S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-465 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-465
SECTION 59-1-465. Youth patriotic societies; public school event addresses.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Youth patriotic society" means a youth membership organization with an educational purpose aligned with state standards located in South Carolina and listed herein, intended to promote patriotism and kindred virtues among elementary, middle, and high school students: (a) Big Brothers—Big Sisters of America; (b) Boy Scouts of America; (c) Boys and Girls Clubs of America; (d) Future Farmers of America; (e) Girl Scouts of the United States of America. (2) "Patriot Day" means the eleventh day of September as provided in Section 53-3-160. (3) "Constitution Day" means the seventeenth day of September, as designated by the United States Congress in 2005. (4) "Patriotism Week" means the annual Patriotism Week observation in the week that includes the eleventh day of November provided in Section 53-3-150. (B) The principal of each elementary school, middle school, and high school shall allow representatives of youth patriotic societies, providing notice to the principal and approved pursuant to subsection (C), the opportunity to speak with students during the week of Patriot Day, the week of Constitution Day, or Patriotism Week events to inform the students of how their involvement in the youth patriotic society may further the student's educational interest and civic involvement to improve their schools, communities, and themselves. A youth patriotic society allowed to speak with students pursuant to this section may speak during the school day to students for at least ten minutes. A school may observe Constitution Day and Patriot Day during a single event and is not required to: (1) allocate more than thirty minutes during any one of the above-referenced weeks for use by youth patriotic societies under the provisions of this section annually, allocated equally among the requesting youth patriotic societies: or (2) allow a youth patriotic society to speak pursuant to this section more than once each school year. (C) A youth patriotic society shall provide thirty days written or verbal notice to the principal of the society's intent to address students pursuant to subsection (B). The principal shall provide verbal or written approval indicating the specific date and time for the society to address the students and the location where the address may occur. Only if no patriotic youth societies request the opportunity to address students during any of the above-referenced weeks shall a school be considered to have fulfilled the requirements of this section if it incorporates the curricula pursuant to Section 53-3-150(B)(2) into lesson plans for all students during the applicable week. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 177, preamble and SECTION 4, provide as follows: "Whereas, July 30, 2016, marked the 60th anniversary of 'In God We Trust' as the official motto of the United States; and "Whereas, in 2011, by resolution of the United States House of Representatives, with the concurrence of the United States Senate, the United States Congress reaffirmed 'In God We Trust' as the official motto of the United States and supported and encouraged the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other governmental institutions; and "Whereas, 'In God We Trust' appears over the south entrance to the United States Senate Chamber and above the Speaker's rostrum in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives; and "Whereas, the motto has been an integral part of the society of the United States since its founding and first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864; and "Whereas, 'Dum spiro spero', which translates to 'While I breathe, I hope' is perhaps the most well known of South Carolina's two mottos and appears on the State Seal that was adopted in 1776; and "Whereas, reflecting the character and beliefs of the citizens of South Carolina, 'Dum spiro spero' illustrates the inherent spirit of South Carolinians to overcome obstacles and face each day with the courage and determination to do what is just in the face of adversity; and "Whereas, 'Animis opibusque parati', which translates to 'Prepared in Mind and Resources', is the other South Carolina state motto. It is especially fitting that this motto appear in state schools, as it reflects the central aim of South Carolina's education system. Now, therefore, [Text of Act.]" "SECTION 4. The provisions of this act take effect July 1, 2023."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-38-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 38 / Section 59-38-10
SECTION 59-38-10. School district procedures and responsibilities; Department of Social Services responsibilities; educational and school placement decisions; transfer of credits and grades; court appearances treated as excused absences; Department access to school records; adult advocates.
Status: in_force

(A) Each school district shall have in place procedures to ensure seamless transitions between schools and school districts for children upon notice that a child is in foster care. School districts shall consider maintaining a child in foster care in the same school if it is in the child's best interest. A school district must not place additional enrollment requirements on a child based solely on the fact that the child is in foster care. (B) Each school district shall: (1) facilitate the immediate enrollment of a child in foster care residing in a foster home, group living facility, or any other setting that is located within the district or area served by the district; (2) assist a child in foster care transferring from one district to another by ensuring proper transfer of records; (3) request school records within two school days of placement into a school and transfer records within two school days of receiving a request for school records. (C) The Department of Social Services immediately shall enroll the child in school, maintaining the child in the same school if possible, and shall provide a copy of the court order to the school district to be included in the student's school record. (D) Educational and school placement decisions for children in foster care must be made to ensure that each child immediately is placed in the least restrictive educational program and has access to all academic resources, services, and extracurricular and enrichment activities that are available to all students. (E) Each school district shall accept for credit full or partial course work satisfactorily completed by a child in foster care while attending a public school, nonpublic school, or nonsectarian school in accordance with state and district policies or regulations. (F) Each school district shall ensure that when a decision to change the foster home placement of a child is made by the court or the Department of Social Services and the child must change schools, the grades and credits of that child must be calculated as of the date the child left school, and the child's grades must not be lowered as a result of these circumstances. (G) Each school district shall ensure that if a child in foster care is absent from school due to a certified court appearance or related court-ordered activity including, but not limited to, court-ordered treatment services, these absences must be counted as excused absences upon submission of appropriate documentation. If these absences exceed the limit provided for by law, the school administrator shall allow the child an opportunity to make up all assignments and required seat time. (H) Each school district, subject to federal law, may permit an authorized representative of the Department of Social Services to have access to the school records of a child in foster care for the purpose of fulfilling educational case management responsibilities required by law and to assist with the school transfer or placement of the child. (I) The Department of Social Services shall ensure that children in foster care have a willing and available adult to advocate for their best educational interests, and school districts shall acknowledge and accept this person's role in advocating for educational services necessary to meet each child's needs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-740 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 9 / Section 59-111-740
SECTION 59-111-740. Award of scholarships and fellowships from Environmental Scholars Endowment; criteria; amounts; preference for residents.
Status: in_force

The criteria, selection process, and amount of awards for scholarships or fellowships from an Environmental Scholars Endowment must be established by each qualifying institution. However, a recipient of a scholarship or fellowship must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a master or doctoral degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences. Each institution also must establish application procedures that ensure equitable minority participation in the selection process. Preference must be given to those applicants who are residents of South Carolina. A recipient of a scholarship or a fellowship must complete a year-long internship in South Carolina arranged by or with the approval of the institution prior to the award of their degree.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-155 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-155
SECTION 59-53-155. Bond issues; resolutions by board; limitations.
Status: in_force

In order to utilize the authorizations of this article, the board on behalf of any college may adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds for the college within the limitations herein mentioned, and by such resolution shall prescribe the tenor, terms and conditions of the bonds and the obligations of the college incurred in connection with their issuance. The bonds for any college may be issued either as a single issue or from time to time as several separate issues. In the event that the bonds for any college shall be issued as two or more issues, then notwithstanding, all bonds for such college shall be on a parity in all respects inter sese and shall be equally and ratably entitled to payment from the special student fee imposed at the college; provided, that in instances where an area commission is in charge of the operations of any college, the approval of the area commission to the action of the board authorized by this section shall be first obtained.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-560 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-560
SECTION 59-119-560. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be sold at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the university deems advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-360
SECTION 59-21-360. County plans of necessary capital improvements or tax relief.
Status: in_force

In order to guide the Board in passing upon requests for the use of grants, the county boards of education of the respective counties shall prepare a survey of necessary capital improvements or a plan for tax relief on school indebtedness within the operating unit. Such surveys shall show existing facilities, desirable consolidations, the new construction and new facilities necessary and desirable for the efficient operation of the public schools of the county and a plan of tax reduction in the school district or operating unit by use of such funds in retiring any outstanding indebtedness for school facilities. The Board may, in its discretion, deny all applications for the use of funds of the public school building fund from any county until such time as an acceptable and reasonably satisfactory plan, looking particularly to efficiency through consolidations of school districts, has been submitted by the county board of education and all applications from school districts or operating units shall conform to the plan of the county board of education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-51-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-51-50
SECTION 59-51-50. Director; personnel; courses of study; operation and management.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall employ a director who shall serve under conditions as prescribed by the board. The director shall recommend and employ all personnel, as approved by the board of trustees, and shall define their duties. The director shall prescribe the courses of study and make all rules and regulations for the government of the school, within board policy, and is responsible for its operation and management within the limitations of appropriations provided by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-56-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 56 / Section 59-56-10
SECTION 59-56-10. Beaufort-Jasper Higher Education Commission; membership; terms of office; vacancies; chairman and secretary; meetings.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Beaufort-Jasper Higher Education Commission. The commission is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor. Seven must be residents of Beaufort County, and two must be residents of Jasper County. The appointments for Beaufort County members must be based upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Beaufort County Legislative Delegation. The appointments for Jasper County members must be based upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Jasper County Legislative Delegation. (B) The members of the commission serve for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. The commission shall elect a chairman and a secretary from its membership to serve for two years and organize further as it may desire. (C) The commission may meet at times it considers necessary, the meetings to be called by the chairman or upon the written request of four of its members. A member who misses three consecutive unexcused meetings is considered to have resigned his office, and a vacancy exists.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-20
SECTION 59-107-20. Tuition fees required at state institutions.
Status: in_force

Tuition fees (as such term is defined in Section 59-107-30) shall be required to be paid in such amount or amounts and under such conditions as the respective Board of Trustees, Area Commissions or, for any Technical Education College or Center not governed or supervised by an Area Commission, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, of such state institutions shall prescribe, with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority". The provisions of this section shall not be construed as requiring uniformity of tuition fees at such state institutions nor shall they preclude a higher scale for non-residents of South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-380
SECTION 59-127-380. Persons who may lawfully invest in bonds.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians and fiduciaries, and all sinking fund commissions to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 59-1-40
SECTION 59-1-40. Scope of State system of public education.
Status: in_force

