S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-60
SECTION 59-119-60. Board declared a body politic and corporate; corporate powers; property; investment of funds.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of Clemson University. It shall have a corporate seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its corporate name it may contract for, purchase and hold property, for the purposes of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and may take any property or money given or conveyed by deed, devise or bequest to said university and hold the same for its use and benefit; provided, however, that the conditions of such gifts or conveyances shall in no case be inconsistent with the purposes of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and that the board shall not by the acceptance thereof incur any obligation on the part of the State. It shall securely invest all funds and keep all property which may come into its possession and may sell any of the personal property not subject to the trust and reinvest the same in such way as it deems best for the interest of said university. It may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded in its corporate name and may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and may make bylaws for this purpose if it deems it necessary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-165 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-165
SECTION 59-119-165. Transfer of certain agricultural funds to Clemson-PSA (Public Service Activities); use of funds; report.
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, in conjunction with the Department of Education, shall transfer all federal funds associated with Agricultural Education at the Department of Education to Clemson-PSA (Public Service Activities) no later than July fifteenth of each fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, funds and positions transferred to Clemson-PSA from the Department of Education for Agricultural Education shall be used for personnel positions and related office and travel expenses to provide overall leadership, coordination, and structure for agricultural education programs, and South Carolina Association of Young Farmers activities in the public schools of this State. Clemson-PSA shall provide a report to the Department of Education on the use and expenditure of the federal funds transferred by the Department of Education to Clemson-PSA no later than December first of each fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-140
SECTION 59-73-140. Tax levy in Saluda County; collection and credit of taxes.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer of Saluda County is directed to collect the taxes and credit them to the attendance area. These credits are to be reported immediately to the county superintendent of education of Aiken County.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 2 / Section 59-103-180
SECTION 59-103-180. Participation of State Board of Education, State Department of Education, and public schools and districts.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, and the state's public school districts and schools shall cooperate with the Commission on Higher Education and the institutions of higher education in providing the counseling and shall assist in any manner considered appropriate by them. The schools shall make special efforts to ensure that as many students and parents or guardians as possible are made aware of the opportunity, are urged to attend the sessions, and receive the information.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-480 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 59-25-480
SECTION 59-25-480. Appeals; costs and damages.
Status: in_force

(A) The decision of the district board of trustees is final, unless within thirty days afterward an appeal is made to the court of common pleas of any county in which the major portion of such district lies. (B) Notice of the appeal and the grounds thereof shall be filed with the district board of trustees. The district board shall, within thirty days thereafter, file a certified copy of the transcript record with the clerk of such court. An appeal from the order of the circuit court shall be taken in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. If the decision of the board is reversed on appeal, on a motion of either party the trial court shall order reinstatement and shall determine the amount for which the board shall be liable for actual damages and court costs. In no event shall any liability extend beyond two years from the effective date of dismissal. Amounts earned or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence by the person wrongfully suspended shall be deducted from any back pay. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 221, SECTION 5, inserted the paragraph designators, and corrected archaic language.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-110
SECTION 59-13-110. Procedure for payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

Such expenses shall be paid on the warrant of the county board of education. The superintendent's claim for services and expenses shall be presented in the form of an itemized account against the county board of education, verified by affidavit to the effect that said account is just and true, that the service therein named was honestly and faithfully rendered and that the sum therein claimed is rightfully due and remains unpaid. When such account shall have been duly audited and approved by the county board of education, it shall be filed with the county treasurer, who shall pay the same ratably out of the funds apportioned to the several school districts in proportion to the average number of children attending the free public schools in each school district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-260
SECTION 59-53-260. Disposition of center.
Status: in_force

The center, including the real property, shall not be disposed of except upon approval of a majority of the delegations of all three counties, including the Senators.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-115 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-115
SECTION 59-25-115. Notice to enrollee in teacher education program regarding effect of prior criminal record; criminal records check and fingergprinting requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) A person enrolled in a teacher education program in South Carolina must be advised by the college or university that his prior criminal record could prevent certification as a teacher in this State in accordance with State Board of Education guidelines. (B) Before beginning full-time clinical teaching experience in this State, a teacher education candidate shall undergo a state criminal records check by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and a national criminal records check supported by fingerprints by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The cost associated with the FBI background checks are those of the applicant. Information reported relative to prior arrests or convictions will be reviewed by the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education when warranted, according to board guidelines. A teacher education candidate with prior arrests or convictions of a serious nature that could affect his fitness to teach in the public schools of South Carolina may be denied the opportunity to complete the clinical teaching experience and qualify for initial teacher certification. An individual who is denied this opportunity as a result of prior arrests or convictions, after one year, may request reconsideration under guidelines established by the State Board of Education. (C) A graduate of a teacher education program applying for initial teacher certification must have completed the FBI fingerprint process within eighteen months of formally applying for initial teacher certification or the fingerprint process must be repeated. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment deleted the first paragraph relating to state and FBI fingerprint review, deleted the second paragraph relating to the fee for fingerprint review, and replaced the two deleted paragraphs with new subsections (A) through (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-160
SECTION 59-155-160. Mandatory retention.
Status: in_force

(A) Beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year, a student must be retained in the third grade if the student fails to 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 state summative reading assessment. A student may be exempt for good cause from the mandatory retention but shall continue to receive instructional support and services and reading intervention appropriate for their age and reading level. Good cause exemptions include students: (1) with limited English proficiency and less than two years of instruction in English as a Second Language program; (2) with disabilities whose Individualized Education Program indicates the use of alternative assessments or alternative reading interventions and students with disabilities whose Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Plan reflects that the student has received intensive remediation in reading for more than two years but still does not substantially demonstrate reading proficiency; (3) who successfully participate in a summer reading camp at the conclusion of third grade and demonstrate reading proficiency by achieving Approaches Expectations, or at least a level above the lowest level, on the state summative reading assessment; (4) who demonstrate third grade reading proficiency by scoring the equivalent of Approaches Expectations, or the level above the lowest level, on the statewide summative assessment or a norm-referenced alternative assessment approved by the board for use in summer reading camps; or (5) who have received two years of reading intervention and were previously retained. (B) The superintendent of the local district may determine whether a student in the district may be exempt from the mandatory retention by taking all of the following steps: (1) The teacher of a student eligible for retention must submit to the principal documentation on the proposed exemption and evidence that promotion of the student is appropriate based on the student's academic record. This evidence must be limited to the student's Individualized Education Program, performance on the statewide summative assessment, or performance on an alternative assessment. (2) The principal must review the documentation and determine whether the student should be promoted. If the principal determines the student should be promoted, the principal must submit a written recommendation for promotion, to include an individualized reading plan providing additional supports to be offered to the student to ensure reading proficiency is achieved, to the district superintendent for final determination. (3) The district superintendent's acceptance or rejection of the recommendation, as well as the individualized reading plan provided by the principal, must be in writing and a copy must be provided to the parent or guardian of the child. (4) A parent or legal guardian may appeal the decision to retain a student to the district superintendent if there is a compelling reason why the student should not be retained. A parent or legal guardian must appeal, in writing, within two weeks after the notification of retention. The letter must be addressed to the district superintendent and specify the reasons why the student should not be retained. The district superintendent shall render a decision in writing to the parent or legal guardian and the principal. (C) Prior to the decision for a student to be retained, if the student is not demonstrating third grade reading proficiency by the end of the second grading period of the third grade: (1)(a) his parent or guardian timely must be notified, in writing, that the student is being considered for retention and a conference with the parent or guardian must be held prior to a determination regarding retention is made, and conferences must be documented; (b) within two weeks following the parent/teacher conference, copies of the conference form must be provided to the principal, parent or guardian, teacher and other school personnel who are working with the child on literacy, and summary statements must be sent to parents or legal guardians who do not attend the conference; and (c) following the parent/teacher retention conference, the principal, classroom teacher, and other school personnel who are working with the child on literacy must review the recommendation for retention and provide suggestions for supplemental instruction. (2) The parent or guardian may designate another person as an education advocate also to act on their behalf to receive notification and to assume the responsibility of promoting the reading success of the child. The parent or guardian of a retained student must be offered supplemental tutoring for the retained student in scientifically based services outside the instructional day. (D) Retained students must be provided intensive instructional services and support, including a minimum of ninety minutes of daily reading instruction, supplemental foundational literacy skill instruction, and other strategies grounded in the science of reading prescribed by the district. These strategies may include, but are not limited to, instruction directly focused on improving the student's individual foundational literacy skills through small group instruction, reduced teacher-student ratios, more frequent student progress monitoring, high dose low ratio tutoring or mentoring as prescribed by the department, transition classes containing students in multiple grade spans, and extended school day, week, or year reading support. The delivery of additional supports and interventions shall not result in a student losing access to regular instruction in subject areas identified in the defined program for grades K-5 as established by the board. The school must report to the department on the progress of students in the class at the end of the school year and at other times as required by the department based on the reading progression monitoring requirements of these students. (E)(1) For students in kindergarten through second grade who are not demonstrating reading proficiency, additional support in foundational literacy skills shall be provided. These interventions must be based in the science of reading, be at least thirty minutes daily, and be in addition to the minimum of ninety minutes of daily reading and writing instruction provided to all students in kindergarten through second grade. The delivery of additional supports and interventions shall not result in a student losing access to regular instruction in subject areas identified in the defined program for grades K-5 as established by the board. The district must continue to provide intensive interventions until the student is meeting grade-level reading proficiency. (2) To ensure early interventions, districts are encouraged to retain students in kindergarten through second grade who are not demonstrating grade-level reading proficiency. In making retention decisions, districts shall seek recommendations from the student's teacher(s) and principal. (F) For students in grades four and above who are not demonstrating reading proficiency shall be provided additional reading interventions which may include services from a reading interventionist in the classroom or supplementally by teachers with a literacy teacher endorsement or reading/literacy coaches. This supplemental support will be provided during the school day and, as appropriate, before or after school, as documented in the district reading plan, and may include high dose low ratio tutoring or mentoring as prescribed by the department, or in summer reading camps. (G) Students eligible for retention pursuant to this section shall enroll in a summer reading camp provided by their district or a summer reading camp consortium to which their districts belong prior to being retained the following school year. Summer reading camps must be at least the equivalent of ninety-six hours of instruction. The camps must be taught by compensated teachers who have at least a literacy endorsement or who have documented and demonstrated substantial success in helping students achieve proficiency of grade-level reading standards. The department shall assist districts that cannot find qualified teachers to work in the summer camps. Districts may choose to contract for the services of qualified instructors or collaborate with one or more districts to provide a summer reading camp. Schools and districts are encouraged to partner with county or school libraries, institutions of higher learning, community organizations, faith-based institutions, businesses, pediatric and family practice medical personnel, and other groups to provide volunteers, mentors, tutors, space, or other support to assist with the provision of the summer reading camps. A parent or guardian of a student who does not demonstrate reading proficiency for his grade level shall make the final decision regarding the student's participation in the summer reading camp. (H) A district shall include in the summer reading camps first and second grade students who are not exhibiting grade-level reading proficiency. This shall be implemented beginning with the 2025-2026 School Year by including first grade students not exhibiting grade-level reading proficiency and beginning with the 2026-2027 School Year by including second grade students not demonstrating grade-level reading proficiency. Students at any other grade who are not exhibiting reading proficiency may be included in summer reading camps at the discretion of the district. Districts may charge fees for these students to attend the summer reading camps based on a sliding scale pursuant to Section 59-19-90, except where a child is found to be reading below grade level in the first through third grade and does not meet the good cause exemption. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 7, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 5 / Section 59-111-330
SECTION 59-111-330. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Commission on Higher Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 14 / Section 59-53-1140
SECTION 59-53-1140. Submission of annual budget.
Status: in_force

The commission shall submit a budget to the county board of commissioners on or before March first of each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-55 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-55
SECTION 59-20-55. Proficiency requirements for teachers.
Status: in_force

Beginning July 1, 1986, and thereafter, employment may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the criteria outlined in Section 59-20-50(4)(b). The criteria do not have to be met by teachers having twenty-five years or more of teaching service as of the effective date of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 in order for them to be employed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-275 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-275
SECTION 59-63-275. Student hazing prohibited; definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Student" means a person enrolled in a public education institution. (2) "Superior student" means a student who has attended a state university, college, or other public education institution longer than another student or who has an official position giving authority over another student. (3) "Subordinate student" means a person who attends a public education institution who is not defined as a "superior student" in item (2). (4) "Hazing" means the wrongful striking, laying open hand upon, threatening with violence, or offering to do bodily harm by a superior student to a subordinate student with intent to punish or injure the subordinate student, or other unauthorized treatment by the superior student of a subordinate student of a tyrannical, abusive, shameful, insulting, or humiliating nature. (B) Hazing at all public education institutions is prohibited. When an investigation has disclosed substantial evidence that a student has committed an act or acts of hazing, the student may be dismissed, expelled, suspended, or punished as the principal considers appropriate. (C) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 3 of Title 16.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-144-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 144 / Article 2 / Section 59-144-120
SECTION 59-144-120. State Board of Education responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education responsibilities in regard to this chapter include: (1) developing policies, guidelines, and standards for a uniform assessment of facilities' needs and standardized cost allowances for estimating the cost in meeting these needs in order to provide for a systematic reporting of each district's needs to be used in calculating the allotment of funds under Section 59-144-100. Any standardized cost allowances must take into account regional variances that are beyond the control of individual districts. Facilities' needs include, but are not limited to, facility need capacity and condition, space requirements, program standards, and pupil growth. Costs allowances shall be developed to include such measures as costs per square foot, costs per pupil, or costs per teaching unit with such costs adjusted annually to reflect changes in the cost of labor and materials. These standards and cost allowances are to be used only for providing a uniform reporting of districts' needs for formula allotment purposes and are not intended to limit district options in determining the most appropriate manner in which to meet individual district needs; and (2) adopting policies, standards, and regulations to ensure the accuracy of district reporting required under this chapter and the use of funds disbursed under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-350
SECTION 59-1-350. Compensation of members of boards of trustees and boards of education.
Status: in_force

Members of the county board of education or board of trustees may serve without pay. Each member of the board may receive a per diem for attendance at board meetings and may be paid mileage to and from such meetings. No member may receive per diem and mileage unless in actual attendance upon a meeting of the board. When any member of a board is directed to travel outside the county or school district on official business of the board, he may be allowed actual expenses incurred as a result.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-380
SECTION 59-21-380. Remittance and disbursement of funds.
Status: in_force

