S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-370
SECTION 59-125-370. Tenor, terms, and conditions of bonds.
Status: in_force

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of Winthrop, within the limitations mentioned in this article which must prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. The bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than fifty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, falls due within five years from their date. They must bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion as the trustees prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date before their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption in such amount or amounts as the trustees prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-110
SECTION 59-150-110. Lottery Retailer Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

(A) The Governor shall appoint a Lottery Retailer Advisory Board to be composed of ten lottery retailers, representing the broadest possible spectrum of geographical, racial, gender, and business characteristics of a lottery retailer. The Governor also shall appoint the chairman of the advisory board. The function of the advisory board is to advise the lottery board on retail aspects of the lottery and to present the concerns of lottery retailers throughout the State. The advisory board may establish a consumer representatives committee to help provide additional insight on other aspects of lottery retail sales. (B) Members appointed to the advisory board serve terms of two years, except that four of the initial lottery retailer appointees serve initial terms of one year and five serve initial terms of two years. The chairman of the advisory board serves coterminous with the Governor. (C) The advisory board shall establish its own rules and internal operating procedures. Members of the advisory board serve without compensation or the per diem, subsistence, or mileage provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. The advisory board may report in writing at any time to the board of commissioners or to the oversight committee. The board of commissioners may invite the advisory board to make an oral presentation to the commissioners at regular meetings of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 13 / Section 59-63-1370
SECTION 59-63-1370. Teachers at alternative school programs; staff development.
Status: in_force

Each school district or consortium shall establish procedures for ensuring that teachers assigned to alternative school programs possess the pedagogical and content-related skills necessary to meet the needs of the student population served by the school. Each school board also shall ensure that adequate staff development activities are available for alternative school program faculty and staff and ensure that the faculty and staff participate in these activities. The State Department of Education in consultation with other appropriate entities shall provide assistance to school districts in the development of staff development programs which include best practices. These programs shall be made available to all district teachers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 59-10-20
SECTION 59-10-20. Student to certified physical education teacher ratios.
Status: in_force

(A) Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 700 to 1. (B) Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 600 to 1. (C) Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 500 to 1.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-150
SECTION 59-39-150. High school shall not lose accreditation on basis of enrollment only.
Status: in_force

No high school in this State shall lose its accreditation on the basis of class or school enrollment only, and any high school which lost its accreditation status during the school year 1964-65, based solely upon class or school enrollment, is hereby restored to its former accreditation status.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 3 / Section 59-130-230
SECTION 59-130-230. Procedure for authorizing issuance of revenue bonds; contents of resolution.
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued under this article must be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the board of trustees of the college. The resolution of the college may, in the discretion of the board, contain provisions, which must be a part of the contract between the college and the several holders of the bonds, as to any of the following: (1) the custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; (2) the construction and completion of the building or equipment for which the bonds are issued; (3) the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance, or disposition of the building or equipment for which the bonds are issued or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the board of trustees to dispose of or to limit or regulate the use of the building or equipment; (4) the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds and the sources and methods of the payment, the rank or priority of the bonds as to any lien or security or the acceleration of the maturity of the bonds; (5) the use and disposition of the revenues derived or to be derived from the operation of the building or equipment; (6) the pledging, setting aside, depositing, or trusteeing of the revenues from which the bonds are made payable to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or the payment of expenses of operation and maintenance of the building or equipment; (7) the setting aside out of the revenues of reserves or sinking funds and the source, custody, security, regulation, and disposition of them; (8) the determination of the definition of the revenues or of the expenses of operation and maintenance of the building or equipment for which the bonds are issued; (9) 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 building or equipment for which the bonds are issued and any parts, extensions, replacements, or improvements of them constructed or acquired and the fixing, establishment, collection, and enforcement of them, the amount or amounts of revenues to be produced by them and the disposition and application of the amounts charged or collected; (10) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or the incurrence of indebtedness payable from the same revenues from which the bonds are payable; (11) parietal rules to insure the use of the building or equipment by students or members of the faculty of the college to the maximum extent to which the building or equipment is capable of serving the students or faculty members; (12) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of the bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds to which the holders of which must consent, and the manner in which the consent may be given or evidenced; and (13) any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution or resolutions authorizing or providing for the bonds, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-120
SECTION 59-19-120. Rules and regulations governing use of school buildings.
Status: in_force

Each district board of trustees may adopt rules and regulations which are not inconsistent with State law or the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education governing the use of school buildings for purposes other than normal school activity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-50
SECTION 59-2-50. Powers of State Treasurer.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted by any other provision of this chapter, the Office of State Treasurer shall have the powers necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter and the purposes and objectives of the trust fund including, but not limited to, the following: (1) adopt those regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, subject to applicable federal laws and regulations, including regulations regarding transfers of funds between accounts established under prepaid tuition contracts and investment trust agreements; (2) execute contracts and other necessary instruments; (3) impose reasonable limits on the number of contract participants in the trust fund at any given period of time; (4) contract for necessary goods and services, to employ necessary personnel, and to engage the services of consultants and other qualified persons and entities for administrative and technical assistance in carrying out the responsibilities of the trust funds under terms and conditions that the State Treasurer deems reasonable, to include contract terms for periods of up to ten years which contract may be terminated, extended, or renewed with these entities for a term determined by the State Treasurer, but in no event shall such contract exceed a term of ten years at any one time; (5) solicit and accept gifts, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law, as well as any regulations established by the Office of State Treasurer, and to participate in any other way in any federal, state, or local governmental programs in carrying out the purposes of this chapter; (6) define the terms and conditions under which payments may be withdrawn or refunded from the trust fund and impose reasonable charges for such withdrawal or refund; (7) impose reasonable time limits on the use of investment trust account distributions provided by the program; (8) regulate the receipt of contributions or payments to the trust fund; (9) establish agreements or other transactions with federal, state, and local agencies, including state institutions of higher learning; (10) segregate contributions and payments to the fund into various accounts and funds; (11) require and collect administrative fees and impose reasonable penalties, not to exceed the minimum penalties required under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for withdrawal of funds for nonqualified higher educational expenses or for entering into an investment trust agreement on a fraudulent basis; (12) require that account owners of investment trust agreements verify, under oath, any requests for contract conversions, substitutions, transfers, cancellations, or refund requests; (13) solicit proposals and contract for the marketing of SCCIP, provided that any materials produced by a marketing contractor for the purpose of marketing the program must be approved by the State Treasurer prior to being made available to the public, and neither the State nor the Office of State Treasurer shall be liable for misrepresentation of the program by a marketing contractor; (14) delegate responsibility for administration of the comprehensive investment plan to contractors or consultants the State Treasurer determines to be qualified; (15) create as a part of the comprehensive investment plan various age-based investment options for the contributor to choose among and to transfer qualified college investment account assets among these options, within the limitation of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if the investment options meet the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and neither a contributor nor beneficiary is directly or indirectly directing the investment of any contribution to the program; (16) establish procedures to allow for transfer of funds from an existing South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program account or any other college investment account as allowable under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (17) to make all necessary and appropriate arrangements with colleges and universities or other entities in order to fulfill its obligations under investment trust agreements; (18) establish other policies, procedures, and criteria necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this chapter in compliance with Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and other applicable provisions of federal and state law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-850 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 59-53-850
SECTION 59-53-850. Annual reports.
Status: in_force

Not less frequently than annually the Commission shall make a written report of the activities of the Commission and file a copy with each member of the legislative delegations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-770 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 9 / Section 59-111-770
SECTION 59-111-770. Final disbursements from fund; dissolution of fund.
Status: in_force

Any funds remaining in the fund July 1, 1999, or any funds which have reverted to the fund pursuant to Section 59-111-730(B), shall be distributed equally among the board if it has established an endowment and each qualifying institution that has established an endowment and raised the required match funds. Funds distributed pursuant to this section must be used only for the purpose of increasing the corpus of the endowment. Upon final disbursement of all funds in accordance with this section, the fund shall be dissolved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-106-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 106 / Section 59-106-10
SECTION 59-106-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This act is known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-195 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-195
SECTION 59-101-195. Maximum compensation of medical school physicians and employees.
Status: in_force

The maximum compensation of any physician or other employee of a medical school of the State of South Carolina shall be approved in advance annually by the President or the Board of Trustees of that medical school. All compensation must be approved by someone other than the recipient thereof. Compensation shall include all remuneration obtained, through a professional service organization or otherwise, with use of state owned facilities, equipment or supplies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-10
SECTION 59-13-10. Election, term, oath, and bond of county superintendent of education.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county a county superintendent of education for each county, who shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, hold his office for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall, before being commissioned and entering upon the duties of his office, give bond to the State for the use of the county in which he is elected, for educational purposes, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, except as otherwise provided, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governing body of the county, conditioned for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of his office, and he shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in Section 26, article III of the Constitution of this State, which he shall file in the office of the Secretary of State. When commissioned he shall immediately enter upon the discharge of his duties. His failure to qualify within thirty days after notice of his election shall create a vacancy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-355 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-355
SECTION 59-150-355. Education lottery appropriations and uses.
Status: in_force

There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Account for the following education purposes and programs and funds for these programs and purposes shall be transferred by the Budget and Control Board as directed below. These appropriations must be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds for education. Distributions from the Education Lottery Account must be made on a quarterly basis by the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, beginning in July 2002 if the account has accrued more than $35,000,000 in net proceeds by that date. The Budget and Control Board is directed to prepare the subsequent Lottery Expenditure Account detail budget to reflect the appropriations of the Education Lottery Account as provided in this section. Fiscal year 2002-2003 certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings of $172,000,000 are appropriated as follows: Department of Education—K-5 Reading, Math, Science & Social Studies Program as provided in Section 59-1-525, $32,915,900; School Buses, $8,000,000; State Library, Aid to County Libraries as provided in Section 59-150-350(D), $1,500,000; Commission on Higher Education—Endowed Chairs as provided in Chapter 75 of Title 2, $30,000,000; Commission on Higher Education—LIFE Scholarships as provided in Chapter 149 of Title 59, $40,000,000; Palmetto Fellows Scholarships as provided in Section 59-104-20, $5,000,000; National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as provided in Section 59-111-75, $1,500,000; Technology: Public 4-Year Universities, 2-Year Institutions, and State Technical Schools, $11,103,683; Tuition Assistance—Technical Schools and 2-year institutions as provided in Section 59-150-360, $34,000,000; HOPE Scholarships as provided in Section 59-150-370, $5,787,600; Administration of Scholarships, Technical Grants, and Endowed Chair programs, $192,817; South Carolina State University—Research and Technology Grant, $2,000,000; Of the funds appropriated for technology, one-half must be used for University Technology Grant Program funds to be awarded to public four-year universities, excluding the University of South Carolina-Columbia, Clemson, and the Medical University of South Carolina. Grants must be awarded to institutions with grant proposals supporting the development of technology and/or technology infrastructure. The review process, to include the awarding of grants, is to be determined by the Commission on Higher Education. The remaining one-half of these funds appropriated for technology shall be Technology Grant Program funds to be used for technology upgrades across the public two-year institutions and the technical college system for the support and development of technology. One-half of one percent of the allocated amount must be used by the Commission on Higher Education to fund Palmetto Fellows Scholarships. Funds appropriated for Research and Technology Grant—South Carolina State University must be used to support basic and applied research in information and technology outreach opportunities for South Carolina's rural and urban citizens. The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to temporarily transfer funds between appropriated line items and between recurring and nonrecurring funds in order to ensure the timely receipt of scholarships and tuition assistance. The amounts appropriated for school buses must be used for the purchase of new school buses and the repair of existing school buses. Fiscal year 2001-2002 certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings of $80,000,000 are appropriated as follows: Department of Education—Education Accountability Act, $23,903,683; School Buses, $15,000,000; Educational Television Commission—ETV Digitalization as provided in Section 59-150-350(D), $18,500,000; Tuition Grants Commission—Tuition Grants, $3,000,000; Commission on Higher Education—Teacher Grants as provided in Section 59-150-350(D), $2,000,000; Technology: Public 4-Year Universities, 2-Year Institutions, and State Technical Schools, $10,596,317; Historically Black College and University Maintenance and Repair, $3,000,000; South Carolina State University—Research and Technology Grant, $1,000,000; Needs-Based Grants, $3,000,000. The funds appropriated to the Department of Education for the Education Accountability Act shall be used to provide homework centers ($1,548,440); retraining grants ($4,637,000); external review teams ($1,466,872); teacher specialists ($12,581,069); principal specialists ($2,270,302); school-based pilot programs ($400,000); and Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program ($1,000,000). Funds appropriated for teacher and principal specialists must be used first to fully fund these programs. Any funds remaining are to be used for the other five programs listed above. School-based Pilot Programs must include the deregulation of any school district with an overall absolute or improved designation of average or better when requested by the district. The amounts appropriated for school buses must be used for the purchase of new school buses including six appropriately equipped school buses for the School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the repair of existing school buses. Of the allocation for the purchase of new school buses, two new nineteen-passenger activity buses must be purchased for John de la Howe. Of the funds appropriated for technology, one-half must be used for University Technology Grant Program funds to be awarded to public four-year universities, excluding the University of South Carolina-Columbia, Clemson, and the Medical University of South Carolina. Grants must be awarded to institutions with grant proposals supporting the development of technology and/or technology infrastructure. The review process, to include the awarding of grants, is to be determined by the Commission on Higher Education. The remaining one-half of these funds appropriated for technology shall be Technology Grant Program funds to be used for technology upgrades across the public two-year institutions and the technical college system for the support and development of technology. One-half of one percent of the allocated amount must be used by the Commission on Higher Education to fund Palmetto Fellows Scholarships. The amounts appropriated for South Carolina's private historically black colleges and universities, as defined in 20 U.S. Code Section 1061, as amended, shall be appropriated in an equal amount to each institution to be used by the institutions for construction and renovation projects. Funds appropriated for Research and Technology Grant—South Carolina State University must be used to support basic and applied research in information and technology outreach opportunities for South Carolina's rural and urban citizens. Fiscal year 2002-2003 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of the certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and shall be used to ensure that all LIFE, Palmetto Fellows, and HOPE Scholarships created or supplemented by the General Assembly for fiscal year 2002-2003 in this section are fully funded. Fiscal year 2001-2002 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and shall be carried forward and used to ensure that all LIFE, Palmetto Fellows, and HOPE Scholarships created or supplemented by the General Assembly for fiscal year 2002-2003 in this section are fully funded. For fiscal Year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 the first $1,000,000 of unclaimed prize money is appropriated to the Budget and Control Board to contract for services assisting in the prevention and treatment of gambling disorders as specified in Section 59-150-230(I). Any revenue in excess of the $1,000,000 must be appropriated to the State Department of Education for the purchase and repair of school buses. If the lottery revenue received for fiscal year 2001-2002 or fiscal year 2002-2003 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis, except that a reduction must not be applied to the funding of LIFE, Palmetto Fellows, and HOPE Scholarships.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-100
SECTION 59-102-100. Agency contracts.
Status: in_force