The State system of public education shall consist of such school systems, schools, institutions, agencies, services, and types of instruction as may be provided and authorized by law, or by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education within limits prescribed by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-350
SECTION 59-19-350. Schools of innovation exempt from applicable state statutes and regulations.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) A local school district board of trustees of this State desirous of creating an avenue for new, innovative, and more flexible ways of educating children within their district, may create one or more schools of innovation within the district that are exempt from applicable state statutes and regulations which govern other schools in the district. To achieve the status of a school of innovation and have exemption from specific statutes and regulations, the local board of trustees, at a public meeting, shall identify specific statutes and regulations which will be considered for exemption and shall disclose the financial model to be used. The exemption may be granted by the governing board of the district only if there is a two-thirds affirmative vote of the board for each exemption and the proposed exemption is approved by the State Board of Education, provided a district may not designate all schools in the district as schools of innovation. (2) To achieve the status of exemption: (a) A school district must identify each state statute, regulation, and local district policy from which the school is requesting exemption and specify how this flexibility will support academic achievement for students and the Profile of the Graduate. No district is permitted to request flexibility from all state regulations and statutes for any school or schools. (b) The district superintendent must submit a request containing the information in subitem (a) to the local board of trustees for approval, which must be considered in a public meeting and requires a two-thirds vote of the board for approval. Any change in the request must be approved by the local board by a two-thirds vote. (c) Once approved by a local school board, the district superintendent must submit the request to the State Board of Education for approval, which requires a two-thirds vote of the State Board. Any change in a request that is pending approval by, or has been approved by, the State Board of Education must be made in the same manner as provided in subitem (b) and this subitem for initial requests. (3) Each school of innovation annually before July first shall: (a) demonstrate compliance with the financial model identified in item (1); (b) provide full financial statements detailing how it receives and expends funds; and (c) report the academic achievement of its students as indicated by the performance of its students on the same assessments and matrices required of all other public schools, based on grade level. (4) Nothing in this section permits a local school district board of trustees to relinquish control or oversight of the schools created pursuant to this section, and the local school district board must ensure transparent and timely reporting of fiscal and academic performance for each school of innovation. (B) In seeking exemptions, the local board of trustees may not exempt: (1) federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services; (2) health, safety, civil rights, and disability rights requirements as are applied to other public schools operating in the district; (3) minimum student attendance requirements; (4) state assessment requirements; and (5) certification requirements for teachers in the core academic areas as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Public Law 107-110; however, up to twenty-five percent of the teaching staff of the school may be employed if the individual possesses a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the subject he is hired to teach. (C) Any school created pursuant to this section shall admit all children eligible to attend the school subject to space limitations and may not limit or deny admission or show preference in admission decisions to any individual or group of individuals. (D) A local school district that provides exemptions pursuant to subsection (A) shall provide the State Department of Education with documentation of the approved exemptions and shall submit evaluation documentation to be reviewed by the State Board of Education after three years of the exemption to ensure that the district continues to meet the needs of its students. Upon review, if the State Board of Education determines the continuation of the exemption does not meet the needs of the students attending the district school of choice, the board may suspend exemptions granted by the local board of trustees with a two-thirds vote. Before suspending the exemptions, the State Board of Education shall notify the district and provide the district with any opportunity to defend the continuation of approved exemptions. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 20, SECTION 1, rewrote (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 11 / Section 59-18-1130
SECTION 59-18-1130. Use of funds appropriated for professional development.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated for professional development must be used for certificated instructional and instructional leadership personnel in grades kindergarten through twelve in the academic areas for which State Board of Education standard documents have been approved to better link instruction and lesson plans to the standards and to statewide adopted readiness assessment tests, to develop classroom assessments consistent with the standards and testing measures, and to analyze assessment results for needed modification in instructional strategies. No more than five percent of funds appropriated for professional development may be retained by the State Department of Education for administration of the program; however, a district may choose to purchase professional development services provided by the State Department of Education with the funds allocated to the districts for professional development. Funds also may be expended for certificated instructional and instructional leadership personnel in grades six through twelve to achieve competency in teaching reading to students who score below proficient on the reading component of assessment tests. (B) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars of the funds allocated to professional development must be provided to the State Department of Education to implement successfully the South Carolina Readiness Assessment by creating a validation process for teachers to ensure reliable administration of the assessment, providing professional development on effective utilization, and establishing the relationship between the readiness measure and third grade standards-based assessments. Multi-day work sessions must be provided around the State during the summer, fall, and winter using staff development days and teacher workdays. Two of the remaining professional development days must be set aside for the specific purpose of preparing and opening schools. District instructional leaders, regional service centers, consortia, development personnel, university faculty, contracted providers, and the resources of the Educational Television Network may be used to implement the professional development initiative. Teachers participating in the program shall receive credit toward recertification according to State Board of Education guidelines. Funds provided for professional development on standards may be carried forward into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purpose. No less than twenty-five percent of the funds allocated for professional development may be expended on the teaching of reading, which includes teaching reading across content areas in grades three through eight.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-142-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 142 / Section 59-142-20
SECTION 59-142-20. Promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

Consistent with this section, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall be responsible for making guidelines available for FY 96-97 and shall promulgate regulations necessary to administer the need-based grants program in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act for years after 1996-97. The need-based grants program must be administered at the campus level. Pursuant to Section 59-103-165, the commission shall incorporate information pertaining to the need-based grant program in the information packets concerning post-secondary education for eighth grade students and their parents or guardians.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-550 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-550
SECTION 59-127-550. Terms and conditions of sale.
Status: in_force

The bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness must be sold at public or private sale upon the terms and conditions as the board of the university considers advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-590 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 5 / Section 59-119-590
SECTION 59-119-590. Revenues available for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be made payable solely from the revenues derived by the university from the operation of the building or buildings for which the bonds are issued or, in the discretion of the board of trustees of the university, from such revenues and also from any other revenues of the university, except revenues pledged to the payment of other obligations outstanding on May 27, 1950 and revenues derived from appropriations received from the General Assembly. The bonds shall not be obligations of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-20
SECTION 59-2-20. Findings and Purpose.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Education costs at institutions of higher learning are difficult for many to afford and difficult to predict. As a result, the ability of individuals and families to plan for future educational expenses has been adversely affected. (2) It is in the best interest of the citizens of this State to foster higher education in order to provide well-educated citizens. (3) It is in the best interest of the citizens of this State to encourage state residents to enroll in institutions of higher learning. (4) Providing a mechanism to help assure the higher education of the citizens of this State is necessary and desirable for the public health, safety, and welfare. (5) The purposes of this chapter are to: (a) provide wide and affordable access to the public institutions of higher learning for the residents of this State; (b) encourage attendance at institutions of higher learning and help individuals plan for educational expenses; (c) provide a program of investment trust agreements to apply distributions toward qualified higher education expenses at eligible educational institutions, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law; (d) provide for the creation of a trust fund, as an instrumentality of the State of South Carolina, to assist qualified students in financing costs of attending institutions of higher education; (e) encourage timely financial planning for higher education by the creation of investment trust accounts; (f) provide a choice of programs to persons who determine that the overall educational needs of their families are best suited to a prepaid tuition contract under the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program, or an investment trust agreement under this chapter, or both; (g) provide an investment program for those who wish to save to meet postsecondary educational needs beyond the traditional baccalaureate curriculum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 59-33-370
SECTION 59-33-370. Regulations, policies, and guidelines.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Department of Education shall promulgate regulations, policies, and guidelines to implement this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 1 / Section 59-133-40
SECTION 59-133-40. Meetings of board.
Status: in_force

The board shall meet not less than four times each year, the time and place to be fixed by the chairman or as the board provides. The chairman shall preside and, in his absence, a member shall preside as the board may select. The chairman or a majority of the members has the power to call a special meeting and fix the time and place of the meeting. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board. A majority vote of the whole board is required for the election or removal of the president. The president, other officers, and faculty members shall attend meetings of the board when requested to do so. Notice of the time and place of all meetings of the board must be mailed by the secretary or his assistant to each trustee not less than five days before each meeting. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment reenacted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-1040 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-1040
SECTION 59-119-1040. Provisions for adequate security of principal and interest payment.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized hereby are adequately secured, the trustees are empowered in their discretion: (1) To issue bonds in such amount, within the limitations herein provided for, as the trustees consider necessary, it is lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds, except bonds issued to effect refunding of outstanding bonds, to meet the payment of interest on such bonds for a period equal to the period of construction or renovation of the athletic facilities to be financed with the proceeds of such bonds, plus a period not exceeding six months, it being recognized by the General Assembly, that until the athletic facilities to be constructed or renovated with the proceeds of the bonds are completed, an undue burden may be imposed upon then existing revenues or other sources of payment of the bonds. (2) To impose admission fees and a special student fee upon such basis and in such amounts as the trustees shall determine. (3) To pledge the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the trustees, and the proceeds of any admissions fees and special student fee, as security for the payment of such bonds, whether then or thereafter to be existing. However, any surplus of such revenues or net revenues available after the payment of costs of operation and maintenance of the athletic department and of athletic facilities and of debt service on such bonds, and the establishment of any debt service reserve obligation in a bond reserve fund under the proceedings providing for the issuance of such bonds, may be placed in a contingency and improvement fund for athletic facilities in order to restore depreciated or obsolete athletic facilities, to make improvements to such athletic facilities, to defray the cost of unforeseen contingencies with regard to such athletic facilities, to prevent defaults under such bonds or to redeem any of such bonds, or may be reflected in the opening balance of the operating fund of the department for the next succeeding fiscal year and used for any purpose approved by the trustees. (4) To further secure the bonds with a pledge of any additional revenues or fees of Clemson as may be authorized under other laws of the State. (5) To specify and limit the athletic facilities which may be made use of free of charge. (6) To covenant to establish and maintain such system of rules as will ensure the continuous and effective use of the athletic facilities. (7) To covenant that an adequate schedule of rates and charges for attendance at events held at any athletic facilities will be maintained, and that net athletic revenues plus any proceeds of the admissions fees and the special student fee will be sufficient, to: (a) Pay the cost of operating and maintaining the athletic department and the athletic facilities, including the cost of fire, extended coverage and use, and occupancy insurance; (b) Pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) Provide any necessary debt service coverage ratios; (d) Create and maintain any bond reserve fund established to meet the payment of principal and interest of any of the bonds; and (e) Create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies and for major repairs and replacement of athletic facilities. (8) To covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the athletic facilities and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created thereon, equal or superior to any lien created thereon for the benefit of the holders of such bonds. However, the trustees are empowered to sell or dispose of athletic facilities as provided in Section 59-119-950, and to reserve the right, under such terms as they shall prescribe, to issue additional bonds on a parity with, or subordinate to, the bonds authorized by this article. (9) To covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article. (10) To provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution, and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds. (11) To make covenants with respect to the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities. (12) To covenant that all revenues or net revenues pledged for the payment of the bonds must be duly segregated into special funds and that such funds will be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose. (13) To covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on such terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing such bonds shall prescribe. (14) To provide for early defeasance of bonds through the establishment of special escrow accounts maintained by a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer, of cash, or United States Government obligations, or obligations of agencies thereof, which escrows may be funded with proceeds of bonds issued hereunder or revenues or net revenues or other funds available to Clemson. (15) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which consent shall be given. (16) To covenant as to the maintenance of the athletic facilities, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy. (17) To prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived. (18) To impose a statutory lien upon any athletic facilities as security for the payment of the bonds. The lien shall extend to such athletic facilities, to their appurtenances and extensions, to their additions, improvements, and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured thereby. These athletic facilities shall remain subject to such statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. Any holder of any of the bonds, or any of the coupons representing interest thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce the statutory lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application thereof. However, the statutory lien must not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the athletic facilities or any part thereof. (19) To covenant that if there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the athletic department, with power to fix rates and charges for athletic facilities and other activities of the athletic department, and to apply the income and revenues of the athletic department to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon. (20) To establish on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this article a bond reserve fund and to cause the same to be maintained by the State Treasurer or its corporate trustee designee, and to that end, the trustees are empowered to utilize any monies available for the funding of any such bond reserve fund, including revenues or net revenues previously accumulated prior to the issuance of bonds or available proceeds of the admissions fee or the special student fee. In the discretion of the trustees, in lieu of cash, such a bond reserve fund may be funded with a surety bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, line of credit, or similar guarantee. At the discretion of the trustees, Clemson may purchase an insurance policy ensuring payment of both principal and interest on any issuance of bonds hereunder. (21) With the consent of the State Treasurer, to appoint a corporate trustee and a paying agent for the bondholders, either of whom may be the State Treasurer, and to prescribe the manner in which revenues or net revenues, as well as proceeds of admissions fees and special student fees shall be utilized and disposed of. Any such corporate trustee shall serve in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for the bondholders under the resolutions of the trustees authorizing the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-220
SECTION 59-40-220. South Carolina Public Charter School District.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Public Charter School District is created as a public body. The South Carolina Public Charter School District must be considered a local education agency and is eligible to receive state and federal funds and grants available for public charter schools and other schools to the same degree as other local education agencies. The South Carolina Public Charter School District may not have a local tax base and may not receive local property taxes. This prohibition does not extend to local funds received by the district on behalf of sponsored charter schools pursuant to Section 59-40-140(B). (B) The geographical boundaries of the South Carolina Public Charter School District are the same as the boundaries of the State of South Carolina. (C) The office of the South Carolina Public Charter School District Board of Trustees must be housed in the State Department of Education. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment inserted "This prohibition does not extend to local funds received by the district on behalf of sponsored charter schools pursuant to Section 59-40-140(B)." in subsection (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 1 / Section 59-133-20
SECTION 59-133-20. Compensation of board members.
Status: in_force

Members of the board are entitled to subsistence, per diem, and mileage authorized for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment reenacted this section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-90
SECTION 59-131-90. Execution of bonds.
Status: in_force