When an application of a school district as provided in Section 59-21-370 has been approved by the Board, funds shall be remitted, as may be required from time to time, to the treasurer of the county of which the school district is a part. The county treasurer shall place the sum so received in a special fund to be known as "Public School Building Fund for School District No. - - " and shall pay out the money of such fund only on school warrants properly drawn by the authorities of the school district concerned and such money shall be expended in the same manner as provided by law for the expenditure of other school funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-60
SECTION 59-49-60. Compensation of trustees.
Status: in_force

All members of the board shall receive per diem and mileage as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-70
SECTION 59-39-70. Corporate name of high school district established by adjoining districts; seal; clerk.
Status: in_force

The corporate name of each such high school district shall be such as shall be adopted by resolution of the high school board of trustees. The high school board of trustees may likewise adopt a corporate seal and may elect from time to time one of their number as clerk to hold office during his term of office as trustee or for a shorter period if the board shall so determine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-290
SECTION 59-101-290. Notification of risk of contracting certain diseases if living on-campus.
Status: in_force

(A) A public institution of higher learning shall notify incoming students, or the parent or guardian of an incoming student under the age of eighteen, of the risk of contracting meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B if living in on-campus student housing. (B) A public institution of higher learning shall include vaccination against meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B as recommended immunization in health and medical information provided to students or prospective students and parents or guardians. (C) A private institution of higher learning may elect to be governed by this section and at any time may, in its sole discretion, remove itself from such governance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 59-29-490
SECTION 59-29-490. Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

To carry out its assigned functions, the board is authorized, but not limited to: (1) develop a comprehensive long-range initiative for improving the financial literacy of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade; (2) promulgate regulations, establish guidelines, policies, and procedures for implementation of the South Carolina Financial Literacy Initiative; (3) provide oversight on the implementation of the South Carolina Financial Literacy Initiative at the state and school district levels; (4) establish criteria and procedures for awarding grants from the Financial Literacy Trust; (5) create an annual revision of school district needs assessments and identify assets from other funding sources; (6) assess and develop recommendations for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of financial literacy programs and funding and other programs and funding sources, as allowable, as necessary to carry out the Financial Literacy Initiative, including additional fiscal strategies, redeployment of state resources, and development of new programs; (7) establish results-oriented measures and objectives and assess whether services provided are meeting the goals and achieving the results established for the Financial Literacy Initiative; (8) receive gifts, bequests, and devises for deposit in the Financial Literacy Trust; and (9) report annually to the General Assembly by January first on activities and progress to include recommendations for changes and legislative initiatives and results of program evaluations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1940 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 19 / Section 59-18-1940
SECTION 59-18-1940. Pilot district accountability models.
Status: in_force

Working with the Education Oversight Committee, the State Department of Education shall design and pilot district accountability models that focus on competency-based education for a district or school or on regional or county economic initiatives to improve the postsecondary success of students. A district may apply to the department and the committee to participate in the pilot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-350
SECTION 59-127-350. Requirements of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be issued as serial bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at those times and on those occasions, and in denominations as the trustees determine. However, the last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than twenty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue must fall due not later than five years from their date. The bonds shall bear a rate of interest, payable on occasions as the trustees prescribe, and must be payable in a medium of payment and at a place as the resolutions prescribe. Bonds may be issued with provisions permitting their redemption before their stated maturity, at a time and under conditions as the trustees prescribe. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in an amount the trustees prescribe. All bonds that are subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face or reverse of each bond. A resolution authorizing redeemable bonds must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-120
SECTION 59-40-120. Dissolution of charter school.
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution of a charter school, its assets may not inure to the benefit of any private person. Any assets obtained through restricted agreements with a donor through awards, grants, or gifts must be returned to that entity. All other assets become property of the sponsor. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-400 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-400
SECTION 59-125-400. Form of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds and coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, are executed manually or by facsimile in the name of Winthrop in the manner and by persons as the trustees from time to time determine, and the seal of Winthrop must be affixed to or impressed or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept for them by or on behalf of Winthrop, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the executed bonds is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after the execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be issued as fully registered noncertificated book-entry securities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-54-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 54 / Section 59-54-10
SECTION 59-54-10. Short title; meaning of "unserved or underserved persons or clients".
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter is known and may be cited as the South Carolina Employment Revitalization Act of 1986. (B) As used in this chapter or Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code, the term "unserved or underserved persons or clients" means persons who have not previously been primary beneficiaries of vocational education, adult basic and adult secondary education, and technical education programs and specifically including recipients of public assistance payments through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, and at-risk youth.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-60
SECTION 59-29-60. Required subjects; program of safety instruction.
Status: in_force

A definite program of safety instruction shall be included in the curriculum and provided in each primary and elementary grade in the public schools of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-20
SECTION 59-49-20. Board of trustees; appointment; term; vacancies.
Status: in_force

(A) The business, property, and affairs of the school must be under the control of a board of trustees, consisting of nine members, appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The terms of the members of the board must be for terms of five years. Appointments to fill vacancies must be for the remainder of the terms in the same manner of original appointments. (B) The following shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the board: (1) the Dean of the College of Agriculture at Clemson University or his designee; (2) the Dean of the College of Education at Clemson University or his designee; (3) the Dean of the School of Business at South Carolina State University or his designee; (4) the Chair of the Department of Accounting, Agribusiness, and Economics at South Carolina State University or his designee; (5) the State Superintendent of Education or his designee; and (6) the Chair of the Agriculture Program at Piedmont Technical College and the President of Piedmont Technical College. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 164, SECTION 10, inserted the (A) designator and added (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-50
SECTION 59-63-50. Fingerprinting of pupils.
Status: in_force

Each county shall provide to every school in the county the forms and ink pads necessary to record each pupil's fingerprints in kindergarten and grades one through twelve. The State Law Enforcement Division and all local law enforcement agencies are instructed and authorized to assist local school authorities in the fingerprinting of school children in kindergarten and grades one through twelve when the parent of a child requests in writing that his child be fingerprinted for identification purposes for the protection of the child. The fingerprints must be given to the student's parents or guardian. The implementation of this section is a local responsibility and it must be implemented as the local school board determines appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-30
SECTION 59-4-30. Appointment of director; responsibilities of Treasurer; promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program is created as a program within the Office of the State Treasurer. The chief administrative and operating official for the program is the director who must be appointed and supervised by the Treasurer. The director must be a state official or employee. (B) The Treasurer is responsible for developing and adopting the investment policies, guidelines, and strategies for the fund and determining the costs, termination, and withdrawal options of the prepaid tuition contracts. The Treasurer shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act which: (1) provide for the number and types of contract plans to be offered, to include both public and independent colleges and universities; (2) prescribe the terms and conditions of the prepaid tuition contracts, including the terms and conditions under which funds may be withdrawn or refunds made from the fund; (3) prescribe the requirements, procedures, and guidelines regarding advanced payment contracts; (4) provide for the contract contents to include, at a minimum, tuition and credit hour guarantees, beneficiary substitutions, default, withdrawal, refund, termination and penalty information, and contributor payment amounts and conditions; (5) provide for the receipt of advance payments; (6) prescribe guidelines governing the program; (7) provide for the charging and retention of fees for the cost of services and administration of the fund; (8) prescribe the investment and management policies of the fund; and (9) prescribe other policies, procedures, and criteria necessary to implement and administer the program. These regulations must be developed in consultation with the chairmen or their designees of the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Education Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee, and submitted in sufficient time for the General Assembly to begin its approval process by January 15, 1998. It is the intent of the General Assembly to have these regulations in force so that the program may begin to offer contracts by July 1, 1998.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-130
SECTION 59-150-130. Lottery vendors; background investigation; disclosure; vendor noncompliance; criminal record; restrictions; contingency contracts.
Status: in_force

(A) In coordination with the State Law Enforcement Division, the commission shall investigate the financial responsibility, security, and integrity of a lottery vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or offer as part of a procurement. To defray a portion of the expense of this investigation, each lottery vendor finalist shall submit a certified check for five thousand dollars to the commission. This sum must be placed in an escrow account from which SLED must be paid to conduct the investigation pursuant to this section. If five thousand dollars is not sufficient to complete the investigation, the commission shall require the lottery vendor finalist to remit additional funds. Any funds remaining in the escrow account after the investigation is complete must be returned to the lottery vendor finalist. At the time of submitting the bid, proposal, or offer to the commission, the commission shall require disclosure of the: (1) lottery vendor's name and address and, as applicable, the names and addresses of the following, if the lottery vendor is: (a) a corporation, the officers and directors and each stockholder in the corporation, except that in the case of owners of equity securities of a publicly-traded corporation, the names and addresses of only those known to the corporation to own beneficially five percent or more of the securities must be disclosed; (b) a trust, the trustee, and all persons entitled to receive income or benefits from the trust; (c) an association, the members, officers, and directors; and (d) a partnership or joint venture, all of the general partners, limited partners, or joint venturers; (2) states and jurisdictions in which the lottery vendor does business and the nature of the business for each such state or jurisdiction; (3) states and jurisdictions in which the lottery vendor has contracts to supply gaming goods or services including, but not limited to, lottery goods and services, and the nature of the goods or services involved for each state or jurisdiction; (4) states and jurisdictions in which the lottery vendor has applied for, sought renewal of, received, been denied, or had revoked, or has issuance pending of, a lottery or gaming license of any kind or had fines or penalties assessed to his license, contract, or operation and the disposition of each in each state or jurisdiction. If a lottery or gaming license or contract has been revoked or has not been renewed or a lottery or gaming license or application has been denied or is pending and has remained pending for more than six months, all of the facts and circumstances underlying the failure to receive a license must be disclosed; (5) details of a finding or any plea, conviction, or adjudication of guilt in a state or federal court of the lottery vendor for a felony or other criminal offense other than a traffic violation; (6) details of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or corporate or individual purchase or takeover of another corporation, including bonded indebtedness, or pending litigation of the lottery vendor; (7) contributions made to or independent expenditures relative to the campaign of a candidate for the General Assembly or statewide constitutional office, to any political party, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(26), or to a committee, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(6), for the twelve-month period before the application and up to the date of disqualification of the applicant or the awarding of the contract, whichever occurs first; and (8) additional information the commission determines appropriate for the procurement involved. If at least twenty percent of the cost of a lottery vendor's contract is subcontracted, the lottery vendor shall disclose all of the information required by this section for the subcontractor as if the subcontractor were itself a lottery vendor. (B) A lottery procurement contract must not be entered into with a lottery vendor who has not complied with the disclosure requirements described in subsection (A), and a contract with a noncomplying lottery vendor is voidable at the option of the commission. The commission may terminate a contract with a lottery vendor who does not comply with the requirements for periodically updating the disclosures during the time specified in the contract. The provisions of this section must be construed broadly and liberally to achieve the ends of full disclosure of all information necessary to allow for a full and complete evaluation by the commission of the competence, integrity, background, and character of a lottery vendor for procurements. (C) A procurement contract must not be entered into with a lottery vendor if he or it has: (1) been convicted of a felony related to the security or integrity of the lottery in this or another jurisdiction; (2) been convicted of unlawful gambling activity, false statements, false swearing, or perjury in this or another jurisdiction; or (3) been found to have violated the provisions of this chapter or a regulation of the commission, unless either ten years have passed since the violation or the board finds the violation both minor and unintentional in nature. (D) A procurement contract must not be entered into with a lottery vendor if the lottery vendor has an ownership interest in an entity that supplied consultation services under contract to the commission regarding the request for proposals pertaining to those particular goods or services. (E) A lottery vendor or applicant for a procurement contract must not pay, give, or otherwise make available anything of value in violation of provisions of the South Carolina Ethics Reform Act. A violation of the act is subject to the provisions of Sections 11-35-4220 and 11-35-4230. (F) A lottery vendor who has entered into the competitive solicitation process for a procurement contract or who has been awarded a procurement contract with the commission shall not contribute, for a period of twelve months before entering into the procurement process, except that during the first twelve months the period must be from the date of enactment, and during the term of the contract, to or make independent expenditures relative to the campaign of a candidate for the General Assembly or a statewide constitutional office; to a political party, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(26); or to a committee, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(6). (G) A lottery vendor must not enter into a contract for the purpose of influencing a political decision in connection with the operation of the lottery, and a lottery vendor must not employ, contract with, or otherwise authorize a lobbyist, as defined in Section 2-17-10(13), to engage in lobbying, as defined in Section 2-17-10(12), on behalf of the lottery vendor for the purpose of influencing a political decision in connection with the operation of the lottery. (H) A lottery vendor shall disclose, upon written inquiry, the amount of any commission, referral fee, finder's fee, consulting fee, or contingency fee paid in connection with obtaining the contract and the name of the person to whom the monies were paid. (I)(1) The prohibitions and restrictions described in subsections (F) and (G) specifically apply to a lottery vendor as defined in Section 59-150-20(9), except as provided in item (2) of this subsection, and its employees, members of its board, and holders of an interest in it of more than ten percent, and their immediate family members, as defined in Section 59-150-20(6). (2) The prohibitions and restrictions described in subsection (F) do not apply to a lottery vendor that is a federally-chartered or insured financial institution that provides only usual and customary banking services as a lottery vendor, but do apply to the vendor's employees and their immediate family members who are involved on a day-to-day basis in providing the goods or services that are the subject of the contract with the commission. (J) The commission is prohibited from contracting with a lottery vendor if the fee or commission payable in connection with the service or product is contingent, in whole or in part, upon performance of lottery sales or other lottery profitability measure. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in subsection (G), added at the end "for the purpose of influencing a political decision in connection with the operation of the lottery", and, in subsection (I) in paragraph (1) deleted "item (A)(7)" preceding "subsections (F) and (G)" and added ", except as provided in item (2) of this subsection," and added paragraph (2) pertaining to federally chartered or insured financial institutions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-32 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-32
SECTION 59-152-32. Comprehensive long-range initiative.
Status: repealed

