b) insulting or demeaning a student or group of students causing substantial disruption in, or substantial interference with, the orderly operation of the school. (2) "School" means in a classroom, on school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, at an official school bus stop, at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on school premises, or at another program or function where the school is responsible for the child.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 11 / Section 59-18-1120
SECTION 59-18-1120. Grant of flexibility of exemption from regulations and statutes to school designated as school/district at-risk; extension to other schools.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school designated as school/district at-risk while in such status is given the flexibility of receiving exemptions from those regulations and statutory provisions governing the defined program or other State Board of Education regulations, dealing with the core academic areas as outlined in Section 59-18-120, provided that the review team recommends such flexibility to the State Board of Education. (B) Other schools may receive flexibility when their school renewal plan explains why such exemptions are expected to improve the academic performance of the students and the plan meets the approval by the State Board of Education. To continue to receive flexibility pursuant to this section, a school must annually exhibit overall school improvement as outlined in its revised plan and must meet the gains set for subgroups of students in content areas included in the accountability assessments. A school which does not requalify for flexibility status due to extenuating circumstances may apply to the State Board of Education for an extension of this status for one year according to the provisions of Section 59-18-1110(D). Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "school/district at-risk" for "unsatisfactory"; and, in subsection (B), in the first sentence substituted "school renewal" for "strategic", and in the second sentence "content areas included in the accountability assessments" for "reading and mathematics".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-320
SECTION 59-125-320. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter. (2) "Winthrop" means Winthrop University. (3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at Winthrop: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores, parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings, and equipment in them, which are now owned by Winthrop, or which may be acquired by Winthrop for any of these purposes. (4) "Revenues" of any facilities means the entire receipts of Winthrop from the operation of the facilities. "Net revenues" means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities. (5) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (6) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of Winthrop or any successor body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-55-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 55 / Section 59-55-60
SECTION 59-55-60. State aid for public schools not allocated to junior colleges.
Status: in_force

No State aid for public schools shall be allocated to any junior college established hereunder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-140
SECTION 59-21-140. State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow in anticipation of revenue.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow in each year in anticipation of the receipt of revenues provided for school aid such sum or sums as may be necessary to pay any portion of the amounts appropriated herein and becoming due to the respective counties of the State prior to the collection thereof. Such notes shall be issued in such form and manner as the Board may elect and, when issued, are hereby declared to be current obligations of the State. But in lieu of borrowing as provided herein the Comptroller General may issue his warrant against the general fund in the treasury when it appears that sufficient funds are available therein, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same as provided in Section 59-21-130. Such withdrawals from the general fund, if made, shall constitute a loan to the school aid fund from the general fund, the same to be repaid when revenues provided for school aid are collected. The proceeds of such loan or loans shall be paid to the respective counties for school aid to the respective counties as provided in Section 59-21-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-720 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 59-21-720
SECTION 59-21-720. Psychologists shall have certificates.
Status: in_force

All school psychologists employed by the counties or school districts shall have a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Education according to regulations established by the Board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-30
SECTION 59-115-30. Function of Authority.
Status: in_force

The basic function of the Authority is to assist students attending eligible institutions through the exercise of the powers herein granted to it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-430
SECTION 59-53-430. Accounts of commission; audits.
Status: in_force

The Area Commission shall at all times keep full and accurate accounts of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs shall be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit shall be delivered to the legislative delegations and governing agencies of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 17 / Section 59-53-1440
SECTION 59-53-1440. Representation contingent upon financial support and participation.
Status: in_force

Representation on the commission shall be contingent upon continued financial support and participation by each respective county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-20
SECTION 59-71-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) The word "authorities" shall mean the board of trustees or the commission vested by law with the duty of operating the public schools in any particular district, unit or county of the State; (2) The term "operating school unit" shall mean any type of school district, whether it be located in its entirety in one county or located partly in more than one county or, in case the schools of any county be operated by the county unit plan, the county; (3) The term "capital improvements" shall mean the constructing, improving, equipping, renovating and repairing of school buildings or other school facilities or the cost of the acquisition of land whereon to construct or establish such school facilities; and (4) The term "county board" shall mean the county board of education of the county wherein the operating school unit is located, except that when an operating school unit is located partly in one county and partly in another county such term shall in such instances relate to the county boards of education of the counties wherein the operating school unit is located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-20
SECTION 59-112-20. South Carolina domicile defined for purposes of rates of tuition and fees.
Status: in_force

South Carolina domicile for tuition and fee purposes shall be established as follows in determinations of rates of tuition and fees to be paid by students entering or attending State Institutions: (A) Independent persons who reside in and have been domiciled in South Carolina for a period of no less than twelve months with an intention of making a permanent home therein, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates. (B) Independent persons who reside in and have been domiciled in South Carolina for fewer than twelve months but who have full-time employment in the State, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates for as long as such independent person is employed on a full-time basis in the State. (C) Where an independent person meeting the provisions of Section 59-112-20 B above, is living apart from his spouse, or where such person and his spouse are separated or divorced, the spouse and dependents of such independent person shall have domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes only under the following circumstances: (1) if the spouse requesting domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes remains domiciled in South Carolina although living apart or separated from his or her employed spouse; (2) if the dependent requesting domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes is under the legal custody or guardianship, as defined in Section 59-112-10 (I) above, of an independent person who is domiciled in this State; or if such dependent is claimed as an income tax exemption by the parent not having legal custody but paying child-support, so long as either parent remains domiciled in South Carolina. (D) The residence and domicile of a dependent minor shall be presumed to be that of the parent of such dependent minor. (E) Independent persons who reside in and are domiciled in Chatham-Effingham and Bryan County Georgia, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates for as long as the Georgia Board of Regents offers its Georgia Tuition Program by which it grants in-state tuition to students residing in the Beaufort and Jasper county area. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added E, effective July 1, 2009.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-155 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-155
SECTION 59-29-155. Founding principles instruction required; reporting requirements; professional development.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education and Education Oversight Committee shall incorporate instruction on the founding principles that shaped the United States into the required study of the United States Constitution as provided in Section 59-29-120, and the South Carolina Social Studies Standards upon the next cyclical review. The board and committee shall include, at a minimum, the Federalist Papers and instruction on the structure of government and the role of the separation of powers and the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. (B) The State Department of Education biennially shall submit a report by October fifteenth of each odd-numbered year, commencing in 2017, to the Senate Education Committee and the House Education and Public Works Committee documenting the implementation of this section. (C) The State Department of Education shall make available professional development opportunities to teachers regarding subsection (A) by physical or electronic means. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 192, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Founding Principles Act'."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-80
SECTION 59-4-80. Application of Internal Revenue Service rulings.
Status: in_force

The director shall solicit answers to applicable ruling requests from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the tax status of fees paid pursuant to a prepaid tuition contract to the contributor and to the designated beneficiary and from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the application of federal securities laws to the program. The director shall make the status of these requests known to the board. In accordance with applicable law or Internal Revenue Service ruling, the board shall structure the program in order to allow for federal tax deferral on contributions to the fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-470 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 59-25-470
SECTION 59-25-470. Request for hearing; determination by board; time and place of hearing; procedures.
Status: in_force