Such bonds and the coupons, if any, attached to such bonds, shall be executed in the name of the trustees in such manner and by such persons as the trustees shall from time to time determine, and the seal of the College shall be affixed to or impressed on each bond. Any coupons attached to such bonds shall be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The delivery of the bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after such execution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-54-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 54 / Section 59-54-20
SECTION 59-54-20. State Occupational Training Advisory Committee; duties and recommendations.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Council on Vocational and Technical Education membership shall comply with all requirements of Section 112 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. In addition, a majority of the council membership appointed by the Governor must be members of the Commission on Higher Education, provided that members of the commission meet the federal requirements of the establishment of the council. Further, at least four members of the council shall represent secondary career and technology education. (B) The Commission on Higher Education shall serve as the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee and in this regard shall make recommendations to the State Board of Education, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Governor's Office, and the public for: (1) improving the coordination among the state's plans and programs for adult career and technology education, adult basic and adult secondary education, post-secondary technical education, and secondary career and technology education; (2) assuring the compatibility of these educational plans and programs with the state's economic development strategies; (3) improving the articulation between secondary career and technology education and post-secondary technical education and between post-secondary technical education and four-year degree programs; (4) improving service to groups or communities in the State which are unserved or underserved and need additional training and education to be employed or to move into the work force and off of public assistance; (5) improving the accountability systems and effectiveness of the adult career and technology education, adult basic and adult secondary education, post-secondary technical education, and secondary career and technology education programs; (6) improving the implementation of the South Carolina Employment Revitalization Act of 1986. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsections (A), (B)(1),(3) and (5), substituted "career and technology" for "vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 59-33-340
SECTION 59-33-340. Identification of eligible adult student as incapable of communicating educational program wishes, interests, or preferences; procedures; designation of educational representative.
Status: in_force

An adult student who is eligible for special education and has not been determined to be incapacitated pursuant to Article 5, Title 62, may be identified as incapable of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences with respect to his educational program as early as sixty calendar days before his eighteenth birthday or sixty-five business days before an eligibility meeting, if he is undergoing initial eligibility for special education services, and also may have an educational representative designated pursuant to the following procedures: (1)(a) The student's physician, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, psychologist, or psychiatrist must certify in writing to the local education agency in which the adult student is enrolled that he has examined or interviewed the student and, based upon this exam, finds the student incapable of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences regarding his educational program. The licensed professional's certification must include the date of the examination, the basis for the determination, and whether the student's incapability of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences with respect to his educational program is likely to last until after age twenty-one. The licensed professional's certification must remain in effect during the period the student receives educational services as an adult, regardless of whether the student transfers to another school or local education agency, if the student's subsequent local education agency is promptly provided with the documentation that the prior local education agency relied on in allowing an educational representative to participate on the student's behalf. The licensed professional referenced in this item may not be an employee of the local education agency or state education agency serving the student. (b) For the purposes of this section, a person is considered incapable of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences if he is unable to: (i) express, either verbally, through an interpreter, or through augmented communication devices, his wishes, interests, or preferences for his education program; or (ii) understand, even with the support from family, administrators, and experts in the field, what choices are available in a proposed education decision or program. "Support" in this context includes a wide range of disability supports, including explaining options in plain language, using interpreters, providing visual aids, providing the information more slowly, or in similar chunks, or any other method that is effective in communicating with the student with a disability. (2) Upon receiving the certification, the superintendent of the local education agency or his designee shall, within ten days, provide a copy of the designation to the student and notify him in writing that a professional has certified that he is incapable of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences with respect to his educational program and that an educational representative will be designated to make such decisions for him. The superintendent also shall notify the student in writing that he has a right to challenge the designation of the educational representative. (3) A challenge to the designation of an educational representative must be made in writing and may be made by the student or by another person with a bona fide interest and knowledge of the student, except that challenges may not be made by an employee of a local education agency or state education agency. A challenge by an adult student must assert that he is capable of communicating, with or without reasonable accommodations, his wishes, interests, or preferences concerning his educational program as provided in this section. (a) A challenge may be made at any time during which an educational representative is designated to act on the adult student's behalf. A challenge must be provided in writing to the superintendent of the local school district or his designee, who shall within ten business days notify the student and current appointed representative in writing. (b) Upon receipt of a written challenge in accordance with this section, the local education agency may not rely on an educational representative for any purpose. (4) If the adult student does not object to the designation, his custodial parent or adult spouse may act as the educational representative. If the custodial parent or the adult spouse are unavailable to act on behalf of the student, the educational representative may be an adult sibling, grandparent, or other adult relative, in that order of priority. If these relatives are not willing and able to serve as the educational representative of the adult student, then the local education agency providing services to the student shall designate a surrogate parent, as defined in 34 C.F.R. Section 300.519 to serve in this capacity. (5) The authority of an educational representative is limited to the authority to consent to educational services, and specifically does not include the authority to remove an adult student from educational services. The authority of an educational representative continues until he challenges the designation, he is no longer eligible for special education, or an order is issued pursuant to Article 5, Title 62, which terminates the authority of the educational representative.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-60
SECTION 59-33-60. Cooperation with other agencies; acceptance of donations.
Status: in_force

District and State educational agencies are required to cooperate with other agencies within the State, both public and private, interested in working toward the education, training and alleviation of the handicaps of handicapped children, and all such agencies are authorized to accept gifts or donations from such private agencies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-60
SECTION 59-71-60. Declaration of result of election; declaration conclusive unless contested within thirty days.
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of the returns of the election the authorities shall by resolution declare the results thereof and may provide for the filing of a certified copy of such resolution declaring the results of the election in the office of the clerk of the court for each county wherein the operating school unit is located. In such event the results of the election, as declared by resolution of the authorities so certified and filed, shall not be open to question except by a suit or proceeding instituted within thirty days from the date of the filing thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-140
SECTION 59-2-140. SCCIP trust fund exempt from legal process, unassignable.
Status: in_force

The SCCIP trust fund, contributions to the SCCIP trust fund, and the right of a person to a refund of contributions or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter are exempt from attachment, garnishment, levy, and sale under any means or final process issued by any court or bankruptcy proceeding and are unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 1 / Section 59-127-60
SECTION 59-127-60. General powers of board.
Status: in_force

In the management of affairs of said college whenever it is found necessary to protect or to promote the interests of the State or whenever the trustees deem it right and proper or expedient for any reason the trustees may sell, purchase or exchange real estate. And the trustees shall fix the time and duration of all vacations to be given the students of the institution. South Carolina State University shall have all the rights and privileges possessed prior to March 3, 1896 by Claflin College.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-114-75 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 114 / Section 59-114-75
SECTION 59-114-75. Grants to institutions; recovery of funds upon withdrawal of student; promulgation of regulations.
Status: in_force

The commission shall disburse grants awarded pursuant to this chapter to the eligible institutions to be placed in an account established for each eligible student. In the event that a student who has received a grant withdraws, is suspended, or otherwise becomes ineligible, the institution must reimburse the college assistance program for the amount of the grant for the applicable term pursuant to the refund policies of the institution. The institution is responsible for collecting any amount due to the institution from the student. The commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-115 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-115
SECTION 59-40-115. Termination of contract with sponsor.
Status: in_force

A charter school may terminate its contract with a sponsor before the ten-year term of contract if all parties under contract with the charter school agree to the dissolution. A charter school that terminates its contract with a sponsor directly may seek application for the length of time remaining on its original contract from another sponsor. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment substituted "ten-year" for "five-year" in the first sentence. 2014 Act No. 288, SECTION 7, deleted "without review from the Charter School Advisory Committee" from the end of the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-260
SECTION 59-19-260. Trustees authorized to insure motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of any school district is hereby authorized to secure such insurance as it deems necessary relating to the operation of motor vehicles owned by the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 1 / Section 59-136-100
SECTION 59-136-100. Establishment.
Status: in_force

Coastal Carolina College, a four-year regional branch of the University of South Carolina, shall become Coastal Carolina University on July 1, 1993, and shall be a separate and distinct institution of higher learning of the State of South Carolina. It shall be governed by a board of trustees for Coastal Carolina University hereinafter established in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-910 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 9 / Section 59-18-910
SECTION 59-18-910. Cyclical review of accountability system; stakeholders; development of necessary skills and characteristics.
Status: in_force

Beginning in 2020, the Education Oversight Committee, working with the State Board of Education and a broad-based group of stakeholders, selected by the Education Oversight Committee, shall conduct a comprehensive cyclical review of the accountability system at least every five years and shall provide the General Assembly with a report on the findings and recommended actions to improve the accountability system and to accelerate improvements in student and school performance. The stakeholders must include the State Superintendent of Education and the Governor, or the Governor's designee. The other stakeholders include, but are not limited to, parents, business and industry persons, community leaders, and educators. The cyclical review must include recommendations of a process for determining if students are graduating with the world-class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate to be successful in postsecondary education and in careers. The accountability system needs to reflect evidence that students have developed these skills and characteristics. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment rewrote this section. 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 12, substituted "Beginning in 2020" for "Beginning in 2013", and added provisions requiring that the cyclical review must include recommendations of a process for determining if students are graduating with certain skills and characteristics.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-40
SECTION 59-4-40. Fund established; sources, investment, management, and expenditure of funds; exemption from legal process and unassignability.
Status: in_force

(A) The fund is a nonpublic special, revolving fund established and maintained by the State of South Carolina. The fund consists of monies received from contributors, other monies acquired from governmental and private sources, and proceeds from the investments of the fund. The fund may expend funds for the purposes of this chapter only and may not be considered public funds. There must be a separate accounting for each designated beneficiary. (B) The fund must be invested as directed by the treasurer. However, earnings in the fund or a portion of the fund may not be used as security for a loan. An attempt to use the fund, a contract, or a portion of either as security for a loan is void. The fund may receive amounts transferred from a Uniform Gift to Minors Act, Uniform Transfer to Minors Act, or other account established for the benefit of a minor provided that the beneficiary of such an account is identified as the legal owner of the South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program contract upon attaining majority age. The fund, contributions to the fund, and the right of a person to a refund of contributions or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter are exempt from attachment, garnishment, levy, and sale under any means or final process issued by any court or bankruptcy proceeding and are unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in this chapter. The funds may be invested and reinvested in any of the following: (1) securities authorized pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 9, Title 11; (2) equity securities of a corporation that is registered on a national securities exchange, as provided in the Securities Exchange Act, 1934, or a successor act, or quoted through the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotations System, or a similar service; and (3) securities issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or a successor act. (C) The custody and management of the fund must be directed by the treasurer and invested in accordance with the written investment policies approved by the treasurer. The earnings from fund investments become a part of the fund and may be expended for the purposes of this chapter only. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 128, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. References to the 'Uniform Gifts to Minors Act' means the 'Uniform Transfers to Minors Act', except as provided in Section 59-4-40."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-280
SECTION 59-25-280. Crimes warranting revocation; refusals to issue or nonrenewals of certificates.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education permanently shall revoke, refuse to issue, or renew a certificate without a hearing, if the holder of or applicant for the certificate pleads guilty, pleads nolo contendere, or is found guilty of the following crimes, whether or not a sentence is imposed and regardless of where the matter was tried: (1) a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60; (2) certain offenses related to obscenity, material harmful to minors, child exploitation, and child prostitution, including Sections 16-15-305, 16-15-335, 16-15-345, 16-15-355, 16-15-365, 16-15-385, 16-15-387, 16-15-395, 16-15-405, 16-15-410, 16-15-415, and 16-15-425; or (3) a criminal offense similar in nature to the crimes listed in items (1) and (2) committed in other jurisdictions or pursuant to federal law. (B) A school district may not employ an educator in any capacity whose South Carolina certificate is revoked pursuant to subsection (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-15
SECTION 59-103-15. Higher education mission and goals.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The General Assembly has determined that the mission for higher education in South Carolina is to be a global leader in providing a coordinated, comprehensive system of excellence in education by providing instruction, research, and life-long learning opportunities which are focused on economic development and benefit the State of South Carolina. (2) The goals to be achieved through this mission are: (a) high academic quality; (b) affordable and accessible education; (c) instructional excellence; (d) coordination and cooperation with public education; (e) cooperation among the General Assembly, Commission on Higher Education, Council of Presidents of State Institutions, institutions of higher learning, and the business community; (f) economic growth; (g) clearly defined missions. (B) The General Assembly has determined that the primary mission or focus for each type of institution of higher learning or other post-secondary school in this State is as follows: (1) Research institutions (a) college-level baccalaureate education, master's, professional, and doctor of philosophy degrees which lead to continued education or employment; (b) research through the use of government, corporate, nonprofit-organization grants, or state resources, or both; and (c) public service to the State and the local community; (2) Doctoral/professional universities (a) college-level baccalaureate education, master's, professional, and no more than a combined five professional doctorate or doctor of philosophy degrees, that lead to continued education or employment; (b) limited and specialized research; and (c) public service to the State and the local community; (3) Four-year colleges and universities (a) college-level baccalaureate education and selected master's degrees which lead to employment or continued education, or both, except for doctoral degrees currently being offered; (b) bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering approved by the Commission on Higher Education at South Carolina State University; (c) bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering approved by the Commission on Higher Education at South Carolina State University; (d) doctoral degree in Marine Science approved by the Commission on Higher Education; (e) subject to subsection (C), doctoral degree in Nursing Practice approved by the Commission on Higher Education at Francis Marion University; (f) subject to subsection (C), doctoral degree in Nursing Practice approved by the Commission on Higher Education at the University of South Carolina Aiken; (g) subject to subsection (C), doctor of philosophy degree in Education Administration approved by the Commission on Higher Education at Coastal Carolina University; (h) subject to subsection (C), doctor of philosophy degree in Computer and Information Science approved by the Commission on Higher Education at the College of Charleston; (i) limited and specialized research; and (j) public service to the State and the local community; (4) Two-year institutions-branches of the University of South Carolina (a) college-level pre-baccalaureate education necessary to confer associates degrees which lead to continued education at a four-year or research institution; and (b) public service to the State and the local community; (5) State technical and comprehensive education system (a) all post-secondary vocational, technical, and occupational diploma and associate degree programs leading directly to employment or maintenance of employment and associate degree programs which enable students to gain access to other post-secondary education; (b) up-to-date and appropriate occupational and technical training for adults; (c) special school programs that provide training for prospective employees for prospective and existing industry in order to enhance the economic development of South Carolina; (d) public service to the State and the local community; (e) continue to remain technical, vocational, or occupational colleges with a mission as stated in item (4) and primarily focused on technical education and the economic development of the State; and (f) subject to subsection (C), an Applied Baccalaureate in Advanced Manufacturing Technology degree approved first by the Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and then the Commission on Higher Education. (C) Notwithstanding subsection (B), the degrees set forth in subsection (B)(3)(e), (f), (g), and (h), and subsection (B)(5)(f) are only allowed so long as new state general funds are not appropriated for the operations of the degree program. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (B)(2). 2017 Act No. 14, SECTION 1, rewrote (A)(2), authorizing certain degree programs so long as state general funds are not appropriated for the operations of the degree program; added (C); and made nonsubstantive changes. 2018 Act No. 260, SECTION 1, in (B)(4), added (f), authorizing Applied Baccalaureate in Advance Manufacturing Technology degrees; in (C), deleted "doctoral" following "Notwithstanding subsection (B), the" and substituted "subsection (B)(2) (e), (f), (g), and (h), and subsection (B)(4)(f)" for "subsection (B)(2)(c), (d), and (e)"; and made a nonsubstantive change. 2023 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, in (B), inserted (2) and redesignated former (2) to (4) as (3) to (5), respectively; and made nonsubstantive changes. 2023 Act No. 41, SECTION 2, in (C), substituted "subsection (B)(3)(e), (f), (g), and (h), and subsection (B)(5)(f)" for "subsection (B)(2)(e), (f), (g), and (h), and subsection (B)(4)(f)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1730 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 59-53-1730
SECTION 59-53-1730. Participating counties to appropriate and contribute funds to commission.
Status: in_force