(A) In Section 63-11-1720, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees may carry out its assigned functions by developing a comprehensive long-range initiative for improving early childhood development, increasing school readiness and literacy, establishing results-oriented measures and objectives, and assessing whether services provided by First Steps Partnerships to children and families are meeting the goals and achieving the results established in this chapter. The board shall do the following to fulfill these duties before July 1, 2015: (1) in consultation with the State Board of Education, and with the advice and consent of that board, adopt a description of school readiness that includes specific: (a) characteristics and development levels of a ready child that must include, but are not limited to, emerging literacy, numeracy, and physical, social, and emotional competencies; (b) characteristics of school, educators, and caregivers that the board considers necessary to create an optimal learning environment for the early years of students' lives; and (c) characteristics of the optimal environment which would lead to the readiness of students and their continued success; (2) establish specific benchmarks and objectives for use by the board of trustees, local partnership boards, and any agency that administers a program to benefit preschool children. The benchmarks and objectives must be approved by the board and posted on the website of the Office of First Steps; (3) determine whether state and local programs and activities are effective and contribute to achieving the goals established in Section 59-152-30; and (4) publish and distribute a list of approved evidence-based and evidence-informed programs. (B) The board of trustees shall review the school readiness description, benchmarks, and objectives and adopt any revisions it considers appropriate before December 31, 2014, again before December 31, 2019, and every five years afterward. 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 1, in (A)(2), added the second sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-170
SECTION 59-109-170. Annual reports.
Status: in_force

The authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and annually in the month of January shall make a report of it to its members and to the Governor in a form prescribed by the members. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment deleted "and to the State Auditor, such reports to be" following "Governor" and at the end ", with the written approval of the Auditor" and made nonsubstantive and conforming amendments throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-490
SECTION 59-53-490. Reports on development and use of enterprise campus.
Status: in_force

The authority shall submit an annual report on the development and use of the enterprise campus to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Governor, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Department of Administration, the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Chair of the Finance Committee of the Senate. The report must be submitted not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-47 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-47
SECTION 59-65-47. Associations for home schools; requirements.
Status: in_force

In lieu of the requirements of Section 59-65-40 or Section 59-65-45, parents or guardians may teach their children at home if the instruction is conducted under the auspices of an association for home schools which has no fewer than fifty members and meets the requirements of this section. Bona fide membership and continuing compliance with the academic standards of the associations exempts the home school from the further requirements of Section 59-65-40 or Section 59-65-45. The State Department of Education shall conduct annually a review of the association standards to ensure that requirements of the association, at a minimum, include: (a) a parent must hold at least a high school diploma or the equivalent general educational development (GED) certificate; (b) the instructional year is at least one hundred eighty days; (c) the curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and in grades seven through twelve, composition and literature; and (d) educational records shall be maintained by the parent-teacher and include: (1) a plan book, diary, or other record indicating subjects taught and activities in which the student and parent-teacher engage; (2) a portfolio of samples of the student's academic work; and (3) a semiannual progress report including attendance records and individualized documentation of the student's academic progress in each of the basic instructional areas specified in item (c) above. By January thirtieth of each year, all associations shall report the number and grade level of children home schooled through the association to the children's respective school districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-16-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 16 / Section 59-16-10
SECTION 59-16-10. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) through the use of technology, South Carolina can create educational opportunities for the students of this State that may not exist without such technology; and (2) using technology to deliver instruction can provide effective alternatives for credit recovery, meeting graduation requirements, resolving scheduling conflicts, delivering curriculum content when there is a shortage of certified personnel, providing a more flexible and individualized instructional pace, and offering low-incidence courses. (B) It is the purpose of the General Assembly, in this chapter to establish the South Carolina Virtual School Program to ensure consistent high quality education for the students of South Carolina utilizing technology-delivered courses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-280
SECTION 59-123-280. Bonds as legal investments for certain purchasers.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, and the Public Employee Benefit Authority or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, to invest any monies in their hands in such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-90
SECTION 59-49-90. Oath of trustees; oath and bond of superintendent.
Status: in_force

All of the members of the board and the superintendent of the school shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take an oath faithfully to perform any and all duties imposed upon them under this chapter. The superintendent shall execute a bond payable to the State in such sum as shall be required by the board, with sufficient security, which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 59-25-330
SECTION 59-25-330. Alternative route certification.
Status: in_force

A person who has received a passport certificate issued by the ABCTE, who has a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or an institution with a teacher education program that has been approved by the State Board of Education for certification purposes, and who has met the requirements of Section 59-25-320 is considered to have met the requirements for certification and must be issued an appropriate alternative route certificate as determined by the State Board of Education. The alternative route certificate must be valid for one year and may be renewed annually for two additional years upon the successful completion of teaching and of the hiring district's induction program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-450
SECTION 59-53-450. "Main campus" and "enterprise campus" defined; management by Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, "main campus" means the commission's real property and facilities located on property currently owned in North Charleston by Trident Technical College, and "enterprise campus" means the main campus and all other real property and facilities designated by the commission. The properties designated by the commission are not required to be contiguous with the main campus to be designated as part of the enterprise campus. (B) The commission may provide for the management, development, and operation of part or all of its main campus property by the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. (C) The commission may enter into contracts with the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority for the provision of executive and administrative services to the authority. (D) In the fulfillment of the power contained in this section, the commission may sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or give all or part of its real and personal property and other assets constituting the enterprise campus to the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority upon terms and conditions the commission determines.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-830 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 7 / Section 59-119-830
SECTION 59-119-830. No time limit for issuing bonds.
Status: in_force

No time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-110
SECTION 59-115-110. All money received deemed trust funds; investment of funds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all money received pursuant to the authority of the chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, sale of property or insurance, or as payments of student loans, whether principal, interest or penalties, if any, thereon, or as insurance premiums, or from the purchase or sale of obligations, or as any other receipts or revenues derived hereunder, shall be deemed as trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue may provide that any of such money may be temporarily invested in securities authorized by Sections 6-5-10 to 6-5-40, pending the disbursement thereof and shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such money shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such money and shall hold and apply the money for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this chapter and such resolution may provide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-15-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 59-15-10
SECTION 59-15-10. Appointment; qualifications; terms.
Status: in_force

There shall be a county board of education in each county which, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be composed of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Senator and at least one half of the members of the House of Representatives from the county, who shall serve terms of four years each commencing on May first in each year preceding the year of a presidential election. Any vacancies on the county boards of education shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired terms. The county superintendents of education shall be ex officio members of the county boards of education in those counties in which the county superintendent of education is elected by the people and in counties in which the county superintendent of education is not elected by the people the seventh member shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as the other six members. No employee of a public school system other than the county superintendent of education shall be eligible to serve as a member of a county board of education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-330
SECTION 59-21-330. Obligation to make grants subordinate to State school bonds.
Status: in_force

The obligation of the State to make sums available to school districts as provided under Section 59-21-320 shall be subordinate to the pledge made to secure the State school bonds authorized under Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title and the sinking fund created for their retirement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 3 / Section 59-130-250
SECTION 59-130-250. Bonds exempt from taxes.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be exempt from state, county, municipal, and school taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-159 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-159
SECTION 59-53-159. Bond issues; executors and administrators.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians and fiduciaries to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2030 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 23 / Section 59-53-2030
SECTION 59-53-2030. Fees.
Status: in_force

The board may charge a fee to persons who enroll in the program. The amount of the fee must be determined by the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 3 / Section 59-69-120
SECTION 59-69-120. Use of reserve fund.
Status: in_force

Whenever any such reserve fund reaches an amount sufficient to put the county or school district, as the case may be, on a cash basis, the fund may be used for said purpose. And in each year during the time necessary to create such reserve fund, the county superintendent of education shall use the fund accumulated as a loan, without interest, to pay claims held by teachers to whom pay certificates were originally issued, the funds so used to be replaced annually from taxes collected for school purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-114-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 114 / Section 59-114-20
SECTION 59-114-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Academic year" means a period of three hundred sixty-five days beginning with the first day of enrollment for a course of instruction by a National Guard member. (2) "College assistance program" means the South Carolina National Guard College Assistance Program. (3) "Commission" means the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. (4) "Eligible institution" means: (a) a public institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-103-5 and an independent institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-113-50; and (b) a public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina; or an independent bachelor's level institution which was incorporated in its original charter in 1962, was granted a license to operate in 1997 by the Commission on Higher Education, has continued to maintain a campus in South Carolina, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Institutions whose sole purpose is religious or theological training, or the granting of professional degrees do not meet the definition of 'public or independent institution' for purposes of this chapter. (5) "National Guard" means South Carolina Army or Air National Guard. (6) "Tuition and fees" means the amount charged for registering for credit hours of instruction, costs of textbooks, and other fees and charges associated with attendance at an eligible institution as approved by the commission. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-330
SECTION 59-150-330. Set off of certain debts against prizes; definitions; remedies.
Status: in_force

(A) All claimant agencies of this State and persons on whose behalf the State and its claimant agencies act, in conjunction with the commission, shall cooperate in identifying debtors who owe money to the State and who qualify for prizes pursuant to this chapter from the commission; and the sum of any debt owed to the State or to persons on whose behalf the State and its claimant agencies act must be set off against a prize awarded pursuant to this chapter. This section must be liberally construed to effectuate these purposes. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Claimant agency" means any state or local agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority to which an individual owes a debt or which acts on behalf of an individual to collect a debt. (2) "Debt" means a liquidated sum due and owing a claimant agency, which sum has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of law regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum, or a sum which is due and owing a person and is enforceable by the State or any of its agencies or departments. (3) "Debtor" means an individual owing money to or having a delinquent account with a claimant agency, which obligation has not been adjudicated as satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in bankruptcy. (4) "Prize" means the proceeds of a lottery prize awarded pursuant to this chapter. (C) The collection remedy authorized by this section is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law. (D)(1) A claimant agency may submit to the commission a list of the names of all persons owing debts in excess of one hundred dollars to the claimant agency or to persons on whose behalf the claimant agency acts. The full amount of the debt is collectible from lottery winnings without regard to limitations on the amounts that may be collectible in increments through garnishment or other proceedings. The list constitutes a valid lien upon and claim of lien against the lottery winnings of a debtor named in the list. The list must contain the names of the debtors, their Social Security numbers, if available, and other information which would assist the commission in identifying the debtors named in the list. (2) The commission shall withhold winnings subject to the lien created by this section and send notice to the winner by certified mail, return receipt requested, of such action and the reason why the winnings were withheld. If the winner appears and claims winnings in person, the commission shall notify the winner at that time, by hand delivery, of the action. If the debtor does not protest, in writing, the withholding of the funds within thirty days of notice, the commission shall pay the funds over to the claimant agency. If the debtor protests the withholding of funds, in writing, within thirty days of the notice, the commission shall file an action in interpleader in the circuit court of the county in which the debtor resides, pay the disputed sum into the court, and give notice to the claimant agency and debtor of the initiation of the action. (3) The liens created by this section rank among themselves as follows: (a) taxes due the State; (b) delinquent child support; (c) delinquent student loans; and (d) all other judgments and liens in order of the date entered or perfected. (4) The commission is not required to deduct claimed debts from prizes paid out by a lottery retailer or entities other than the commission. (5) A list of debtors and debts must be provided, pursuant to this section, periodically as the commission determines by rules and regulations, and the commission is not obligated to retain the lists or deduct debts appearing on the lists beyond the period determined by the rules and regulations. (6) The commission may prescribe forms, propose rules, and promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (7) The commission and a claimant agency do not incur civil or criminal liability for good faith adherence to the provisions of this section. (8) The claimant agency shall pay the commission for all costs incurred by the commission in setting off debts in the manner provided in this section. The commission may retain this fee as part of administrative expenses. (E)(1) Notwithstanding Section 59-150-240 or other confidentiality law, the commission may provide to a claimant agency all information necessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent of this section. (2) The information obtained by a claimant agency from the commission pursuant to this section must retain its confidentiality and may be used only by a claimant agency in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices. An employee or former employee of a claimant agency who unlawfully discloses this information for another purpose, except as otherwise specifically authorized by law, is subject to penalties as provided by law. (F) The provisions of this section apply only to prizes of five thousand dollars or more and do not apply to retailers authorized by the board to pay prizes of up to five thousand dollars after deducting the price of the lottery game ticket or share.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1710 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1710
SECTION 59-53-1710. Creation of commission; membership; officers.
Status: in_force

There is created, as an administrative agency of Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, the Midlands Technical College Commission. The commission is composed of thirteen members who must be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years as follows: seven members must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Richland County, five members must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Lexington County, and one member must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Fairfield County. If a vacancy occurs, a successor must be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard. Members serve until their successors are appointed and qualify, but any delay in appointing a successor does not extend the term of the succession. The members of the commission shall receive per diem as provided for members of boards, commissions, and committees and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice chairman, a treasurer, and a secretary to serve for terms of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The office of chairman must be rotated among the representatives of the three counties, but the practice of rotating the office of chairman may be dispensed with by a three-fourths vote of the commission. If the office of chairman becomes vacant, a successor must be elected for the remainder of the term and must be from the members representing the same county as the former chairman. The same rotation must be applied to the office of vice chairman, but the practice of rotating the office of vice chairman may be dispensed with if, by three-fourths vote, the commission finds that the rotation is impracticable. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment deleted the third and fourth sentences relating to term limitations for members of the commission. 2014 Act No. 239, SECTION 1, added Fairfield county to the first sentence, substituted "thirteen members" for "twelve members" in the second sentence, added the last clause to the second sentence, relating to Fairfield county, and in the sentence relating to the rotation of the office of chairman, changed the number of counties referenced to three, and added the exception at the end.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 5 / Section 59-69-260
SECTION 59-69-260. Certain officials prohibited from acquiring interest in claims or contracts.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any county treasurer, county auditor, member of a county board of education, or school trustee to buy, discount, or share, directly or indirectly, or be in any way interested in any teacher's pay certificate or other order on a school fund, except those as are payable to him for his own services. If any of the above officers violate the provisions of this section, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to be used for school purposes in his county or must be imprisoned not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or both. He shall also forfeit the amount of the claim or of his interest in the claim. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a county board of education member, a school trustee, or a business with which he is associated from providing services or selling products to the district of which he is a board member or trustee as long as all these transactions are in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 8.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-395 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-395
SECTION 59-101-395. Refund of tuition and academic fees when activated for military service; opportunity to complete courses.
Status: in_force