(A) An agency contract must be in a record that is signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. (B) An agency contract must include: (1) in a statement that the athlete agent is registered as an athlete agent in this State and a list of other states in which he is registered as an athlete agent; (2) the amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services provided by the athlete agent under the contract and other consideration the athlete agent receives from another source for entering into the contract or for providing the services; (3) the name of a person not listed in the application for registration or renewal of registration to be compensated because the student athlete signed the agency contract; (4) a description of expenses the student athlete agrees to reimburse; (5) a description of the services to be provided to the student athlete; (6) the duration of the contract; and (7) the date of execution. (C) Subject to the provisions of subsection (G), an agency contract must contain, in close proximity to the signature of the student athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type in capital letters stating: WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT: (1) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT; (2) IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER SIGNING THIS CONTRACT OR BEFORE THE NEXT SCHEDULED ATHLETIC EVENT IN WHICH YOU PARTICIPATE, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS CONTRACT AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE ATHLETE AGENT; AND (3) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT. (D) An agency contract must be accompanied by a separate record signed by the student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete acknowledging that signing the contract may result in the loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport. (E) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may void an agency contract that does not conform to this section. If the contract is voided, any consideration received from the athlete agent under the contract to induce entering into the contract is not required to be returned. (F) At the time an agency contract is executed, the athlete agent shall give the student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete a copy in a record of the contract and the separate acknowledgement required by subsection (D). (G) If a student athlete is a minor, an agency contract must be signed by the parent or guardian of the minor and the notice required by subsection (C) must be revised accordingly. (H) An agency contract for name, image, or likeness activities, as defined in Chapter 158, Title 59, may provide for athlete agent compensation but may not exceed twenty percent of the name, image, or likeness contract. Comment Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action." 2022 Act No. 239, SECTION 117.172, provides as follows: "117.172. (GP: Name Image Likeness) For Fiscal Year 2022-23, Act 35 of 2021 in its entirety pertaining to intercollegiate athlete (NIL) name, image, or likeness is suspended." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote the section. 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 6, added (H). 2024 Act No. 207, SECTION 8, in (H), substituted "may provide" for "may not provide" and "but may not exceed twenty percent" for "that exceeds ten percent".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-140
SECTION 59-13-140. Annual reports to State Board of Education.
Status: in_force

Each county superintendent of education shall file with the State Board of Education within two months after the close of the scholastic year a full and accurate report of all schools under his supervision, which report shall contain such statistics and such other information as the law and the State Board may require. In any county which does not have a county superintendent of education, the report shall be made by the district superintendent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-280
SECTION 59-101-280. Colleges and universities to emphasize teaching as career opportunity.
Status: in_force

Colleges and universities of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity and those institutions with teacher education programs should make the preparation of teachers a fundamental part of the institution's mission. These colleges and universities should allocate resources appropriate for support of this mission, support of professional development programs for practicing teachers and teacher education faculties to include technology training. Greater attention should be given to attracting diversity in race and ethnicity in faculties and students. Opportunities also should be developed to provide students interested in a teaching career with opportunities to tutor other students. All teacher education programs should strengthen alliances with K-12 education to increase the clinical opportunities for their students and to become more responsive to the needs of practicing teachers. Closer alliances also should be established with the business community and should integrate critical workforce skills into content and methods courses. Teacher education faculties should provide teacher candidates with a variety of effective teaching practices to ensure the state's diverse student population achieve at high levels of learning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-325 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 59-18-325
SECTION 59-18-325. College entrance and career readiness assessments; summative assessments.
Status: in_force

(A) Beginning in eleventh grade for the first time in School Year 2017-2018 and subsequent years, all students must be offered a college entrance assessment that is from a provider secured by the department. In addition, all students entering the eleventh grade for the first time in School Year 2017-2018 and subsequent years must be administered a career readiness assessment. The results of the assessments must be provided to each student, their respective schools, and to the State to: (1) assist students, parents, teachers, and guidance counselors in developing individual graduation plans and in selecting courses aligned with each student's future ambitions; (2) promote South Carolina's Work Ready Communities initiative; and (3) meet federal and state accountability requirements. (B) Students subsequently may use the results of these assessments to apply to college or to enter careers. The results must be added as part of each student's permanent record and maintained at the department for at least ten years. The purpose of the results is to provide instructional information to assist students, parents, and teachers to plan for each student's course selection. This course selection might include remediation courses, dual-enrollment or dual-credit courses, advanced placement courses/International Baccalaureate, internships, career and technology courses that are aligned with appropriate industry credentials or certificates, or other options during the remaining semesters in high school. (1) For purposes of this section, "eleventh grade students" means students in the third year of high school after their initial enrollment in the ninth grade. (2) Valid accommodations must be provided according to the students' IEP or 504 plan. If a student also chooses to use the results of the college readiness assessment for post-secondary admission or placement, the student, his parent, or his guardian must indicate that choice in compliance with the testing vendor's deadline to ensure that the student may receive allowable accommodations consistent with the IEP or 504 plan that may yield a college reportable score. (3) In the twelfth grade, and as aligned to the student's Individual Graduation Plan, if funds are available, the State shall provide all students the opportunity to take or retake a college readiness assessment, the career readiness assessment, and/or earn industry credentials or certifications at no cost to the students. The results of the assessments must be provided to each student, the respective schools, and to the State. (4) A student with a disability, whose Individualized Education Program (IEP) team determines, and agrees in writing, that taking either of these assessments would not be aligned with the student's program of study and the student should not be administered either assessment, must not be administered either assessment. (C) To maintain a comprehensive and cohesive assessment system that signals a student's preparedness for the next educational level and ultimately culminates in a clear indication of a student's preparedness for postsecondary success in a college or career and to satisfy federal and state accountability purposes, the State Department of Education shall procure and maintain a summative assessment system. (1) The summative assessment must be administered to all students in grades three through eight. The summative assessment must assess students in English/language arts and mathematics, including those students as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. For purposes of this subsection, "English/language arts" includes English, reading, and writing skills as required by existing state standards. The assessment must be a rigorous, achievement assessment that measures student mastery of the state standards, that provides timely reporting of results to educators, parents, and students, and that measures each student's progress toward college and career readiness. Therefore, the assessment or assessments must meet all of the following minimum requirements: (a) compares performance of students in South Carolina to other students' performance on comparable standards in other states with the ability to link the scales of the South Carolina assessment to the scales from other assessments measuring those comparable standards; (b) be a vertically scaled, benchmarked, standards-based system of summative assessments; (c) measures a student's preparedness for the next level of their educational matriculation and individual student performance against the state standards in English/language arts, reading, writing, mathematics, and student growth; (d) documents student progress toward national college and career readiness benchmarks derived from empirical research and state standards; (e) establishes at least four student achievement levels; (f) includes various test questions including, but not limited to, multiple choice, constructed response, and selected response, that require students to demonstrate their understanding of the content; (g) be administered to all students in a computer-based format except for students with disabilities as specified in the student's IEP or 504 plan, and unless the use of a computer by these students is prohibited due to the vendor's restrictions on computer-based test security, in which case the paper version must be made available; and (h) assists school districts and schools in aligning assessment, curriculum, and instruction. (2)(a) Beginning in the 2017-2018 School Year, each school district shall administer the statewide summative assessment, with the exception of alternate assessments, for grades three through eight during the last twenty days of school as determined by the district's regular instructional calendar, not including make-up days. If an extension to the twenty-day time period is needed, the school district or charter school may submit a request for an extension to the State Board of Education before December first of the school year for which the waiver is requested. The request must clearly document the scope and rationale for the extension. The request also must be accompanied by an action plan showing how the district or charter school will be able to comply with the twenty-day time frame for the following school year. (b) Statewide summative testing for each student may not exceed eight days each school year, with the exception of students with disabilities as specified in their IEPs or 504 plans. (c) The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations outlining the procedures to be used during the testing process to ensure test security, including procedures for make-up days, and to comply with federal and state assessment requirements where necessary. (d) In the event of school closure due to extreme weather or other disruptions that are not the fault of the district, or significant school or district technology disruptions that impede computer-based assessment administration, the school district or charter school may submit a request to the department to provide a paper-based administration to complete testing within the last twenty days of school. The request must clearly document the scope and cause of the disruption. (3) Beginning with the 2017-2018 School Year, the department shall procure and administer the standards-based assessments of mathematics and English/language arts to students in grades three through eight. The department also shall procure and administer the standards-based assessment in science to students in grades four, six, and eight, and the standards-based assessment in social studies to students in grades five and seven. (4) The State Department of Education shall reimburse districts for the administration of the college entrance and career readiness assessments. (5) Formative assessments must continue to be adopted, selected, and administered pursuant to Section 59-18-310. (6) Within thirty days after providing student performance data to the school districts as required by law, the department must provide to the Education Oversight Committee student performance results on assessments authorized in this subsection and end-of-course assessments in a format agreed upon by the department and the Oversight Committee. The results of these assessments must be included in state ratings for each school beginning in the 2017-2018 School Year. The Oversight Committee also must develop and recommend a single accountability system that meets federal and state accountability requirements by the Fall of 2017. While developing the single accountability system that will be implemented in the 2017-2018 School Year, the Education Oversight Committee shall determine the format of a transitional report card released to the public in the Fall of 2016 and 2017 that will also identify underperforming schools and districts. These transitional reports will, at a minimum, include the following: (A) school, district, and statewide student assessment results in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight; (B) high school and district graduation rates; and (C) measures of student college and career readiness at the school, district, and statewide level. These transitional reports will inform schools and districts, the public, and the Department of Education of school and district general academic performance and assist in identifying potentially underperforming schools and districts and in targeting technical assistance support and interventions in the interim before ratings are issued. (7) When standards are subsequently revised, the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Education Oversight Committee shall approve assessments pursuant to Section 59-18-320. Editor's Note 2014 Act No. 200, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. On the effective date of this act, South Carolina will no longer be a governing or advisory state in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Furthermore, South Carolina may not adopt or administer the Smarter Balanced Assessment." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 200, SECTION 3, added subsection (C), relating to summative assessment. 2016 Act No. 281, SECTION 2, rewrote (C), revising various assessments used, manner of procurement, implementation, and administration of these assessments, among other things. 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 8, amended the section, revising procurement and administration provisions and the time after which results of such assessments may be included in school ratings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-10
SECTION 59-59-10. Citation of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-69 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-69
SECTION 59-5-69. Implementation of regulations concerning Education Improvement Act.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education and the Commission on Higher Education in performing the duties and responsibilities assigned to them in the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 are authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to implement these provisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-15-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 15 / Section 59-15-30
SECTION 59-15-30. Quorum of board.
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of the county board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-36-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 36 / Section 59-36-40
SECTION 59-36-40. Policies, standards, and procedures to ensure appropriate education; consultant; evaluation and placement of students; certification and credentials of personnel.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, with input from the state advisory council, shall establish policies, standards, and procedures necessary to ensure that a free and appropriate education is available in the least restrictive environment and that a smooth transition from early intervention programs or initial entry into preschool programs occurs for children with disabilities. The Department of Education shall employ at least a full-time consultant in preschool education for children with disabilities. The board shall establish evaluation and placement procedures for students with disabilities who participate in the programs established under this chapter and shall determine certification requirements for teachers and appropriate credentials for all other personnel delivering education or related services in these programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 3 / Section 59-119-340
SECTION 59-119-340. Constables.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint one or more special constables who shall exercise all the power of a State constable or of a municipal policeman to enforce obedience to the ordinances of the board and to the laws of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-118-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 118 / Section 59-118-20
SECTION 59-118-20. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) further the state's efforts to meet its responsibility for the intellectual development of our youth; (2) enhance statewide economic development through initiatives in higher education; to provide incentives to individuals, corporations, or private funding organizations to create endowments to support the teaching and related activities at South Carolina's public colleges and universities; (3) supplement the financial impacts of newly created endowments that support these colleges and universities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-130
SECTION 59-21-130. Disbursement to counties.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall present vouchers monthly to the Comptroller General who shall issue his warrants to the State Treasurer payable to the county treasurers of the respective counties for such amount of state school aid as may be on hand, available for and applicable to the payment for state school aid due the respective counties, under the provisions hereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-110
SECTION 59-109-110. Bonds not considered debt or liability of State or any political subdivision.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the State of South Carolina nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from amounts to be paid by the participating institution for higher learning pursuant to the financing agreement relating to such bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of South Carolina or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-530
SECTION 59-67-530. Expenses of operation of State and locally owned buses.
Status: in_force

The Board shall be responsible for all expenses of operation of State-owned buses and for the replacement of obsolete equipment. The State shall assume no obligation whatever for the expenses of operating buses owned by local or county school agencies, except as provided in Section 59-67-460.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-200 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-200
SECTION 59-39-200. Voter registration application forms to be made available to students.
Status: in_force

Each high school in this State shall make available to its students voter registration application forms. Pursuant to Section 7-5-175, the forms must be provided to high school administrators upon their request to the appropriate county voter registration board or entity charged by law with registering an elector.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 3 / Section 59-24-110
SECTION 59-24-110. Guidelines for development of program; promulgation of regulations; distribution of funds to school districts on per principal basis.
Status: in_force