(A) Within fifteen days after receipt of notice of suspension or dismissal, a teacher may serve upon the chairman of the board or the superintendent a written request for a hearing before the board, or its designee. (B) If the teacher fails to make such a request, or after a hearing as provided in this article, the board shall take action and shall enter an order as it considers lawful and appropriate. (C) The hearing must be held by the board, or its designee, within forty-five days after the request is served. A notice of the time and place of the hearing must be given the teacher not less than five days before the date of the hearing. (D) The teacher may be present with counsel at the hearing, and may cross-examine witnesses, may offer evidence and witnesses, and present defenses to the charges. The board, or its designee, shall order the appearance of any witness requested by the teacher, subject to the limitations of Section 59-25-460. The superintendent shall initiate the introduction of evidence in substantiation of the charges. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 221, SECTION 4, rewrote the section, making conforming changes, extending the period for scheduling hearings to forty-five days, and revising procedures concerning the conduct of hearings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-100
SECTION 59-122-100. Investment in bonds by fiduciaries permitted.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, and the Public Employee Benefit Authority and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System to invest any monies in their possession in these bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-6-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 59-6-10
SECTION 59-6-10. Appointment of committee.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) In order to assist in, recommend, and supervise implementation of programs and expenditure of funds for the Education Accountability Act and the Education Improvement Act of 1984, the Education Oversight Committee is to serve as the oversight committee for these acts. The Education Oversight Committee shall: (a) review and monitor the implementation and evaluation of the Education Accountability Act and Education Improvement Act programs and funding; (b) make programmatic and funding recommendations to the General Assembly; (c) report annually to the General Assembly, State Board of Education, and the public on the progress of the programs; (d) recommend Education Accountability Act and EIA program changes to state agencies and other entities as it considers necessary. (2) Each state agency and entity responsible for implementing the Education Accountability Act and the Education Improvement Act funded programs shall submit to the Education Oversight Committee programs and expenditure reports and budget requests as needed and in a manner prescribed by the Education Oversight Committee. (3) The committee consists of the following persons: (a) Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee; (b) President of the Senate or his designee; (c) Chairman of the Education and Public Works Committee of the House of Representatives or his designee; (d) Chairman of the Education Committee of the Senate or his designee; (e) Governor or his designee; (f) Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives or his designee; (g) Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate or his designee; (h) State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member; (i) five members representing business and industry who must have experience in business, management, or policy to be appointed as follows: one by the Governor, one by the President of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House, one by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and one by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee; and (j) five members representing public education teachers and principals to be appointed as follows: one by the Governor, one by the President of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House, one by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and one by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee. (4) Initial appointment must be made by July 31, 1998, at which time the Governor or his designee shall call the first meeting. At the initial meeting, a chairman elected from the members representing the business and industry appointees and a vice chairman representing the education members shall be elected by a majority vote of the committee. The members appointed pursuant to items (1) through (8) may serve notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-13-770. Their terms of office on the committee must be coterminous with their terms of office as Governor, Superintendent of Education, or members of the General Assembly. (B)(1) The terms of office of the members of the Education Oversight Committee, except for the legislative members, Governor, and State Superintendent of Education, are four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify except of those first appointed the terms must be staggered as follows: (a) initial terms of two years shall be served by the two members of the business and industry community appointed by the chairmen of the Education Committees; (b) initial terms of three years shall be served by the members of the education community appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House; and (c) all other voting members shall serve initial four-year terms. The terms of chairman and vice chairman shall be two years. At the end of each two-year term, an election must be held for the chairmanship and vice chairmanship by majority vote of the members attending with quorum present. No member shall serve more than four consecutive years as chairman or vice chairman. (2) Members of the committee shall meet no less than once a quarter and annually shall submit their findings and recommendations to the General Assembly before March first of each fiscal year. The staff positions of the Education Oversight Committee and the people presently in those positions initially shall be transferred to the Education Oversight Committee as administrative staff to carry out its functions. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 66, redesignated (A) as (A)(1) and (1) to (4) as (a) to (d), inserted the (2) and (3) designators, redesignated (1) to (10) as (a) to (j), and inserted the (4) designator; redesignated (B) as (B)(1) and (1) to (3) as (a) to (c), and inserted the (2) designator; in (A)(3), in (b), (i), and (j), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate"; and in (B)(1)(b), substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-190
SECTION 59-107-190. Declaration of sufficiency of tuition fees to pay bonds.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that the tuition fees charged at the several State institutions, if maintained and applied in the manner prescribed by this chapter, will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on State institution bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, without resorting to a property tax.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-120
SECTION 59-103-120. Accreditation and chartering of chiropractic colleges.
Status: in_force

One hundred and eighty days from the effective date of this act, the State Commission on Higher Education shall publish a list of the accrediting agency or agencies, which may include itself, approved by it for accreditation of chiropractic colleges or schools doing business in this State. Any chiropractic college or school doing business in this State shall, upon publication of said list of such accrediting agency or agencies, forthwith apply for such accreditation or candidate status and furnish the State Commission on Higher Education documented evidence of such application. Failure to obtain such accreditation or candidate status within nineteen months after publication of the list of approved agencies shall result in the Commission on Higher Education revoking the status of such college or school as a recognized college or school of chiropractic. Provided, further, any college of chiropractic applying for a South Carolina charter must furnish the Commission on Higher Education with sufficient evidence that such school will qualify for required accreditation. Upon certification by the Commission on Higher Education to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may issue a charter; provided, further, however, that any college now chartered must attain required licensure before one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act or have its charter revoked upon a finding by the Attorney General that such licensure has not been attained by such date. In addition to other existing criteria, licensure of all chiropractic colleges shall be renewable annually contingent upon supplying semiannual reports as to the progress of accreditation to the Commission on Higher Education and the Commission shall make a determination if such progress is satisfactory.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-40
SECTION 59-152-40. Board of Trustees to oversee initiative.
Status: repealed

The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees established in Section 63-11-1720 shall oversee and be accountable for the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 9, inserted "and be accountable for".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-450
SECTION 59-67-450. Form of indebtedness; interest; payment.
Status: in_force

The indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 59-67-440 shall be in such form and shall bear such rate of interest as may be agreed upon between the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the State Board of Education. For the payment of the indebtedness and the interest to accrue thereon, the principal proceeds of the next bonds to be issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title for school purposes shall be pledged and on the occasion that such further school bonds shall be issued pursuant thereto, sufficient of the proceeds thereof shall be used to retire such indebtedness, both principal and interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-170
SECTION 59-8-170. Participation in interscholastic sports by transfer students.
Status: in_force