(A) When any person is activated for full-time military service during a time of national crisis and, therefore, is required to cease attending a public institution of higher learning without completing and receiving a grade in one or more courses, the assistance provided in this section is required with regard to courses not completed. A complete refund of tuition and academic fees as are assessed against all students at the institution shall be granted to the student. The refund shall be distributed proportionately to the student after considering other resources received by the student for paying applicable tuition and fee charges. The proportionate distribution shall take into account appropriate federal and state regulations governing resources received by the student. Proportionate refunds of room and board, if applicable, and other special fees which were paid to the institution must be provided to the student, based on the date of withdrawal. If an institution contracts for room and board services covered by fees which have been paid by and refunded to the student, the contractor shall provide a pro rata refund to the institution. If the institution has a policy of repurchasing textbooks, students must be offered the maximum price, based on condition, for the textbooks associated with the courses. (B) When a student is required to cease attendance because of such military activation without completing and receiving a grade in one or more courses, the institution shall provide a reasonable opportunity for completion of the courses after deactivation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 1 / Section 59-111-20
SECTION 59-111-20. Free tuition for certain veterans' children.
Status: in_force

(A) A child of a wartime veteran, upon application to and approval by the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs, may be admitted to any state-supported college, university, or post high school technical education institution free of tuition so long as his work and conduct is satisfactory to the governing body of the institution, if the veteran was a resident of this State at the time of entry into service and during service or has been a resident of this State for at least one year and still resides in this State or, if the veteran is deceased, resided in this State for one year before his death, and provided the veteran served honorably in a branch of the military service of the United States during a war period, as those periods are defined by Section 101 of Title 38 of the United States Code and: (1) was killed in action; (2) died from other causes while in the service; (3) died of disease or disability resulting from service; (4) was a prisoner of war as defined by Congress or Presidential proclamation during such war period; (5) is permanently and totally disabled, as determined by the Veterans Administration from any cause; (6) has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; (7) is missing in action; (8) the applicant is the child of a deceased veteran who qualified under items (4) and (5); or (9) has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. (B) The provisions of this section apply to a child of a veteran who meets the residency requirements of Chapter 112 of this title, is twenty-six years of age or younger, and is pursuing any type of undergraduate degree.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-70
SECTION 59-5-70. Hearings and hearing offices.
Status: in_force

(A) The board may, in its discretion, designate one or more of its members to conduct any hearing in connection with any responsibility of the board and to make a report on any such hearing to the board for its determination. (B) The board in its discretion may also designate a hearing officer for the purpose of hearing matters relating to the suspension or revocation of teacher certificates. The hearing officer shall then make a recommendation to the board for final action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-475 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-475
SECTION 59-53-475. Board powers.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the powers contained elsewhere in this subarticle, the board has all power necessary, useful, or appropriate to operate and administer the authority, to effectuate the purposes of the authority, and to perform its other functions including, but not limited to, the power to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued in its own name; (3) adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with provisions in this subarticle for the administration of the authority's affairs and the implementation of its functions; (4) have a seal and alter it at its pleasure, although the failure to affix the seal does not affect the validity of an instrument executed on behalf of the authority; (5) make and execute contracts and all other instruments and agreements necessary or convenient for the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and functions; (6) buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire real and personal property and other assets and sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or part of its real and personal property and other assets, upon terms and conditions the board determines; (7) employ agents, advisors, consultants, engineers, architects, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, land planners, superintendents, managers, and other employees and agents as necessary in the board's judgment in connection with any aspect of the enterprise campus and to determine their duties and to fix their compensation; (8) procure insurance against loss in connection with its property, assets, or activities, including insurance against liability for its acts or the acts of its employees or agents; (9) procure insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of collateral or security or credit support from public or private entities, including any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or the State of South Carolina, for the payment of bonds issued by it, including the power to pay premiums or fees on insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, and other forms of collateral or security or credit support; (10) receive, accept, and expend from any source including any federal, state, or other public agency and any private agency, person, or other entity appropriated funds, donations, loans, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value; (11) invest or reinvest its funds as provided in Section 11-9-660; (12) make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations, and secure its obligations by mortgage or pledge of its property or income in a manner determined to be in the best interest of the authority. Any guarantee or indebtedness of the authority does not create an obligation of the State or commission, and the guarantee or indebtedness is not a debt against the general revenue of the State or commission; (13) fix and revise when necessary and charge and collect rates, fees, rents, and charges for the use of, and for the services furnished by it, for all or a portion of the enterprise campus; (14) determine the character of the enterprise campus, and acquire, develop, construct, and provide for the enterprise campus, and maintain, repair, and operate, and enter into contracts for the management, lease, use, or operation of all or a portion of the enterprise campus; (15) establish and enforce, and agree through a resolution or trust agreement authorizing or securing bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority to make and enforce rules and regulations for the use of and services rendered by the authority for the enterprise campus; (16) appoint and provide for advisory committees; (17) establish not-for-profit corporations in accordance with applicable corporate law and with the powers as provided by the applicable corporate law; and (18) do all other things necessary or convenient to exercise the powers granted or reasonably implied by this subarticle. (B) The powers contained in this subarticle include the power to enter into contracts and other agreements with public or private entities for the lease of authority property, the construction, occupancy, use, and ownership by the public or private entity of buildings or other facilities on authority property, and the conveyance of the public or private entity's property to the authority at the end of an applicable contract or agreement. The description of the type of contract or other agreement as contained in this subarticle is not a limitation on the authority to enter into contracts or other agreements with public or private entities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-760 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 7 / Section 59-119-760
SECTION 59-119-760. Bonds not guaranteed by State; trustees not personally liable.
Status: in_force

The faith and credit of the State may not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds is personally liable for them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1300
SECTION 59-63-1300. Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that a child who does not complete his education is greatly limited in obtaining employment, achieving his full potential, and becoming a productive member of society. It is, therefore, the intent of this article to encourage district school boards throughout the State to establish alternative school programs. These programs shall be designed to provide appropriate services to students who for behavioral or academic reasons are not benefiting from the regular school program or may be interfering with the learning of others. It is further the intent of this article that cooperative agreements may be developed among school districts in order to implement innovative exemplary programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-650 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 2 / Section 59-101-650
SECTION 59-101-650. Eminent domain.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of a public institution of higher learning is vested with the power of eminent domain. The authority granted in this section applies only to private lands. The lands condemned must be used by the public institution of higher learning in the performance of its functions in the acquisition, construction, and operation of facilities for the public institution of higher learning, and is subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-7-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 59-7-40
SECTION 59-7-40. Studies and reports; cooperation of State agencies; acquisition of property.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall make a complete study of the use of educational television and its adaptation for instructional purposes in all of the public schools of the State. The State Department of Education and any other State agency shall render such assistance, advice and cooperation as may be within their means upon the request of the Commission. The Commission shall make such report with recommendations as may be desirable to the Governor and the General Assembly from time to time. The Commission may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and operate such educational television, radio, and related equipment and facilities as are required to develop, promote and extend educational programs to meet the needs of the State and its citizens.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-120
SECTION 59-71-120. Execution of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds and the coupons annexed thereto shall be executed in the manner provided for by the authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 59-21-1220
SECTION 59-21-1220. Guidelines for development of program; campus incentive advisory committee; distribution of funds; regulations.
Status: in_force

The campus incentive program must be developed based on the following guidelines: (1) exceptional improvement in or the maintenance of superior student performance, with consideration given to rewarding schools which demonstrate exceptional improvement or maintenance of superior performance by all the groups of students at various levels of performance; (2) the school must have met or surpassed the goals and strategies outlined in its school improvement report; (3) no faculty member may receive funds under the incentive program unless all the established eligibility criteria are met; (4) faculty, for the purposes of this program, includes principals, assistant principals, vocational education directors, special education teachers, kindergarten teachers, classroom teachers, librarian/media specialists, guidance counselors, psychologists, school nurses, aides, and others as determined by the advisory committee; (5) consideration must be given to using part of each campus incentive reward for faculty use for school improvement for such activities as research, planning meetings, curriculum development, where faculty are paid for their time and effort, and for allowing faculty to consider such uses of the faculty incentive reward; (6) no later than August 1, 1991, a campus incentive advisory committee must be appointed to advise on the development and implementation of the program. The advisory committee must be appointed, after receiving nominations, as set forth in this item, and consists of six at-large members, three appointed by the Governor and three appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, and the following members appointed by the State Board of Education: one school board member; two elementary teachers; two middle or junior high school teachers; two secondary school teachers; one elementary school principal; one middle or junior high school principal; one secondary school principal; one district superintendent; one guidance counselor; one assistant principal; and one teacher's aide. The State Board of Education shall request: (a) each statewide professional teacher organization to nominate at least two qualified continuing contract teachers for each teacher position on the committee; (b) a statewide organization representing administrators (principals and superintendents) to nominate at least two qualified candidates for the administrator positions on the committee; (c) a statewide organization to nominate at least two qualified candidates for the guidance counselor position on the committee; (d) a statewide organization representing school boards to nominate at least two qualified candidates for the school board position on the committee. Each nominating organization shall seek qualified candidates from the entire pool of persons eligible to serve and shall make nominations to the state board based on merit and without regard to membership in the nominating organization. It is the intent of the General Assembly that funds for the campus incentive program must be distributed to districts on a per pupil basis but with a minimum amount per faculty member in schools qualifying for the program reward; however, the advisory committee may recommend an alternative distribution method. The per pupil allocation must be based on the one hundred thirty-five day count of average daily membership for the preceding fiscal year. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop regulations to ensure that the campus incentive funds are used in an appropriate manner and to establish a procedure for redistributing funds from districts that do not require all of their allocations. The General Assembly shall determine each year in the general appropriations act the amount of campus incentive funds which must be included in the calculation of the South Carolina average teacher salary. To enable school faculties to undertake needed work in the area of school improvement and planning, and such activities as research, curriculum development, coordination of courses, and special projects, or other activities the faculty may wish to undertake for improving student performance, development, and learning and coordination of services with other social and health agencies, the General Assembly shall set aside in the annual general appropriations act other campus incentive funds which must be used by the school districts and any interested schools to compensate faculty for their time and effort. The State Board of Education shall promulgate guidelines that ensure that the districts of the State utilize these funds in an appropriate manner and to establish a procedure for redistributing funds from districts that do not require all of their allocation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-80
SECTION 59-125-80. Powers of board in educational matters.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may, from time to time, make, constitute and establish such bylaws, rules and orders, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, as to it shall seem necessary and convenient for the better regulation, government, well ordering and directing of itself as well as for the college and all officers, teachers or other persons by it employed in and about the same and all pupils in the institution. It shall possess all the power necessary for the accomplishment of the trust committed to it, viz.: the establishment, conduct and maintenance of a first-class institution of higher education. The board of trustees shall have general responsibility for the scope of educational programs, policy on eligibility for enrollment, and other policy matters. The trustees may add, from time to time, such special features to the institution and may open such new departments of training and instruction therein as the progress of the times may require.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-158 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-158
SECTION 59-53-158. Bond issues; tax-exempt status.
Status: in_force

The bonds and all interest to become due thereon shall have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60 of the 1976 Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-420 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-420
SECTION 59-127-420. Authorization of special fees for repayment of bonds.
Status: in_force

To provide for the adequate payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, the trustees are authorized to place into effect either the admission fee or the special student fee, or both. If only one of the fees is imposed at the time the bonds are issued, the trustees, at any time the bonds are outstanding, by resolution, may impose the other fee to further secure payment of the bonds. The fees must be established on a basis and in an amount necessary to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds as they mature and to provide cushion or reserve for them in the Debt Service Fund that the trustees consider prudent. Either the admission fee or the special student fee, or both, may be imposed as soon after the effective date of this article as the trustees determine. It is the duty of the trustees to calculate the debt service requirements of the bonds not less frequently than annually and at that time, appropriate revisions of the admission fee or the special student fee, or both, may be made if required to make adequate provisions for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds and the maintenance of the cushion or reserve in the fund. The special student fee must bear nomenclature as the trustees prescribe and, in the discretion of the trustees, it may be included as a part of any other fees. However, it is the duty of the trustees to account for the receipts from the special student fee to the State Treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-510
SECTION 59-127-510. Resolution provisions.
Status: in_force

Bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness issued pursuant to the provisions of this article must be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the board of the university. The resolution of the university, in the discretion of the board, may contain provisions that constitute a part of the contract between the university and the holders of the bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness as to any of the following: (1) the custody, security, use, expenditure, or application of the proceeds of the bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness including, without limitation, the use of bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness proceeds to pay the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or renovation of facilities, expenses of issuance of the bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness, interest on the bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness for a period of time the board may determine, and the cost of bond, note, or other form of indebtedness insurance or other credit enhancement and to fund reserves established with respect to the bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness; (2) the acquisition, renovation, construction, reconstruction, or completion of the facilities for which the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness are issued; (3) the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance, or disposition of the facilities, the fees and revenues from which are pledged to secure payments with respect to the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the board to dispose of or to limit or regulate the use of these facilities; (4) the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness and the sources and the methods of the payment, the rank or priority of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness as to a lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness; (5) the use and disposition of the fees and revenues including, without limitation, the pledging, setting aside, or depositing with a trustee all or part of the fees and revenues to secure the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness and the payment of expenses of operation and maintenance of the facilities; (6) the setting aside of bond, note, or other form of indebtedness proceeds, the fees and revenues or other available funds of reserves or sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, and disposition of them; (7) the determination of the fees and revenues, subject to the provisions of Section 59-127-580, or other available funds to be pledged as security for payments with respect to the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness and for the expenses of operation and maintenance of the facilities; (8) the fixing, establishment, collection, and enforcement of the rentals, fees, or other charges from students, faculty members, and others using or being served by, or having the right to use or be served by, the facilities, the fees and revenues from which are pledged to secure payments with respect to the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness and the disposition and application of the fees and revenues charged and collected; (9) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness or other obligations or the incurrence of indebtedness payable from the same fees and revenues from which the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness are payable; (10) rules to ensure the use of the facilities by students or members of the faculty of the university to the maximum extent to which the building or equipment is capable of serving the students or faculty members; (11) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of a covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness to which the holders shall consent, and the manner in which the consent may be given or evidenced; and (12) any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution or resolutions authorizing or providing for the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness or to further the purposes for which the facilities are being acquired, constructed, reconstructed, renovated, or equipped and the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness being issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-160
SECTION 59-102-160. Actions for damages; attorney's fees; accrual.
Status: in_force