The school principal incentive program must be developed based on the following guidelines: (1) The State Board of Education shall identify incentive criteria in school year 1984-85. The State Board shall cause no more than three programs to be developed or selected in nine school districts in school year 1985-86. Pilot testing of no more than these three programs must occur in nine school districts, designated by the State Board upon the recommendation of the Education Oversight Committee, in school year 1986-87 and by regulation implemented statewide beginning with school year 1987-88. (2) No school principals shall receive funds under the incentive program unless the individual meets or exceeds all eligibility standards set out in the district's program. (3) Prior to the 1987-88 school year, the State Board, with the assistance of an advisory committee it appoints, and acting through the State Department of Education, shall establish by regulation an incentive program for rewarding and retaining principals who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. (4) The incentive program shall include: (a) evaluation for instructional leadership performance as it related to improved student learning and development; (b) evaluation by a team which includes school administrators, teachers, and peers; (c) evidence of self-improvement through advanced training; (d) meaningful participation of school principals in the development of the plan; and (e) working with student teachers whenever possible. (5) Funds for the school principal incentive program must be distributed to the school districts of the State on a per principal basis. Principal incentive rewards may not exceed five thousand dollars a principal. The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations that ensure that the districts of the state utilize the funds in an appropriate manner and establish a procedure for redistributing funds from districts that do not require all of their allocations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-20
SECTION 59-59-20. Development of curriculum based on career cluster system; individual graduation plans; role of school districts.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Education shall develop a curriculum, aligned with state content standards, organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem solving skills. Students must be provided individualized educational, academic, and career-oriented choices and greater exposure to career information and opportunities. This system must promote the involvement and cooperative effort of parents, teachers, and school counselors in assisting students in making these choices, in setting career goals, and in developing individual graduation plans to achieve these goals. (B) School districts must lay the foundation for the clusters of study system in elementary school by providing career awareness activities. In the middle grades programs must allow students to identify career interests and abilities and align them with clusters of study for the development of individual graduation plans. Finally, high school students must be provided guidance and curricula that will enable them to complete successfully their individual graduation plans, preparing them for a seamless transition to relevant employment, further training, or postsecondary study.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-250
SECTION 59-59-250. Funding.
Status: in_force

Each phase of implementation of this chapter is contingent upon the appropriation of adequate funding as documented by the fiscal impact statement provided by the Office of State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. There is no mandatory financial obligation to school districts if state funding is not appropriated for each phase of implementation as provided for in the fiscal impact statement of the Office of the State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-710 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 59-67-710
SECTION 59-67-710. Contracts of insurance on state-owned school buses.
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Division of General Services, with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, shall provide insurance coverage on all state-owned school buses which are operated under the authority of, and which are being used for the purposes of, Article 3 of this chapter. Such insurance contracts must be provided either through commercial carriers or through the insurance reserve funds of the Division of General Services. The insurance contracts shall provide at least the following benefits: (a) for the lawful occupant of any such school bus who suffers bodily injuries or death, a death benefit of not less than fifty thousand dollars; (b) for the lawful occupant of any such school bus who suffers bodily injuries, an amount sufficient to defray the cost of hospitalization, surgery, dentistry, medicine, and all other medical expenses up to three thousand dollars or such amount as promulgated by regulation of the Department of Education; (c) additional coverage must also be provided for the following named perils: (i) for the loss of both hands or both feet or sight of both eyes, fifty thousand dollars; (ii) for loss of one hand and one foot, thirty thousand dollars; (iii) for loss of either hand or foot and sight of one eye, thirty thousand dollars; and (iv) for loss of either hand or foot or sight of one eye, thirty thousand dollars. (2) The benefits provided for in subsection (1) shall exist without regard to fault or negligence. The insurance shall cover any accident which occurs: (a) while getting on a school bus; (b) while riding within a school bus; (c) by being thrown from within a school bus; (d) while getting off a school bus; (e) by being run down, struck, or run over while crossing a public highway while approaching or leaving a school bus at the point of loading or unloading; or (f) by being run down, struck, or run over by any moving vehicle while en route between home and the point of loading or en route between the point of unloading and home. (3)(a) For any action or claim for damages brought under the provisions of Chapter 78 of Title 15 of the 1976 Code, the liability may not exceed the following limits: (i) Except as provided in Section 59-67-710(3)(a)(iii), no person may recover in any action or claim brought hereunder a sum exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars because of loss arising from a single occurrence regardless of the number of agencies or political subdivisions involved. (ii) Except as provided in Section 59-67-710(3)(a)(iv), the total sum recovered hereunder arising out of a single occurrence may not exceed five hundred thousand dollars regardless of the number of agencies or political subdivisions or claims or actions involved. (iii) No person may recover in any action or claim brought hereunder against any governmental entity and caused by the tort of any licensed physician or dentist, employed by a governmental entity and acting within the scope of his profession, a sum exceeding one million dollars because of loss arising from a single occurrence regardless of the number of agencies or political subdivisions involved. (iv) The total sum recovered hereunder arising out of a single occurrence of liability of any governmental entity for any tort caused by any licensed physician or dentist, employed by a governmental entity and acting within the scope of his profession, may not exceed one million dollars regardless of the number of agencies or political subdivisions or claims or actions involved. (v) The provisions of Section 59-67-710(3)(a)(iii) and (3)(a)(iv) shall in no way limit or modify the liability of a licensed physician or dentist, acting within the scope of his profession, with respect to any action or claim brought hereunder which involved services for which the physician or dentist was paid, should have been paid, or expected to be paid at the time of the rendering of the services from any source other than the salary appropriated by the governmental entity. (b) No award for damages under Chapter 78 of Title 15 of the 1976 Code may include punitive or exemplary damages or interest prior to judgment. (c) The insurance required by this section shall contain sufficient coverage for the provisions of this item. (d) Any recovery from the State or governmental entity shall be reduced by the sum received pursuant to subsections (1)(a) and (c) and (2) of this section. In any recovery from a third party, the State shall have a right of subrogation for recovery of payments pursuant to this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-65
SECTION 59-103-65. Closure of an institution; reallocation of funds.
Status: in_force

If an institution beginning July 1, 1999, is closed by the commission, the institution shall be treated as a terminated agency under Section 1-20-30 and as such terminated in the manner provided therein. However, any remaining funds shall not revert to the general fund as provided in Section 1-20-30 but instead shall be reallocated to higher education funding through use of the higher education funding formula in the manner the commission shall provide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-100
SECTION 59-4-100. Program and fund not liable for taxes, fees or assessments; contributions deductible; money or benefits received not taxable if used for specified purposes.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the program nor the fund is liable for income taxes, and neither the program nor the fund is liable for local taxes, fees, or assessments. In addition, contributions to the fund credited to a beneficiary's account entitle the contributor to a deduction for purposes of the state individual income tax, and these contributions must not be included in the South Carolina gross income of the beneficiary or anyone required to support the beneficiary. Furthermore, earnings on the account, tuition waivers, credits or payments for tuition, or any money or payout that the designated beneficiary receives or from which he benefits to the extent that the payments are used for tuition expenses during the same calendar year in which they are received shall not be included in the South Carolina gross income of the beneficiary or anyone required to support the beneficiary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-150
SECTION 59-1-150. "Kindergarten," "elementary school," "middle school," "secondary school," "junior high school," and "high school" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Kindergarten" means any school which provides either education, instruction, or supervision below the first grade to children who will attain the age of five on or before the first day of November of the school year when they begin school. (2) "Elementary school" means any public school which contains grades no lower than kindergarten and no higher than the eighth. (3) "Middle school" means any public school which contains grades no lower than the fifth and no higher than the eighth. (4) "Secondary school" means either a junior high school or a high school. (5) "Junior high school" shall be considered synonymous with the term "high school." (6) "High school" means any public school which contains grades no lower than the seventh and no higher than the twelfth.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-80
SECTION 59-109-80. Transfer of property to participating institution after payment of bonds; option to renew lease or purchase project prior to retirement of bonds.
Status: in_force

(A) When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project or projects owned by the authority and leased to a participating institution for higher learning, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance such bonds, have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision has been made to fully pay and retire the same, and all other conditions of the trust agreement authorizing the same have been satisfied and the lien of such trust agreement has been released in accordance with the provisions thereof, the authority shall promptly do such things and execute such deeds and conveyances as are necessary and required to convey title to such project or projects to such participating institution for higher learning, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, all to the extent that title to such project or projects shall not, at the time, then be vested in such participating institution for higher learning. (B) Any financing agreement in the form of a lease of any project may include a provision that the participating institution for higher learning shall have options to renew such lease and/or to purchase any or all of such project prior to the retirement of the bonds issued to finance such project or any bonds issued to refund or refinance such bonds on such terms, at such times, and upon such consideration as the authority shall determine. The consideration for any renewal of such lease or for the purchase of any or all of such project need not require the payment by the participating institution for higher learning of the full market value thereof, but may be fixed at such consideration as the authority shall determine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-550
SECTION 59-63-550. School attendance; boundary clarification.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon the effective date of the amendments to Section 1-1-10 which are effective January 1, 2017, enacting the clarified North Carolina—South Carolina boundary, persons residing on property which is determined to be located in North Carolina as a result of the boundary clarification, may enroll their children residing with them in the South Carolina district in which that property was previously believed to be located or in the statewide public charter school district, without charge, as long as the family maintains residence on that same property. For the purpose of this section regarding the boundary clarification, the word "children" includes those children who are residing with their legal guardians whose property is determined to be located in North Carolina as a result of the boundary clarification. (B) This section only applies to those persons residing on the property as of January 1, 2017, and their children who reside with them. Once those persons move from the property or no longer have children at home who are attending or will attend schools in the South Carolina K-12 public education system, then this provision no longer applies to that property. A district may draw down South Carolina state and federal funding for students enrolled under this section. (C) This section does not require a former South Carolina resident to continue enrollment of their children in school in South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2050 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 23 / Section 59-53-2050
SECTION 59-53-2050. Reduction of insurance rates upon completion of program.
Status: in_force

A person may apply for a reduction in motorcycle insurance rates under the jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance upon proof of satisfactory completion of the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-80
SECTION 59-119-80. Expenditure of moneys and use of property generally.
Status: in_force

It shall require a two-thirds vote of the board of trustees to authorize the expenditure of any monies appropriated to the university by the State or to authorize the sale, transfer or reinvestment of any property or monies arising from the sale of any property under the provisions of this chapter. All such actions shall be exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 11 of the 1976 Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-930 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-930
SECTION 59-119-930. Athletic facilities; bond proceeds; bond refunds; bond reserve funds; interest; issuance costs.
Status: in_force

The trustees are authorized to acquire, construct, and equip additional athletic facilities and to improve, renovate, and equip existing athletic facilities to the extent they shall determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise. A portion of the proceeds of bonds issued for any of the above purposes also may be used to fund, establish, or replenish any bond reserve fund, to pay interest on the bonds as provided in Section 59-119-1040(1), or to pay costs of issuance of the bonds or of any credit enhancement for the bonds as may be deemed necessary by the trustees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-30
SECTION 59-47-30. Duties and powers of board.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners is vested with the supervision and control of the affairs and government of said school, with power to regulate salaries of officers and teachers, to establish conditions, forms and regulations for the admission of pupils therein and to prescribe such rules and bylaws as in its judgment shall be necessary for the management and good government thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-540
SECTION 59-71-540. Bonds as lawful investments.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions to invest any moneys in their hands in State school bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 59-25-320
SECTION 59-25-320. State and national criminal records check.
Status: in_force

A person who has received a passport certificate issued by the ABCTE must not be hired by a school district in South Carolina without submitting to the State Department of Education, Office of Educator Certification at the time of application a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint card and without having undergone a criminal records check by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and a national criminal records check supported by fingerprints and conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to Section 59-25-115(B) completed within the previous eighteen months.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-120
SECTION 59-4-120. Tuition increase above seven percent prohibited for participating institutions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Tuition Prepayment Program, the annual increase in tuition for an institution cannot exceed seven percent per year from Fiscal Year 2006-2007. To the extent that actual tuition for an institution exceeds an annual growth of seven percent per year, the institution shall grant a waiver of the difference to the designated beneficiary and must not pass along the difference to any student.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-120
SECTION 59-152-120. Local partnerships; funding use restrictions.
Status: repealed