The participating counties shall appropriate and contribute annually to the commission sufficient funds to enable it to defray costs for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of its facilities and to make payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties for the acquisition of land and construction of facilities. The counties shall make funds available on a proportional basis equal to the population of the participating counties. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 239, SECTION 3, added Fairfield county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-830 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 59-53-830
SECTION 59-53-830. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

When funds are appropriated by the General Assembly the Commission is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall be empowered as follows: (1) To adopt and use a corporate seal. (2) To adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of appropriated funds as it may deem advisable. (3) To acquire by gift, purchase, devise, lease, or otherwise, any real and personal property, and to hold, use, lease, or mortgage this property, or an interest therein; provided, that before any mortgage is executed, approval by the governing bodies of Horry and Georgetown Counties must first be obtained. (4) To accept gifts, grants, donations, devises and bequests. (5) To provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education. (6) To provide the necessary administrative services required by the State program. (7) To employ such personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to fulfill its functions. (8) To establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the State agency for the operation of its facilities. (9) To operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the two counties involved. (10) To expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds which may be issued by Horry County or Georgetown County to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds as may be appropriated for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities. (11) To apply for, receive, and expend moneys from all governmental agencies, both State and Federal. (12) To exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and all other laws modifying, amending or implementing it; provided, the Commission shall not cause any encumbrance to be put on any property under its control.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-10
SECTION 59-149-10. LIFE scholarships established; public or independent institution defined; tuition.
Status: in_force

(A) Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarships are established which must be offered by the State. These scholarships cover the cost of attendance as defined by the Commission on Higher Education by regulation up to a maximum of two thousand dollars a year to eligible resident students attending four-year public or independent institutions as defined in subsection (B), and to cover the cost of attendance up to a maximum of one thousand dollars a year to eligible resident students attending two-year public or independent institutions as defined in subsection (B). (B) For purposes of this chapter, a "public or independent institution" which a student may attend to receive a LIFE Scholarship includes the following: (1) a South Carolina public institution defined in Section 59-103-5 and an independent institution as defined in Section 59-113-50. (2) a public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina; or an independent bachelor's level institution which was incorporated in its original charter in 1962, was granted a license to operate in 1997 by the Commission on Higher Education, has continued to maintain a campus in South Carolina, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Institutions whose sole purpose is religious or theological training, or the granting of professional degrees do not meet the definition of "public or independent institution" for purposes of this chapter. (3) not for profit institutions accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. (C) These LIFE Scholarships must be granted and awarded as provided in this chapter. (D) Beginning with school year 2000-2001, the annual amount of a LIFE Scholarship for eligible resident students attending a four-year public or independent institution as defined herein is increased from the cost of attendance up to a maximum of two thousand dollars a year to the cost of attendance up to a maximum of three thousand dollars a year, and the annual amount of a LIFE Scholarship for eligible resident students attending a two-year public or independent institution as defined herein which includes state technical colleges is increased from the cost of attendance up to a maximum of one thousand dollars a year to the cost of tuition for thirty credit hours a year or its equivalent. Tuition for this purpose means the amount charged for registering for credit hours of instruction and shall not include other fees, charges, or costs of textbooks. (E)(1) Beginning with school year 2002-2003, the annual amount of a LIFE Scholarship for eligible resident students attending a four-year public or independent institution as defined in this chapter is increased to the cost of tuition for thirty credit hours a year or its equivalent plus a three hundred dollar a year book allowance. Tuition for this purpose means the amount charged for registering for credit hours of instruction and shall not include other fees, charges, or costs of textbooks, except for the referenced three hundred dollar book allowance, and may not exceed four thousand seven hundred dollars for each student for each year, plus the book allowance. (2) In addition, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (D) above, beginning with school year 2002-2003, eligible resident students attending two-year independent institutions may not receive an annual LIFE scholarship of more than the maximum cost of tuition at two-year regional public institutions for thirty credit hours a year or its equivalent. An eligible student attending a two-year public or independent institution or technical college shall receive the three hundred dollar book allowance in addition to his cost of tuition. Editor's Note 2004 Act No. 187, SECTION 17.B, provides as follows: "The amendments to Section 59-149-10(B)(2) as contained in this section apply only to institutions that meet the criteria contained therein as of the effective date of this subsection." Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in paragraph (B)(2), in the first sentence, deleted "has attained 501(c)(3) tax status and" preceding "is accredited by the Southern". The 2005 amendment rewrote paragraph (B)(2). 2024 Act No. 191, SECTION 2, in (B), added (3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-170
SECTION 59-29-170. Programs for gifted and talented students.
Status: in_force