A student transferring from one public high school to another public high school in grades nine through eleven or from one public middle school to another public middle school in grades six through eight pursuant to this program is not subject to any prohibition by the South Carolina High School League on a transfer student from participating in an interscholastic sport upon transfer. After the initial transfer, any subsequent transfer by a student to another public school shall be subject to the South Carolina High School League eligibility rules. 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 13, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-570
SECTION 59-67-570. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this article. Such rules and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law. But rules and regulations that affect the functions of the Department of Public Safety under this article or the operation of buses on the highways shall be adopted only jointly with the Department of Public Safety.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-390
SECTION 59-127-390. Execution and delivery of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be executed in the name of the university in a manner and by those persons the trustees determine, and the seal of the university must be reproduced, affixed to, or impressed on each bond. The delivery of the bonds so executed is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after the execution and before the delivery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-80
SECTION 59-63-80. Individual health care plans for students with special health care needs.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Medication" is defined as medication prescribed by a health care provider contained in the original packaging with the appropriate pharmacy label or in a secure package containing a note from the prescribing physician or pharmacist that appropriately identifies the medicine. (2) "Monitoring device" is defined as implements prescribed by a health care provider for monitoring a chronic health condition. (3) "Individual health care plan" (IHP) is defined as a plan of care designed specifically for an individual student to provide for meeting the health monitoring and care of the student during the school day or at school-sponsored functions. (4) "Emergency action plan" (EAP) is defined as a plan for handling emergency situations that may occur as a result of a student's medical diagnosis during the school day or at school-sponsored functions. (5) "Seizure action plan" (SAP) is defined as a written, emergency action plan as a supplement to the individualized health plan provided by the parent or legal guardian of a student who is diagnosed with a seizure disorder and signed by the child's health care provider. Such a plan must acknowledge the health care needs of the student, prepare both parties to meet those needs, and apply over the course of a school year. (B) Each school district shall adopt a policy requiring that students with special health care needs have individual health care plans. This policy must address the administration of medication needed for the student's specific health care needs, address training requirements specific to the student's health care needs for school personnel with direct student contact when appropriate as determined by the school nurse, and provide information to additional school personnel on recognizing signs and symptoms associated with specific medical conditions. Additionally, the plan must provide for the authorization of a student to self-monitor and self-administer medication as prescribed by the student's health care provider unless there is sufficient evidence that unsupervised self-monitoring or self-medicating would seriously jeopardize the safety of the student or others. The policy must include, but is not limited to: (1) a requirement that the student's parent or legal guardian provide to the school: (a) written authorization from the parent or legal guardian for the administration of medications needed for the student's specific health care needs to include whether school personnel or volunteers are permitted to administer, and, if appropriate, authorization for the student to self-monitor and self-administer medication; and (b) a written statement from the student's health care practitioner who prescribed the medication verifying that the student has a medical condition and medicine is required to treat the condition. If the student has permission to self-monitor and self-administer medication, the health care practitioner's statement must verify that the student has been instructed and demonstrates competency in self-monitoring or self-administration of medications, or both; (2) authorization for a student to possess on his person and administer medication while: (a) in the classroom and in any area of the school or school grounds; (b) at a school-sponsored activity; (c) in transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or (d) during before-school or after-school activities on school-operated property. (C) The statements required in subsection (B)(1) must be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or school administrator. (D)(1) The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines for required components of a written student individual health care plan to include training specific to the student's health care needs for school personnel with direct student contact, and if appropriate as determined by the school nurse, provide information to additional school personnel on recognizing signs and symptoms associated with specific medical conditions. These plans must be developed with input from and with the approval of: (a) the student's health care practitioner who prescribed the medication; (b) the parent or legal guardian; (c) the student, if appropriate; and (d) the school nurse or other designated school staff member. (2) If a student qualifies for a Federal 504 medical accommodations plan, that process must meet the requirements for the state-required individual health plan. (3) The parent or guardian and the student, if appropriate, shall authorize the school to share the student's individual health care plan with school staff who have a legitimate need for knowledge of the information. (4) If a student's health care practitioner deems appropriate and written information outlining the student's health needs is provided by the parent and health care practitioner, an EAP shall accompany the IHP for distribution to school staff who have a legitimate need for knowledge of the information. (5) If a student's health care practitioner deems appropriate and written information outlining the student's health needs is provided by the parent and health care practitioner, an SAP shall accompany the EAP for distribution to school staff who have a legitimate need for knowledge of the information. (E) All medication authorized to be carried by the student must be maintained in a container appropriately labeled by the pharmacist who filled the prescription. (F) A student's permission to self-monitor or self-administer medication may be revoked if the student endangers himself or others through misuse of the monitoring device or medication. (G) The permission for self-monitoring or self-administration of medication is effective for the school year in which it is granted and must be renewed each school year upon fulfilling the requirements of this section. (H) A parent or guardian shall sign a statement acknowledging that: (1) the school district and its employees and agents are not liable for an injury arising from a student's self-monitoring or self-administration of medication; (2) the parent or guardian shall indemnify and hold harmless the district and its employees and agents against a claim arising from a student's self-monitoring or self-administration of medication; (3) the school district and its employees and agents are not liable for an injury arising from administration of medication authorized by an IHP; (4) the parent or guardian shall indemnify and hold harmless the district and its employees and agents against a claim arising from administration of medication authorized by an IHP. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 128, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'Seizure Safe Schools Act'." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 128, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-118-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 118 / Section 59-118-100
SECTION 59-118-100. Proportionate shares; undistributed funds.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Higher Education shall ensure that each qualifying college or university receives its proportionate share of the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund based on the ratio of disbursements. Any monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund not distributed in any year shall be carried forward for the same purposes in future years and all earnings on monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund must be retained in the fund and used for its stated purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-26-45 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 26 / Section 59-26-45
SECTION 59-26-45. Retired educator teaching certificates.
Status: in_force

(A) A retired educator certificate is a lifetime certificate established in regulation by the State Board of Education that allows a retired South Carolina educator to be eligible to maintain certification for the purpose of returning to employment with a school district on a temporary or full-time basis. A person is initially eligible for a South Carolina retired educator certificate if he: (1) held a valid South Carolina renewable, professional educator certificate at the time of retirement; (2) is either a: (i) retired member of the South Carolina Retirement System; or (ii) current or former participant in the State Optional Retirement Program who would have met the eligibility requirements for retirement under the South Carolina Retirement System had he participated in that system rather than the State Optional Retirement Program; (3) does not hold another valid South Carolina educator certificate and has never held a valid South Carolina educator certificate that has been suspended, revoked, or voluntarily surrendered; and (4) meets all other qualifications to serve as a certified educator as specified in state statute, regulation, and guidelines. (B) An individual meeting the eligibility requirements and desirous of a retired educator certificate must submit the request in the manner specified in regulation and guidelines. (1) A retired educator certificate approved and issued is valid for five years from the date of each issuance. (2) Once issued, a retired educator in good standing must provide written notification of their desire to continue an active certificate to the department at the end of every five-year period. (3) Department guidelines shall include the timeline, forms, and a process for submitting a request to maintain an active retired educator certificate. (C) Any new certificate is invalidated upon issuance of any other South Carolina educator certificate. (D) An educator who works under the retired certificate must work under the agreement and rate of pay established for this purpose by the hiring district. Section 59-25-150 shall apply to any retired educator certificate. (E) A retired educator certificate is not subject to requirements for professional certificate renewal established by regulations of the State Board of Education. (F) Nothing in this section exempts an educator from taking part in professional development that is required by a local school district. (G) The State Board of Education shall develop regulations for, and the department shall establish guidelines and procedures for, the implementation of this section. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 12, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Educator Assistance Act.'" Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 12, SECTION 9, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-1020 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-1020
SECTION 59-119-1020. Bond proceeds; 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. § 59-136-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 3 / Section 59-136-310
SECTION 59-136-310. Authority to issue revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

Coastal Carolina University, in this article referred to as the university, may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of construction, reconstruction, improvement, and equipment of buildings for the purposes of the university including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, dormitories, apartment buildings, dwelling houses, dining halls, cafeterias, parking facilities, sports facilities, and inns or for any one or more of these purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-106-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 106 / Section 59-106-30
SECTION 59-106-30. Institution of higher education.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, "institution of higher education" means any two-year or four-year college, community or junior college, technical school, or university located in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-230
SECTION 59-53-230. Officers of Commission; conduct of business.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and such other officers as may be deemed expedient, and shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as are not contrary to law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-580 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-580
SECTION 59-127-580. Revenue sources for payment; liability of board members.
Status: in_force

The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness must be made payable only from all or the portion of the fees and revenues as the university in its discretion may designate pursuant to the authorizing resolution and also from other available funds of the university designated by the university pursuant to the authorizing resolution except funds of the university derived from appropriations received from the General Assembly and tuition funds pledged to the repayment of state institution bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness. The use of academic fees must be approved by the university's board. The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness are not general obligations of the State. Neither the members of the board nor a person signing the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness is liable personally for the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness. Bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness may not be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article unless an identified source of revenue is designated for the repayment of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-30
SECTION 59-2-30. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following terms have the meanings below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "SCCIP Trust Fund" means the special fund designated as the "South Carolina College Investment Trust Fund" and administered by the Office of State Treasurer. (2) "Account owner" means a person, corporation, trust, charitable organization or other such entity who contributes to or invests money in an investment trust account under SCCIP established pursuant to this chapter on behalf of a beneficiary and who is listed as the owner of the investment trust account. (3) "Beneficiary" means a beneficiary of an investment trust agreement who meets the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law, as well as any regulations established by the Office of State Treasurer. (4) "Contributor" means any person, corporation, trust, charitable organization, or other such entity who contributes money or makes a payment to an investment trust account established pursuant to this chapter on behalf of a beneficiary. (5) "Director" means the head of the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program SCCIP and who is appointed and supervised by the State Treasurer. (6) "Institution of higher learning" means any institution of higher learning which is an eligible education institution as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any other applicable federal law. (7) "Tuition" means the quarter, semester, or term charges and all required fees imposed by an institution of higher learning as a condition of enrollment by all students. (8) "Investment trust account" means an account established by an account owner pursuant to this chapter on behalf of a beneficiary in order to apply distributions from the account toward qualified higher education expenses at eligible educational institutions, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law. (9) "Investment Trust Agreement" means the agreement entered into between the Office of State Treasurer and the account owner establishing an investment trust account. (10) "State Treasurer" means the South Carolina State Treasurer. (11) "Qualified higher education expense" means any higher education expense as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law. (12) "Qualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal by an account owner or beneficiary for qualified higher education expenses or as otherwise permitted under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, without a penalty required by the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-190
SECTION 59-71-190. Investment of sinking funds in defense securities.
Status: in_force