Funds received by a local partnership may not be used for capital expenses, new construction, or to renovate, refurbish, or upgrade existing facilities without prior approval by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 15, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-26-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 26 / Section 59-26-30
SECTION 59-26-30. Cognitive assessments for teachers and teacher certification; examinations; regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) In the area of cognitive assessments for teachers and teacher certification, the State Board of Education, acting through the State Department of Education, shall: (1) adopt a basic skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics that is suitable for determining whether students may be admitted fully into an undergraduate teacher education program. The examination must be designed so that results are reported in a form that shall provide colleges, universities, and students with specific information about his strengths and weaknesses. Procedures, test questions, and information from existing examinations must be validated in accordance with current legal requirements. The passing score on the examination shall be set at a level that reflects the degree of competency in the basic skills that, in the judgment of the State Board of Education, a prospective school teacher reasonably is expected to achieve; (2) adopt nationally recognized teaching examinations that measure the cognitive teaching area competencies desired for initial job assignments in typical elementary and secondary schools in this State. The examinations shall contain a minimum amount of common or general knowledge questions. They shall be designed so that results are reported in a form that provide a student with specific information about the student's strengths and weaknesses. Procedures, test questions, and information from existing examinations and lists of validated teacher competencies are used to the maximum extent in the development of the examinations. An examination that is completely developed by an organization other than the special project may be considered for use as a whole only if the State Board of Education concludes that the development and maintenance of a specific area test is impractical or would necessitate exorbitant expenses. The examinations must be validated. The teaching examinations must be developed or selected only for those areas in which State Board of Education approved area examinations are not available; (3) use nationally recognized specific teaching area examinations approved by the State Board of Education for certification purposes. The qualifying scores on the area examinations shall be set at the same level at which they are now set. The State Board of Education shall examine these levels to determine if adjustments are required. Periodic examinations shall be made to assure the validity of qualifying scores. The qualifying scores may be adjusted if new legal requirements or validity studies indicate the adjustments are necessary. In an area in which an area teaching examination approved by the State Board of Education is not available, the state board shall use the teaching examinations developed in accordance with this section for certification purposes as soon as those examinations are prepared, validated, and ready for use; (4) report the results of the teaching examinations to the student in written form that provides specific information about the student's strengths and weaknesses. Every effort must be made to report the results of the area examinations and common examinations in written form that provides specific information about the student's strengths and weaknesses; (5) report to each teacher training institution in the State the performance of the institution's graduates on the teaching examinations. The report to the institution must be in a form that assists the institution in further identifying strengths and weaknesses in its teacher training programs; (6) provide for the security and integrity of the tests that are administered under the certification program as currently provided by the State Department of Education; (7) award a teaching certificate to a person who successfully completes the scholastic requirements for teaching at an approved college or university and the examination he is required to take for certification purposes; (8) award a conditional teaching certificate to a person eligible to hold a teaching certificate who does not qualify for full certification under item (7) above provided the person has earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a certification area for which the board has determined there exists a critical shortage of teachers, and the person has passed the appropriate teaching examination. The board may renew a conditional teaching certificate annually for a maximum of three years, if the holder of the certificate shows satisfactory progress toward completion of a teacher certification program prescribed by the board. In part, satisfactory progress is the progress that the holder of a conditional certificate should complete the requirements for full certification within three years of being conditionally certified; (9) promulgate regulations and procedures whereby course credits that may be applied to the recertification requirements of all public school teachers are earned in courses that are relevant to the area in which the teacher is recertified. (B) For purposes of assisting, developing, and evaluating professional teaching, the State Board of Education acting through the State Department of Education shall: (1) adopt a set of state standards for teaching effectiveness which shall serve as a foundation for the processes used for assisting, developing, and evaluating teacher candidates, as well as teachers employed under induction, annual, or continuing contracts; (2) promulgate regulations to be used by colleges and universities for evaluating and assisting teacher candidates. Evaluation and assistance programs developed or adopted by colleges or universities must include appropriate training for personnel involved in the process. Teacher candidates must be provided with guidance and assistance throughout preparation programs, as well as provided with formal written feedback on their performance during their student teaching assignments with respect to state standards for teaching effectiveness; (3) promulgate regulations to be used by local school districts for providing formalized induction programs for teachers employed under induction contracts. Induction programs developed or adopted by school districts must provide teachers with comprehensive guidance and assistance throughout the school year, as well as provide teachers with formal written feedback on their strengths and weaknesses relative to state standards for teaching effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations to be used by local school districts for evaluating and assisting teachers employed under annual contracts. Formal evaluation processes developed or adopted by school districts must address legal and technical requirements for teacher evaluation and must assess typical teaching performance relative to state standards for teaching effectiveness. Evaluation results must be provided in writing and appropriate assistance must be provided when weaknesses in performance are identified; (5) promulgate regulations to be used by local school districts for conducting evaluations of teachers employed under continuing contracts. Continuing contract teachers must be evaluated on a continuous basis. At the discretion of the local school district, evaluations for individual teachers may be formal or informal. Formal evaluation processes developed or adopted by school districts must address legal and technical requirements for teacher evaluation and must assess typical teaching performance relative to state standards for teaching effectiveness. Evaluation results must be provided in writing and appropriate assistance must be provided when weaknesses in performance are identified. Informal evaluations must be conducted with a goals-based process that requires teachers to continuously establish and accomplish individualized professional development goals. Goals must be established by the teacher in consultation with a building administrator and must be supportive of district strategic plans and school renewal plans; (6) promulgate regulations so that college, university, and school district strategies, programs, and processes for assisting, developing, and evaluating teachers pursuant to this section must be approved by the State Board of Education. Regulations also must establish procedures for conducting periodic evaluations of the quality of the strategies, programs, and processes adopted by school districts and institutions of higher education in implementing the provisions of this chapter in order to provide a basis for refining and improving the programs for assisting, developing, and evaluating teacher candidates and teachers on induction, annual, and continuing contracts, planning technical assistance, and reporting to the General Assembly on the impact of the comprehensive system for training, certification, initial employment, evaluation, and continuous professional development of public educators in this State; (7) promulgate regulations that establish procedures for the State Department of Education to provide colleges, universities, and school districts with ongoing technical assistance for assisting, developing, and evaluating teachers pursuant to this section; (8) promulgate regulations and procedures so that school districts shall report to the State Department of Education teacher evaluation results and teaching contract decisions on an annual basis. The State Department of Education shall maintain this information and make it available to colleges, universities, and school districts upon request; (9) beginning with the 1997-98 school year, the Assessments of Performance in Teaching (APT) must not be used to evaluate student teachers. Until regulations promulgated pursuant to this section become effective, colleges and universities shall evaluate and assist teacher candidates in accordance with State Board of Education guidelines; and (10) during the 1997-98 school year, the APT must not be required for evaluating induction contract teachers. During this year, if school districts are ready to implement a formal induction program for induction contract teachers as required by this section, they may do so. If school districts are not ready to implement such a program, they must progress toward developing or adopting a program to be implemented beginning with the 1998-99 school year. In this circumstance, school districts may use the APT. Beginning with the 1998-99 school year, a school district may not use the APT for evaluating induction contract teachers. Until regulations promulgated pursuant to this section become effective, school district strategies, programs, and processes for assisting, developing, and evaluating teachers must be developed, adopted, and implemented in accordance with State Board of Education guidelines. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "teacher candidates" for "student teachers", deleted references to the 1998-1999 school year and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout; in paragraph (B)(1) and the second sentence of paragraph (B)(5), deleted "provisional," preceding "annual"; in paragraph (B)(2) in the third sentence substituted "preparation programs" for "the student teaching assignment" and added "during their student teaching assignments"; deleted paragraph (B)(4); redesignated paragraphs (B)(5) to (B)(11) as paragraphs (B)(4) to (B)(10); in paragraph (B)(5), in the second sentence substituted "on a continuous basis" for "at least once every three years" and in the sixth sentence added "continuously establish and"; and in paragraph (B)(8), deleted ", beginning with the 1998-1999 school year or until such time as regulations required by this section become effective and, thereafter," preceding "school districts".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-11-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 11 / Section 59-11-10
SECTION 59-11-10. Compact for Education enacted into law; terms of compact.
Status: in_force

The Compact for Education is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION PREAMBLE WHEREAS, the proper education of all citizens is one of the most important responsibilities of the states to preserve a free and open society in the United States; and WHEREAS, the increasing demands of our whole national life for improving and expanding educational services require a broad exchange of research data and information concerning the problems and practices of education; and WHEREAS, there is a vital need for strengthening the voices of the states in the formulation of alternative nationwide educational policies, THE STATES AFFIRM the need for close and continuing consultation among our several states on all matters of education, and do hereby establish this Compact for Education. COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy. A. It is the purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professional educational and lay leadership on a nationwide basis at the State and local levels. 2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education. 3. Provide a clearinghouse of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different places throughout the nation, so that the executive and legislative branches of State government and of local communities may have ready access to the experience and record of the entire country, and so that both lay and professional groups in the field of education may have additional avenues for the sharing of experience and the interchange of ideas in the formation of public policy in education. 4. Facilitate the improvement of State and local educational systems so that all of them will be able to meet adequate and desirable goals in a society which requires continuous qualitative and quantitative advance in educational opportunities, methods and facilities. B. It is the policy of this compact to encourage and promote local and State initiative in the development, maintenance, improvement and administration of educational systems and institutions in a manner which will accord with the needs and advantages of diversity among localities and States. C. The party states recognize that each of them has an interest in the quality and quantity of education furnished in each of the other states, as well as in the excellence of its own educational systems and institutions, because of the highly mobile character of individuals within the nation, and because the products and services contributing to the health, welfare and economic advancement of each state are supplied in significant part by persons educated in other states. Article II. State Defined. As used in this compact, "State" means a State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Article III. The Commission. A. The Educational Commission of the states, hereinafter called "the Commission," is hereby established. The Commission shall consist of seven members representing each party state. One of such members shall be the Governor; two shall be members of the State legislature appointed by the Governor and serving in such manner as the Governor may determine; and four shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor, unless the laws of the State otherwise provide. If the laws of a State prevent legislators from serving on the Commission, six members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor, unless the laws of the State otherwise provide. In addition to any other principles or requirements which a State may establish for the appointment and service of its members of the Commission, the guiding principle for the composition of the membership on the Commission from each party state shall be that the members representing such State shall, by virtue of their training, experience, knowledge or affiliations be in a position collectively to reflect broadly the interests of the State government, higher education, the State education system, local education, lay and professional, public and nonpublic educational leadership. Of those appointees, one shall be the head of a state agency or institution, designated by the Governor, having responsibility for one or more programs of public education. In addition to the members of the Commission representing the party states, there may be not to exceed ten nonvoting commissioners selected by the steering committee for terms of one year. Such commissioners shall represent leading national organizations of professional educators or persons concerned with educational administration. B. The members of the Commission shall be entitled to one vote each on the Commission. No action of the Commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes on the Commission are cast in favor thereof. Action of the Commission shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the Commissioners are present. The Commission shall meet at least once a year. In its bylaws, and subject to such directions and limitations as may be contained therein, the Commission may delegate the exercise of any of its powers to the steering committee or the executive director, except for the power to approve budgets or requests for appropriations, the power to make policy recommendations pursuant to Article IV and adoption of the annual report pursuant to Article III (J). C. The Commission shall have a seal. D. The Commission shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, who shall be a Governor, a vice-chairman and a treasurer. The Commission shall provide for the appointment of an executive director. Such executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission, and together with the treasurer and such other personnel as the Commission may deem appropriate shall be bonded in such amount as the Commission shall determine. The executive director shall be secretary. E. Irrespective of the civil service, personnel or other merit system laws of any of the party states, the executive director subject to the approval of the steering committee shall appoint, remove or discharge such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the functions of the Commission, and shall fix the duties and compensation of such personnel. The Commission in its bylaws shall provide for the personnel policies and programs of the Commission. F. The Commission may borrow, accept or contract for the services of personnel from any party jurisdiction, the United States, or any subdivision or agency of the aforementioned governments, or from any agency of two or more of the party jurisdictions or their subdivisions. G. The Commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any State, the United States, or any other governmental agency, or from any person, firm, association, foundation, or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. Any donation or grant accepted by the Commission pursuant to this paragraph or services borrowed pursuant to paragraph (F) of this Article shall be reported in the annual report of the Commission. Such report shall include the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the donation, grant, or services borrowed, and the identity of the donor or lender. H. The Commission may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The Commission may acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. I. The Commission shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and shall have the power to amend and rescind these bylaws. The Commission shall publish its bylaws in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof and a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party states. J. The Commission annually shall make to the Governor and legislature of each party state a report covering the activities of the Commission for the preceding year. The Commission may make such additional reports as it may deem desirable. Article IV. Powers. In addition to authority conferred on the Commission by other provisions of the compact, the Commission shall have authority to: 1. Collect, correlate, analyze and interpret information and data concerning educational needs and resources. 2. Encourage and foster research in all aspects of education, but with special reference to the desirable scope of instruction, organization, administration, and instructional methods and standards employed or suitable for employment in public educational systems. 3. Develop proposals for adequate financing of education as a whole and at each of its many levels. 4. Conduct or participate in research of the types referred to in this article in any instance where the Commission finds that such research is necessary for the advancement of the purposes and policies of this compact, utilizing fully the resources of national associations, regional compact organizations for higher education, and other agencies and institutions, both public and private. 5. Formulate suggested policies and plans for the improvement of public education as a whole, or for any segment thereof, and make recommendations with respect thereto available to the appropriate governmental units, agencies and public officials. 6. Do such other things as may be necessary or incidental to the administration of any of its authority or functions pursuant to this compact. Article V. Cooperation With Federal Government. A. If the laws of the United States specifically so provide, or if administrative provision is made therefor within the Federal Government, the United States may be represented on the Commission by not to exceed ten representatives. Any such representative or representatives of the United States shall be appointed and serve in such manner as may be provided by or pursuant to Federal law, and may be drawn from any one or more branches of the Federal Government, but no such representative shall have a vote on the Commission. B. The Commission may provide information and make recommendations to any executive or legislative agency or officer of the Federal Government concerning the common educational policies of the states, and may advise with any such agencies or officers concerning any matter of mutual interest. Article VI. Committees. A. To assist in the expeditious conduct of its business when the full Commission is not meeting, the Commission shall elect a steering committee of thirty-two members which, subject to the provisions of this compact and consistent with the policies of the Commission, shall be constituted and function as provided in the bylaws of the Commission. One fourth of the voting membership of the steering committee shall consist of governors, one fourth shall be legislators, and the remainder shall consist of other members of the Commission. A Federal representative on the Commission may serve with the steering committee, but without vote. The voting members of the steering committee shall serve for terms of two years, except that members elected to the first steering committee of the Commission shall be elected as follows: Sixteen for one year and sixteen for two years. The chairman, vice-chairman, and treasurer of the Commission shall be members of the steering committee and, anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, shall serve during their continuance in these offices. Vacancies in the steering committee shall not affect its authority to act, but the Commission at its next regularly ensuing meeting following the occurrence of any vacancy shall fill it for the unexpired term. No person shall serve more than two terms as a member of the steering committee; provided that service for a partial term of one year or less shall not be counted toward the two term limitation. B. The Commission may establish advisory and technical committees composed of state, local, and Federal officials, and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of its functions. Any advisory or technical committee may, on request of the states concerned, be established to consider any matter of special concern to two or more of the party states. C. The Commission may establish such additional committees as its bylaws may provide. Article VII. Finance. A. The Commission shall advise the Governor or designated officer or officers of each party state of its budget and estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that party state. Each of the Commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states. B. The total amount of appropriation requests under any budget shall be apportioned among the party states. In making such apportionment, the Commission shall devise and employ a formula which takes equitable account of the populations and per capita income levels of the party states. C. The Commission shall not pledge the credit of any party states. The Commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it pursuant to Article III (G) of this compact, provided that the Commission takes specific action setting aside such funds prior to incurring an obligation to be met in whole or in part in such manner. Except where the Commission makes use of funds available to it pursuant to Article III (G) thereof, the Commission shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of funds by the party states adequate to meet the same. D. The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established by its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual reports of the Commission. E. The accounts of the Commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the party states and by any persons authorized by the Commission. F. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent Commission compliance with laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any government contributing to the support of the Commission. Article VIII. Eligible Parties; Entry Into and Withdrawal. A. This compact shall have as eligible parties all states, territories, and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In respect of any such jurisdiction not having a Governor, the term "Governor," as used in this compact, shall mean the closest equivalent official of such jurisdiction. B. Any state or other eligible jurisdiction may enter into this compact and it shall become binding thereon when it has adopted the same: Provided that in order to enter into initial effect, adoption by at least ten eligible party jurisdictions shall be required. C. Adoption of the compact may be either by enactment thereof or by adherence thereto by the Governor; provided that in the absence of enactment, adherence by the Governor shall be sufficient to make his state a party only until December 31, 1967. During any period when a state is participating in this compact through gubernatorial action, the Governor shall appoint those persons who, in addition to himself, shall serve as the members of the Commission from his state, and shall provide to the Commission an equitable share of the financial support of the Commission from any source available to him. D. Except for a withdrawal effective on December 31, 1967, in accordance with paragraph C of this Article, any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after the Governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to the time of such withdrawal. Article IX. Construction and Severability. This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-430
SECTION 59-63-430. Board shall furnish copies of relevant statutes to teachers.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall have printed and furnish to the teachers in the free public schools of this State copies of Sections 59-63-410 and 59-63-420 and shall give such other publicity thereto as may be deemed expedient and advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-31 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-31
SECTION 59-63-31. Additional qualifications for attendance at public school or particular public school.
Status: in_force