Not later than August 15, 1987, gifted and talented students at the elementary and secondary levels must be provided programs during the regular school year or during summer school to develop their unique talents in the manner the State Board of Education must specify and to the extent state funds are provided. The Education Oversight Committee shall study the implementation of this section and report its findings to the General Assembly by July 1, 1986. By August 15, 1984, the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations establishing the criteria for student eligibility in Gifted and Talented Programs. The funds appropriated for Gifted and Talented Programs under the Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be allocated to the school districts of the State on the basis that the number of gifted and talented students served in each district bears to the total of all those students in the State. However, districts unable to identify more than forty students using the selection criteria established by regulations of the State Board of Education shall receive fifteen thousand dollars annually. Provided, further, school districts shall serve gifted and talented students according to the following order of priority: (1) grades 3-12 academically identified gifted and talented students not included in the state-funded Advanced Placement Program for eleventh and twelfth grade students; (2) after all students eligible under priority one are served, students in grades 3-12 identified in one of the following visual and performing arts areas: dance, drama, music, and visual arts must be served; and (3) after all students eligible under priorities one and two are served, students in grades 1 and 2 identified as academically or artistically gifted and talented must be served. All categories of students identified and served shall be funded at a weight of .30 for the base student cost as provided in Chapter 20 of this title. Where funds are insufficient to serve all students in a given category, the district may determine which students within the category shall be served. Provided, further, no district shall be prohibited from using local funds to serve additional students above those for whom state funds are provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-90
SECTION 59-47-90. Maintenance fees.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority of Section 59-47-80, the board of commissioners shall establish a maintenance fee schedule to be charged students attending the school. Such schedule may, in the discretion of the board, be graduated in accordance with the financial resources and income of the parent or guardian of the student concerned, or may be excused entirely in proper cases. Failure to pay maintenance fees in accordance with the schedule prescribed by the board may result in the discharge of a student from the school when the board determines that payment of fees would not be an unreasonable burden upon those persons obligated to pay such fees. All funds collected as maintenance fees, including any such fees collected prior to July 1 1970, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in a special fund to be used for capital improvements at the school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-100
SECTION 59-40-100. Conversion to charter school; employees; occupancy; sponsors; unlawful reprisals.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Subject to item (2), an existing public school may be converted into a charter school if two-thirds of the faculty and instructional staff employed at the school and two-thirds of all voting parents or legal guardians of students enrolled in the school agree to the filing of an application with the local school board of trustees for the conversion and formation of that school into a charter school. Parents or legal guardians of students enrolled in the school must be given the opportunity to vote on the conversion. Parents or guardians of a student shall have one vote for each student enrolled in the school seeking conversion. The application must be submitted pursuant to Section 59-40-70(A)(5) by the principal of that school or his designee who must be considered the applicant. The application must include all information required of other applications pursuant to this chapter. The local school board of trustees shall approve or disapprove this application in the same manner it approves or disapproves other applications. The existence of another charter granting authority must not be grounds for disapproving a school desiring to convert to a charter school. (2)(a) In addition to the vote requirements required in item (1), if a proposed conversion school has outstanding general obligation bond debt owed on it and that debt is resulting from an ordinance originally authorizing the bonds, and the original authorization was no more than ten years prior to the proposed conversion, and the bonds were specifically issued for the construction or improvement of the proposed conversion school, the school may be converted into a charter school only upon a majority vote of the local school board of trustees. (b) In addition to the vote requirements required in item (1), if a proposed conversion school has outstanding general obligation bond debt owed on it and that debt is resulting from a referendum originally authorizing the bonds, and the original authorization was no more than ten years prior to the proposed conversion, and the bonds were specifically issued for the construction or improvement of the proposed conversion school, the school may be converted into a charter school only upon a two-thirds vote of the local school board of trustees. (B) A converted charter school shall offer at least the same grades, or nongraded education appropriate for the same ages and education levels of pupils, as offered by the school immediately before conversion, and also may provide additional grades and further educational offerings. (C) All students enrolled in the school at the time of conversion must be given priority enrollment. Thereafter, students who reside within the former attendance area of that public school must be given enrollment priority. (D) All employees of a converted school shall remain employees of the local school district, the South Carolina Public Charter School District, or the public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor with the same compensation and benefits including any future increases. The converted charter school quarterly shall reimburse the local school district, the South Carolina Public Charter School District, or the public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor for the compensation and employer contribution benefits paid to or on behalf of these employees and also provide to the sponsor any reports, forms, or data necessary for maintaining retirement coverage and providing South Carolina Retirement Systems benefits to converted school employees. The provisions of Article 5, Chapter 25, Title 59 apply to the employment and dismissal of teachers at a converted school. (E) For the duration of a converted charter school's contract with a sponsor, a converted charter school shall have the right to retain occupancy and use of the school's facility or facilities and all equipment, furniture, and supplies that were available to the school before it converted, in the same manner as before the school converted, with no additional fees or charges. (F) The South Carolina Public Charter School District or a public or independent institution of higher learning may not sponsor a public school to convert to a charter school. However, the South Carolina Public Charter School District or a public or independent institution of higher learning may sponsor a converted charter school renewal if the charter school has not committed a material violation of the provisions specified in subsection (C) of Section 59-40-110 and the local school district board of trustees refuses to renew the charter. In such cases, the charter school shall continue to receive local funding pursuant to Section 59-40-110(A). However, the charter school is not eligible to receive one hundred percent of the base student cost from the State. The charter school only is eligible to receive the percentage of the base student cost previously received as a school in its former district. (G) A governing board or a school district employee who has control over personnel actions shall not take unlawful reprisal against another employee of the school district because the employee is directly or indirectly involved in an application to establish a charter school. A governing board or a school district employee shall not take unlawful reprisal against an educational program of the school or the school district because an application to establish a charter school proposes the conversion of all or a portion of the educational program to a charter school. As used in this subsection, "unlawful reprisal" means an action that is taken by a governing board or a school district employee as a direct result of a lawful application to establish a charter school and that is adverse to another employee or education program and: (1) with respect to a school district employee, results in: (a) disciplinary or corrective action; (b) detail, transfer, or reassignment; (c) suspension, demotion, or dismissal; (d) an unfavorable performance evaluation; (e) a reduction in pay, benefits, or awards; (f) elimination of the employee's position without a reduction in force by reason of lack of monies or work; or (g) other significant changes in duties or responsibilities that are inconsistent with the employee's salary or employment classification; and (2) with respect to an educational program, results in: (a) suspension or termination of the program; (b) transfer or reassignment of the program to a less favorable department; (c) relocation of the program to a less favorable site within the school district; or (d) significant reduction or termination of funding for the program. (H) A special public school that is funded directly by the State of South Carolina and, therefore, is not associated with a public school district may apply to become a public charter school if it serves as a professional development school for an institution of higher learning's teacher education program. If a special public school becomes a public charter school pursuant to this subsection, the provisions of Section 59-127-75 do not apply. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the qualifying special public school becomes a public charter school, it shall be deemed not to be a converted charter school. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), added the seventh sentence relating to the existence of another charter granting authority; rewrote subsection (D); and added subsection (E). The 2012 amendment rewrote the section. The 2013 amendment added paragraph (H).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-250
SECTION 59-117-250. Funding of bonds; security, generally.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this article must be payable from the revenues or the net revenues derived by the University from these facilities as designated by the trustees with respect to the bonds. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the facilities upon receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of the University to the effect that the action will not adversely affect the ability of the University to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon the further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds. The bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by the additional pledges of other revenues or fees of the University as it may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-26-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 26 / Section 59-26-40
SECTION 59-26-40. Induction, annual, and continuing contracts; evaluations; termination of employment for annual contract teacher; hearing.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who receives a teaching certificate as provided in Section 59-26-30 may be employed by a school district under a nonrenewable induction contract. School districts shall comply with procedures and requirements promulgated by the State Board of Education relating to aid, supervision, and evaluation of persons teaching under an induction contract. Teachers working under an induction contract must be paid at least the beginning salary on the state minimum salary schedule. (B) Each school district shall provide teachers employed under induction contracts with a formalized induction program developed or adopted in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. (C) At the end of each year of the three-year induction period, the district may employ the teacher under another induction contract, an annual contract, or may terminate his employment. If employment is terminated, the teacher may seek employment in another school district at the induction contract level. At the end of the three-year induction contract period, a teacher shall become eligible for employment at the annual contract level. At the discretion of the local school district in which the induction teacher was employed, the district may employ the teacher under an annual contract or the district may terminate his employment. If employment is terminated, the teacher may seek employment in another school district at the annual contract level. A person must not be employed as an induction teacher for more than three years. This subsection does not preclude his employment under an emergency certificate in extraordinary circumstances if the employment is approved by the State Board of Education. During the induction contract period, the employment dismissal provisions of Article 3, Chapter 19 and Article 5, Chapter 25 of this title do not apply. (D) Annual contract teachers must be evaluated or assisted with procedures developed or adopted by the local school district in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. Teachers employed under an annual contract also must complete an individualized professional growth plan established by the school or district. Professional growth plans must be supportive of district strategic plans and school renewal plans. Teachers must not be employed under an annual contract for more than four years, in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. (E) During the first annual contract year, at the discretion of the school district in which the teacher is employed, the annual contract teacher either must complete the formal evaluation process or be provided diagnostic assistance. During subsequent annual contract years, teachers must be evaluated or assisted in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. Teachers are eligible to receive diagnostic assistance during only one annual contract year. (F) Once an annual contract teacher has successfully completed the formal evaluation process, met the criteria set by the local board of trustees, and satisfied requirements established by the State Board of Education for the professional teaching certificate, the teacher becomes eligible for employment at the continuing contract level. At the discretion of the school district in which the teacher is employed, the district may employ the teacher under a continuing contract or terminate the teacher's employment. If employment is terminated, the teacher may seek employment in another school district. At the discretion of the next hiring district, the teacher may be employed at the annual or continuing contract level. An annual contract teacher who has completed successfully the evaluation process and met the criteria set by the local board of trustees, but who has not yet satisfied all requirements established by the State Board of Education for the professional teaching certificate, is eligible for employment under a subsequent annual contract, with evaluation being either formal or informal, at the discretion of the local school district. At the discretion of the school district in which the teacher is employed, the district may employ the teacher under an annual contract or terminate the teacher's employment. If employment is terminated, the teacher may seek employment in another school district at the annual contract level. If at the end of an annual contract year a teacher did not complete successfully the formal evaluation process or if it is the opinion of the school district that the teacher's performance was not sufficiently high based on criteria established by the local board of trustees, the teacher is eligible for employment under a subsequent annual contract. Formal evaluation or assistance must be provided consistent with State Board of Education regulations. At the discretion of the school district, the district may employ the teacher under a subsequent annual contract or terminate his employment. If employment is terminated, the teacher may seek employment in another school district at the annual contract level. (G) An annual contract teacher who has not completed successfully the formal evaluation process or the professional growth plan for the second time must not be employed as a classroom teacher in a public school in this State for a minimum of two years. Before reentry as an annual contract teacher, he must complete a state-approved remediation plan in areas of identified deficiencies. Upon completion of this requirement, the teacher is eligible for employment under an annual contract for one additional year to continue toward the next contract level. The provisions of this subsection granting an opportunity for reentry into the profession are available to a teacher only once. This subsection does not preclude the teacher's employment under an emergency certificate in extraordinary circumstances if the employment is approved by the State Board of Education. (H) During the annual contract period the employment dismissal provisions of Article 3, Chapter 19 and Article 5, Chapter 25 of this title do not apply. Teachers working under a one-year annual contract who are not recommended for reemployment at the end of the year, within fifteen days after receipt of notice of the recommendation, may request an informal hearing before the district superintendent. The superintendent shall schedule the hearing not sooner than seven and not later than thirty working days after he receives a request from the teacher for a hearing. At the hearing the evidence must be reviewed by the superintendent. The teacher may provide information, testimony, or witnesses that the teacher considers necessary. The decision by the superintendent must be given in writing within twenty days of the hearing. The teacher may appeal the superintendent's decision to the school district board of trustees. An appeal must include: (1) a brief statement of the questions to be presented to the board; and (2) a brief statement in which the teacher states his belief about how the superintendent erred in his judgment. Failure to file an appeal with the board within ten days of the receipt of the superintendent's decision causes the decision of the superintendent to become the final judgment in the matter. The board of trustees shall review the materials presented at the earlier hearing, and after examining these materials, the board may or may not grant the request for a board hearing of the matter. Written notice of the board's decision on whether or not to grant the request must be rendered within thirty-five calendar days of the receipt of the request. If the board determines that a hearing by the board is warranted, the teacher must be given written notice of the time and place of the hearing which must be set not sooner than seven and not later than fifteen days from the time of the board's determination to hear the matter. The decision of the board is final. (I) A person who receives a conditional teaching certificate as provided in Section 59-26-30 may be employed by a school district under an induction contract or an annual contract in accordance with the provisions of this section. The holder of a conditional teaching certificate must be employed to teach at least a majority of his instructional time in the subject area for which he has received conditional certification. (J) After successfully completing an induction contract period, not to exceed three years, and an annual contract period, a teacher shall become eligible for employment at the continuing contract level. This contract status is transferable to any district in this State. A continuing contract teacher shall have full procedural rights that currently exist under law relating to employment and dismissal. A teacher employed under a continuing contract must be evaluated on a continuous basis and complete annual collegial professional development as required under Section 59-1-425(A). At the discretion of the local district and based on an individual teacher's needs and past performance, the evaluation may be formal or informal. Formal evaluations must be conducted with a process developed or adopted by the local district in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. The formal process also must include an individualized professional growth plan established by the school or district. Professional growth plans must be supportive of district strategic plans and school renewal plans. Informal evaluations which should be conducted for accomplished teachers who have consistently performed at levels required by state standards, must be conducted with a goals-based process in accordance with State Board of Education regulations. The professional development 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. The employing district must award credits toward renewal of a professional teaching certificate for a teacher employed at the continuing contract level who successfully completes the annual professional development activities required under this section and Section 59-1-425(A), consistent with State Board of Education regulations for the renewal of a professional certificate. (K) If a person has completed an approved teacher training program at a college or university outside this State, has met the requirements for certification in this State, and has less than one year of teaching experience, he may be employed by a school district under an induction contract. If he has one or more years of teaching experience, he may be employed by a district under an annual contract. (L) A teacher certified under the career and technology education work-based certification process is exempt from the provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 which require the completion of scholastic requirements for teaching at an approved college or university. After completing the induction contract period, not to exceed three years, the teacher may be employed for a maximum of four years under an annual contract to establish his eligibility for employment as a continuing contract teacher. Before being eligible for a continuing contract, a teacher shall pass a basic skills examination developed in accordance with Section 59-26-30, a state approved skill assessment in his area, and performance evaluations as required for teachers who are employed under annual contracts. Certification renewal requirements for teachers are those promulgated by the State Board of Education. (M) Before the initial employment of a teacher, the local school district shall request a criminal record history from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for past convictions of a crime. (N) The State Department of Education shall ensure that colleges, universities, school districts, and schools comply with the provisions established in this chapter. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 12, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Educator Assistance Act.'" Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment deleted subsection (D) relating to provisional contract teachers, redesignated subsection (E) as subsection (D) and added a new subsection (E), rewrote subsections (C), (F), (G) and (L); added the last sentence of subsection (D) placing a four year limit on employment under an annual contract; in subsection (H), in the second sentence substituted "request, within fifteen days after receipt of notice of the recommendation," for "have"; in subsection (I), substituted "an induction contract" for "a provisional contract"; and, in subsection (J), in the third sentence substituted "on a continuous basis" for "at least once in every three years". The 2012 amendment rewrote subsections (C), (J), and (L). 2025 Act No. 12, SECTION 8, in (J), in the fourth sentence, inserted "and complete annual collegial professional development as required under Section 59-1-425(A)" at the end, and added the last sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-40
SECTION 59-115-40. State Education Assistance Authority.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the State Education Assistance Authority (authority). The authority is hereby declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by the authority of any power conferred herein shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public function. The authority shall consist of the members, from time to time, of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, ex officio. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 20.O.2, substituted "Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board of South Carolina", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-180
SECTION 59-109-180. Chapter as supplemental; authority not subject to regulation, approval, or consent of other agencies or the like.
Status: in_force