The county treasurers of the various counties of the State may invest the sinking funds of the school districts of their respective counties in United States Defense Bonds and Defense Securities upon the written request of the county superintendent of education and a majority of the trustees of the school district whose funds are to be invested.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-60
SECTION 59-149-60. Duration of scholarship.
Status: in_force

The student may receive a LIFE Scholarship for not more than ten semesters for a five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year degree program, four semesters for a two-year degree program, or six semesters for a three-year degree program. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 36, SECTION 2, substituted "four semesters for a two-year degree program, or six semesters for a three-year degree program" for "or four semesters for a two-year degree program".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-130
SECTION 59-102-130. Records to be maintained by athlete agent.
Status: in_force

(A) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a period of five years: (1) the name and address of each person represented by the athlete agent; (2) an agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and (3) direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment or solicitation of a student athlete to enter into an agency contract. (B) Records retained pursuant to subsection (A) are open to inspection by the Department of Consumer Affairs during normal business hours. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, in (A)(1), substituted "person" for "individual" following "address of each".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 110 / Section 59-110-80
SECTION 59-110-80. Use of simulation technology to educate nurses.
Status: in_force

(A) It is the intent of this section to encourage the utilization of technology for new education models at all public institutions of higher learning in this State as defined in Section 59-103-5 with an accredited nursing program leading to an Associate Degree in Nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, or a Masters in Nursing degree. These new models shall utilize simulation technology and equipment to educate nurses from funds provided by the General Assembly in the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund and allocated by the Commission on Higher Education for this purpose. These funds must be allocated to the institutions with an accredited nursing program by the Commission on Higher Education. The commission 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 develop guidelines as to how these funds must be allocated. (B) In regard to the use of simulation technology and equipment in nursing education, the Commission on Higher Education shall determine and distribute funds from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to the institutions where such funds will be used and the governing body of the institution shall determine how these funds shall be used consistent with the guidelines of this chapter. (C) Funding for the use of simulation technology and equipment in nursing education shall be provided by the Commission on Higher Education from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund based on available funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-140
SECTION 59-5-140. South Carolina Opportunity School, John De La Howe School, and South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind required to meet State standards.
Status: in_force

Academic and career and technology training provided by the South Carolina Opportunity School, the John De La Howe School, and the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind must meet standards prescribed by the State Board of Education based upon standards prescribed by the South Carolina Department of Education for the academic and career and technology programs of these schools. The board may prescribe additional requirements as necessary. The State Superintendent of Education shall administer the standards related to the high school and elementary school programs. Reports from the State Department of Education, evaluating the education program and indicating whether or not the program meets the standards as prescribed, must be made directly to the board of each institution at regularly scheduled meetings. State Department of Education supervisory personnel must be utilized for evaluating the programs and reporting to each board. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" in two places and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-730 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 59-21-730
SECTION 59-21-730. Payment of State aid; amount.
Status: in_force

State aid for school psychologists shall be paid from the appropriation for State aid for teachers salaries. The amount of State aid for each psychologist employed shall be determined by the application of the same laws, rules and regulations as pertain to the existing State scale for paying teachers' salaries.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-33 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-33
SECTION 59-152-33. School readiness assessment.
Status: repealed

(A) Before July 1, 2015, the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee shall recommend an assessment to evaluate and measure the school readiness of students prior to their entrance into a prekindergarten or kindergarten program per the goals pursuant to Section 59-152-30 to the State Board of Education. Prior to submitting the recommendation to the State Board, the Education Oversight Committee shall seek input from the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees and other early childhood advocates. In making the recommendation, the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee shall consider assessments that are research-based, reliable, and appropriate for measuring readiness. The assessment chosen must evaluate each child's early language and literacy development, numeracy skills, physical well-being, social and emotional development, and approaches to learning. The assessment of academic readiness must be aligned with first and second grade standards for English language arts and mathematics. The purpose of the assessment is to provide teachers, administrators, and parents or guardians with information to address the readiness needs of each student, especially by identifying language, cognitive, social, emotional, and health needs, and providing appropriate instruction and support for each child. The results of the screenings and the developmental intervention strategies recommended to address the child's identified needs must be provided, in writing, to the parent or guardian. Reading instructional strategies and developmental activities for children whose oral language and emergent literacy skills are assessed to be below the national standards must be aligned with the district's reading proficiency plan for addressing the readiness needs of each student. The school readiness assessment adopted by the State Board of Education may not be used to deny a student admission or progress to kindergarten or first grade. Every student entering the public schools for the first time in prekindergarten and kindergarten must be administered a readiness screening by the forty-fifth day of the school year. (B) The results of individual students in a school readiness assessment may not be publicly reported. (C) Following adoption of a school readiness assessment, the State Board of Education shall adopt a system for reporting population-level results that provides baseline data for measuring overall change and improvement in the skills and knowledge of students over time. The Department of Education shall house and monitor the system. (D) The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall support the implementation of the school readiness assessment and must provide professional development to support the readiness assessment for teachers and parents of programs supported with First Steps funds. The board shall utilize the annual aggregate literacy and other readiness assessment information in establishing standards and practices to support all early childhood providers served by First Steps. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall report the results of the kindergarten readiness assessment by state and by county on the annual report to the General Assembly required in Section 59-152-50(6), and use the results to assist county partnerships to support local initiatives to improve readiness for all students. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 2, in (D), added the third sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-485 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-485
SECTION 59-53-485. Issuance 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 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 are not a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of South Carolina, the commission, or of the state's political subdivisions other than the authority, and 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 are not an indebtedness of the State within the meaning of a 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, 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, or 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. § 59-125-590 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-590
SECTION 59-125-590. Fiduciaries as authorized investors.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within the State to invest any monies in their hands in such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-80
SECTION 59-103-80. Expenses; compensation of Commission members.
Status: in_force

Funds for the necessary technical, administrative and clerical assistance and other expenses of the Commission, including stationery, shall be carried in the annual appropriation act for the State. The members of the Commission shall be allowed such per diem and mileage as authorized by law for members of boards, commissions and committees. The sum appropriated for the use of the Commission shall be expended upon warrants signed by the chairman.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-130
SECTION 59-49-130. Use of income received by school.
Status: in_force

All income that the school receives from the sale of timber or farm products and from programs and events held on campus must be used for the construction, erection, and building of permanent improvements at the school and for maintaining and equipping of capital improvements. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 164, SECTION 16, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 59-1-50
SECTION 59-1-50. Educational achievement goals for high school graduates and students.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly declares that the principles outlined in the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate, published by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators and approved by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, the Education Oversight Committee, the State Board of Education and Transform SC schools and districts, are the standards by which our state's high school graduates should be measured and are this state's achievement goals for all high school students. The State shall make a reasonable and concerted effort to ensure that graduates have world class knowledge based on rigorous standards in language arts and math for college and career readiness. Students should have the opportunity to learn one of a number of foreign languages, and have offerings in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, arts, and social sciences that afford them the knowledge needed to be successful. (B) Students also must be offered the ability to obtain world class skills such as: (1) creativity and innovation; (2) critical thinking and problem solving; (3) collaboration and teamwork; (4) communication, information, media, and technology; and (5) knowing how to learn. (C) Students finally also must be offered reasonable exposure, examples, and information on the state's vision of life and career characteristics such as: (1) integrity; (2) self-direction; (3) global perspective; (4) perseverance; (5) work ethic; and (6) interpersonal skills.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 1 / Section 59-127-30
SECTION 59-127-30. Quorum at board meetings.
Status: in_force

A majority of the board of trustees shall be necessary for the transaction of any business.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-23-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 59-23-230
SECTION 59-23-230. Waiver from applicable school building regulations; property owner permitted to lease building to school board for use as public school.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Superintendent of Education is authorized to grant a waiver from applicable school building regulations relating to building square foot requirements for construction of a new public school building or for the conversion of an existing commercial building into a public school facility. As part of the waiver request, districts must supply documentation of the suitability of the property and justification for the waiver request. (B) The authority granted the State Superintendent of Education under this section is superior to and supersedes provisions of applicable state school building regulations and the authority of a local building official or entity to disapprove the variances granted by the waiver. A provision of fire and life safety standards or specifications must not be waived. (C) The property owner of a building considered appropriate for conversion to a public school by the State Superintendent of Education may lease its building to a local school board of trustees to be used as a public school within the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 27 / Section 59-53-2430
SECTION 59-53-2430. Lease and lease purchase agreements; approval; compliance with Title 11, Chapter 35 and Section 1-11-65.
Status: in_force