(A) Children within the ages prescribed in Section 59-63-20 also are entitled to attend the public schools of a school district, without charge, if: (1) the child resides with one of the following who is a resident of the school district: (a) a person who is not the child's parent or legal guardian to whom the child's custody has been awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction; (b) a foster parent or in a residential community-based care facility licensed by the Department of Social Services or operated by the Department of Social Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice; or (c) the child resides with an adult resident of the school district as a result of the: (i) death, serious illness, or incarceration of a parent or legal guardian; (ii) relinquishment by a parent or legal guardian of the complete control of the child as evidenced by the failure to provide substantial financial support and parental guidance; (iii) abuse or neglect by a parent or legal guardian; (iv) physical or mental condition of a parent or legal guardian is such that he cannot provide adequate care and supervision of the child; (v) parent's or legal guardian's homelessness, as that term is defined by Public Law 100-77; or (vi) parent's or legal guardian's military deployment or call to active duty more than seventy miles from his residence for a period greater than sixty days; provided, however, that if the child's parent or legal guardian returns from such military deployment or active duty prior to the end of the school year, the child may finish that school year in the school he attends without charge even if the child resides in another school district for the remainder of the school year due to his parent or legal guardian returning home; (2) the child is emancipated and resides in the school district; (3) the child is homeless or is a child of a homeless individual, as defined in Public Law 100-77, as amended; or (4) the child resides in an emergency shelter located in the district. In addition to the above requirements of this subsection, the child shall also satisfy the requirements of Section 59-63-30(d) and (e). (B) A child between five and twenty-one years of age is entitled to continue attending a particular public school or a successor school in the same school district without charge if: (1) the child has been attending the school or a predecessor school in the same district prior to being taken into custody by the Department of Social Services or prior to being moved from one placement to another by the department; (2) the Department of Social Services places the child outside the school district or school attendance zone in a foster home or residential community-based facility licensed or operated by the department; and (3) the Department of Social Services has determined that it is in the child's best interests for the child to continue attending the school, and that transportation for the child to and from the school is reasonably available. In addition to the requirements of this subsection, the child also shall satisfy the requirements of Section 59-63-30(d) and (e). Effect of Amendment The 2003 amendment added subsection (A)(4) relating to children in emergency shelters. The 2008 amendment added subparagraph (A)(1)(c)(iv) relating to a child in a school district as a result of a parent's or legal guardian's military deployment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-37-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 37 / Section 59-37-20
SECTION 59-37-20. Schools for eleemosynary institutions placed under direction and control of local board of trustees.
Status: in_force

Should any such school be established, the State Board of Education shall place it under the direction and control of the board of school trustees of the school district in which the institution is located, and thereupon such board of school trustees shall employ teachers and operate the school in a building or buildings to be provided free of charge by the eleemosynary institution (such building or buildings to be approved by the board of school trustees) in the same manner and subject to all the laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct and operation of other public schools of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-17-135 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 17 / Section 59-17-135
SECTION 59-17-135. Character education.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds: (1) the schools of South Carolina must provide the safest environment possible for students to learn; (2) teaching positive character traits is essential to improving the learning environment, promoting student achievement, reducing disciplinary problems, and developing civic-minded students; (3) schools must be encouraged to instill the highest character and academic excellence in each student, in close cooperation with the student's parents; and (4) elected officials, community and civic leaders, business leaders, religious institutions, youth organizations, government, media, and citizens-at-large must be encouraged to become actively involved in creating an atmosphere which encourages positive character development through every sector of the community. (B) Each local school board of trustees of the State must develop a policy addressing character education. Any character education program implemented by a district as a result of an adopted policy must, to the extent possible, incorporate character traits including, but not limited to, the following: respect for authority and respect for others, honesty, self-control, cleanliness, courtesy, good manners, cooperation, citizenship, patriotism, courage, fairness, kindness, self-respect, compassion, diligence, good work ethics, sound educational habits, generosity, punctuality, cheerfulness, patience, sportsmanship, loyalty, and virtue. Local school boards must include all sectors of the community, as referenced in subsection (A)(4), in the development of a policy and in the development of any program implemented as a result of the policy. As part of any policy and program developed by the local school board, an evaluation component must be included. (C) Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, each school district board of trustees is encouraged to require students in the public schools under the jurisdiction of the board to exhibit appropriate conduct, as required in subsection (D) of this section. (D) When a public school student is speaking with a public school employee while on school property or at a school sponsored event, the student may be encouraged to address and respond to the public school employee by using terms indicative of or reflecting courtesy and respect for a public school's employees position of authority including, but not limited to, sir, ma'am, thank you, and please. (E) Each school district board of trustees is encouraged to provide for incorporation of the requirements of subsections (C) and (D) into any existing discipline policy or policies or any code of conduct of the school district or of each school within its jurisdiction. (F) No school board may provide suspension or expulsion from school as an appropriate punishment for violation of subsection (D). (G) Upon request, the State Department of Education must provide to the school districts of the State information on currently available programs, curriculums, and resources. In addition, the State Department of Education must provide to the school districts of the State information on best practices and successful programs currently being implemented. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (B), in the second sentence substituted "respect for authority and respect for others" for "respect for others" and added "good work ethics, sound educational habits,".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-730 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 7 / Section 59-119-730
SECTION 59-119-730. Trustees authorization; acquisition of facilities; bond refunds.
Status: in_force

The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary; and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-16-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 16 / Section 59-16-80
SECTION 59-16-80. Implementation contingency.
Status: in_force

The implementation of the provisions contained in this chapter are contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-250
SECTION 59-63-250. Transfer of pupils.
Status: in_force

The board or a designated administrator may transfer a pupil to another school in lieu of suspension or expulsion but only after a conference or hearing with the parents or legal guardian. The parents or legal guardian may appeal a transfer made by an administrator to the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-60
SECTION 59-2-60. Investment trust agreements.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office of State Treasurer shall make investment trust agreements available to the public, under which account owners or other contributors may make contributions on behalf of beneficiaries. These contributions and investment earnings on these contributions may be used for any qualified higher educational expenses of a designated beneficiary. There is no guarantee by the State that the contributions, together with the investment return on the contributions, if any, will be adequate to pay for qualified education expenses in full. (B) Each investment trust agreement made pursuant to this chapter must include the following terms and provisions: (1) the maximum and minimum contributions allowed on behalf of each beneficiary for the payment of qualified higher education expenses at eligible institutions, both as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law, so that in no case shall the maximum allowable contribution be less than the amount allowable for the gift tax exclusion under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (2) provisions for withdrawals, refunds, transfers, and any penalties; (3) the name, address, and date of birth of the beneficiary on whose behalf the investment trust account is opened; (4) terms and conditions for a substitution of the beneficiary originally named; (5) terms and conditions for termination of the account, including any refunds, withdrawals, or transfers, applicable penalties, and the name of the person entitled to terminate the account; (6) the time Period during which the beneficiary must use benefits from the investment trust account; (7) all other rights and obligations of the account owner and the SCCIP trust fund; and (8) any other terms and conditions which the State Treasurer 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-40
SECTION 59-39-40. Creation of corporate body through establishment of high school districts by adjoining school districts.
Status: in_force

When, pursuant to or under color of authority of any general act, any special act or any act making a special provision in or about the subject matter of a general act, a high school shall have been established by the boards of trustees of two or more adjoining school districts located in the same county or adjoining counties in this State, or when the boards of trustees of two or more such school districts, by the adoption of resolutions, authorization of contracts for erection or in any other way jointly or as separate boards of trustees, shall have evidenced an intention to establish a high school district, a body corporate shall be and hereby is created and shall be deemed to have been created at and from the time of the first joint or separate action in any such case and for such purpose by two or more boards of trustees of school districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-300
SECTION 59-123-300. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be disposed of in such manner as the trustees shall determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, shall be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall be obtained. If the trustees shall elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement thereof shall appear in some newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina not less than ten days prior to the occasion fixed for the opening of bids.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-120
SECTION 59-58-120. Appeal of denial, revocation, or suspension of license.
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by the final decision of the commission in refusing to issue a license or permit, or revoking or suspending a license or permit previously granted, is entitled to appeal the commission's order to the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its appellate rules of procedure. 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 appeal to the Administrative Law Court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 59-21-550
SECTION 59-21-550. Qualifications of teachers.
Status: in_force

No person shall be employed as a teacher in the special education program in the State unless such person holds a valid teacher's certificate issued by the State Department of Education and, in addition, possesses such special qualifications as the State Board of Education may require, or holds a comparable certificate in special education as may be developed by the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-260
SECTION 59-25-260. Revocation or suspension of certificate; appeals.
Status: in_force

The findings of fact by the State Board of Education are final and conclusive. A person aggrieved by the order of the State Board of Education, within thirty days, may appeal to the Administrative Law Court as provided in Sections 1-23-380(B) and 1-23-600(D), to review errors of law only, by filing with the Administrative Law Court and the State Board of Education notice of appeal. The State Board of Education shall file a certified copy of the record with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its rules of procedure. An appeal from the order of the Administrative Law Court must be taken in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. 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. § 59-25-860 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 59-25-860
SECTION 59-25-860. Costs; fees of clerks of boards.
Status: in_force

Costs shall be taxed in the proceedings authorized hereunder by the respective boards in accordance with the procedure and limitations applicable to taxing costs in a civil action at law in the court of common pleas. The clerk of each board shall be allowed the same fees as clerks of court of the county in which the proceedings arose, and any other fees or costs allowed by law in the court of common pleas in actions at law, and which are taxable as costs, shall apply in the proceedings before the boards and be taxable as costs. The costs so taxed of both parties shall be paid by the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1635 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 16 / Section 59-18-1635
SECTION 59-18-1635. State-of-education emergency declarations for schools.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Superintendent of Education may seek a state-of-education emergency declaration for a school that he has the capacity to serve under the following circumstances: (1) the school is chronically underperforming; (2) the school's accreditation is denied; or (3) the State Superintendent of Education determines that a school's turnaround plan results are insufficient. (B) If the State Superintendent of Education determines that a school state-of-education emergency declaration is justified, then he must request that the State Board of Education meet to approve or disapprove the declaration. The State Board of Education must meet within ten days of the request to approve or disapprove the declaration. (C) Upon the approval of a state-of-education emergency declaration, the State Superintendent of Education shall: (1) notify the appropriate district superintendent, local school board, and local legislative delegation and the Governor; and (2) assume management of the school. (D) The local district board may, upon a majority vote, appeal the State Board of Education's approval of the declaration to the Administrative Law Court within ten business days of receipt of the notice of the declaration. A request for a hearing must be made in accordance with the court's rules; provided, however, that a request for a contested case hearing for an emergency declaration does not stay the declaration. (E) Once a school subject to subsection (C) has met annual targets identified in the revised strategic plan for sustained improvement for a minimum of three consecutive years, the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to the State Board of Education documentation of such. Upon an affirmative vote by the State Board of Education to end the state-of-education emergency, the department, in consultation with the district and local board of trustees, shall develop a transition plan and timeline for returning management of the school to the district. (F) After a school has been in a state-of-education emergency for three consecutive years, the State Superintendent of Education may extend the state-of-education emergency for an additional three-year period only upon the approval of the State Board of Education. The State Superintendent of Education may make requests every three years, which must be approved or disapproved by the board. If the State Superintendent of Education does not request additional time, or if the State Board of Education disapproves a request, then the school shall revert back to the control of the local school board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-400 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-400
SECTION 59-1-400. Sick leave for public school employees.
Status: in_force

(A) All full-time employees of public schools accrue sick leave on the basis of one and one-fourth days of sick leave for each month of active service or twelve days for nine months of active service. Sick leave accrued but not used may be accumulated up to ninety days if the employees do not violate their respective contracts. Provisions for the additional benefits provided for in this section must be made on the same basis as existing sick leave benefits. A school employee using sick leave as provided for in this section may not be terminated from employment nor during a continuing sick leave of less than ninety-one days. The provisions of this section do not apply to employees of a school district which provides more liberal sick leave benefits. Any benefits accrued under school district sick leave policies in effect prior to July 1, 1976, are not lost as a result of this section. Sick leave accumulated in compliance with this section is transferable to any school district in the State or to the State Department of Education by the employee with the earned leave. (B) For the purposes of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 "full-time employee" means any person employed in a position for which certification is required by the State Department of Education or a person who has been employed in the school district for five months and works at least thirty hours per week. (C) School districts shall report to the State Board of Education costs incurred in implementing subsection (A) of this section. The State Department of Education shall report the assembled cost data to the Executive Budget Office and the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-765 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-765
SECTION 59-63-765. School breakfast program.
Status: in_force