The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws; provided, the issuance of revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter none of the powers granted to the Authority under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any department, division, commission, board, body, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-6-16 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 59-6-16
SECTION 59-6-16. Leadership network.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education in consultation with the Business-Education Subcommittee shall appoint a leadership network of representatives from the private sector. The leadership network shall assist the State Board of Education business-education partnership program by: (1) promoting business-education partnerships, (2) evaluating business-education partnerships, (3) disseminating the benefits of business-education partnerships, and (4) formulating recommendations on goals and activities for the business-education partnership program. The leadership network shall meet at least quarterly and make regular reports to the Business-Education Subcommittee, State Board of Education, and Education Oversight Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-150
SECTION 59-112-150. School tuition; boundary clarification.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, independent persons and their dependents formerly domiciled in South Carolina counties who are residing in North Carolina counties as a result of the clarified North Carolina—South Carolina boundary as contained in the amendments in Section 1-1-10, effective January 1, 2017, may be considered eligible for instate tuition rates for a period of up to ten years from January 1, 2017. To be eligible for instate tuition rates, these persons must have been domiciled and reside on property in South Carolina in accordance with this chapter immediately prior to January 1, 2017, and must maintain residence and domicile on that same property within North Carolina. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, independent persons and their dependents previously domiciled on property in North Carolina which is located in South Carolina as a result of the North Carolina—South Carolina boundary clarification, for a period of two years from January 1, 2017, are eligible for instate tuition rates without the requirement of residency and domicile for twelve months in this State provided these independent persons have evidenced the intent to establish domicile in South Carolina in accordance with this chapter. To be eligible under this section, these persons must reside on the same property that was in North Carolina immediately prior to January 1, 2017. To maintain eligibility for instate tuition rates longer than the two years permitted under this section, the independent persons and their dependents must satisfy the requirements of Section 59-112-20. (C) The provisions established under subsections (A) and (B) are not transferable to persons other than those independent persons and their dependents falling within the scope of those provisions. (D) Should the domicile and residence of independent persons and their dependents change from the property affected by the boundary clarification, maintenance of eligibility for instate tuition rates must be determined as provided in Section 59-112-20. (E) Persons eligible for instate tuition rates pursuant to this section may be eligible for state-supported scholarships and grants provided all other eligibility requirements are met.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-780 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-780
SECTION 59-63-780. Inability to pay for school lunches; availability of federal funds.
Status: in_force

For purposes of the school lunch program, the school Superintendent and the lunchroom supervisor of the school which a pupil attends shall determine when a pupil is unable to pay for lunch. A pupil's inability to pay shall be determined according to income guidelines established by the appropriate authority. A determination as to the continuation of the school lunch program shall be based on the availability of federal funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-50
SECTION 59-20-50. State contribution level requirements; salary schedules.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding the computations prescribed in Section 59-20-40, the level of state contributions to each district shall not be reduced to a per-pupil level of foundation program funds below that per-pupil level of state funding of programs for the fiscal years prior to implementation of this chapter which will be incorporated in the foundation program. Provided, no district shall receive annually an increase in state funds less than the full rate of the inflationary adjustment in the base student cost specified in Section 59-20-40(1)(b). This increase shall be computed annually over and above the amount actually received from the State for the foundation program in the prior fiscal year. Provided, further, after the fiscal year 1982-83 no district shall receive annually an increase in state funds less than four-fifths of the inflationary adjustment in the base student cost specified in Section 59-20-40(1)(b). This increase shall be computed annually over and above the amount actually received from the State for the foundation program in the prior fiscal year. Beginning July 1, 1994, no additional school district shall receive hold-harmless funds under this subsection due to decreases in student numbers or upward adjustments in the index of taxpaying ability. (2) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, any local school district may increase the local effort above the foundation program funding level as deemed necessary to meet the aspirations of the people of the district. (3) Eighty-five percent of the funds appropriated through state and local effort for each weighted classification shall be spent in direct and indirect aid in the specific area of the program planned to serve those children who generated the funds. Districts expending less than the required eighty-five percent of the appropriated amount shall be subject to a penalty the following fiscal year in the amount equal to the difference between the amount spent and the required eighty-five percent figure. However, this requirement shall not apply to the funds generated by children in the pupil classification "Speech Handicapped Pupils". (4)(a) Each school district shall pay each certified teacher or administrator an annual salary at least equal to the salary stated in the statewide minimum salary schedule for the person's experience and class. No teacher or administrator employed in the same position, over the same time period, shall receive less total salary, including any normal incremental increase, than that teacher or administrator received for the fiscal year before the implementation of this article. (b) The state minimum salary schedule must be based on the state minimum salary schedule index in effect as of July 1, 1984. In Fiscal Year 1985, the 1.000 figure in the index is $14,172. (This figure is based on a 10.27% increase pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984.) Beginning with Fiscal Year 1986, the 1.000 figure in the index must be adjusted on a schedule to stay at the southeastern average as projected by the Office of Research and Statistic of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and provided to the General Assembly during their deliberations on the annual appropriations bill. The southeastern average teacher salary is the average of the average teachers' salaries of the southeastern states. In projecting the southeastern average, the office shall include in the South Carolina base teacher salary all local teacher supplements and all incentive pay. Under this schedule, school districts are required to maintain local salary supplements per teacher no less than their prior fiscal level. In Fiscal Year 1986 and thereafter teacher pay raises through adjustments in the state's minimum salary schedule may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the following criteria: (1) holding a valid professional certificate; (2) having a score of 425 or greater on the Commons Examination of the National Teachers Examinations; (3) meeting the minimum qualifying score on the appropriate area teaching examination; or (4) meeting the minimum standards on the basic skills examinations as prescribed by the State Board of Education provided in Section 59-26-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-250 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-250
SECTION 59-25-250. Revocation or suspension of certificate; powers and duties of court of common pleas; warrant for production of witnesses.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon application by the State Board of Education, the court of common pleas shall enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and records. The unexcused failure or refusal to attend and give testimony or produce books, papers, and records as may have been required in any subpoena issued by the State Board of Education is a misdemeanor. A person who engages in this conduct, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (B) The State Board of Education may issue to the sheriff of the county in which a hearing is held a warrant requiring him to produce at the hearing a witness who has ignored or failed to comply with any subpoena issued by the State Board of Education and properly served upon the witness. The warrant authorizes the sheriff to arrest and produce at the hearing the witness, and it is his duty to do so. The failure of a witness to appear in response to a subpoena may be excused on the same grounds as provided by law for the attendance of witnesses in the courts of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-20
SECTION 59-147-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "board" means the board of trustees of the university; (2) "equipment" means items with a useful life of at least fifteen years; (3) "facilities" means the real and personal property and equipment specified in Section 59-147-20(2) of this chapter whether or not the acquisition or construction thereof is financed from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter; (4) "revenues" means the revenues derived or to be derived from the operation, sale, lease, or other disposition of the facilities; and (5) "university" means all research and four-year public institutions of higher education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-310
SECTION 59-21-310. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article (a) the term "capital improvement" shall mean the cost of constructing, improving, equipping, renovating and repairing school buildings or other school facilities or the cost of the acquisition of land whereon to construct or establish school facilities; and (b) "Board" shall mean the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-430
SECTION 59-101-430. Unlawful aliens; eligibility to attend public institution of higher learning; development of process for verifying lawful presence; eligibility for public benefits on basis of residence.
Status: in_force

(A) An alien unlawfully present in the United States is not eligible to attend a public institution of higher learning in this State, as defined in Section 59-103-5. The trustees of a public institution of higher learning in this State shall develop and institute a process by which lawful presence in the United States is verified. In doing so, institution personnel shall not attempt to independently verify the immigration status of any alien, but shall verify any alien's immigration status with the federal government pursuant to 8 USC Section 1373(c). (B) An alien unlawfully present in the United States is not eligible on the basis of residence for a public higher education benefit including, but not limited to, scholarships, financial aid, grants, or resident tuition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-50
SECTION 59-116-50. Ranks and grades of campus police; promotion policy.
Status: in_force

The public safety director or other appropriate official, with the approval of the governing board of the institution concerned, shall establish within the security department a system of ranks and grades and a promotion policy to insure efficient operation of the department and the establishment of responsibility in it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 59-69-10
SECTION 59-69-10. State Treasurer may invest certain fund received from United States Government.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may invest the fund received by him pursuant to an act entitled "An Act to Authorize the State Treasurer to Receive from the United States Government a Certain Fund and to Hold the Same Subject to the Uses Declared by an Act of Congress," approved February 20, 1907, as amended by an act approved February 25, 1908, in bonds or stocks of the State, in loans secured by like bonds or stock of the State or in bonds of any county, school district or municipality within the State and shall hold the same subject to the trust and uses in said act of Congress designated, and the State Treasurer may, in making such investments, pay the market value for bonds, whether the same be above par or not.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-153-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 153 / Article 1 / Section 59-153-90
SECTION 59-153-90. Investment reports.
Status: in_force

(A) The trustee shall place investment reports at least semi-annually during the fiscal year in the institution's minutes and shall provide copies of the investment reports upon request. (B) In addition to the semi-annual reports provided in subsection (A), the trustees shall place in its minutes an annual report of the investment status of the endowment fund. The report must contain: (1) a description of a material interest held by a trustee, fiduciary, or an employee who is a fiduciary with respect to the investment and management of assets of the fund, or by a related person, in a material transaction with the fund within the last three years or proposed to be effected; (2) a schedule of the rates of return, net of total investment expense, on assets of the fund overall and on assets aggregated by category over the most recent one-year, three-year, five-year, and ten-year periods, to the extent available, and the rates of return on appropriate benchmarks for assets of the fund overall and for each category over each period; (3) a schedule of the sum of total investment expense and total general administrative expense for the fiscal year expressed as a percentage of the fair value of assets of the fund on the last day of the fiscal year, and an equivalent percentage for the preceding five fiscal years; and (4) a schedule of all assets held for investment purposes on the last day of the fiscal year aggregated and identified by issuer, borrower, lessor, or similar party to the transaction stating, if relevant, the asset's maturity date, rate of interest, par or maturity value, number of shares, costs, and fair value and identifying an asset that is in default or classified as uncollectible. (C) These disclosure requirements are cumulative to and do not replace other reporting requirements provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-140
SECTION 59-150-140. Lottery vendor performance bond; residency; public official ownership interest; resident vendor preference.
Status: in_force

(A) At the execution of the contract with the commission, a lottery vendor shall post a performance bond or letter of credit from a bank or credit provider acceptable to the commission in an amount determined by the commission for that particular bid or contract. Instead of the bond, a lottery vendor, to assure the faithful performance of its obligations, may deposit and maintain with the commission securities that are interest bearing or accruing and that are rated in one of the three highest classifications by an established nationally recognized investment rating service. Securities eligible pursuant to this section are limited to: (1) certificates of deposit issued by solvent banks or savings associations which are organized and existing under the laws of this State or under the laws of the United States and are approved by the commission; (2) United States bonds, notes, and bills for which the full faith and credit of the government of the United States is pledged for the payment of principal and interest; and (3) corporate bonds approved by the commission. The corporation that issued the bonds must not be an affiliate or subsidiary of the depositor. The securities must be held in trust and must have at all times a market value equal at least to the full amount estimated to be paid annually to the lottery vendor under contract. (B) Each lottery vendor must be qualified to do business in this State and shall file appropriate tax returns as provided by the laws of this State. All contracts pursuant to this section are governed by the laws of this State. (C) A contract must not be let with a lottery vendor in which a public official has an ownership interest unless the letting of the contract complies with Section 8-13-775. (D) Procurement contracts must be handled in accordance with the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code. (E) In all contracts entered into in connection with this chapter, the resident lottery vendor preference provided in Section 11-35-1524 must apply to procurements made by the commission, except that the following additional provisions apply: (1) the preference also must apply to the procurement of services, as defined in Section 11-35-310(29), and advertising; (2) with respect to the procurement of services or advertising, the definition of the term "resident lottery vendor" must be modified as provided in this item. Section 11-35-1524(B)(6)(c) does not apply to a lottery vendor providing services or advertising. Instead of Section 11-35-1524(B)(6)(c), the lottery vendor shall provide services or advertising which are representative of the general type of services or advertising on which the bid is submitted; (3) with respect to the procurement of services or advertising, instead of providing the certifications provided in Section 11-35-1524(C), the lottery vendor shall certify in writing in the bid: (a) that he is a resident of the State; (b) the services or advertising is available; and (c) the cost of the services or advertising is not unreasonable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-495 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-495
SECTION 59-1-495. Committee to review Title 59 and related federal laws.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly directs the State Superintendent of Education, the Executive Director of the Education Oversight Committee, the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, and the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee to each appoint one representative to a committee to be chaired by the appointee of the State Superintendent of Education to review Title 59 of the South Carolina Code of Laws and report to the General Assembly all statutes that are obsolete or no longer applicable. In addition, the report must identify all the federal education statutes and regulations with which the State of South Carolina is required to comply. The committee, with the assistance of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, must include in the report the total cost to the State of South Carolina to comply with the identified federal education statutes and regulations. This report must be submitted by December 31, 2016, and updated at least every five years thereafter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-144-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 144 / Article 1 / Section 59-144-30
SECTION 59-144-30. Funds for permanent school facilities and fixed equipment.
Status: in_force