(A) An authority must comply with the provisions of Chapter 47, Title 2, but 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 an enterprise campus. Upon the expiration of the lease purchase agreements, including ground lease agreements, the private entity shall surrender to an authority the premises with the existing buildings, other structures, and improvements constructed and located on an 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. Subject to the provisions of this article, the approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, required for leases and lease purchase agreements, including ground lease agreements, is in lieu of or a substitute for any other approval required by another provision of law or regulation. The full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations may not be pledged, and a statement to the contrary is void as a matter of public policy. (B) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, all powers granted to an authority must be exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of Title 11, Chapter 35 and Section 1-11-65. Approval by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is not a substitute for the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 35. An authority shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of State Engineer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-370
SECTION 59-121-370. Resolutions for issuance of bonds; contents and conditions.
Status: in_force

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the visitors shall from time to time adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of The Citadel, within the limitations herein mentioned, which resolutions shall prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of such bonds. Such bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the visitors determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than thirty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, shall fall due within three years from their date. The bonds shall bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the visitors shall prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, must be payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. 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 or amounts as the visitors 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 resolutions authorizing their issuance shall contain provisions specifying the manner of call for redemption and the notice of such call that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-200 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-200
SECTION 59-40-200. Effect of establishment of South Carolina Public Charter School District on pending and future applications.
Status: in_force

An application already on file with the charter school advisory committee before the effective date of Section 59-40-220 is subject to the time line in effect at the time the application was filed. An application filed after the effective date of Section 59-40-220 is subject to the new time lines established pursuant to this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-1050 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-1050
SECTION 59-119-1050. Effectiveness of authorizations.
Status: in_force

The authorizations granted by this act shall remain of 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 this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-630 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 59-53-630
SECTION 59-53-630. Powers and funding of commission; ground lease agreements.
Status: in_force

(A) 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 of Technical and Comprehensive Education. (B) Denmark Technical College shall be funded in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Act 654 of 1976. (C) The Denmark Technical College Area Commission, with the approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into one or more ground lease agreements with a private entity in which the private entity provides all services necessary for the creation and operation of an on-campus student housing facility 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 to the Denmark Technical College Area Commission such premises with the existing buildings, other structures, and improvements constructed and located on the premises, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, with only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The State 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 a statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The private entity may be a nonprofit organization. The State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, approval required shall be in lieu of or a substitute for other approval required by another provision of law or regulation in connection with the undertaking of the private entity and Denmark Technical College. However, the private entity and the Denmark Technical College Area Commission shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of the State Engineer. (D) 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 designated the first sentence as subsection (A); designated the second sentence as subsection (B); added subsection (C) relating to entering into ground lease agreements; and added subsection (D) requiring compliance with the Procurement Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-160
SECTION 59-39-160. Interscholastic activities; requirements for participation; monitoring; participation by handicapped; waivers.
Status: in_force

(A) To participate in interscholastic activities, students in grades nine through twelve must achieve an overall passing average and either: (1) pass at least four academic courses, including each unit the student takes that is required for graduation; or (2) pass a total of five academic courses. Students must satisfy these conditions in the semester preceding participation in the interscholastic activity, if the interscholastic activity occurs completely within one semester or in the semester preceding the first semester of participation in an interscholastic activity if the interscholastic activity occurs over two consecutive semesters and is under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina High School League. (B) Academic courses are those courses of instruction for which credit toward high school graduation is given. These may be required or approved electives. All activities currently under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina High School League remain in effect. The monitoring of all other interscholastic activities is the responsibility of the local boards of trustees. Those students diagnosed as handicapped in accordance with the criteria established by the State Board of Education and satisfying the requirements of their Individual Education Plan (IEP) as required by Public Law 94-142 are permitted to participate in interscholastic activities. A local school board of trustees may impose more stringent standards than those contained in this section for participation in interscholastic activities by students in grades nine through twelve. (C) The State Board of Education may grant a waiver of the requirements of this section. (1) This waiver may be granted when a written statement from a school district superintendent and athletic director has been received stating circumstances, including, but not limited to: (a) a student's ineligibility to participate in interscholastic activities is due to misinformation concerning eligibility requirements being provided by district personnel; (b) a student's ineligibility to participate in interscholastic activities is due to a long-term absence as a result of a medical condition, but the student has been medically cleared to participate by his health care practitioner; or (c) any reasonable circumstance as determined by the State Board of Education. (2) The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines to administer this section. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 24, SECTION 1, added the paragraph designators, and rewrote (C), the former last paragraph.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-80
SECTION 59-17-80. Dissolution of school districts in adjoining counties.
Status: in_force

Any school district formed of parts of two or more counties under the provisions of Section 59-17-40 may be dissolved in the same manner as that by which it may have been formed, as provided in said section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-80
SECTION 59-13-80. Superintendent shall keep register of claims and other matters.
Status: in_force

The county superintendent of education shall keep a register of all claims approved by him and of such other matters as the State Superintendent of Education shall require of him, in the form prescribed by the State Superintendent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-160
SECTION 59-150-160. Transfer of lottery retailer contract; lottery goods and services contracts and ticket sales restrictions.
Status: in_force

(A) A lottery retailer contract is not transferable or assignable. A lottery retailer shall not contract with a person for lottery goods or services except with the approval of the board. (B) Lottery game tickets and shares must be sold only by the lottery retailer named on the lottery retailer certificate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-30
SECTION 59-17-30. Effect of alteration or division of school districts on bonds or payment for buildings of existing districts.
Status: in_force

When any school district laid out under Section 59-17-20 shall embrace cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected by the issue of bonds, by special taxation or by donation, all the territory included in such school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or support the public schools therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-240
SECTION 59-150-240. Freedom of Information Act; investigative, supervisory, and reporting duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission is subject to the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. (B) The commission shall perform full criminal background investigations before the execution of a lottery vendor contract. (C) The commission or its authorized agent shall: (1) conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations; (2) supervise lottery game ticket or share validation and lottery drawings; (3) inspect, at times determined solely by the commission, the facilities or operations of a lottery vendor or lottery retailer to determine the integrity of the lottery vendor's product or compliance by the lottery retailer or lottery vendor with its contract; (4) report suspected violations of this chapter to the appropriate investigative and prosecutorial agency having jurisdiction over the violation; and (5) upon request, provide assistance to a solicitor, the Attorney General, or a law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-65
SECTION 59-4-65. Discontinuing fund; contributor refunds and deficiencies.
Status: in_force

In the event the State of South Carolina determines by law or otherwise that the fund should be discontinued and all tuition prepayment contracts canceled, contributors shall be entitled to a refund of all payments to the fund plus interest on these contributions from the date payment is made at the rate of four percent per annum. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of law, if the fund does not have sufficient monies to make such refunds, the deficiencies shall be paid from the general fund of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 59-1-520
SECTION 59-1-520. Intervention by State Department of Education for non-compliance with EIA or development of affirmative action plan.
Status: in_force

Failure by any school district to develop affirmative action plans or otherwise adhere to the provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 is cause for intervention by the State Department of Education to take the corrective steps as may be necessary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 59-25-50
SECTION 59-25-50. Salary adjustments for certified instructional personnel of state agency.
Status: in_force