(A) An educational institution or student athlete may bring an action for damages against an athlete agent if the institution or athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the agent in violation of this chapter. An educational institution or student athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the agent only if, because of the act or omission, the institution or a person who was a student athlete at the time of the act or omission and enrolled in the institution: (1) is suspended or disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event by or under the rules of a state or national federation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or intercollegiate sports; or (2) suffers financial damage. (B) A plaintiff that prevails in an action under this section may recover actual damages, punitive damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. An athlete agent found liable under this section forfeits any right of payment for anything of benefit or value provided to the student athlete and shall refund any consideration paid to the agent by or on behalf of the athlete. (C) A violation of this chapter is an unfair trade practice for purposes of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act. Comment Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-250
SECTION 59-67-250. Posting of copies of relevant statutes.
Status: in_force

The trustees of the various school districts shall cause to be posted in each school bus operating within their district at least two copies of Section 59-67-240, and the Superintendent of Education of this State shall furnish a sufficient number of copies of said section to the various school districts to the end that the provisions of this section may be complied with.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-30
SECTION 59-19-30. Appointment of members.
Status: in_force

The original trustees having been appointed for terms of one, two and three years, respectively, the county boards of education shall, during the first week of April in each year, appoint one trustee for each district from the qualified electors and taxpayers residing in the district for which the appointment is made to succeed the trustee whose term expires during that year and to serve with the holdover members until his successor has been appointed and qualified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-75 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-75
SECTION 59-5-75. Out-of-field permits and teaching.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall review and make any necessary revisions to regulations to define the criteria for an out-of-field permit and for school districts to report out-of-field teaching for teachers who are not teaching one hundred percent of the time in their areas of certification or in a field in which the teachers have twelve or more academic hours from a regionally, state, or nationally accredited program, with special provisions made for phasing in middle level certification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-150
SECTION 59-21-150. Reimbursement of district principals, teachers, and instructional supervisors for cost of college courses in field of specialization.
Status: in_force

Beginning in fiscal year 1985-86, all school district and state agency school employees required by the State Board of Education to hold State Board of Education certification are eligible for tuition reimbursement at a rate consistent with that charged at public colleges and universities every two years for successful completion of a three-hour credit course in their field of specialization at a South Carolina public or private college, so long as they work in that field in a South Carolina public school or state agency school for the succeeding year. The reimbursement must be provided by the State from funds appropriated to the State Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 1 / Section 59-121-30
SECTION 59-121-30. Election of board members; age limit.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly shall hold an election to fill vacancies occurring due to expiration of terms no earlier than the first day of April of the year the term expires and as necessary to fill unexpired terms which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of a trustee, except that vacancies of unexpired terms of members elected by the Association of Citadel Men shall be filled in the same manner as is provided for by Section 59-121-10. No elective member shall be elected or re-elected either by the General Assembly or by the Association of Citadel Men to fill any term of office the duration of which shall extend beyond the member's seventy-fifth birthday. However, beginning with the elections for members of the board occurring on or after July 1, 1997, the seventy-fifth birthday limit no longer applies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-80
SECTION 59-139-80. Targeted technical assistance if goals and time lines are not met; assistance if progress lacking after two years.
Status: in_force

If a review of a district's comprehensive plan indicates the goals and time lines established by the district are not being met, the Department of Education, after consultation with the district's administration, shall provide targeted technical assistance. If after two consecutive years, the district is not making progress toward achieving its goals, the State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall enter into a partnership with the district board of trustees to review implementation of the district's comprehensive plan, make recommendations for improvement, and provide assistance in implementing the recommendations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-25 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-25
SECTION 59-20-25. Index of taxpaying ability as applied to area in which a tax increment financing plan is in effect.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of computing the 'index of taxpaying ability' pursuant to item (3) of Section 3 of Act 163 of 1977 (South Carolina Education Finance Act) for any area in which tax increment financing plan is in effect the value to be used shall be the original assessed value plus any portion of the captured assessed value which is distributed among taxing authorities pursuant to Section 31-8-120.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-165 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-165
SECTION 59-8-165. Interdistrict enrollment policies; model guidelines.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop model guidelines for interdistrict transfers to assist local boards of trustees in establishing an interdistrict enrollment policy. The model guidelines shall serve as the minimum standard, ensuring a baseline of expectations for all districts. Each local policy shall be based on an evaluation of available data reflecting student, school, district, and community needs to ensure access and efficient resource allocation. The policy must include and describe the application requirements, timelines, communication plans, capacity standards, approval and denial criteria, priorities of acceptance, and transportation. Capacity standards are required to be based on objective measures such as facility constraints, staffing levels, and class size limits. A school district may, but is not required to, expand capacity at a school or in a program to accommodate increased demand for interdistrict transfers. Each district shall review and publicly post available capacity for interdistrict student transfers on its website and update this information at least annually. School districts are not required to provide transportation but must disclose their transportation policy. Districts may establish cost-sharing agreements for interdistrict students who require transportation. All school districts must have an interdistrict policy in place within one hundred twenty days of the publication of the model guidelines by the department. Any school district with an existing interdistrict policy must review and ensure compliance with this section within sixty days of its enactment. The department shall review all local interdistrict transfer policies to ensure alignment with the model guidelines. If a district fails to meet minimum standards, the department may withhold administrative funding until the district demonstrates full compliance. The provisions of this chapter do not restrict a school district's ability to enact or enforce an intradistrict student transfer policy. 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 12, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-48-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 48 / Section 59-48-10
SECTION 59-48-10. Establishment of school.
Status: in_force

There is established a special school of science and mathematics for the purpose of fostering educational development of high school juniors and seniors in this State who are academically talented in the areas of science and mathematics and who show promise of exceptional development in these subjects. The school shall provide accelerated instruction in mathematics and science in a residential educational setting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-470 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-470
SECTION 59-53-470. Trident Technical College Enterprise Authority created; governance.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. The authority is declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by it of a 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 by law 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. § 59-21-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-430
SECTION 59-21-430. Use of funds within specified time.
Status: in_force

Any funds received pursuant to this section must be expended or contractually committed within forty-eight months of the appropriation provided for school buildings under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. No school district may use the funds allocated for school building purposes for operational, instructional, or any purposes other than those enumerated in Section 59-21-420. Any school district using these funds as herein prohibited is prohibited from receiving any other funds under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 until the school district has reimbursed the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund for the funds allocated for school building purposes it has received pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-210
SECTION 59-133-210. Findings.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for Francis Marion University to incur debt for the purpose of, among other things, acquiring, constructing, renovating, and equipping certain athletic facilities, which debt is secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the athletic department of Francis Marion University and by the proceeds of certain related admissions fees and special fees charged to students enrolled at the university. Francis Marion University has demonstrated need for additional funds to provide for acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of the facilities. The facilities are needed to replace or renovate aging facilities and to provide additional facilities all to the end that the educational environment at Francis Marion University will be enhanced for the benefit of present and future students at Francis Marion University. (B) Consideration has been given to this need and to the methods of funding it. It has been determined to be in the best interests of the people of this State to authorize Francis Marion University to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip additional facilities and to incur indebtedness for these purposes which is payable from the revenues derived from the operation of these facilities and from related fees to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-250
SECTION 59-133-250. Repayment of bonds; abandonment or sale of facility.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this article are payable from the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the trustees, as well as from proceeds of the admissions fee and the special student fee. Bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by such additional pledges of other revenues or fees of Francis Marion as Francis Marion may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the athletic facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the athletic facilities upon the receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of Francis Marion to the effect that such action does not adversely affect the ability of Francis Marion to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon such further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-35-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 35 / Section 59-35-10
SECTION 59-35-10. Kindergarten classes must be provided; extended programs.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each school district shall establish and provide kindergartens for children within its jurisdiction. All children in the five-year-old kindergarten program must be counted in the average daily membership of any public school district when public school funds are to be apportioned to the several school districts. State aid for the five-year-old kindergarten program must be distributed through the formula provided for in the "Education Finance Act" (Act 163 of 1977). Beginning with school year 1998-99, school districts shall offer an extended day five-year-old kindergarten program to all requesting parents and shall be eligible for funding for the extended day equal to the EFA weight for a child attending a half-day five-year-old kindergarten program. Local match is required for the extended-day funding. The State Board of Education may waive the full-day kindergarten requirement for a particular school district on an annual basis upon application of the district if the board finds the school district does not have available space and the cost of temporary classroom space cannot be justified. Parents of children who are eligible to attend the extended-day five-year-old kindergarten may elect the half-day program for their children. Parents intending to enroll their eligible children in a full-day kindergarten program must notify the district by January thirty-first of the year of the anticipated enrollment date. Parents moving into the district after the notification date may apply for full-day kindergarten, and the district shall enroll such child in its full-day program on a space available basis. Any parent or guardian of a child eligible for kindergarten may elect for their child or ward not to attend kindergarten pursuant to Section 59-65-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-580 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-580
SECTION 59-125-580. Tax exempt status.
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this article and all interest to become due thereon have the tax exempt status prescribed by Section 12-2-50.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-210
SECTION 59-53-210. Creation of District; Commission.
Status: in_force

There is created the Tri-County Technical College District, consisting of the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, controlled and managed by a commission known as the Tri-County Technical College Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-840 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 59-53-840
SECTION 59-53-840. Accounts of commission; audit.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs shall be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit shall be filed with the secretary of each county legislative delegation. In Georgetown County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 515 of 1996.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1620 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 16 / Section 59-18-1620
SECTION 59-18-1620. Implementation of tiered system for providing technical and other assistance, professional development, and monitoring for schools and districts; reports.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall implement a tiered system for providing technical and other assistance, professional development, and monitoring for schools and districts. By December thirty-first of each year, the State Superintendent of Education shall report to the General Assembly on the tiered system's progress relating to assistance provided to schools and school districts. The report shall include data documenting the impact of the assistance on student academic achievement, college and career readiness, and high school graduation rates. (B) As a component of determining if and where assistance and changes are necessary, the department shall: (1) monitor the professional development of teachers, staff, and administrators provided by or approved through districts and schools; (2) monitor local school board operations for efficient and effective management; and (3) identify and provide a summary of improvements and changes to the school districts, district school boards, and other involved parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 59-31-70
SECTION 59-31-70. Purchase of textbooks; reimbursement from state school textbook funds.
Status: in_force

A school district may purchase school textbooks approved by the Board of Education for instructional use directly from a publisher under contract with the state board when needed for instruction by the school district if the textbooks are not available from the State Department of Education. In this event, the district shall be reimbursed from state school textbook funds of the Department of Education when these textbook funds become available, in accordance with any agreement between the school district and the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-270
SECTION 59-25-270. Revocation or suspension of certificate; reinstatements.
Status: in_force

If either the State Board of Education, the court of common pleas, the court of appeals, or the Supreme Court of South Carolina reverses the order of revocation or suspension, the person whose certificate had been either revoked or suspended by the state board shall be fully reinstated and shall receive all salary lost as a result of such revocation or suspension of his certificate; provided, however, that where the State Board of Education, within the time prescribed by law, appeals from an order of the court of common pleas reversing an order of revocation or suspension rendered by the State Board of Education, the person whose certificate had either been revoked or suspended by the state board shall not be entitled to be reinstated and to receive all salary lost as a result of his certificate's revocation or suspension by the state board unless and until the Supreme Court or court of appeals affirms the order of the court of common pleas.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-100
SECTION 59-119-100. Investment of Clemson bequest generally and payment of interest to board.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall securely invest and reinvest the funds in his hands derived from the Clemson bequest in such manner as shall be directed by the Governor, the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer or any two of them. He may collect the interest annually upon all investments made of funds of the Clemson bequest and pay the same over to the treasurer of the board of trustees of Clemson University. He shall, under the direction of the Governor, the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer or any two of them, enforce the collection of the principal and interest due on any investment made of such Clemson bequest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-30
SECTION 59-125-30. Election of board members; terms; vacancies.
Status: in_force

Of the ten members to be elected by the General Assembly, one member must be elected from each of the congressional districts and three members must be elected by the General Assembly from the State at large. Each representative of a congressional district must be a resident of the congressional district represented. The regular term of office of the elective members of the board of trustees is six years. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina. The elective members of the board of trustees shall continue to serve until the thirtieth day of June of the year in which their terms are scheduled to expire. Those persons elected by the General Assembly shall have their seats designated as the seat number corresponding to the congressional district from which they are elected with the at-large members designated as Seat Eight, Seat Nine, and Seat Ten with the present at-large member of the board deemed to be serving in Seat Eight. The General Assembly shall hold elections to fill vacancies as they occur on the board by the expiration of terms of office, as follows: Seat One in 2006, Seat Two in 2008, Seat Three in 2004, Seat Four in 2004, Seat Five in 2006, Seat Six in 2008, Seat Seven in 2018, Seat Eight in 2005, Seat Nine in 2008, and Seat Ten in 2009. In 2008, the person elected by the General Assembly to fill Seat Nine shall serve a six-year term and in 2009, the person elected by the General Assembly to fill Seat Ten shall serve a six-year term. At the completion of those terms of office, all subsequent members of the board elected by the General Assembly to fill Seats Nine and Ten shall be elected for six-year terms. Elections to fill vacancies which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired. When there is a vacancy otherwise occurring on the board of trustees among the elected members, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. The State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee shall serve in Seat Eleven, ex officio. Seat Fourteen shall be a member appointed by the Governor. The Governor or the Governor's designee shall serve in Seat Fifteen, ex officio. In 2006, the person elected by the Winthrop University Alumni Association or its successors to fill Seat Twelve shall serve a six-year term and the person elected by the Winthrop University Alumni Association or its successors to fill Seat Thirteen shall serve a four-year term. At the completion of those terms of office, all subsequent members of the board elected by the Winthrop University Alumni Association or its successors to fill Seats Twelve and Thirteen shall be elected for six-year terms. The names of those so elected must be certified to the Secretary of State by the president and secretary of the association and they shall take office immediately after the certification. The term of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor to Seat Fourteen is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is coterminous with the term of office of the Governor. Any vacancy in the office of the member appointed by the Governor must be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term in the same manner of original appointment. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment rewrote this section to provide for the two members added in SECTION 59-125-20. The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 59-10-60
SECTION 59-10-60. Age appropriate equipment.
Status: in_force