If a school has at least a forty percent enrollment receiving free or reduced priced lunches, the school district may implement in that school a nutritional, well-balanced school breakfast program if federal funds are available to cover the entire cost of the program and if no additional personnel are required to implement the program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-66-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 66 / Section 59-66-30
SECTION 59-66-30. Public middle schools and high schools to be equipped with metal detector; training; regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) Using funds appropriated by the General Assembly, each public middle, junior high, and high school in the State must be equipped with one hand-held metal detector. (B) In consultation and cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General and the State Law Enforcement Division, the State Department of Education shall provide training in the use of hand-held metal detectors to school officials who shall use the equipment. (C) The State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1787 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1787
SECTION 59-53-1787. Exemption from taxes and assessments.
Status: in_force

The authority in performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property or upon any of its activities or operations or the income from them, or any taxes or assessments upon any property acquired or used by the authority or upon the income from them. Any bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness issued by the authority and the income from them is free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the State and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1020 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 59-21-1020
SECTION 59-21-1020. Department of Education to monitor and audit disbursements; reversion of unexpended appropriations.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall carefully monitor and audit the disbursement of monies from the South Carolina Education Improvement Act Fund. Any line item appropriation not fully expended for any program under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 reverts to the fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1060 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 13 / Section 59-53-1060
SECTION 59-53-1060. Apportionment of expenses.
Status: in_force

The operating expenses and building costs shall be divided proportionately between the two counties on a per capita basis.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1880 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1880
SECTION 59-53-1880. Affiliation among school districts to develop and maintain career and technology education facilities and programs.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of developing and maintaining career and technology education facilities and programs to serve an area not exclusively within the boundaries of a single school district, the school districts serving this area are empowered to affiliate with each other under the terms and conditions, not in conflict with this section and Section 59-53-1890, as they see fit. The affiliation must be evidenced by a written instrument to be filed with the secretary and administrative officer of the State Board of Education and with the county boards of education concerned. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-181 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-181
SECTION 59-29-181. Selection of tests for statewide testing program.
Status: in_force

When selecting nationally normed achievement tests for the statewide testing program, the State Board of Education shall endeavor to select tests with a sufficient number of items which may be utilized to evaluate student's higher order thinking skills. The items may be used for this purpose only if the test created from the items meets applicable criteria set forth in the American Psychological Association publication "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-350
SECTION 59-63-350. Local law enforcement.
Status: repealed

Local law enforcement officials are required to contact the Attorney General's "school safety phone line" when any felony, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, crime involving a weapon, or drug offense is committed on school property or at a school-sanctioned or school-sponsored activity or any crime reported pursuant to Section 59-24-60. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-170
SECTION 59-155-170. Literacy skills training for educators.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall establish a set of essential competencies describing what certified teachers in early childhood, elementary, middle and secondary levels, and special education must know and be able to do so that all students can comprehend grade-level texts. These competencies, developed collaboratively with the faculty of higher education institutions and based on the science of reading, must then be incorporated into the coursework required by Section 59-155-180. The department shall provide professional development courses to ensure that educators have access to multiple avenues of receiving endorsements. (B)(1) The department shall deliver professional development that has demonstrated success in establishing deep knowledge of foundational literacy skills grounded in the science of reading and promoting student reading achievement. Each district shall participate in the implementation of this foundational literacy skills training with the goal of statewide implementation to include all kindergarten through third grade teachers certified in early childhood, elementary, or special education, and elementary administrators. This training shall be offered at no cost to the district or teacher. (2) Successful completion of this training shall satisfy the requirements of the literacy endorsement provided for in Section 59-155-180. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 8, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-70
SECTION 59-131-70. Tax exemption status.
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this chapter 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. § 59-115-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-180
SECTION 59-115-180. Annual report of Authority; audit.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and the General Assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the operation of the Authority during such year. The Authority shall cause an audit on its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by the State Auditor or by certified public accountants.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-120
SECTION 59-146-120. Payment of principal and interest.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal and interest on all state school facilities bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter there is pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of South Carolina, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4) of Section 13 of Article X of the South Carolina Constitution, the General Assembly hereby allocates on an annual basis sufficient tax revenues to provide for the punctual payment of the principal and interest on the debt authorized by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-290
SECTION 59-133-290. Authority to invest in bonds.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority or State Fiscal Accountability Authority as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within the State to invest any monies in their hands in such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-160
SECTION 59-103-160. English Fluency in Higher Learning Act.
Status: in_force

(A) This section may be cited as the English Fluency in Higher Learning Act. (B) The following words and phrases when used in this section have the meanings given to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Instructional faculty" means every member of a public institution of higher learning whose first language is not English, other than visiting faculty but including graduate teaching assistants, who teaches one or more undergraduate credit courses at a campus of that institution within this State except: (1) courses that are designed to be taught predominately in a foreign language; (2) student participatory and activity courses such as clinics, studios, and seminars; (3) special arrangement courses such as individualized instruction and independent study courses; and (4) continuing education courses. (C) Each public institution of higher learning shall establish policies to: (1) ensure that the instructional faculty whose second language is English possess adequate proficiency in both the written and spoken English language. Student and faculty input is required in establishing these policies. (2) provide students with a grievance procedure regarding an instructor who is not able to write or speak the English language. (D)(1) Each institution of higher learning must submit its policy or amendments to the Commission on Higher Education within six months from the effective date of this section. Any amendments to the policy must be promptly forwarded to the commission. The commission shall notify the chairmen of the Senate and House Education Committees of those institutions not submitting plans and any amendment to the commission. (2) Each institution of higher learning must report annually to the Commission on Higher Education and the chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Education Committees grievances filed by students under the requirement of subsection (C)(2) and the disposition of those grievances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 59-10-370
SECTION 59-10-370. Funding for implementation of chapter.
Status: in_force

Each phase of implementation of this chapter is contingent upon the appropriation of adequate funding as documented by the fiscal impact statement provided by the Office of State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. There is no mandatory financial obligation to school districts if state funding is not appropriated for each phase of implementation as provided for in the fiscal impact statement of the Office of the State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-20
SECTION 59-73-20. School districts declared tax districts.
Status: in_force

The school districts of the several counties of the State are hereby made and declared to be the divisions of the counties for taxation for all school purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-780 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 59-67-780
SECTION 59-67-780. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Director of the Sinking Funds and Property Division of the State Department of Administration may promulgate any rules or regulations or set up any procedure which will, in his judgment, clarify the provisions or facilitate the purposes of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-380
SECTION 59-121-380. 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. § 59-53-2020 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 23 / Section 59-53-2020
SECTION 59-53-2020. Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program created; administration; instructors; curriculum.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education is authorized to establish a Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program. The board shall designate an individual who is currently an employee of the technical education system to coordinate and administer the program subject to the availability of funds necessary to support such activity. The executive director of the board, or his designee, is responsible for the planning, curriculum, and completion requirements of the program in accordance with subsection (C). (B) The program must be implemented through the state technical education system at institutions which choose to provide the program. The coordinator shall select and facilitate the training and certification of instructors who shall implement the program. (C) The program of instruction must incorporate the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Motorcycle Rider Course core curriculum or equivalent as determined by the executive director.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-80
SECTION 59-49-80. Superintendent; employees.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect a superintendent for said school at such salary and for such term as it may fix. The superintendent shall employ and discharge all employees of the school, subject to the approval of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1720 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1720
SECTION 59-53-1720. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall promote the objects of the state technical and vocational education and training and shall: (1) adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) adopt bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable; (3) acquire one or more sites within Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties and construct and equip appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; (4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property; (5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests; (6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established by the commission; (7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program; (8) employ personnel necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions; (9) promulgate and enforce regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency, for the operation of its facilities; (10) operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the State; (11) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued by Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and then to expend the funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities; (12) apply for, receive, and expend monies from all governmental agencies, both state and federal; (13) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Article 1 of this chapter, and all other laws modifying or implementing it. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 239, SECTION 2, in paragraphs (3) and (11), added Fairfield county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-30
SECTION 59-32-30. Local school boards to implement comprehensive health education program; guidelines and restrictions.
Status: in_force

(A) Pursuant to guidelines developed by the board, each local school board shall implement the following program of instruction: (1) Beginning with the 1988-89 school year, for grades kindergarten through five, instruction in comprehensive health education must include the following subjects: community health, consumer health, environmental health, growth and development, nutritional health, personal health, prevention and control of diseases and disorders, safety and accident prevention, substance use and abuse, dental health, and mental and emotional health. Sexually transmitted diseases as defined in the annual Department of Health and Environmental Control List of Reportable Diseases are to be excluded from instruction on the prevention and control of diseases and disorders. At the discretion of the local board, age-appropriate instruction in reproductive health may be included. (2) Beginning with the 1988-1989 school year, for grades six through eight, instruction in comprehensive health must include the following subjects: community health, consumer health, environmental health, growth and development, nutritional health, personal health, prevention and control of diseases and disorders, safety and accident prevention, substance use and abuse, dental health, mental and emotional health, and reproductive health education. Sexually transmitted diseases are to be included as a part of instruction. At the discretion of the local board, instruction in family life education or pregnancy prevention education or both may be included, but instruction in these subjects may not include an explanation of the methods of contraception before the sixth grade. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, for grades six through eight, instruction in comprehensive health education also must include the subject of domestic violence. (3) Beginning with the 1989-90 school year, at least one time during the four years of grades nine through twelve, each student shall receive instruction in comprehensive health education, including at least seven hundred fifty minutes of reproductive health education and pregnancy prevention education. (4) The South Carolina Educational Television Commission shall work with the department in developing instructional programs and materials that may be available to the school districts. Films and other materials may be designed for the purpose of explaining bodily functions or the human reproductive process. These materials may not contain actual or simulated portrayals of sexual activities or sexual intercourse. For the validity of (A)(5), see Editors' Notes below. (5) The program of instruction provided for in this section may not include a discussion of alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships including, but not limited to, homosexual relationships except in the context of instruction concerning sexually transmitted diseases. (6) In grades nine through twelve, students must also be given appropriate instruction that adoption is a positive alternative. (7) At least one time during the entire four years of grades nine through twelve, each student shall receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which must include, but not be limited to, hands-only CPR and must include awareness in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Each school district shall use a program that incorporates the instruction of the psychomotor skills necessary to perform CPR developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or an instructional program that is nationally recognized and based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for CPR and awareness in the use of an AED. Local and statewide school districts shall coordinate with entities that have the experience and necessary equipment for the instruction of CPR and awareness in the use of AEDs; provided, however, that virtual schools may administer the instruction virtually and are exempt from any in-person instructional requirements. A school district must adopt a policy providing a waiver for this requirement for a student absent on the day the instruction occurred, a student with a disability whose individualized education program indicates such student is unable to complete all or a portion of the hands-only CPR requirement, or a student whose parent or guardian completes, in writing, a form approved by the school district opting out of hands-only CPR instruction and AED awareness. The State Board of Education shall incorporate CPR training and AED awareness into the South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards and promulgate regulations to implement this section. (B) Local school boards may use the instructional unit made available by the board pursuant to Section 59-32-20, or local boards may develop or select their own instructional materials addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, and pregnancy prevention education. To assist in the selection of components and curriculum materials, each local school board shall appoint a thirteen-member local advisory committee consisting of two parents, three clergy, two health professionals, two teachers, two students, one being the president of the student body of a high school, and two other persons not employed by the local school district. (C) The time required for health instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade must not be reduced below the level required during the 1986-87 school year. Health instruction for students in grades nine through twelve may be given either as part of an existing course or as a special course. (D) No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in or on the school grounds of any public elementary or secondary school. No school district may contract with any contraceptive provider for their distribution in or on the school grounds. Except as to that instruction provided by this chapter relating to complications which may develop from all types of abortions, school districts may not offer programs, instruction, or activities including abortion counseling, information about abortion services, or assist in obtaining abortion, and materials containing this information must not be distributed in schools. Nothing in this section prevents school authorities from referring students to a physician for medical reasons after making reasonable efforts to notify the student's parents or legal guardians or the appropriate court, if applicable. (E) Any course or instruction in sexually transmitted diseases must be taught within the reproductive health, family life, or pregnancy prevention education components, or it must be presented as a separate component. (F) Instruction in pregnancy prevention education must be presented separately to male and female students. (G) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, districts annually shall provide age-appropriate instruction in sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention to all students in four-year-old kindergarten, where offered, through twelfth grade. This instruction must be based on the units developed by the board, through the department, pursuant to Section 59-32-20(B). Validity Pursuant to the consent decree from Gender and Sexuality Alliance v. Spearman, 2020 WL 1227345 (D.S.C. Mar. 11, 2020), the Superintendent and the Superintendent's officers, assigns, successors, agents, employees, attorneys, and other persons who are acting in concert or in participation with each or any of them, are permanently enjoined from enforcing, applying, or relying on S.C. Code. SECTION 59-32-30(A)(5), as it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 152, SECTIONS 1, 3 to 5 provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be referred to and cited as 'Ronald Rouse's Law'." "SECTION 3. Students who have already completed the requisite health course will not be required to take the course a second time. "SECTION 4. The State Department of Education may include language from any section of this act in the South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards. "SECTION 5. School districts must begin complying with the provisions of this act no later than the 2017-2018 school year." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 293, SECTION 2, added subsection (G). 2015 Act No. 58, SECTION 22, in (A)(2), substituted "1988-1989 school year" for "1988-89 school year", and added the last sentence, relating to the 2016-2017 school year. 2016 Act No. 152, SECTION 2, added (A)(7), relating to instruction in CPR and AED use awareness in high schools.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-240
SECTION 59-65-240. Census of children not enrolled in public schools; list submitted to attendance supervisor.
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the opening date of each school year of each public school district in the State in which a public school is being operated, the trustees or other governing board thereof shall make or cause to be made a complete census of all children of school age therein, that is, between the years of seven and sixteen years, inclusive, who have not enrolled in such school district or in some other district during the thirty-day enrollment period. The names, ages, places of residence and names of the parents or guardians of such children of school age not enrolled shall be forthwith filed with the county superintendent of education, who shall thereupon consolidate all of such names of children in alphabetical order into one list and certify the list to the attendance supervisor of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-130
SECTION 59-8-130. Termination of scholarship student's program; notification.
Status: in_force

If a scholarship student's program of academic instruction is terminated for any reason before the end of the semester or school year and the student does not resume instruction within thirty days, then the parent shall notify the department and remaining funds in the account revert to the ESTF. 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 5, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-120
SECTION 59-47-120. Contracts with staff attending advance training paid for by school to remain beyond completion.
Status: in_force