Each state agency having certified instructional personnel shall receive an allocation based on the following formula: Each state agency shall receive such funds as are required to adjust the pay of all certified instructional personnel to the appropriate salary provided by the salary schedules of the surrounding school districts utilized for the 1984-85 school year and subsequent years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-490
SECTION 59-1-490. Data use and governance policy.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of this section must be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Department of Education Data Use and Governance Policy". (B) The policy of the State Department of Education with respect to use and governance of student data is to ensure that all data collected, managed, stored, transmitted, used, reported, and destroyed by the department is done so in a way to preserve and protect individual and collective privacy rights and ensure confidentiality and security of collected data. In developing this policy, the State strives to: (1) maintain compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, at a minimum; and (2) be mindful that the appropriate use of data is essential to accelerating student learning, program and financial effectiveness and efficiency, and policy development. (C) The State Department of Education shall not collect individual student data directly from students or families, except as required to meet its obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Each student is assigned a unique student identifier upon enrollment into the student management system to ensure compliance with the privacy rights of the student and his parents or guardians. No personally identifiable individual student data may be shared in federally required reporting. (D) All data elements collected and transferred from the South Carolina State Department of Education to the United States Department of Education must be based on the reporting requirements contained in EDFacts as provided by the United States Department of Education, or other federal laws and regulations, and only may include aggregated data with no personally identifiable data. (E) Data collected by the State Department of Education must be maintained within a secure infrastructure environment. Access to this data must be limited to preidentified staff who are granted clearance related to their job responsibilities of federal reporting, state financial management, program assessment, and policy development. Training in data security and student privacy laws must be provided to these specific individuals on a regular basis in order to maintain their data use clearance along with a signed Data Use Policy assurance of confidentiality and privacy. (F) The State Department of Education shall maintain a managed external data request procedure managed through a Data Governance Committee. Each external data request is measured against a predetermined set of qualifiers that includes, but must not be limited to, applicability to the goals of the State Board of Education, data availability, report format ability, cost of report development, and adherence to FERPA requirements. (G) Each school district in this State shall adopt, maintain, and comply with a locally adopted student records governance and use policy. These policies and their implementation shall be monitored by the State Department of Education in a manner prescribed by the department through policy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 59-24-60
SECTION 59-24-60. Requirement of school officials to contact law enforcement authorities when criminal conduct occurs.
Status: in_force

In addition to other provisions required by law or by regulation of the State Board of Education, school administrators must contact law enforcement authorities immediately upon notice that a person is engaging or has engaged in activities on school property or at a school sanctioned or sponsored activity which may result or results in injury or serious threat of injury to the person or to another person or his property as defined in local board policy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-150
SECTION 59-73-150. Tax levy in Saluda County; county boards of education may draw on funds; remittance to Aiken County.
Status: in_force

The county boards of education of the respective counties are authorized to draw on these funds for the sole purposes named in Sections 59-73-130 to 59-73-150, and such funds are to be remitted to the county board of education of Aiken County at the end of the school term and not later than June thirtieth of the current fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-190
SECTION 59-101-190. Deans' Committee on Medical Education.
Status: in_force

There is created a Deans' Committee on Medical Education consisting of nine members as follows: (1) President, University of South Carolina or his designee; (2) President, Medical University of South Carolina or his designee; (3) Dean or acting dean, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina; (4) Dean or acting dean, School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina; (5) two members appointed by the Commission on Higher Education, one of whom must be a physician with experience in medical education and one of whom must be a representative of the business community; (6) three members of the Area Health Education Consortium medical education director's committee, who shall represent graduate medical education, to be appointed by the Commission on Higher Education. The terms of the members selected under items (5) and (6) above shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. In making these appointments, the Commission on Higher Education, to the extent possible, shall ensure geographic representation of all regions of the State. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of original appointment. The Deans' Committee on Medical Education may also contain nonvoting members invited to attend meetings by the committee on an ad hoc basis. The chairmanship of the deans' committee shall alternate between the Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of South Carolina and the Dean of the College of Medicine of the Medical University of South Carolina. The term of the chairman shall be two years, and the committee at its first meeting after the effective date of this provision shall determine by majority vote the person who will first serve as chairman. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly during each year. The purpose of the committee is to ensure and coordinate the development and implementation of a strategic plan for effective and efficient medical education, research, and related clinical service programs to best meet the needs of the State of South Carolina. Adoption of the strategic plan shall require at least one vote of a member representing USC and MUSC and a total of at least seven votes of the entire committee. Any strategic plan approved by the deans' committee also must be approved by the Commission on Higher Education if it contains any proposal for the consolidation, elimination, or change of medical education programs. The committee shall report to the Commission on Higher Education through the commission's Committee on Academic Affairs. The deans' committee shall provide oversight of the Area Health Education Consortium and the consortium of teaching hospitals by reviewing and approving its strategic plan and budget. The Commission on Higher Education shall furnish adequate meeting space and professional and secretarial assistance for the committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-760 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 59-67-760
SECTION 59-67-760. Waiver of claim against bus driver.
Status: in_force

The acceptance of any payment or the bringing of any action authorized by this article shall constitute a waiver of any liability that might otherwise exist on the part of the driver of any State-owned school bus operated under the authority of Article 3 of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1782 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1782
SECTION 59-53-1782. Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority created; governing board; purpose.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. The authority is declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by it of any power conferred in this subarticle is the performance of an essential public function. The authority is governed by a board, which consists of members of the commission. All members serve ex-officio. Persons serving as chairman, vice-chairman, treasurer, and secretary of the commission shall serve in the same capacity on the board. The members of the board shall receive per diem as provided for members of boards, commissions, and committees and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (B) The board shall exercise the powers of the authority. (C) The purpose of the authority is to provide for the management, development, and operation of the Enterprise Campus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-20
SECTION 59-29-20. Required subjects; nature and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics.
Status: in_force

The nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and special instruction as to their effect upon the human system shall be taught in all the grammar and high schools of this State which receive any State aid whatsoever and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as all other required branches in such schools, as may be required by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-200 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-200
SECTION 59-155-200. Promotion of reading and writing habits and skills development.
Status: in_force

The department and each school district must plan for and act decisively to engage the families of students as full participating partners in promoting the reading habits and skills development of their children. With support from the department, districts and individual schools shall provide families with information about how children progress as readers and writers and how they can support this progress. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 10, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-130
SECTION 59-5-130. Members shall not contract with Board.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any member of the Board to make any contract or to be pecuniarily interested in any contract or otherwise make a profit from any contract with the State Board of Education. Any member violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or both. He shall also forfeit the amount of such claim or of his interest in such claim. The violation of this section shall constitute sufficient cause for removal of the member from office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-90
SECTION 59-58-90. Permit required to solicit or sell courses.
Status: in_force

(A) No person representing a nonpublic educational institution shall solicit students or sell any course or program of instruction unless he first secures a permit from the commission. The application for a permit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission. (B) The permit is valid for one year, and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission. (C) The commission may refuse to issue a permit to the applicant if he has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude under the laws of this or any other state.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 153 / Article 3 / Section 59-153-310
SECTION 59-153-310. State Retirement Systems Investment Panel.
Status: repealed

The State Retirement Systems Investment Panel has been created and functions pursuant to Sections 9-16-310 and 9-16-320. Editor's Note Section 9-16-310, referenced in the text, was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 3 / Section 59-104-230
SECTION 59-104-230. Endowed professorships program.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Higher Education shall request state funds and establish procedures to implement a program of endowed professorships at senior public institutions of higher learning to enable the institutions to attract or retain productive faculty scholars who are making or show promise of making substantial contributions to the intellectual life of the State. Each professorship must be supported by the income from 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 funds specifically donated for this purpose. The State Treasurer shall establish a separate fund consisting of any funds appropriated for all endowed professorships 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 endowed professorships. Funds in the specified amounts to support each endowment may be transferred by the commission to each eligible institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-7-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 59-7-50
SECTION 59-7-50. Contributions; lease or sale of use of facilities, equipment, and other program related materials.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall have the power to accept contributions from all persons, firms and corporations who may wish to contribute to the program, provided, that both the acceptance and use of any such contributions shall be subject to express approval by the State Budget and Control Board. The Commission may lease or sell the use of its facilities, equipment, programs, publications and other program related materials on such terms as the Commission deems advantageous, and funds received therefrom shall be used for Commission purposes. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-72 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-72
SECTION 59-63-72. Use of state funds to support interscholastic athletic associations; female wrestling teams.
Status: in_force