Each district shall make every effort to ensure that the schools in its district have age appropriate equipment and facilities to implement the physical education curriculum standards.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-10
SECTION 59-32-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Comprehensive health education" means health education in a school setting that is planned and carried out with the purpose of maintaining, reinforcing, or enhancing the health, health-related skills, and health attitudes and practices of children and youth that are conducive to their good health and that promote wellness, health maintenance, and disease prevention. It includes age-appropriate, sequential instruction in health either as part of existing courses or as a special course. (2) "Reproductive health education" means instruction in human physiology, conception, prenatal care and development, childbirth, and postnatal care, but does not include instruction concerning sexual practices outside marriage or practices unrelated to reproduction except within the context of the risk of disease. Abstinence and the risks associated with sexual activity outside of marriage must be strongly emphasized. (3) "Family life education" means instruction intended to: (a) develop an understanding of the physical, mental, emotional, social, economic, and psychological aspects of close personal relationships and an understanding of the physiological, psychological, and cultural foundations of human development; (b) provide instruction that will support the development of responsible personal values and behavior and aid in establishing a strong family life for themselves in the future and emphasize the responsibilities of marriage. (c) provide instruction as to the laws of this State relating to the sexual conduct of minors, including criminal sexual conduct. (4) "Pregnancy prevention education" means instruction intended to: (a) stress the importance of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage; (b) help students develop skills to enable them to resist peer pressure and abstain from sexual activity; (c) explain methods of contraception and the risks and benefits of each method. Abortion must not be included as a method of birth control. Instruction explaining the methods of contraception must not be included in any education program for grades kindergarten through fifth. Contraceptive information must be given in the context of future family planning. (5) "Local school board" means the governing board of public school districts as well as those of other state-supported institutions which provide educational services to students at the elementary and secondary school level. For purposes of this chapter, programs or services provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control in educational settings must be approved by the local school board. (6) "Board" means the State Board of Education. (7) "Department" means the State Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-145 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 3 / Section 59-111-145
SECTION 59-111-145. "Government employee" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, a government employee means a person who is required to participate in the state retirement system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-130
SECTION 59-39-130. Tabulation of information by State Superintendent of Education.
Status: in_force

After such reports have been received, the State Superintendent of Education shall cause them to be tabulated so as to show the academic performance of graduates from the respective high schools who entered institutions of higher learning. When such tables have been prepared, they shall be included in the annual report of the State Superintendent of Education as presented to the General Assembly. The State Superintendent of Education shall acquaint the proper officials of the institutions of higher learning with the requirements of Section 59-39-120.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1020 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 13 / Section 59-53-1020
SECTION 59-53-1020. Development of vocational technical training program.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall be responsible for a full and exhaustive study looking to the development and implementation of an adequate vocational and technical training program, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: A program coordinated with our industrial expansion effort which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries. The Commission, in carrying out this program, shall cooperate with all State and Federal agencies designed to further technical education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-108-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 108 / Section 59-108-20
SECTION 59-108-20. Meetings.
Status: in_force

The commission may meet at such times and places as to the majority of the members seems most desirable. Meetings may be called by the chairperson of the commission or on the written request and signatures of five members.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-90
SECTION 59-67-90. Gasoline tanks.
Status: in_force

The gasoline tank of every school bus shall be filled, vented and located entirely outside of that part of the school bus utilized for carrying passengers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-40
SECTION 59-122-40. Requirements for issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

(A) No bonds may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless: (1) the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, following review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, approves the Board of Visitors' issue proposal; and (2) the Board of Visitors demonstrates to the satisfaction of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, that one of the following tests is met: (a) the net revenues that are to be pledged to the payment of any proposed issue of bonds, and any gifts, donations, and other funds, other than appropriated state funds, and the income from these sources to which The Citadel is entitled, which may be pledged to the payment of the bonds (including those proposed for issue), for the fiscal year preceding the date on which the issue of the bonds occurs, are equal to or greater than one hundred ten percent of the Maximum Annual Debt Service on all bonds (including those then being issued); or (b) in the case of any refunding, the principal and interest payments due on the refunding bonds may not be greater than the principal and interest requirements on the bonds being refunded. (B) The debt service on any bonds which is no longer outstanding within a year after the date of issue of any proposed bonds may be excluded in applying these tests. The test stated in (b) above is not exclusive with respect to refunding bonds which may qualify under any other tests or any other provisions of law. (C) Before issuing any bonds, the Board of Visitors shall file a petition with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, which sets forth the nature and cost of the facilities to be acquired or renovated, the details of the bonds proposed to be issued, and the financial data and other information needed to demonstrate compliance with one of the foregoing tests. (D) Following receipt of the petition and supporting information, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, shall make what it considers to be an appropriate independent study of the proposal, and, if it finds the proposal to be feasible, the board may approve the issuance of the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-780 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 59-25-780
SECTION 59-25-780. Hearing; decision.
Status: in_force

The hearing before the county board shall be open to the public and shall be stenographically reported, and the county board may contract for the reporting of such hearing. The county board shall hear the parties at issue and their attorneys, if any, and shall determine the matter in a summary manner setting forth its findings and conclusions in writing. If it shall find that such teacher shall have been discriminated against, it shall require the board of trustees to discontinue such discrimination. The county board shall give notice by registered mail to both parties of its decision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-160
SECTION 59-115-160. Liability of State and Authority; expenses of Authority.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability or obligation of the State or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the revenues and other funds provided therefor. Each bond issued under this chapter shall contain on the face a statement to the effect that the Authority shall not be obligated to pay the principal of the bond nor the interest thereon except from the revenues, proceeds and other funds pledged therefor and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or of any political subdivision is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. Expenses incurred by the Authority in carrying out the provisions of this chapter may be made payable from funds provided pursuant to this chapter and no liability or obligations shall be incurred by the Authority beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been so provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 110 / Section 59-110-90
SECTION 59-110-90. Funds from private and federal sources.
Status: in_force

To meet the nursing initiatives provided by this chapter, the Commission on Higher Education and public institutions of higher learning providing nursing education also may use funds provided for use in these areas that are derived from private or federal government sources.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 1 / Section 59-136-140
SECTION 59-136-140. Meetings of board.
Status: in_force

(A) The board shall meet in Conway not less than four times each year, the time and place to be fixed by the chairman or as the board provides. The chairman shall preside and, in his absence, a member shall preside as the board may select. The chairman or a majority of the members has the power to call a special meeting and fix the time and place of the meeting. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board. A majority vote of the whole board is required for the election or removal of the president. The president, other officers, and faculty members shall attend meetings of the board when requested to do so. (B) Notice of the time and place of all meetings of the board must be sent either electronically or through the United States mail by the secretary or his assistant to each trustee not less than five days before each meeting. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 130, SECTION 1, inserted the paragraph designators; and in (B), substituted "sent either electronically or through the United States mail" for "mailed".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-530
SECTION 59-127-530. Tax exempt status.
Status: in_force

The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness are exempt from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes and franchise and license fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-730 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-730
SECTION 59-63-730. Employment and discharge of county school lunch supervisors.
Status: in_force

County boards of education may employ or discharge county school lunch supervisors at any time and the person or persons employed by the county boards as such shall be paid for such services from any funds provided therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-60
SECTION 59-146-60. State Board of Education notification to State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, by resolution, shall notify the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of the following: (1) the amount then required for allocation to local school districts for school facilities for the next fiscal year; (2) a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time during which the sum requested will be expended; (3) a debt service table showing the annual principal and interest requirements for all state school facilities bonds then outstanding; and (4) the total amount of all state school facilities bonds issued. This notification shall be presented to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority by March first of each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-105-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 105 / Section 59-105-50
SECTION 59-105-50. Information relating to procedures for institutional disciplinary proceedings to be made available.
Status: in_force

In addition to the publication required by Section 59-105-40, each institution of higher learning must make available to all students a description of the jurisdiction, procedures, and time deadlines of institutional disciplinary proceedings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-220
SECTION 59-123-220. Trustees authorized to issue revenue bonds; limitation; refunding; use of proceeds and facilities.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review of the Bond Review Committee created by Section 2-47-20, the trustees shall be permitted to issue, from time to time, revenue bonds or notes, provided that not more than ten million dollars of such obligations may be outstanding at any one time. The trustees are also hereby authorized to refund all or any part of any outstanding revenue bonds of the Medical University payable in whole or in part from the revenues also pledged to the payment of bonds issued pursuant to Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320 and which are outstanding on the occasion of any such refunding. So much of the proceeds of the loans herein authorized as shall not be required to retire outstanding bonds shall be used in the construction, reconstruction, and equipping of dormitories and buildings designed for student and faculty housing, and auxiliary and related facilities, to be located on lands owned by the Medical University. Such buildings, when constructed, shall be used for the purpose of providing housing, and auxiliary and related facilities, for students and faculty of the Medical University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-460
SECTION 59-67-460. Contracts for transportation services with private individuals or contractors; State aid.
Status: in_force

Any county board of education may at any time contract for any part or all of its transportation services with private individuals or contractors for the furnishing of such services. In any such instance the county board of education shall execute the contracts. The county board shall be responsible for the payment of all sums due under contracts so entered into and shall receive aid from the State for pupils thus transported only on the basis of the average per pupil operating cost of State-owned equipment for the current year as determined by the State Board of Education. The Board may enter into agreements with county boards of education whereby pupils living in isolated areas may be transported by special arrangements when such transportation can be provided at lower cost than by operating a regular bus route.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-70
SECTION 59-19-70. Chairman and clerk of board.
Status: in_force

The trustees shall, as soon as practicable after the appointment of any new trustee, organize by the election of one of their members as chairman and another as clerk of the board. The chairman shall preside at meetings of the board and perform other duties imposed on him under the law, and the clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings in a book provided for that purpose and perform all other duties required of him by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-152 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-152
SECTION 59-53-152. Board may construct or acquire plant improvements.
Status: in_force

The board may construct or acquire plant improvements at any college, and thereafter utilize, operate and maintain them, if such undertakings have received the prior approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-110
SECTION 59-67-110. Front entrance-exit; emergency exit.
Status: in_force

Every school bus shall be provided with a front entrance-exit on the right side of the vehicle and a rear emergency exit or door, conspicuously marked on the inside "emergency door" and equipped with a fastening device capable of being quickly released in emergency but entirely safe from accidental opening upon the application of any pressure from within the bus. Except in the event of an emergency, no person shall be allowed to enter or leave the bus by any other than the front entrance-exit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-30
SECTION 59-33-30. Specialized education program for handicapped children; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall establish a program of specialized education for all handicapped children in this State utilizing the personnel and facilities of, and administered by, the State Department of Education under the direction of the State Superintendent of Education and shall further prescribe standards and approve the procedures under which the facilities are furnished and services provided. The Board shall establish screening, evaluating and placement procedures for handicapped students who will participate in the programs established under this article and shall determine certification requirements for teachers, minimum room size standards and standards for other equipment and materials used in such programs. To carry out the provisions of this article the Board may promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law as it shall deem necessary and proper. SECTION 59-33-40. Surveys and educational plans of school districts; annual reports Each school district individually or in combination with other school districts shall conduct a survey of the educational needs of all handicapped children within its jurisdiction and, with the assistance of the State Department of Education, devise an educational plan for the children concerned. This plan shall provide instruction through the use of resource rooms, crisis teachers, itinerant teachers, diagnostic/prescriptive teachers, self-contained classes, or other models approved by the State Department of Education. The plan shall be presented to the Department for approval within one year after February 14, 1972. An annual report shall be made by each district to the Department to indicate the extent to which the plan has been implemented and to report additional planning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-70
SECTION 59-58-70. Fees.
Status: in_force

The commission may set reasonable fees for administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, licenses, agent permits, renewals, penalties for late renewals, penalties for failure to provide information as required, penalties for repeat violations, consultants, complaint investigations, and supplementary applications for amendments of the license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-50
SECTION 59-19-50. Appointment and term of trustees for consolidated districts.
Status: in_force

When school districts are consolidated, the county board of education shall appoint, from within the consolidated district, five trustees to serve as trustees of the new district, two for a term of one year, two for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter the successors of all such trustees shall be elected for a term of three years or be appointed as provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-40
SECTION 59-131-40. Full faith and credit of State not pledged for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

The faith and credit of the State of South Carolina shall not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, and there shall be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded, to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds shall be personally liable thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-190
SECTION 59-29-190. Advanced placement courses for academically talented students.
Status: in_force

Each school district shall provide advanced placement courses in all secondary schools of the district which enroll an adequate number of academically talented students to support the course. By August 15, 1984, the State Board of Education by regulation shall specify what constitutes an advanced placement course and an adequate number of students for these programs. A student who successfully completes the advanced placement requirements for a course and who receives a score of three or higher on the advanced placement exam shall receive advanced placement credit for the course in each post-secondary public college in South Carolina in the manner specified by the Commission on Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-90
SECTION 59-147-90. Required filing of obligation with State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

The board or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments, and all pertinent data.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-30
SECTION 59-147-30. Issuance of revenue bonds; purpose.
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, by resolution duly adopted, the university may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement of land, buildings, and other improvements to real property and equipment for the purpose of providing facilities serving the needs of the university including, but not limited to: (1) dormitories, apartment buildings, dwelling houses, bookstores and other university operated stores, laundries, dining halls, cafeterias, parking facilities, student recreational, entertainment and fitness related facilities, inns, conference and other nondegree educational facilities and similar auxiliary facilities of the university and any other facilities which are auxiliary to any of the foregoing excluding, however, athletic department projects which primarily serve varsity athletic teams of the university; and (2) those academic facilities as may be authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment designated item (1) from existing text and added item (2) relating to academic facilities as may be authorized by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1350
SECTION 59-63-1350. Eligibility for funding.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for funding, a district or consortium must submit a plan for the program which includes: (a) mission statement; (b) the policy for the basis of enrollment in the school; (c) location of the alternative school program; and (d) description of how the school will focus on the educational and behavioral needs of the students. This description must include strategies for individual student instruction plans, evaluations at regular intervals of the student's educational and behavioral progress, instructional methods in meeting academic achievement standards in the core academic areas, provisions for a low pupil-teacher ratio, utilization of available technology, strict codes of student conduct, counseling, strategies to gain strong parental input and support, strategies to ensure students will adapt to a regular school setting upon departure from the alternative school program, and student time lines for meeting the academic and conduct standards set. The alternative program may be provided in conjunction with the adult education program, where appropriate. Goals, interim goals, and data collection for program evaluation must be a part of the program plan. The instructional program should enable students to make the transition to a regular school program, earn a high school diploma or GED, or seek postsecondary education. Steps should be taken to ensure that credit earned by students participating in the alternative school program can be transferred to other public schools in the State; provided, nothing herein shall prohibit school districts and/or the South Carolina Department of Education from establishing and providing new and innovative programs as may be authorized otherwise under law to meet the unique needs of alternative school students who otherwise might drop out of school or never be able successfully to complete the requirements for a diploma.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-230
SECTION 59-59-230. Promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, with input from the Education and Economic Development Council, shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-580 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-580
SECTION 59-19-580. Appeal from decision to operate or not to operate school.
Status: in_force

Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the decision of any board of trustees of any school district to operate or not to operate a school or schools shall not be subject to the appellate procedures specified in this article. Any such decision may be appealed directly to the court of common pleas of the county in which any school to be operated or not to be operated is located; provided, however, that questions considered by the court upon such appeal shall be limited to questions of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-11-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 59-11-20
SECTION 59-11-20. South Carolina Education Council established; members of Educational Commission representing this State.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the South Carolina Education Council composed of the members of the Educational Commission of the states representing this State. The Educational Commission representing South Carolina shall be composed of the following: The Governor and four other members who shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years. The Governor shall be chairman unless he shall designate another member to act in his stead. The Council shall meet on the call of the chairman or at the request of a majority of the members, but in any event the Council shall meet not less than three times in each year. The Council may consider any and all matters relating to public educational policy and any matters relating to recommendations of the Educational Commission of the states and the activities of the members in representing this State thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-150
SECTION 59-107-150. Bonds as legal investments.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions to invest any moneys in their hands in State institution bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1920 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1920
SECTION 59-53-1920. Powers of joint career and technology school boards.
Status: in_force

The boards must be empowered to operate, govern, supervise, manage, control, direct, acquire, construct, maintain, improve, and extend the facilities of the schools. The boards shall have the powers to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued; (3) adopt, use, and alter an institutional seal; (4) define a quorum for meetings; (5) establish a principal office; (6) make bylaws for the management and regulation of their affairs; (7) acquire, build, construct, equip, maintain, and operate a career and technology school or schools; (8) select a career and technology school director or directors; (9) accept gifts or grants of services, properties, or monies from private individuals or entities, from the State of South Carolina, the United States, or its agencies; (10) make contracts and execute and deliver all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of the business of the career and technology school; (11) acquire in the name of the cooperating districts, as tenants in common, by purchase or gift, all land and interest in it which the boards shall consider necessary to enable them to fully and adequately discharge their responsibilities; (12) appoint officers, agents, and employees and prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and determine if and to what extent they must be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties; and to make contracts for construction, architectural, engineering, legal, and other services and materials; (13) determine each school year the student capacity of the career and technology school, with the capacity to be apportioned by agreement among the cooperating districts. If a board fails to fulfill its quota, the other boards must be permitted to fill the unused allocation with students from their county. The boards utilizing the unused allocation shall pay for each student on a pro rata part of the year's current operating expenses based upon the budget. This amount must be paid at the beginning of the fiscal year, except that the actual cost must not be computed until the end of the current school year or the end of each semester and adjustments must be made at that time. Nothing in this section must be construed to limit the cost of maintenance, support, and operations of the career and technology schools jointly; (14) perform other actions necessary or convenient to carry out a responsibility, function, or power committed or granted to the boards. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in items (7), (8), (10) and (13), substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 14 / Section 59-53-1130
SECTION 59-53-1130. Receipt and administration of funds; gifts and grants.
Status: in_force

The commission shall receive and administer the funds received by it from all sources and make its accounting to the county board of commissioners annually. The commission may receive gifts or grants of funds or property of any nature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-110
SECTION 59-47-110. Campus police; application of traffic laws; regulation of traffic.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of commissioners of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is hereby empowered to employ campus police to police the buildings and grounds of the school. Such campus police shall work under the supervision of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and shall not enter into such employment unless and until they have been appointed Governor's constables with general authority as peace officers. (2) All traffic laws of the State shall be in full force and effect on the streets and roads of the school, whether such streets and roads are deemed public or private. (3) The board is hereby empowered to promulgate reasonable additional rules and regulations relating to vehicular traffic within the grounds of the school including, but not limited to, parking of vehicles and reduced vehicular speeds, notwithstanding any other provision of law; and to provide penalties for the violation thereof, not to exceed a fine of one hundred dollars; and such rules and regulations, when duly promulgated, shall have the full force and effect of law and violations thereof shall be triable in magistrate's court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-15
SECTION 59-139-15. Extension of completion dates of certain long-range, comprehensive plans.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the stipulated completion dates of the long-range, comprehensive plans required by Chapter 139 of Title 59 of the 1976 Code may be extended until the end of school year 1994-95 upon approval from the State Board of Education. Districts requesting such a waiver must outline how the extension will improve the planning and implementation of Act 135 of 1993 and provide the expected date of completion. Before implementation of the plans, the plans must be submitted to the State Department of Education to be subjected to the peer review process; districts wishing to submit their plans before the required or expected completion date may do so. For 1994-95 schools and districts shall implement strategies for academic assistance to students experiencing difficulties in kindergarten through grade twelve. For school year 1993-94, schools may submit either the improvement plans consistent with state department guidelines or its five-year plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-490 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 59-25-490
SECTION 59-25-490. Depositions.
Status: in_force

A party to a proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter may depose a witness within or without the State and either by commission or de bene esse. The deposition must be taken pursuant and subject to the same provisions, conditions, and restrictions that apply to taking of similar depositions in actions brought in the court of common pleas. The same rules with respect to the giving of notice to the opposite party, the taking and transcribing of testimony, the transmission and certification of them and matters of practice relating to them apply. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 221, SECTION 6, rewrote the section, correcting archaic language.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-170
SECTION 59-39-170. Secondary schools to emphasize teaching as career opportunity.
Status: in_force

Acting through guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education, the secondary schools of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1625 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 16 / Section 59-18-1625
SECTION 59-18-1625. Designation as an underperforming school or district; notification; turnaround plan; revised strategic plan.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon a school's or district's designation as an underperforming school or district, the department shall immediately place the school or district into a tiered status to provide technical assistance. The department shall notify the underperforming school or district and the district superintendent of the tiered status. (B)(1) Upon receiving notification from the department, the district superintendent, in consultation with school and community stakeholders, must review and revise the school and district's strategic plan with the assistance of the School Improvement Council, as established in Section 59-20-60, to include a turnaround plan component for any underperforming school or district. (2) The turnaround plan component of the revised strategic plan must: (a) be based on data or needs assessments to identify specific improvement strategies related to underperforming school turnaround; (b) include, at a minimum, specific and measurable goals, actions, activities, resource needs, student achievement goals, professional development plans, and academic interventions that are reasonable and necessary to improve student progress toward achieving the Profile of the Graduate for each school; (c) include broad-based community input including, but not limited to, input from parents, teachers, principals, local school board members, businesses, community leaders, health providers, social services agencies, school improvement councils, or early childhood providers; and (d) be submitted by the district superintendent to the local board of trustees for approval. (C) Upon approval by the local board of trustees, the turnaround plan component of the revised strategic plan must be submitted to the department for review and approval. Thereafter, the district superintendent and the local board of trustees annually shall submit updates to the department regarding the implementation of the turnaround and revised strategic plan, including metrics assessing the impact of the activities included in the plan. (D) Once approved by the department, the revised strategic plan must be prominently posted on the respective websites of the department, district, and school. The department shall monitor the district's implementation of the revised strategic plan and evaluation of students' academic progress, as provided for in the plan, and shall apprise the State Board of Education of the district's progress once a quarter. (E) For a school receiving an underperforming rating, the district and local board of trustees must work with the school principal to inform the parents of students of the rating. The notification must outline the steps in the revised strategic plan to improve performance, including the support that the local district board of trustees has agreed to give the plan.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-50
SECTION 59-146-50. Maximum principal amount of state school facilities bonds; expiration of authority to issue bonds.
Status: in_force

The maximum principal amount of state school facilities bonds that may be issued pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed seven hundred fifty million dollars except that this limitation shall not apply to any state school facilities bonds issued for the purpose of refunding prior issues of state school facilities bonds. The General Assembly directs the Department of Education to allocate seven hundred fifty million dollars pursuant to Section 59-144-100 and to inform each school district of its individual allocation. Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly that not more than two hundred fifty million dollars of state school facilities bonds shall be issued in fiscal year 1999-2000, except that no bonds issued in fiscal year 1999-2000 may be released until after January 1, 2000. The authority to issue bonds under this chapter shall expire four years from the effective date of this chapter. The four-year limitation, however, does not apply to bonds issued to retire bond anticipation notes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-120
SECTION 59-109-120. Institutions to complete projects if bond proceeds insufficient; payments required; disposition of monies received.
Status: in_force

Every financing agreement shall contain covenants obligating such participating institution for higher learning to effect the completion of the project if the proceeds of the bonds available therefor prove insufficient. Every financing agreement shall obligate the participating institution for higher learning to make payments which shall be sufficient (1) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project and each and every portion thereof, to the extent that the payment of such cost has not otherwise been adequately provided for, (2) to pay the principal of and the premium, if any, and the interest on outstanding bonds of the authority issued in respect of such project as the same shall become due, and payable and (3) to create and maintain reserves deemed by the authority to be advisable in connection with the project. Such payments shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any department, commission, board, body, bureau, or agency of this State other than the authority. In connection with any bonds, the authority may set aside from amounts derived from a financing agreement, or may cause a participating institution for higher learning to set aside, at such time or times as shall be determined by the authority, such amounts as may be determined by the authority in a sinking or other similar fund which may be pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of and the interest on such revenue bonds as the same shall become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by redemption or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the monies so pledged and thereafter received by the authority or the participating institution for higher learning shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise, against the authority or the participating institution for higher learning, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. The use and disposition of money to the credit of such sinking or other similar fund shall be subject to the provisions of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of the trust agreement securing such bonds. Any such proceedings or trust agreement may provide that such sinking or other similar fund shall be the fund for a particular project at an institution for higher learning from which such funds are derived and for the bonds issued to finance such project and may, additionally, permit and provide for the issuance of bonds having a subordinate lien in respect of the security herein authorized to other revenue bonds of the authority and, in such case, the authority may create separate or other similar funds in respect of such subordinate lien bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-60
SECTION 59-65-60. Procedure upon receipt by court of report of nonattendance.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of such report, the court may forthwith order the appearance before such court of the responsible parent or guardian and if it deems necessary, the minor involved, for such action as the court may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. (b) The court may, after hearing upon ten days notice, order such parent or guardian to require such child to attend school and upon failure of such parent to comply with such order may punish such parent or guardian as by contempt, provided, that punishment for such contempt cannot exceed fifty dollars or thirty days imprisonment for each offense. The procedure herein provided shall be alternative to the penalties provided in Section 59-65-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-210
SECTION 59-1-210. "Instructional day" and "hours of instruction" defined.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this title: (1) "Instructional day" shall include in-person instruction, virtual instruction, self-guided learning, and experiential learning through approved off-campus educational opportunities. (2) "Hours of instruction" requirements shall include in-person instruction, virtual instruction, self-guided learning, and experiential learning through approved off-campus educational opportunities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1940 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1940
SECTION 59-53-1940. Injury to or destruction of facilities of joint career and technology board; penalty.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully injure or destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, tamper with, or impair the facilities of a career and technology board, or a part of it. A person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days at the discretion of the court, and is liable to pay the cost of all damages. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" and, in the second sentence, deleted " shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and" preceding "upon conviction" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 59-18-100
SECTION 59-18-100. Performance based accountability system for public education established; "accountability" defined.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds that South Carolinians have a commitment to public education and a conviction that high expectations for all students are vital components for improving academic achievement. It is the purpose of the General Assembly in this chapter to establish a performance-based accountability system for public education which focuses on improving teaching and learning so that students are equipped with a strong academic foundation. Moreover, to meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate, all students graduating from public high schools in this State should have the knowledge, skills, and opportunity to be college ready, career ready, and life ready for success in the global, digital, and knowledge-based world of the twenty-first century as provided in Section 59-1-50. All graduates should have the opportunity to qualify for and be prepared to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing college courses, without the need for remedial coursework, postsecondary job training, or significant on-the-job training. Accountability, as defined by this chapter, means acceptance of the responsibility for improving student performance and taking actions to improve classroom practice and school performance by the Governor, the General Assembly, the State Department of Education, colleges and universities, local school boards, administrators, teachers, parents, students, and the community. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change. 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 4, amended the section, providing additional purposes concerning the profile of the South Carolina graduate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-900 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 9 / Section 59-18-900
SECTION 59-18-900. Annual report cards; performance ratings; criteria; annual school progress narrative; trustee training; data regulations; military-connected student performance reports.
Status: in_force