(A) Teaching or clinical staff employed by the school who attend advanced training paid for by the school may be required to enter a contract with the school to remain in the employment of the school for a minimum of one year beyond completion of the training. If an employee breaches this contract, the employee shall reimburse the school for all expenses incurred by the school in providing this training for the employee. (B) For purposes of this section, "advanced training" means an educational course or program as defined by the school in regulation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-320
SECTION 59-117-320. Trustees' powers for purposes of securing principal and interest of bonds.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds authorized by this article is secured adequately, the trustees of the University may: (1) issue bonds in such amount within the limitations provided for in this article, as the trustees consider necessary. It is lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds, except bonds issued to effect refunding of outstanding bonds, to meet the payment of interest on the bonds for a period equal to the period of construction of the facilities to be financed with the proceeds of such bonds, plus a period not exceeding six months. It is recognized by the General Assembly that until the facilities to be constructed with the proceeds of the loan are completed an undue burden may be imposed upon the existing revenues at that time; (2) pledge the revenues or the net revenues of the facilities as designated by the trustees in connection with the issuance of the bonds, whether then or after that time to be existing and to pledge any otherwise available gifts, grants, or donations to the University for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they respectively mature. However, any surplus of the revenues or net revenues available after the payment of costs of operation and maintenance of the facilities and of debt service on the bonds, and the establishment of any debt service reserve obligation under the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds, is placed in a contingency and improvement fund for the facilities in order to restore depreciated or obsolete items of the facilities, to make improvements to the facilities, to defray the cost of unforeseen contingencies with regard to the facilities, to prevent defaults under such bonds, or to redeem any of the bonds; (3) further secure the bonds with a pledge of any additional revenues or fees of the University as may be authorized under other laws of this State; (4) covenant that no facilities owned by the University may be used free of charge, or to specify and limit the facilities which may be used free of charge; (5) covenant to establish and maintain a system of rules as will insure the continuous use and occupancy of the facilities, whose revenues are pledged to secure any bonds; (6) covenant that an adequate schedule of charges be established and maintained for the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged to secure the bonds, to the extent necessary to produce sufficient revenues to: (a) pay the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, including the cost of fire, extended coverage and use, and occupancy insurance; (b) pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) create and at all times maintain an adequate debt service reserve fund to meet the payment of the principal and interest; and (d) create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies and for major repairs and replacement. (7) covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created on them, equal or superior to the lien created for the benefit of such bonds. The trustees are empowered to discontinue the use of or demolish obsolete facilities and to reserve the right, under the terms they prescribe, to issue additional bonds on a parity with the bonds authorized by this article, if at some later date they obtain legislative authorization for the issuance of additional bonds; (8) covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article; (9) provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds; (10) make covenants with respect to the use of the facilities, to be constructed with the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this article, and of the other facilities, whose revenues must be pledged for the payment of the bonds; (11) covenant that all revenues or net revenues of the particular facilities pledged for the payment of the bonds must be segregated into special funds and that the funds must be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose; (12) covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on the terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing the bonds prescribe; (13) provide for early defeasance of bonds through the establishment of special escrow accounts maintained by a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer, of cash or United States government obligations, or obligations of agencies of them, which escrows may be funded with proceeds of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or revenues or other funds available to the University; (14) prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent to it, and the manner in which consent is given; (15) covenant as to the maintenance of the facilities, whose revenues must be pledged for the payment of the bonds, the insurance to be carried on them, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy; (16) prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds become or may be declared due before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which the declaration and its consequences may be waived; (17) impose a statutory lien upon the facilities designated by the trustees, the revenues or net revenues of which must be pledged to secure the bonds. The lien must extend to the facilities, to their appurtenances and extension, to their additions, improvements and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and must inure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured by the lien. The facilities remain subject to the statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. A holder of a bond, or any of the coupons representing interest on them, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, may protect and enforce the statutory lien, and by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings may enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application of them. However, the statutory lien may not be construed to give the bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the facilities or any part of them; (18) covenant that if there is a default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, a court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities designated by the trustees, whose revenues or net revenues are pledged for the payment of the bonds, with power to fix rates and charges for the facilities, sufficient to provide for the payment of the expense of operating and maintaining the facilities, and to apply the income and revenues of the facilities to the payment of the bonds, and the interest on them; (19) establish on or before the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this article a debt service reserve fund and to cause it to be deposited with a corporate trustee, who may be the State Treasurer, and to that end, the trustees are empowered to utilize any monies available for that purpose, including revenues previously accumulated from the facilities before the issuance of bonds. In the discretion of the trustees, in lieu of cash, the debt service reserve fund may be funded with a surety bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, line of credit, or similar guarantee. At the discretion of the trustees, the University may purchase an insurance policy insuring payment of both principal and interest on any issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article; (20) appoint a corporate trustee, who may be the State Treasurer, or paying agent to whom must be paid all or any portion of the revenues or net revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds or derived from the operation of the facilities, and to prescribe the manner in which these revenues or net revenues must be utilized and disposed of. The corporate trustee shall serve in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for the bondholders under the resolutions of the trustees authorizing the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-410
SECTION 59-101-410. Loan of endowment funds and auxiliary enterprise funds.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, "auxiliary enterprise funds" means athletics revenues and funds derived from bookstore, licensing, vending, concessions, and food service operations. (B) The governing boards of all state-supported colleges, universities, and technical schools may lend from time to time their endowment funds and auxiliary enterprise funds, including interest derived therefrom, currently on deposit with the State Treasurer's Office to separately chartered not-for-profit legal entities whose existence is primarily providing financial assistance and other support to the institution and its educational program. The governing boards of all state-supported colleges, universities, and technical schools also may lend from time to time their future endowment funds and auxiliary enterprise funds received, including interest derived therefrom, currently on deposit with the State Treasurer's Office to separately chartered not-for-profit legal entities whose existence is primarily to provide financial assistance and other support to the institution and its educational program, provided however, that all of these funds must first be recorded with the State Treasurer's Office. Income from the loan of auxiliary funds as provided in this section must be used solely for scholarship purposes. The loans must be in accordance with such terms and conditions as determined by the respective institution's governing body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-280
SECTION 59-19-280. Trustees may be members of School Boards Association.
Status: in_force

Any member of the board of trustees of any school district in this State may become a member of the South Carolina School Boards Association, and the fees and dues necessary to acquire and maintain membership in this organization shall be paid by the school district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-100
SECTION 59-73-100. Reduction of unnecessarily high special school levies.
Status: in_force

Whenever in any school district in the State where special levies and taxes have been authorized, levied and are being collected the assessed valuation of the property shall have so increased since the authorization of the special levy as to provide an amount of taxes in excess of that contemplated at the time of the authorization of the levy or in excess of the amount collected the first year under such authorization, then, upon the written petition of the trustees of such school district approved by the county board of education and upon the petition of three fourths of the residents subject to such tax, the auditor of the county in which the school district is situate and the tax being collected shall reduce the levy for such school district to such an amount as will produce the total amount of taxes originally intended to be collected.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-550
SECTION 59-19-550. Order of board of education; service on parties.
Status: in_force

After the parties have been heard, the county board of education shall issue a written order disposing of the matter in controversy, a copy of which shall be mailed to each of the parties at interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 15 / Section 59-53-1220
SECTION 59-53-1220. Membership of Commission; officers.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall consist of one member each from the Counties of Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda, two members from Abbeville and Laurens Counties and four members from Greenwood County. Each member shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the resident members of the legislative delegation of his county. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first appointed, successors shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. All terms of office shall terminate on the appropriate anniversary of July 1, 1973, notwithstanding that a delay in making appointments shall lessen the duration of the terms of office. The Commission shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, each of whom shall serve a term of one year and until his successor is elected. A transcript of the record of the organization of the Commission shall be filed annually with the governing body of any participating county in order to reflect the membership of the Commission and those who become its officers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-445 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-445
SECTION 59-1-445. Violations of mandatory test security; penalties; investigations.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for anyone knowingly and wilfully to violate security procedures regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education for mandatory tests administered by or through the State Board of Education to students or educators, or knowingly and wilfully to: (a) Give examinees access to test questions prior to testing; (b) Copy, reproduce, or use in any manner inconsistent with test security regulations all or any portion of any secure test booklet; (c) Coach examinees during testing or alter or interfere with examinees' responses in any way; (d) Make answer keys available to examinees; (e) Fail to follow security regulations for distribution and return of secure test as directed, or fail to account for all secure test materials before, during, and after testing; (f) Participate in, direct, aid, counsel, assist in, encourage, or fail to report any of the acts prohibited in this section. Any person violating the provisions of this section or regulations issued hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. Upon conviction, the State Board of Education may suspend or revoke the administrative or teaching credentials, or both, of the person convicted. (2) The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall investigate allegations of violations of mandatory test security, either on its own initiative following receipt of allegations, or at the request of a school district or the State Department of Education. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall furnish to the State Superintendent of Education a report of the findings of any investigation conducted pursuant to this section. (3) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or interfere with the responsibilities of the State Board of Education or the State Department of Education in test development or selection, test-form construction, standard setting, test scoring, and reporting, or any other related activities which in the judgment of the State Superintendent of Education are necessary and appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-110
SECTION 59-59-110. Implementation of career guidance program model in high school; counseling of students; declaration of area of academic focus within cluster of study.
Status: in_force

During the 2007-08 school year, each public high school shall implement a career guidance program model or prototype as developed or approved by the State Department of Education. At least annually after that, certified school guidance counselors and career specialists, under their supervision, shall counsel students during the ninth and tenth grades to further define their career cluster goals and individual graduation plans, and before the end of the second semester of the tenth grade, tenth grade students shall have declared an area of academic focus within a cluster of study. Throughout high school, students must be provided guidance activities and career awareness programs that combine counseling on career options and experiential learning with academic planning to assist students in fulfilling their individual graduation plans. In order to maximize the number of clusters offered, a school district is to ensure that each high school within the district offers a variety of clusters. A student may transfer to a high school offering that student's career cluster if not offered by the high school in his attendance zone.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-54-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 54 / Section 59-54-40
SECTION 59-54-40. Creation of area occupational training advisory committees; responsibilities; membership and meetings; expenses; reporting requirements; dissolution.
Status: in_force