A public school district supported by state funds shall not use any funds or permit any school within the district to use any funds to join, affiliate with, pay dues or fees to, or in any way financially support any interscholastic athletic association, body, or entity unless the constitution, rules or policies of the association, body, or entity recognizes, sanctions, and regulates interscholastic competition of wrestling teams composed exclusively of female students. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 193, SECTIONS 1, 2, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'Save Women's Sports Act'. "SECTION 2. (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly to maintain opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their strength, skills, and athletic abilities, and to provide them with opportunities to obtain recognition and accolades, college scholarships, and numerous other long-term benefits that result from participating and competing in athletic endeavors. "(B) The General Assembly finds that: "(1) maintaining the fairness for women's athletic opportunities is an important state interest; and "(2) requiring the designation of separate sex specific athletic teams or sports is necessary to maintain fairness for women's athletic opportunities."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 59-18-360
SECTION 59-18-360. Dissemination of assessment results.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the 2010 assessment administration, the Department of Education is directed to provide assessment results annually on individual students and schools by August first, except when assessments are being updated and new achievement standards are being set, in a manner and format that is easily understood by parents and the public. In addition, the school assessment results must be presented in a format easily understood by the faculty and in a manner that is useful for curriculum review and instructional improvement. The department is to provide longitudinally matched student data from the standards-based assessments and include information on the performance of subgroups of students within the school. The department must work with the Division of Accountability in developing the formats of the assessment results. Schools and districts are responsible for disseminating this information to parents. Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment substituted "seven" for "four" preceding "years" in the second sentence. The 2006 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to analysis of assessment results. The 2008 amendment renumbered this section from SECTION 59-18-370 and in the first sentence, added "Beginning with the 2010 assessment administration," and "by August first,". 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 10, inserted "except when assessments are being updated and new achievement standards are being set,", and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 1 / Section 59-130-50
SECTION 59-130-50. Authority to sell or lease donated real property.
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, the board is authorized to lease or sell any real property which may have been or may be donated to the college during any fund campaign. The proceeds of any lease or sale must be applied to the original purpose of the donation of the property leased or sold.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-16-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 16 / Section 59-16-15
SECTION 59-16-15. Virtual education program; eligibility; grades; exams; computer equipment and internet access.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education is authorized to establish a virtual education program to provide South Carolina students access to distance, online, or virtual learning courses offered for an initial unit of credit. Additionally, the virtual education program shall offer access to credit recovery programs for students who have been identified by a school district as not having received credit for a course previously taken or for students who have been identified by a school district as not likely to receive credit for a course in which the student is currently enrolled. Students may enroll in courses for credit recovery based on policies established by the State Board of Education. The virtual education program shall not award a South Carolina High School diploma. (B) A public, private, or homeschool student residing in South Carolina who is twenty-one years of age or younger must be eligible to enroll in the virtual education program. A private school or home school student enrolled in the virtual education program must not be entitled to any rights, privileges, courses, activities, or services available to a public school student other than receiving an appropriate unit of credit for a completed course. (C) Local school districts shall accurately transcribe a student's final numeric grade to the student's permanent record and transcript. Home school students and private school students shall receive a certified grade report indicating date, course, and final numeric grade from the virtual education program or an entity approved by the State Board of Education. (D) Students enrolled in an online course for a unit of credit must be administered final exams and appropriate state assessments in a proctored environment. (E) It is not the responsibility of the school, district, or state to provide home computer equipment and Internet access for enrollment in courses provided by the virtual education program. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit a school or district from providing home computer equipment or Internet access to students enrolled in the virtual education program. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment substituted "virtual education program" for "South Carolina Virtual School Program" throughout, in subsection (B) substituted "must be eligible" for "shall be eligible", deleted former subsection (C) relating to online initial credits, and redesignated the subsections accordingly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-40
SECTION 59-13-40. Vacancies in office.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, fill all vacancies in the office of county superintendent of education for the unexpired term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-560 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 59-31-560
SECTION 59-31-560. Approval of contracts and publishers' bonds by Attorney General.
Status: in_force

The Attorney General of the State shall approve all contracts to be entered into between the State and publishers and shall approve the bond to be filed by each contract publisher. Such bond shall be placed in the custody of the State Treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 59-21-1210
SECTION 59-21-1210. Campus incentive program established; funding.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop and implement a campus incentive program to reward faculty members who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Funds for the campus incentive program must be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-20
SECTION 59-20-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Foundation program" means the program proposed to establish substantially equitable current operation funding levels for programs for South Carolina's public school students, regardless of their geographic location, after the students are transported to school and housed in school plants. (2) "Educational programs or elements of programs not included in the foundation program" means: (a) "Transportation", which shall mean transportation to and from public schools for the students of South Carolina's public schools provided by state, local or federal funds, or a combination thereof. (b) "Capital outlay", which shall mean those funds used for the construction, improving, equipping, renovating or major repairing of school buildings or other school facilities, or the cost of acquisition of land whereon to construct or establish such school facilities in accordance with the definition provided in Section 59-21-310. (c) "Pilot programs", which shall mean programs of a pilot or experimental nature usually designed for special purposes and for a specified period of time other than those included in the foundation program. (d) "Adult education", which shall mean public education dealing primarily with students above eighteen years of age not enrolled as full time public school students and not classified as students of technical schools, colleges or universities of the State. (e) "Text books", which shall mean books distributed under that system of rental and free text books now operated by the Department of Education. (f) "Food service programs", which shall mean those programs dealing directly with the nutritional welfare of the student, such as the school lunch and school breakfast programs. (g) "Employee benefits", which shall mean those benefits received by employees of the state public school systems and paid at least in part by the State, such as retirement, social security and health insurance. (3) "Index of taxpaying ability" means an index of a local district's relative fiscal capacity in relation to that of all other districts of the State based on the full market value of all taxable property of the district assessed on the basis of property classification assessment ratios set forth in Article 3, Chapter 43 of Title 12 for the second completed taxable year preceding the fiscal year in which the index is used and these assessments must be the audited assessments by school district contained in the annual report submitted yearly to the Comptroller General's office. The county auditor shall provide fiscal year-end audited assessments of real and personal property to the Property Division of the Department of Revenue for each of the school districts of the county for the second completed taxable year preceding the fiscal year in which the index is used not later than October first of each year. The index must be used to calculate each district's share of the revenue to be raised locally for the foundation program. The index must include an imputed value for the property tax base implicitly generating impact aid revenue. The property tax base must be imputed at two-thirds the average ratio of all true value assessed property value statewide to prior year local revenue statewide in the foundation program, the resulting product multiplied times the average impact aid receipts during the prior three years. If impact aid receipts during the federal fiscal year are less than the average receipts for the prior three years, then state aid to the impact aid districts must be adjusted in the final payment for the state fiscal year. If the State Department of Education determines from fiscal simulations that the school finance system does not meet requirements of Section 5(D) of P. L. 81-874, the Department of Revenue shall exclude an imputed value of impact aid receipts from the index of taxpaying ability. The index must be determined annually by the Department of Revenue from sales ratio data based on the most recent studies made which correspond with the base year assessments used to compute the current index pursuant to Section 12-43-250 for assessed property within a school district. The base year is the second completed taxable year preceding the fiscal year in which the index is used. The Department of Revenue shall provide a preliminary index by December first of each year end and a final index by February first of each year to the State Department of Education and to the auditor of each county who shall provide the index to any governmental entity responsible for approving or levying of millages for school purposes. Changes and corrections may be made to the index before February first but no change is allowed after that date. When the assessment of property is under appeal and the appeal extends beyond the year in which the assessment made pursuant to Section 12-43-305 is applied, the Department of Revenue shall adjust the index of taxpaying ability in the year in which the appeal is resolved by the amount of any difference between the assessments. Any school district is entitled to a hearing before the Department of Revenue to review its designated index of taxpaying ability within thirty days of filing a request for the hearing. The data gathered by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of determining an annual index must be preserved as public records in the offices of the Department of Revenue for four years. The raw information gathered from the various county officers reflecting the representative sales within the school districts, the consideration, and the reported market value or assessed value for each sale are a part of the public records so preserved. The Department of Revenue shall file a statement stating the methodology employed in making the annual determination of the index and refer to all sources of factual information used in making the determination. All work sheets, computer printouts, and the actual calculation must be included as the public records to be preserved by the Department of Revenue. In determining sales to assessment ratio, the Department of Revenue shall use only reported consideration on sales for which deeds have been placed on public record. Where sufficient sales data is not available, the Department of Revenue shall make appraisals in lieu of sales in order to determine the index. The appraisals, including all working papers, must be included as the public records to be preserved by the Department of Revenue. With respect to school districts within counties where abstracts of duplicates reflecting the assessed value have been filed pursuant to Section 12-39-290, the same having been adopted by the auditors under Article 3, Chapter 43 of Title 12, the index must be on the basis of the value of the property as stated in the abstracts as adjusted by sales ratio studies up to full assessments based on full fair market value. The index of taxpaying ability for a particular current year shall not include the assessed value of property in a school district which is classified under Section 12-43-220(a) and Section 12-43-220(e), which is at least fifteen percent of the total assessed value of real property in the school district, which on February first of the year has been in bankruptcy status for a minimum of thirty consecutive months, and on which no local school property taxes have been collected for at least two consecutive fiscal years. It is the responsibility of the county auditor to report such exclusions from the index to the Department of Revenue and to immediately notify the Department of Revenue of any change in the bankruptcy status of such real property or any collection of school property taxes from such real property. For purposes of disbursing EFA funding and for purposes of the index of taxpaying ability, the value of a fee in lieu of taxes shall be computed by the Department of Revenue by basing the computation on the net fee received and retained by the school district. The value thus computed shall not be inflated by any portion of the fee shared with or used by any other local taxing authority. Provided, however, any revenue received by a taxing entity as a result of this section must be considered taxable property for purposes of bonded indebtedness pursuant to Sections 14 and 15 of Article X of the Constitution of this State, and for purposes of computing the "index of taxpaying ability" pursuant to item (3) of this section. (4) "Defined minimum program (DMP)" means the program established annually by the State Board of Education that is necessary to provide public school students in the State with minimum educational programs designed to meet their needs. The State Board of Education shall transmit a per-weighted pupil estimate of the full implementation of the defined minimum program to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and the General Assembly for each proposed budgetary year. The State Board of Education shall transmit any suggested changes in the basic programs and their weightings as evidenced by changing requirements and practices. (5) "Weightings" means those cost figures assigned to student classifications in Section 59-20-40(1)(c) which are based on different relative cost of their educational programs in relation to that of the base student which is given the weighting of 1.00. (6) "Base student" means that student classification that represents the most economically educated pupil in the school system, those in grades four through eight in regular classroom settings. "Base student cost" is the funding level necessary for providing a minimum foundation program which includes the funding level necessary for supporting the defined minimum program and to meet, as funds are available, needs identified by each district board of trustees' annual report, which reflects the needs identified in the annual school reports of the district and other assessments, and which is calculated in 1976 dollars to be six hundred sixty-five. Provided, however, by July 1, 1983, that of the state and local monies generated by the base student cost above the cost of the defined minimum program, not more than fifty percent shall be used by the local school districts to meet the needs identified by the board of trustees' annual report. Monies generated by weightings above 1.00 shall not be used for revisions of the defined minimum program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-40
SECTION 59-139-40. Development of criteria for monitoring district and school plans and implementation.
Status: in_force