Funds made available through this chapter must be used for permanent school instructional facilities and fixed equipment including the costs for construction, improvement, enlargement, or renovation of public school facilities. The district may use its fiscal year 1996-97 allocation for payment of debt service provided that the debt service relates to school facilities as defined herein. In subsequent years, after all construction and renovation needs identified in a district's school facilities improvement plan have been met, the district may request to use its allocation for payment of debt service provided the debt service relates to school facilities as defined herein. As used in this chapter, "school facilities" only includes facilities necessary for instructional and related purposes including, but not limited to, classrooms, libraries, media centers, laboratories, cafeterias, physical education spaces, related interior and exterior facilities, and the conduit, wiring, and powering of hardware installations for classroom computers or for area network systems. "School facilities" does not include unimproved real property, centralized district administration facilities, portable classrooms, or other facilities, including those normally identified with interscholastic sports activities. However, for fiscal year 1996-97 only, "school facilities" includes portable classrooms. As used in this chapter, fixed equipment means a fixture as defined in Section 36-9-313(1)(a).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-120
SECTION 59-149-120. Funding to be carried forward.
Status: in_force

Any funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Commission on Higher Education or any other agency, department, or institution to provide funding for these LIFE Scholarships may be carried forward from fiscal year to fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-70
SECTION 59-152-70. Local partnership boards; comprehensive plans; staff costs; efficiency collaborations; performance reviews.
Status: repealed

(A) A First Steps Partnership Board shall, among its other powers and duties: (1) adopt bylaws as established by the First Steps to School Readiness Board to effectuate the provisions of this chapter which must include the creation of a periodic meeting schedule; (2) coordinate a collaborative effort at the county or multicounty level which will bring the community together to identify the area needs related to the goals of First Steps to School Readiness; develop a strategic long-term plan for meeting those needs; develop specific initiatives to implement the elements of the plan; and integrate service delivery where possible; (3) coordinate and oversee the implementation of the comprehensive strategic plan including, but not limited to, direct service provision, contracting for service provision, and organization and management of volunteer programs; (4) effective July 1, 2016, each partnership's comprehensive plan shall include the following core functions: (a) service as a local portal connecting families of preschool children to community-based services they may need or desire to ensure the school readiness of their children; (b) service as a community convener around the needs of preschool children and their families; and (c) support of state-level school readiness priorities as determined by the State Board; (5) update a needs assessment every three years; (6) implement fiscal policies and procedures as required by the First Steps office and as needed to ensure fiscal accountability of all funds appropriated to the partnership; (7) keep accurate records of the partnership's board meetings, board member's attendance, programs, and activities for annual submission to the First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees; (8) collect information and submit an annual report by October first to the First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, and otherwise participate in the annual review and the three-year evaluation of operations and programs. Before December 1, 2017, and annually before December first thereafter, the Office of South Carolina First Steps shall publish each local partnership's comprehensive plan and annual report on the office's website. Reports must include, but not be limited to: (a) determination of the current level and data pertaining to the delivery and effectiveness of services for young children and their families, including the numbers of preschool children and their families served; (b) strategic goals for increased availability, accessibility, quality, and efficiency of activities and services for young children and their families which will enable children to reach school ready to succeed; (c) monitoring of progress toward strategic goals; (d) report on implementation activities; (e) recommendations for changes to the strategic plan which may include new areas of implementation; (f) evaluation and report of program effectiveness and client satisfaction before, during, and after the implementation of the strategic plan, where available; and (g) estimation of cost savings attributable to increased efficiency and effectiveness of delivery of services to young children and their families, where available; (9) submit for approval by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees requests to hire a local First Steps partnership executive director. Such a request should provide the rationale for the request and include such information as qualifications of applicants, current and requested salaries of applicants, resumes of candidates, and any information to justify the salary requested; (10) submit for approval by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees justification of and recommendations for the salary and any salary increases for the local First Steps partnership executive director; (11) implement and document an annual performance evaluation for the local First Steps partnership executive director. The completed document shall be submitted annually to the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees. (B) Each local partnership may, in the performance of its duties, employ or acquire staff pursuant to the local partnership bylaws established by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees. Overhead costs of a First Step partnership's operations may not exceed thirteen percent of the total state funds appropriated for partnership grants. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall contract with an independent cost accountant to provide recommendations as to an adequate, and not excessive, overhead cost rate for individual partnerships no later than July 1, 2017. Once these recommendations are received, the First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees may adjust the overhead percentage for the local partnership. Once the overhead rates are established, the rates may not be amended or revised for at least five years, and the board may not grant a waiver from this provision to the local partnership. Local partnerships that are not part of a multicounty partnership and exceed the overhead cost rate are ineligible to receive state funds. (C) Each First Steps partnership may apply for, receive, and expend federal, state, and local funds, grants, and other funding in order to improve programs as provided in Section 59-152-25(A). (D) To be designated a First Steps partnership, the local partnership must be a nonprofit corporation organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (E)(1) Multiple First Steps local partnerships may collaborate in a manner they determine will maximize the efficient and effective provision of First Steps services and programs to children and their families and best enable the partnerships to execute their duties and powers established in this chapter. In such a collaboration, partnerships may merge or work in concert with one or more of their programs, administrative, or development functions or establish multicounty partnerships. (2) To establish a multicounty partnership, the partnerships shall submit a joint proposal to the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees including, but not limited to, a plan to ensure each county in the partnership coverage area is equally represented on the local partnership board. In furtherance of this process, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall have the authority to set aside the local First Steps Partnership board requirements listed within Section 59-152-60(C)(1)-(6), as is necessary to establish a multicounty partnership. No multicounty partnership shall be established nor separated without prior approval by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees. (F) As a condition of receiving state funds, each local partnership must be subject to performance reviews by South Carolina First Steps, including, but not limited to, local board functioning and collaboration and compliance with state standards and fiscal accountability. If any significant operational deficiencies or misconduct is identified within the partnership, the South Carolina First Steps Board of Trustees must identify a remedy with input from the local legislative delegation. 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 12, rewrote the section. 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 4, in (A)(8), inserted the second sentence; and in (B), added the fifth and sixth sentences. 2023 Act No. 81, SECTION 2, in (A), added (9) to (11); in (B), in the second sentence, substituted "thirteen percent" for "eight percent"; in (D), deleted "private" preceding "nonprofit corporation"; in (E), inserted the (1) designator, deleted the third sentence, which related to the decision to collaborate resting with the local partnership boards of directors, and added (2); and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 3 / Section 59-125-390
SECTION 59-125-390. Lawful investment.
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 this State to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-100
SECTION 59-147-100. Effect of authorizing resolution to issue bonds; enforceability of contract.
Status: in_force

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with Section 59-147-40 and of the covenants and agreements constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the university and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and are enforceable by the holder or holders by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-320
SECTION 59-31-320. Contracts with publishers for general depositories.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may require all publishers of textbooks with whom textbook contracts have been made to maintain a joint agency or depository, in some city in the State to be located at some suitable and convenient distributing point, at which general depository each textbook publisher shall keep on hand a sufficient stock of books to supply the requirements of the State and through which central depository all textbooks shall be distributed. Any person or school not controlled by the State may order books from the general depository, and the books so ordered shall be furnished for cash at cost plus actual expenses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 5 / Section 59-33-540
SECTION 59-33-540. Development of reporting template and guidelines.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall create a reporting template and guidelines for districts and charter schools to complete the template. School districts and charter school authorizers shall complete the template and provide the compiled results to the department annually by June thirtieth, commencing June 30, 2020. The department shall provide the compiled information to the State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Education, and the Chairs of the House Education and Public Works Committee and Senate Education Committee by July thirty-first of each year commencing July 31, 2020. The template must include the following: (1) identification of the screening tool used; (2) the type and amount of professional development specifically applicable to reading difficulties including, but not limited to, dyslexia and other related disorders that are provided to faculty and staff; (3) the number of students screened and the number who were identified as having reading difficulties including, but not limited to, dyslexia and who required intervention, and the interventions employed by the school; and (4) longitudinal data reported by grade that separately identifies academic growth for students who are identified as having reading difficulties including, but not limited to, dyslexia and provided intervention services, and students who do not receive services. Individual students must not be identified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-6-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 6 / Section 59-6-120
SECTION 59-6-120. Collaboration between Accountability Division and other agencies.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the school districts and schools shall work collaboratively with the Division of Accountability to provide information needed to carry out the responsibilities and duties of its office. The Division of Accountability may call on the expertise of the state institutions of higher learning and any other public agencies for carrying out its functions and may coordinate and consult with existing agency and legislative staff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-50
SECTION 59-65-50. Nonattendance reported to court having jurisdiction of juveniles.
Status: in_force

If the board of trustees of a school district or its designee is unable to obtain the school attendance of a child in the age group specified in Section 59-65-10, the board or its designee shall report such nonattendance in writing to the juvenile court or such other court in the county as may have jurisdiction of juveniles but exclusive of magistrate's courts notwithstanding the provisions of Section 22-3-540; provided, that no one except the board of trustees or its designee shall have the authority to institute the proceedings herein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1115 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 11 / Section 59-18-1115
SECTION 59-18-1115. Noncertified teachers; pilot program.
Status: in_force

2025 Act No. 30, SECTION 4, provides that this section remains effective until June 30, 2030, unless extended by the General Assembly. (A) The Department of Education is directed to establish a five-year pilot program by May 1, 2025, that will permit a school to hire noncertified teachers in a ratio of up to ten percent of its entire teaching staff. This pilot does not include individuals seeking employment as work-based, career, and technical education teachers. The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education, shall approve guidelines that at a minimum include the following: (1) the requirement that a noncertified teacher must possess a suitable baccalaureate or graduate degree for the position he is hired to teach and must have at least five years of relevant workplace experience; (2) procedures for requiring noncertified teachers to participate in the evaluation process pursuant to Section 59-26-30(B)(4) and (5); (3) initial and ongoing training and support requirements; and (4) the requirement that a noncertified teacher must demonstrate enrollment in an educator certification program within three years of employment, including any state-approved alternative or traditional route program. (B) Participation in the pilot program is optional, and the decision to participate rests solely with the Department of Education and the school principal, upon approval of the district superintendent. Participating schools and districts are encouraged to collaborate on recruitment, training, and implementation of the pilot program and to assist the Department of Education with establishing best practices. (C) The Department of Education shall establish a separate code in the professional coding system to capture noncertified teachers and shall continue to report this information on school report cards. (D) Beginning November 1, 2026, the Department of Education shall submit an annual report that includes recommendations for improving, expanding, or continuing the pilot program to the General Assembly. The annual status report submitted by November 1, 2029, shall include a recommendation regarding continuance of the program beyond June 30, 2030. (E)(1) The Department of Education shall establish procedures for the registration, clearance, and approval of all noncertified teachers working in any public school pursuant to this section. Teachers shall submit the required documentation and fees to the Department of Education, which shall include, but are not limited to: (a) a completed registration form; (b) any associated fee; and (c) transcripts, which shall be subject to review. (2) An individual applying for registration as a noncertified teacher must undergo a state criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The results of these criminal record checks must be reported to the Department of Education. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are authorized to retain the fingerprints for identification and certification purposes and for notification of the department regarding criminal charges. Costs of conducting a criminal history background check must be borne by the applicant. The Department of Education shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that such information may be disclosed to the State Board of Education as may be necessary. The results of these criminal record checks must not be shared outside the department. (3) An individual whose South Carolina educator certificate has been suspended or revoked shall not be employed as a noncertified teacher during the term of suspension or revocation. If a noncertified teacher is dismissed, resigns, or is otherwise separated from employment with a district following allegations of misconduct, the district superintendent shall report to the Chair of the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Education the educator's name and registration information. Upon a finding of just cause as defined in Section 59-25-160, the State Board of Education is authorized to revoke the noncertified teacher's registration. (F) The Department of Education shall not add a full-time equivalent (FTE) position or partial FTE position to implement the provisions of this section. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 30, SECTIONS 3, 4, provide as follows: "SECTION 3. Nothing contained in this section may be construed to repeal, replace, or preclude application of any other statute." "SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Section 1 of this bill shall remain in effect until June 30, 2030, unless extended by the General Assembly."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 5 / Section 59-33-530
SECTION 59-33-530. Professional development training and resources for all educators.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide appropriate professional development training and resources for all educators in the area of MTSS and the identification of, and evidence-based intervention methods for, students who are at risk of experiencing academic difficulties, including students with dyslexia.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-410
SECTION 59-150-410. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The State Ethics Commission and the Attorney General have standing to enforce any provision of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-150
SECTION 59-67-150. Qualifications of bus driver; drinking or smoking on bus.
Status: in_force