(A) An area occupational training advisory committee is created for each of the service areas presently established by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for the various technical colleges. The purpose of the Area Occupational Training Advisory Committee is to increase coordination, articulation, and effectiveness among the various career, technical, occupational, and adult education and economic development programs in that area. (B) Each area occupational training advisory committee shall have the responsibility of assuring that each area technical college commission and appropriate local school boards shall enter into memoranda of agreement that demonstrates the following: (1) cooperation between the technical college and the career and technology school in the planning and delivery of adult career and technology education; (2) articulation of secondary career and technology courses to post- secondary courses in the curricula of the technical college; (3) coordination among local boards with other local community agencies, literacy councils, private and nonprofit groups in planning and delivering adult basic education, adult secondary education, and literacy programs. (C) The membership of each area occupational training advisory committee is as follows: (1) two private sector representatives from the area technical college commission, appointed by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; (2) two professional representatives from the area technical college, appointed by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; (3) one private sector representative from the governing or advisory board for career and technology education programs in the area, appointed by the State Board of Education; (4) one faculty member or administrator for career and technology education programs in the area, appointed by the State Board of Education; (5) two school superintendents in the area, appointed by the State Board of Education; (6) two private sector representatives from the area, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce; (7) two private sector representatives from the area, appointed by the Governor. (D) With the joint approval of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the State Board of Education, and the Secretary of Commerce, an area occupational job training advisory committee may expand its membership in the manner approved by these boards or councils in order to respond to particular local needs. (E) Each advisory committee shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they consider necessary, the chairman to be elected from among the private sector representatives on the committee. Each committee must meet within ninety days following the effective date of this chapter and the Governor's Office working through the state technical education system and the Department of Education shall convene the first meeting. (F) Committee and staff expenses must be paid by the technical college within the service area. (G) Vacancies on each advisory committee must be filled by appointment in the same manner of original appointment. (H) The members of each area advisory committee so appointed shall serve until the advisory committee is dissolved as provided in this section. (I) Each area occupational advisory committee must prepare a written report analyzing the cooperation, articulation, and coordination achieved in the memoranda of agreement between technical college commissions and local school boards. The written report must be completed and provided to the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee, the State Board of Education, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the affected technical college commission and local school board within sixty days after the execution of the memoranda of agreement. The written report shall contain minority or dissenting views of members of the area occupational advisory committee, if any. (J) The area occupational advisory committees herein established are dissolved two years after the effective date of this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsections (A), (B)(1), (2) and (C)(3), (4), substituted "career and technology" for "vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-60
SECTION 59-39-60. Boards of trustees of high school districts established by adjoining districts.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each such district shall be a board known as a high school board of trustees, which shall be constituted, when the boards of trustees of two or more school districts shall have acted in establishing or evidencing an intention to establish a high school pursuant to or under color of authority of any special act or any act making a special provision in or about the subject matter of a general act, in the manner provided in such act and in any other case in the manner provided in Section 59-39-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-26-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 26 / Section 59-26-20
SECTION 59-26-20. Duties of State Board of Education and Commission on Higher Education.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, and the Commission on Higher Education shall: (a) develop and implement a plan for the continuous evaluation and upgrading of standards for program approval of undergraduate and graduate education training programs of colleges and universities in this State; (b) adopt policies and procedures which result in visiting teams with a balanced composition of teachers, administrators, and higher education faculties; (c) establish program approval procedures which shall assure that all members of visiting teams which review and approve undergraduate and graduate education programs have attended training programs in program approval procedures within two years prior to service on such teams; (d) render advice and aid to departments and colleges of education concerning their curricula, program approval standards, and results on the examinations provided for in this chapter; (e) adopt program approval standards so that all colleges and universities in this State that offer undergraduate degrees in education shall require that students successfully complete the basic skills examination that is developed in compliance with this chapter before final admittance into the undergraduate teacher education program. These program approval standards shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A student initially may take the basic skills examination during his first or second year in college. (2) Students may be allowed to take the examination no more than four times. (3) If a student has not passed the examination, he may not be conditionally admitted to a teacher education program after December 1, 1996. After December 1, 1996, any person who has failed to achieve a passing score on all sections of the examination after two attempts may retake for a third time any test section not passed in the manner allowed by this section. The person shall first complete a remedial or developmental course from a post-secondary institution in the subject area of any test section not passed and provide satisfactory evidence of completion of this required remedial or developmental course to the State Superintendent of Education. A third administration of the examination then may be given to this person. If the person fails to pass the examination after the third attempt, after a period of three years, he may take the examination or any sections not passed for a fourth time under the same terms and conditions provided by this section of persons desiring to take the examination for a third time. Provided, that in addition to the above approval standards, beginning in 1984-85, additional and upgraded approval standards must be developed, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education, and promulgated by the State Board of Education for these teacher education programs. (f) administer the basic skills examination provided for in this section three times a year; (g) report the results of the examination to the colleges, universities, and student in such form that he will be provided specific information about his strengths and weaknesses and given consultation to assist in improving his performance; (h) adopt program approval standards so that all colleges and universities in this State that offer undergraduate degrees in education shall require that students pursuing courses leading to teacher certification successfully complete one semester of student teaching and other field experiences and teacher development techniques directly related to practical classroom situations; (i) adopt program approval standards whereby each student teacher must be evaluated and assisted by a representative or representatives of the college or university in which the student teacher is enrolled. Evaluation and assistance processes shall be locally developed or selected by colleges or universities in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. Processes shall evaluate and assist student teachers based on the criteria for teaching effectiveness developed in accordance with this chapter. All college and university representatives who are involved in the evaluation and assistance process shall receive appropriate training as defined by State Board of Education regulations. The college or university in which the student teacher is enrolled shall make available assistance, training, and counseling to the student teacher to overcome any identified deficiencies; (j) the Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the staff of the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a loan program in which talented and qualified state residents may be provided loans to attend public or private colleges and universities for the sole purpose and intent of becoming certified teachers employed in the State in areas of critical need. Areas of critical need shall include both geographic areas and areas of teacher certification and must be defined annually for that purpose by the State Board of Education. The definitions used in the federal Perkins Loan Program shall serve as the basis for defining "critical geographical areas", which shall include special schools, alternative schools, and correctional centers as identified by the State Board of Education. The recipient of a loan is entitled to have up to one hundred percent of the amount of the loan plus the interest canceled if he becomes certified and teaches in an area of critical need. Should the area of critical need in which the loan recipient is teaching be reclassified during the time of cancellation, the cancellation shall continue as though the critical need area had not changed. Additionally, beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, a teacher with a teacher loan through the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation shall qualify, if the teacher is teaching in an area newly designated as a critical needs area (geographic or subject, or both). Previous loan payments will not be reimbursed. The Department of Education and the local school district are responsible for annual distribution of the critical needs list. It is the responsibility of the teacher to request loan cancellation through service in a critical needs area to the Student Loan Corporation by November first. Beginning July 1, 2000, the loan must be canceled at the rate of twenty percent or three thousand dollars, whichever is greater, of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in either an academic critical need area or in a geographic need area. The loan must be canceled at the rate of thirty-three and one-third percent, or five thousand dollars, whichever is greater, of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in both an academic critical need area and a geographic need area. Beginning July 1, 2000, all loan recipients teaching in the public schools of South Carolina but not in an academic or geographic critical need area are to be charged an interest rate below that charged to loan recipients who do not teach in South Carolina. Additional loans to assist with college and living expenses must be made available for talented and qualified state residents attending public or private colleges and universities in this State for the sole purpose and intent of changing careers in order to become certified teachers employed in the State in areas of critical need. These loan funds also may be used for the cost of participation in the critical needs certification program pursuant to Section 59-26-30(A)(8). Such loans must be cancelled under the same conditions and at the same rates as other critical need loans. In case of failure to make a scheduled repayment of an installment, failure to apply for cancellation of deferment of the loan on time, or noncompliance by a borrower with the intent of the loan, the entire unpaid indebtedness including accrued interest, at the option of the commission, shall become immediately due and payable. The recipient shall execute the necessary legal documents to reflect his obligation and the terms and conditions of the loan. The loan program, if implemented, pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act, is to be administered by the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation. Funds generated from repayments to the loan program must be retained in a separate account and utilized as a revolving account for the purpose that the funds were originally appropriated. Appropriations for loans and administrative costs incurred by the corporation are to be provided in annual amounts, recommended by the Commission on Higher Education, to the State Treasurer for use by the corporation. The Education Oversight Committee shall review the loan program annually and report to the General Assembly. Notwithstanding another provision of this item: (1) For a student seeking loan forgiveness pursuant to the Teacher Loan Program after July 1, 2004, "critical geographic area" is defined as a school that: (a) has an absolute rating of below average or unsatisfactory; (b) has an average teacher turnover rate for the past three years that is twenty percent or higher; or (c) meets the poverty index criteria at the seventy percent level or higher. (2) After July 1, 2004, a student shall have his loan forgiven based on those schools or districts designated as critical geographic areas at the time of employment. (3) The definition of critical geographic area must not change for a student who has a loan, or who is in the process of having a loan forgiven before July 1, 2004. (k) for special education in the area of vision, adopt program approval standards for initial certification and amend the approved program of specific course requirements for adding certification so that students receive appropriate training and can demonstrate competence in reading and writing braille; (l) adopt program approval standards so that students who are pursuing a program in a college or university in this State which leads to certification as instructional or administrative personnel shall complete successfully training and teacher development experiences in teaching higher order thinking skills; (m) adopt program approval standards so that programs in a college or university in this State which lead to certification as administrative personnel must include training in methods of making school improvement councils an active and effective force in improving schools; (n) the Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the staff of the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a Governor's Teaching Scholarship Loan Program to provide talented and qualified state residents loans not to exceed five thousand dollars a year to attend public or private colleges and universities for the purpose of becoming certified teachers employed in the public schools of this State. The recipient of a loan is entitled to have up to one hundred percent of the amount of the loan plus the interest on the loan canceled if he becomes certified and teaches in the public schools of this State for at least five years. The loan is canceled at the rate of twenty percent of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in a public school. However, beginning July 1, 1990, the loan is canceled at the rate of thirty-three and one-third percent of the total principal amount of the loan plus interest on the unpaid balance for each complete year of teaching service in both an academic critical need area and a geographic need area as defined annually by the State Board of Education. In case of failure to make a scheduled repayment of any installment, failure to apply for cancellation or deferment of the loan on time, or noncompliance by a borrower with the purpose of the loan, the entire unpaid indebtedness plus interest is, at the option of the commission, immediately due and payable. The recipient shall execute the necessary legal documents to reflect his obligation and the terms and conditions of the loan. The loan program must be administered by the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation. Funds generated from repayments to the loan program must be retained in a separate account and utilized as a revolving account for the purpose of making additional loans. Appropriations for loans and administrative costs must come from the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund, on the recommendation of the Commission on Higher Education to the State Treasurer, for use by the corporation. The Education Oversight Committee shall review this scholarship loan program annually and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly. For purposes of this item, a 'talented and qualified state resident' includes freshmen students who graduate in the top ten percentile of their high school class, or who receive a combined verbal plus mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test score of at least eleven hundred and enrolled students who have completed one year (two semesters or the equivalent) of collegiate work and who have earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. To remain eligible for the loan while in college, the student must maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in item (j), added the undesignated paragraph at the end relating to loan forgiveness. The 2008 amendment, in item (j), in the first undesignated paragraph in the third sentence added ", which shall include special schools, alternative schools, and correctional centers as identified by the State Board of Education"; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-360
SECTION 59-1-360. Audiovisual properties may be loaned.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education is authorized to lend film, filmstrips, recordings or other audiovisual properties to nonpublic institutions of higher learning and to other educational institutions and schools that are eleemosynary in nature.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-650 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 7 / Section 59-104-650
SECTION 59-104-650. Institutional effectiveness program.
Status: in_force

(A) The goals for maintaining an effective system of quality assessment by institutions of higher learning in South Carolina are to: (1) assure that a system for measuring institutional achievement in regard to the performance indicators for quality academic success as contained in Section 59-103-30 is in effect on every public college and university campus in this State; (2) provide a vehicle for disseminating the results of these measurements to the constituents within the State; (3) provide data relative to the effectiveness of each institution that can be used to initiate curriculum, programmatic, or policy changes within the institution necessary to meet the standards for these performance indicators. (B) The process by which these goals must be attained is as follows: (1) Each institution of higher learning is responsible for maintaining a system to measure institutional achievement in regard to the performance indicators for quality academic success in accord with provisions, procedures, and requirements developed by the Commission on Higher Education. The system for measuring such institutional achievement must include, but is not limited to, a description of criteria by which such institutional achievement is being assessed. (2) As a part of South Carolina's statewide planning process, each institution shall provide the commission with an annual report on the results of its institutional achievement program. (3) The commission shall prepare a report that must include results of institutional achievement, including student assessment programs. Information from private colleges and universities must be included for those institutions that voluntarily provide the information to the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-48-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 48 / Section 59-48-20
SECTION 59-48-20. Board of trustees; appointment; term of office; compensation.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The school is under the management and control of a board of trustees consisting of eleven members, as follows: (a) one member from each congressional district appointed by the Governor; (b) two members from this State at large appointed by the Governor; (c) the State Superintendent of Education, ex officio, or his designee; and (d) the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education, ex officio, or his designee. (2) Members appointed by the Governor shall serve for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Members shall receive mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. (3) In his appointments, the Governor shall seek to obtain the best qualified persons from the business, industrial, and educational communities, including mathematicians and scientists. (B) The board of trustees also shall include the following six members: (1) the President of the South Carolina Governor's School of Science and Mathematics Foundation, Inc., ex officio; (2) the provost or vice president for academic affairs from each of the following higher education research institutions, ex officio, or his designee: (a) Clemson University; (b) the University of South Carolina; and (c) the Medical University of South Carolina; and (3) two members from the State at large appointed by the Governor to serve for terms of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Vacancies must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. (C) An ex officio member who is authorized to designate a person to serve on the board in his stead only may make the designation if he intends for the designee to serve continuously instead of intermittently with himself or another designee. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment removed prior subsection (A)(3) and renumbered subsections (A)(4) and (A)(5) as (A)(3) and (A)(4); and removed ". The provost or vice president for academic affairs of each of these three institutions shall serve as nonvoting members of the board" from subsection (B)(2)(c). 2014 Act No. 181, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 59-33-350
SECTION 59-33-350. Authority of educational representative.
Status: in_force

The educational agent or educational representative is authorized to make educational decisions for a student and has the same rights as the student to participate in the individualized educational program and to request, receive, examine, copy, and consent to the disclosure of the plan or another educational record. The educational agent or the educational representative shall participate based upon a determination of the student's preferences to the extent they can be determined. If the student's preferences cannot be determined, then the decisions must be based upon the student's best interest as determined by the educational agent or educational representative. An educational agent or educational representative who in good faith makes a decision about educational services is not subject to civil or criminal liability because of the substance of the decision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-20
SECTION 59-103-20. Studies of institutions of higher learning.
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet regularly and shall have the authority and responsibility for a coordinated, efficient, and responsive higher education system in this State consistent with the missions of each type of institution as stipulated in Section 59-103-15. In meeting this responsibility and in performing its duties and functions, the commission shall coordinate and collaborate at a minimum with the Council of Presidents of State Institutions, the council of board chairs of the various public institutions of higher learning, and the business community. The commission also is charged with examining the State's institutions of higher learning relative to both short and long-range programs and missions which include: (a) the role of state-supported higher education in serving the needs of the State and the roles and participation of the individual institutions in the statewide program; (b) enrollment trends, student costs, business management practices, accounting methods, operating results and needs, and capital fund requirements; (c) the administrative setup and curriculum offerings of the several institutions and of the various departments, schools, institutes, and services within each institution and the respective relationships to the services and offerings of other institutions; (d) areas of state-level coordination and cooperation with the objective of reducing duplication, increasing effectiveness, and achieving economies and eliminating sources of friction and misunderstanding; (e) efforts to promote a clearer understanding and greater unity and good will among all institutions of higher learning, both public and private, in the interest of serving the educational needs of the people of South Carolina on a statewide level.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-245 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-245
SECTION 59-67-245. Interference with operation of school bus; penalties.
Status: in_force

No person shall wilfully and wrongfully interfere with the operation of a school bus, either public or private, by boarding, restricting movement or using threats, either physical or verbal, to the driver or any passenger while the bus is engaged in the transportation of pupils to and from school or any lawful school activity or while passengers are entering or leaving the bus nor shall any person wilfully fail or refuse to obey a lawful order of a school bus driver relating to the occupancy of a school bus. The use of threatening, obscene or profane language addressed to the driver or any passenger entering, leaving or waiting for a school bus is disorderly conduct and any person convicted for the use of such language shall be punished as provided in Section 16-17-530. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to infringe upon the power and duties of duly constituted authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-7-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 59-7-60
SECTION 59-7-60. Textbooks and curricula in educational television.
Status: in_force

The textbooks and curricula in educational television shall be in conformity with the general policies of the State Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-30
SECTION 59-102-30. Service of process on nonresident agents; subpoenas; use of funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act of Chapter 23, Title 1 apply to this chapter. The Department of Consumer Affairs may promulgate regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (B) By acting as an athlete agent in this State, a nonresident person appoints the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs as his agent for service of process in a civil action in this State related to his acting as an athlete agent in this State. (C) The Department of Consumer Affairs may issue subpoenas for material relevant to the administration of this chapter. (D) All funds collected by the department pursuant to this chapter may be retained by the department and used to implement the provisions of this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment rewrote this section. 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, inserted (A), redesignated former (A) and (B) as (B) and (C), and added (D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-560 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-560
SECTION 59-71-560. Use of proceeds; segregation for different uses.
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of State school bonds shall be applied by the Board only to the purposes for which the bonds are issued, and, if it shall be provided that a part of the proceeds of an issue of bonds shall be allocated to school districts for capital improvements and other purposes and another part be applied to defray the cost of school bus equipment, the State Treasurer shall, upon the receipt of the proceeds of such bonds, segregate such proceeds in accordance with the provisions of the request made to the Governor and the State Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of Section 59-71-430.