By December, 1993, the State Board of Education, through the Department of Education and in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop criteria for the monitoring of the district and school plans and the implementation of the plans required in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-80
SECTION 59-19-80. Requirements as to purchases and teacher employment.
Status: in_force

No teacher or other employee shall be employed or any purchase made except in a duly called meeting of the board, of which meeting each member has been notified in writing by the clerk of the board at least three days in advance thereof, unless a written waiver of such notice of meeting is signed by each member of the board, and unless such action or the memoranda of the terms of any such contract of employment or purchase shall be duly recorded in the minutes of such meeting and approved by the board. No contract shall be entered into with teachers who are under a teaching contract in South Carolina before April fifteenth of each year. In lieu of making a particular purchase, the board may request the Purchasing and Property Division of the Department of Administration to make such purchase.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-130
SECTION 59-146-130. Sale of state school facilities bonds.
Status: reserved

State school facilities bonds must be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of notice of the sale one or more times at least seven days before the sale, in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The state school facilities bonds may be awarded only to the lowest interest cost bidder, but the right is reserved to reject all bids and to readvertise the state school facilities bonds for sale. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the bonds, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sale of the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 59-21-520
SECTION 59-21-520. Supervision and expansion of special education program by State Department of Education.
Status: in_force

The special education program shall be under the supervision of the State Department of Education. The State Superintendent of Education shall expand the services of the State Department of Education to include through the Division of Instruction a more extensive program of special education for physically and educable mentally handicapped children in the various school districts of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-90
SECTION 59-33-90. Subpoena power of hearing officers; placement of handicapped children in alternative programs.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: Duly appointed hearing officers of local school districts and other state operated programs shall have the power of subpoena consistent with the requirements and regulations of Public Law 94-142. Regarding handicapped children placed in alternative programs for non-educational reasons: (1) No agency of the State shall place handicapped children of lawful school age in residential, institutional or foster home settings without insuring that such children shall have available to them a free and appropriate public education in conformance with the provisions of Public Law 94-142. (2) In placing children determined to be handicapped by State Board of Education regulations, state agencies must procure, except in emergency situations, advance approval by the State Department of Education. The Department shall insure that an appropriate Individual Education Plan shall be developed by the pupil's home school district and that the proposed educational placement meets all the provisions of Public Law 94-142. Regarding handicapped children placed in other programs for educational reasons, when local school districts must place handicapped children of lawful school age in programs external to the child's home district for educational reasons, the district making the placement shall insure that such placement shall be at no cost to parent or child including room, board, education and related services and non-medical care.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-490
SECTION 59-71-490. Exemption of bonds from taxes or assessments.
Status: in_force

All State school bonds issued under this article, and the income therefrom, 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. § 59-17-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-70
SECTION 59-17-70. Effect of consolidation.
Status: in_force

Upon consolidation of any two or more school districts, all property, real and personal, and all assets of the districts forming the consolidated school district shall become the property of the consolidated district and all liabilities of the consolidating districts shall become the obligations of such consolidated district. Each such consolidated district shall be a body politic and corporate and its board of trustees shall have such powers as are provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-570
SECTION 59-127-570. Enforcement rights.
Status: in_force

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness in accordance with Section 59-127-500 and of the covenants and agreements constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the university and the several holders of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness, and are enforceable by the holder or holders by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in a court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1700 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 17 / Section 59-18-1700
SECTION 59-18-1700. Public information campaign; development and approval; funding.
Status: in_force

(A) An on-going public information campaign must be established to apprise the public of the status of the public schools and the importance of high standards for academic performance for the public school students of South Carolina. A special committee must be appointed by the chairman of the Education Oversight Committee to include two committee members representing business and two representing education and others representing business, industry, and education. The committee shall plan and oversee the development of a campaign, including public service announcements for the media and other such avenues as deemed appropriate for informing the public. (B) A separate fund within the state general fund will be established to accept grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source or monies that may be appropriated by the General Assembly for the public information campaign. Members of the Oversight Committee representing business will solicit donations for this fund. Income from the fund must be retained in the fund. All funds may be carried forward from fiscal year to fiscal year. The State Treasurer shall invest the monies in this fund in the same manner as other funds under his control are invested. The Oversight Committee shall administer and authorize any disbursements from the fund. Private individuals and groups shall be encouraged to contribute to this endeavor. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment deleted the last sentence which was outdated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-140
SECTION 59-25-140. Fee for duplicate certificate; use of resulting fund.
Status: in_force

The board of examiners for teachers may charge a fee of fifty cents for every duplicate certificate. The proceeds from such fees shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be used by the board of examiners to cover the expense and labor of issuing duplicate certificates promptly and to pay the traveling expenses of the director of the board of examiners while in the discharge of his official duties. All disbursements of such fees shall be made only on vouchers approved by the State Superintendent of Education. An itemized statement of such expenditures shall be kept and published in the annual report of the State Superintendent of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-10
SECTION 59-146-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "State School Facilities Bond Act".