(A) The Education Oversight Committee, working with the State Board of Education, is directed to establish the format of a comprehensive, web-based, annual report card to report on the performance for the State and for individual primary, elementary, middle, high schools, career centers, and school districts of the State. The comprehensive report card must be in a reader-friendly format, using graphics whenever possible, published on the state, district, and school websites, and, upon request, printed by the school districts. The school's rating must be emphasized and an explanation of its meaning and significance for the school also must be reported. The annual report card must serve at least six purposes: (1) inform parents and the public about the school's performance including, but not limited to, that on the home page of the report there must be each school's overall performance rating in a font size larger than twenty-six and the total number of points the school achieved on a zero to one hundred scale; (2) assist in addressing the strengths and weaknesses within a particular school; (3) recognize schools with high performance; (4) evaluate and focus resources on schools with low performance; (5) meet federal report card requirements; and (6) document the preparedness of high school graduates for college and career. (B)(1) The Education Oversight Committee, working with the State Board of Education and a broad-based group of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, parents, business and industry persons, community leaders, and educators, shall determine the criteria for and establish performance ratings of excellent, good, average, below average, and unsatisfactory for schools to increase transparency and accountability as provided below: (a) Excellent—School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate; (b) Good—School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate; (c) Average—School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate; (d) Below Average—School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate; and (e) Unsatisfactory—School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. (2) The same categories of performance ratings also must be assigned to individual indicators used to measure a school's performance including, but not limited to, academic achievement, student growth or progress, graduation rate, English language proficiency, and college and career readiness. (3) Only the scores of students enrolled continuously in the school from the time of the forty-five-day enrollment count to the first day of testing must be included in calculating the rating. Graduation rates must be used as an additional accountability measure for high schools and school districts. (4) The Oversight Committee, working with the State Board of Education, shall establish student performance indicators which will be those considered to be useful for inclusion as a component of a school's overall performance and appropriate for the grade levels within the school. (C) In setting the criteria for the academic performance ratings and the performance indicators, the Education Oversight Committee shall report the performance by subgroups of students in the school and schools similar in student characteristics. Criteria must use established guidelines for statistical analysis and build on current data-reporting practices. (D) The comprehensive report card must include a comprehensive set of performance indicators with information on comparisons, trends, needs, and performance over time which is helpful to parents and the public in evaluating the school. In addition, the comprehensive report card must include indicators that meet federal law requirements. Special efforts are to be made to ensure that the information contained in the report card is provided in an easily understood manner and a reader-friendly format. This information should also provide a context for the performance of the school. Where appropriate, the data should yield disaggregated results to schools and districts in planning for improvement. The report card should include information in such areas as programs and curriculum, school leadership, community and parent support, faculty qualifications, evaluations of the school by parents, teachers, and students. In addition, the report card must contain other criteria including, but not limited to, information on promotion and retention ratios, disciplinary climate, dropout ratios, dropout reduction data, dropout retention data, access to technology, student and teacher ratios, and attendance data. (E) After reviewing the school's performance on statewide assessments and results of other report card criteria, the principal, in conjunction with the School Improvement Council established in Section 59-20-60, must write an annual narrative of a school's progress in order to further inform parents and the community about the school and its efforts to ensure that all students graduate with the knowledge, skills, and opportunity to be college ready, career ready, and life ready for success in the global, digital, and knowledge-based world of the twenty-first century as provided in Section 59-1-50. The narrative must be reviewed by the district superintendent or appropriate body for a local charter school. The narrative must cite factors or activities supporting progress and barriers which inhibit progress. The school's report card must be furnished to parents and the public no later than November fifteenth for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 School Years. To further increase transparency and accountability, for the 2018-2019 School Year, the school's report card must be furnished to parents and the public no later than October first. For the 2019-2020 School Year, and every subsequent year, the school's report card must be furnished to parents and the public no later than September first. (F) The percentage of new trustees who have completed the orientation requirement provided in Section 59-19-45 must be reflected on the school district website. (G) The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations outlining the procedures for data collection, data accuracy, data reporting, and consequences for failure to provide data required in this section. (H) The Education Oversight Committee, working with the State Board of Education, is directed to establish a comprehensive annual report concerning the performance of military-connected children who attend primary, elementary, middle, and high schools in this State. The comprehensive annual report must be in a reader-friendly format, using graphics whenever possible, published on the state, district, and school websites, and, upon request, printed by the school districts. The annual comprehensive report must address at least attendance, academic performance in reading, math, and science, and graduation rates of military-connected children. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (D), in the sixth sentence added "dropout reduction data". The 2006 amendment added subsection (G) relating to promulgation of regulations. The 2008 amendment rewrote subsections (A), (B), and (E). 2014 Act No. 289, SECTION 5, added subsection (H), relating to the annual report on educational performance of military-connected children. 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 11, rewrote the section, providing that the annual comprehensive annual report card is web-based, revising the purposes of the report card, revising provisions relating to categories of academic performance ratings, and revising requirements for related school improvement council reports.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-280
SECTION 59-150-280. Agreements with law enforcement or regulatory agencies; confidentiality of investigative records.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission may enter into intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreements with the federal government, law enforcement agencies, lottery regulation agencies, and gaming enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions which provide for and regulate the use of information provided and received pursuant to the agreement. (B) Records, documents, and information in the possession of the commission received pursuant to an intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreement entered into by the commission with a federal department or agency, a law enforcement agency, or the lottery regulation or gaming enforcement agency of a jurisdiction are considered investigative records of a law enforcement agency and are subject to the confidentiality and disclosure policies, and must not be released without the permission of the person or agency providing the record or information, except as may be required by the Freedom of Information Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-100
SECTION 59-2-100. Annual statements to account holders; additional statements upon request; fees; annual reports.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Treasurer shall furnish without charge to each account owner an annual statement of: (1) the amount contributed by the account owner under the investment trust agreement; (2) the annual earnings and accumulated earnings on the investment trust account; and (3) any other terms and conditions which the director deems necessary or appropriate, including those necessary to conform the investment trust account with the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law or regulations. (B) The director shall furnish an additional statement complying with subsection (A) to an account owner or beneficiary on written request. The State Treasurer may charge a reasonable fee for each statement furnished under this subsection. (C) The Office of State Treasurer shall prepare or cause to be prepared an annual report setting forth in appropriate detail an accounting of the funds and a description of the financial condition of the program at the close of each fiscal year. The report must be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly. In addition, the Office of State Treasurer shall make the report available to account owners of investment trust agreements. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (C), deleted the fourth sentence relating to annual audits by the State Auditor and made a nonsubstantive change in the second sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-240
SECTION 59-63-240. Expulsion for remainder of year; hearings.
Status: reserved

The board may expel for the remainder of the school year a pupil for any of the reasons listed in Section 59-63-210. If procedures for expulsion are initiated, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil shall be notified in writing of the time and the place of a hearing either before the board or a person or committee designated by the board. The written notification to the parents or legal guardian of the pupil must include their right to have legal counsel present at the hearing, the right to question all witnesses, and contact information for a legal aid service provider which may determine eligibility for free legal representation. The notification must also include the right to access the investigative file in its entirety, to include all documents and videos, at least three days prior to the hearing, with appropriate exemptions and redactions as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g. If the hearing is held by any authority other than the board of trustees, the right to appeal the decision to the board is reserved to either party. The hearing shall take place within fifteen days of the written notification at a time and place designated by the board and a decision shall be rendered within ten days of the hearing. The pupil may be suspended from school and all school activities during the time of the expulsion procedures. The action of the board may be appealed to the proper court. The board may permanently expel any incorrigible pupil. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 194, SECTION 1, rewrote the third sentence and inserted the fourth sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-90
SECTION 59-119-90. Investment of certain moneys from Clemson bequest in State stock.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer having by due authority of law invested certain funds which were turned over to him as a part of the Clemson bequest in Brown consols of this State and having been issued a certificate of State stock in a sum equal to the value of such Brown consols, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, to the board of trustees of Clemson University, the same shall be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever remain undiminished and the interest on which shall be used by such board of trustees for the uses of the university.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-150
SECTION 59-40-150. Duties of Department of Education.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Education shall disseminate information to the public, directly and through sponsors, on how to form and operate a charter school and how to utilize the offerings of a charter school. (B) At least annually, the department shall provide upon request a directory of all charter schools authorized under this chapter with information concerning the educational goals of each charter school, the success of each charter school in meeting its educational goals, and procedures to apply for admission to each charter school. (C) The department shall bear the cost of complying with this section. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-830 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 59-25-830
SECTION 59-25-830. Finality of findings of fact by State Board of Education; appeal on errors of law.
Status: in_force

The findings of fact by the State Board of Education are final and conclusive as to all parties, but any party, within thirty days, may appeal to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Section 1-23-380(B) and Section 1-23-600(D), to review error of law only, by filing with the State Board of Education and the Administrative Law Court notice of the appeal and of the grounds for the appeal. The state board shall file a certified copy of the record with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its rules of procedure. A party may have judicial review of the decision of the administrative law judge as provided by law. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 53, provides as follows: "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling." 2006 Act No. 387, SECTION 57, provides as follows: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeals to the Administrative Law Court and judicial review of the administrative law judge's decision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 59-29-540
SECTION 59-29-540. Use of grant funds.
Status: in_force

Grants provided to school districts must be used to address the financial literacy needs of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Grant funds may not supplant current expenditures by counties or state agencies for financial literacy, and may not be used where other state or federal funding sources are available or could be made available. In awarding grants, every effort must be made to ensure that all geographic areas of the State are represented.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-160
SECTION 59-53-160. Bond issues; executed in name of subject college.
Status: in_force

The bonds, and the coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, shall be executed in the name of the college for whom the bonds are issued in such manner and by such person as the board shall from time to time determine, and the seal of the board shall be reproduced, affixed to or impressed on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds shall be authenticated by the facsimile signatures of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The delivery of the bonds and coupons so executed shall be valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after such execution and prior to the delivery thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-57-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 57 / Section 59-57-50
SECTION 59-57-50. Educational advisory committee.
Status: in_force

To facilitate its work, the Commission may appoint from the respective counties, and from such adjacent areas as deemed appropriate, an educational advisory committee consisting of not less than ten nor more than fifteen members, which shall meet and consult with the Commission from time to time, as may be required. All members of the educational advisory committee shall serve without compensation or fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-270
SECTION 59-150-270. False statements to commission, false entries in records.
Status: in_force

(A) A person must not knowingly or intentionally make a material false statement in an application for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities or a material false entry in a book or record which is compiled or maintained or submitted to the board or its designee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or the dollar amount of the false entry or statement, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. (B) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (A) also must surrender his license immediately and is ineligible to be issued a license by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-10
SECTION 59-115-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as "The State Education Assistance Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 59-10-210
SECTION 59-10-210. Funding for licensed nurses for elementary schools.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, the General Assembly, annually in the General Appropriations Act, shall appropriate funds to the Department of Education to provide licensed nurses for elementary public schools. The State Department of Education shall make these funds available through a grant program and shall distribute the funds to the local school districts on a per school basis.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-340
SECTION 59-121-340. Authorization to borrow funds and issue bonds; amount limitations.
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the visitors may from time to time borrow such sums as necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence such borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of thirty-five million dollars. SECTION 59-121-350. Sources of funds to secure bonds; disposition of athletic facilities Bonds issued pursuant to this article are payable from the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the visitors, or from proceeds of the admissions fee and the special student fee, or from both. Bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by such additional pledges of other revenues or fees of The Citadel as The Citadel may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State. The visitors may abandon the use of any portion of the athletic facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the athletic facilities upon the receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of The Citadel to the effect that such action does not adversely affect the ability of The Citadel to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon such further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the visitors providing for the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-10
SECTION 59-152-10. First Steps to School Readiness initiative established; permanent enactment.
Status: repealed

(A) There is established the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness, a comprehensive, results-oriented initiative for improving early childhood development by providing, through local partnerships, public and private funds, and support for high-quality early childhood development and education services for children by providing support for their families' efforts toward enabling their children to reach school ready to succeed. (B) The provisions of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as enacted by Act 99 of 1999, and as subsequently amended, and this chapter are permanently enacted, and future reauthorization is not necessary. 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 6, inserted "the" following "established", substituted "local partnerships" for "county partnerships", inserted a comma following "private funds" and substituted "ready to succeed" for "ready to learn". 2023 Act No. 81, SECTION 9, inserted the (A) designator, and added (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-200 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-200
SECTION 59-107-200. Defeasance of bonds; trust fund established.
Status: in_force

Upon the direction of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the State Treasurer may apply all or any part of the excess, as defined in Section 59-107-180, of the special fund established pursuant to Section 59-107-180, applicable to the state institution bonds of any state institution to the defeasance of any of such bonds by establishing an irrevocable trust therefor which shall consist of either monies in an amount which shall be sufficient, or direct obligations of the United States of America, or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, the principal and interest on which when due will provide the sums required to pay the principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the particular state institution bonds sought to be defeased. The trust fund shall be established in such manner as to designate the state institution bonds intended to be defeased. When so established, the state institution bonds shall be deemed to be defeased and shall not be deemed to be outstanding for all purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding the establishment of the irrevocable trust fund, the obligation of the State to pay to the holders of the defeased bonds all sums due by way of principal and interest shall not be deemed to be impaired. The General Assembly is mindful of the fact that the law in effect at the time of the issuance of any state institution bonds is a part of the contract between the State and the holders of such bonds. It is not intended that Sections 59-107-50, 59-107-90, 59-107-180 and 59-107-200 shall impair or modify the contract existing between the State and the holders of state institution bonds now outstanding. Accordingly, the use of surplus money in the sinking funds established by Section 59-107-180 for capital improvements shall not be undertaken until all bonds outstanding on May 11, 1976 have been paid or provision for their payment has been made. It is further prescribed that in the event of a deficiency in revenues required to pay the principal or interest of any state institution bonds outstanding on May 11, 1976, resort may be had by the holders of such bonds to any special trust established to defease other state institution bonds outstanding on May 11, 1976 and, in which event, it shall become the duty of the trustees, Area Commissions, or the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education of the applicable state institutions to increase tuition fees to the extent necessary to restore such special Trust Fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 110 / Section 59-110-10
SECTION 59-110-10. Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund; purpose.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund is hereby created under the Commission on Higher Education to provide incentives to retain nurse faculty scholars, attract new nurse faculty, provide loans, grants, and scholarships to in-state resident nursing students, establish a research office to predict health care workforce needs, and provide technology to increase accessibility to clinical education needs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-585 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-585
SECTION 59-67-585. Use of biodiesel fuel.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education, when feasible, shall utilize biodiesel fuel as an energy source to power the state school bus fleet.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-57-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 57 / Section 59-57-10
SECTION 59-57-10. Western Carolina Higher Education Commission created; membership; organization.
Status: in_force

There is created the Western Carolina Higher Education Commission composed of ten members, two of whom must be from each of the following counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, and Hampton. The members must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegations from the respective counties. The terms of office are for four years and until their successors have been appointed and qualify. One of the commissioners from each county must be appointed initially for a term of two years. The commission shall meet as soon as practicable after all appointments have been made and elect officers and adopt rules and procedures as it considers desirable to carry out the duties. The members shall serve without compensation or fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-40
SECTION 59-19-40. Appointment of members; special provisions not superseded by Section 59-19-30.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 59-19-30 shall neither repeal, supersede nor annul any special act providing for the appointment or election of school trustees in any school district or in any of the several counties of the State.