The driver of each school bus must be an experienced driver of good moral habits, and neither he nor any pupil nor any other person shall use alcoholic liquors or smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco or other substance in such vehicle during the time he is operating the same as a school bus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-3-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-3-20
SECTION 59-3-20. Vacancy in office.
Status: repealed

Section repealed upon the approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution. The referendum to amend Section 7, Article VI failed on November 6, 2018. See Editor's Note. In case a vacancy occurs in the office of State Superintendent of Education, from any cause, such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the person so appointed shall qualify within fifteen days from the date of such appointment or else the office shall be deemed vacant. If the vacancy occur during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment until the Senate can act thereon. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 178, SECTIONS 4 and 6, provide as follows: "SECTION 4. The person elected State Superintendent of Education in the 2018 General Election shall serve out his term; however, if the person vacates that office before the term expires in January 2023, any successors must: (1) be appointed as provided in Section 1-30-10(B)(1)(iv); and (2) must satisfy the experience requirements of Section 59-3-10(B)." "SECTION 6. The provisions of Section 59-3-10(B), as contained in SECTION 1, take effect upon approval by the Governor. The remaining provisions of this act take effect upon approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, providing for the appointment of the State Superintendent of Education by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and are applicable beginning with the 2018 General Election." The referendum to amend Article VI, Section 7 failed on November 6, 2018.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 59-31-65
SECTION 59-31-65. Acquisition of instructional technology.
Status: in_force

State funds for the acquisition of textbooks in the public schools of this State may also be used to acquire instructional technology and other similar materials which have been approved by the State Board of Education. The procedures applicable to the use of these funds to acquire textbooks are also applicable to the acquisition of instructional technology and other similar materials. The State Board of Education shall promulgate those regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-3-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-3-100
SECTION 59-3-100. Allocation of Qualified School Construction Bonds authorized by American Recovery Act of 2009 among school districts.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Issuance authority for Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCB) obligations allotted to the State pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. Section 54F(d)(1) and any issuance authority allocated pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Section 54F(d)(2) to school districts of the State and not used by them shall be allocated by the State Superintendent of Education to one or more of the school districts, or county boards of education on behalf of one or more school districts of the State. In that regard, the State Superintendent of Education shall allocate sixty percent of the state's QSCB issuance authority to or on behalf of school districts having the lowest capital financing resources, measured in terms of assessed value per pupil, not to exceed twenty million dollars per school district and forty percent of the state's QSCB issuance authority to or on behalf of school districts having an ability to expeditiously issue bonds demonstrated through a high credit rating and timely start and completion of a project, not to exceed ten million dollars per school district. Any remaining QSCB allocations shall be awarded on a pro rata basis to school districts that originally requested more than the maximum amount in a QSCB allocation. School districts allocated issuance authority under 26 U.S.C. Section 54F(d)(2)(E)(i) are not eligible for allocation of issuance authority under this paragraph (A). When two or more school districts are proposing a joint construction rehabilitation of a qualified project, the priority level for the project must be based on the priority level of the joint partner having the lowest assessed value per pupil. (2) The State may not issue a QSCB obligation. For purposes of Article X, Section 15, of the South Carolina Constitution, a QSCB obligation shall be considered general obligation debt. A school district may not use the proceeds of a QSCB obligation for the purposes stated in Section 14003(b) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (B) The State Superintendent of Education is authorized to establish for each allocation of issuance authority a schedule for issuance of QSCB obligations, giving due regard for the time required to initiate and hold bond referendums, and may reallocate issuance authority or any portion of issuance authority to another school district or county board of education if the schedule is not kept. (C) Issuance authority allocated pursuant to this section but not utilized may be reallocated by the State Superintendent of Education in accordance with this section. (D) Assessed value for purposes of this section means the assessed value of all taxable property, excluding property subject to a fee in lieu of tax. Each per pupil measurement is based upon the one hundred thirty-five day count for the most recently completed fiscal year. Editor's Note 2009 Act No. 68 SECTION 6 provides as follows: "The powers and authorizations conferred by this act shall be in addition to all other powers and authorizations previously conferred upon the State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of Education, and the school districts of the State. The provisions of this act are remedial in nature and shall be liberally construed in order to give full force and effect to its provisions."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-430
SECTION 59-130-430. Authority to issue bonds; purpose.
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, by resolution adopted, the university may issue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement of land, buildings, and other improvements to real property and equipment for the purpose of providing certain academic and administrative buildings as defined in this article serving the needs of the university.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-140
SECTION 59-102-140. Prohibited acts of athlete agents.
Status: in_force

(A) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not take any of the following actions or encourage another person to take or assist another person in taking any of the following actions on behalf of the athlete agent: (1) give materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation; (2) furnish anything of value to a student athlete before the student athlete enters into the agency contract; or (3) furnish anything of value to an individual other than the student athlete or another registered athlete agent. (B) An athlete agent may not intentionally do any of the following or encourage another person to do any of the following on behalf of the athlete agent: (1) initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student athlete to recruit the student athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an agency contract unless registered pursuant to this chapter; (2) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of records pursuant to Section 59-102-130; (3) fail to register as required by Section 59-102-40; (4) provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration; (5) predate or postdate an agency contract; or (6) fail to notify a student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete before the student athlete, parent, or guardian signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport. Comment Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 59-39-320
SECTION 59-39-320. Rules and regulations of State Board of Education.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations for establishment by local school districts of approved driver education and training courses, and when duly promulgated shall have full force and effect of law. Such regulations shall require that credit for completion of a driver education training course shall not be given unless the course shall have included not less than thirty classroom hours of instruction in driver education, and not less than six hours of actual behind-the-wheel driving.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-180
SECTION 59-28-180. Parent expectations.
Status: in_force

Parent involvement influences student learning and academic performance; therefore, parents are expected to: (1) uphold high expectations for academic achievement; (2) expect and communicate expectations for success; (3) recognize that parental involvement in middle and high school is equally as critical as in elementary school; (4) ensure attendance and punctuality; (5) attend parent-teacher conferences; (6) monitor and check homework; (7) communicate with the school and teachers; (8) build partnerships with teachers to promote successful school experiences; (9) attend, when possible, school events; (10) model desirable behaviors; (11) use encouraging words; (12) stimulate thought and curiosity; and (13) show support for school expectations and efforts to increase student learning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-35 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-35
SECTION 59-29-35. Home school awareness week; admission opportunities.
Status: in_force

To recognize the many families in South Carolina who educate their children at home as provided by law, each year the first full week in October is designated and shall be recognized as "South Carolina Home School Awareness Week". During "South Carolina Home School Awareness Week", all home school students in this State and their parents or guardians who serve as their children's teacher shall be provided the same admission opportunities to any educational facilities owned by or under the control of this State or any state agency, department, or institution as are provided to public or private school students and their teachers. In addition during Home School Awareness Week, educational facilities, not including public school facilities, owned or under the control of a local political subdivision or entity also shall provide the same admission opportunities as are provided to public or private school students and their teachers. Only during Home School Awareness Week shall these affected educational facilities provide the same special admission opportunities to home schooled students and their parents or guardians who serve as the students' teachers as they do to public or private school students and their teachers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-50
SECTION 59-112-50. Tuition rates for military personnel and their dependents.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, during the period of their assignment to duty in South Carolina, members of the Armed Services of the United States stationed in South Carolina and their dependents are eligible for in-state tuition rates. When these armed service personnel are ordered away from the State, their dependents are eligible for in-state tuition rates as long as they remain continuously enrolled at the state institution in which they are enrolled at the time the assignment ends or transfer to an eligible institution during the term or semester, excluding summer terms, immediately following their enrollment at the previous institution. In the event of a transfer, the receiving institution shall verify the decision made by the student's previous institution in order to certify the student's eligibility for in-state tuition rates. It is the responsibility of the transferring student to ensure that all documents required to verify both the previous and present residency decisions are provided to the institution. These persons and their dependents are eligible for in-state tuition rates after their discharge from the armed services even though they were not enrolled at a state institution at the time of their discharge, if they have evidenced an intent to establish domicile in South Carolina and if they have resided in South Carolina for a period of at least twelve months immediately preceding their discharge. Active duty military personnel may be charged less than the undergraduate tuition rate for South Carolina residents for courses that are presented on a distance basis, regardless of residency. (B)(1) Active duty military personnel may be charged less than the undergraduate tuition rate for South Carolina residents for courses that are presented on a distance basis, regardless of residency. (2) For purposes of this section, "active duty military personnel" includes, but is not limited to, active duty guardsmen and active duty reservists. (C)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered individual enrolled in a public institution of higher education and receiving educational assistance under Chapter 30, Chapter 31, and Chapter 33, Title 38 of the United States Code are entitled to pay in-state tuition and fees without regard to the length of time the covered individual has resided in this State. (2) For purposes of this subsection, a covered individual is defined as: (a) a veteran who served ninety days or longer on active duty in the uniformed service of the United States, their respective reserve forces, or the National Guard; (b) a person who is entitled to and receiving assistance under Section 3319, Title 38 of the United States Code by virtue of the person's relationship to the veteran described in subitem (a); (c) a person using transferred benefits under Section 3319, Title 38 of the United States Code while the transferor is on active duty in the uniformed service of the United States, their respective reserve forces, or the National Guard; (d) a person who is entitled to and receiving assistance under Section 3311(b)(9), Title 38 of the United States Code; or (e) a person who is entitled to and is receiving assistance under Section 3102(a), Title 38 of the United States Code. (3) A covered individual must live in this State while enrolled at the in-state institution. Editor's Note 2010 Act 246, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect July 1, 2010, contingent upon available funding and agreement by the Interstate Commission to SECTION 3 of this act." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in the second sentence, substituted "are eligible for in-state tuition rates so long as they remain continuously enrolled at" for "may continue for an additional twelve months to have this eligibility at", in the third sentence deleted "for a period of twelve months" following "in-state rates" and substituted "evidenced" for "evinced", and made nonsubstantive amendments throughout. The 2010 amendment rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment added the subsection (A) designator before the first paragraph; added language permitting active duty military personnel to be charged less than in-state tuition for distance learning classes at the end of subsection (A); and added subsection (B), regarding the definition of "active duty military personnel". 2015 Act No. 11, SECTION 1, in (B), added (1), and redesignated former (B) as (B)(2); and added (C). 2017 Act No. 22, SECTION 1, in (C)(2)(a), substituted "or the National Guard" for "and the National Guard" and deleted "or" at the end; in (C)(2)(b), deleted "3319(b)(9) or" following "Section" and added "who enrolls within three years of the veteran's discharge;"; added (C)(2)(c) and (d), relating to a transferor on active duty, and assistance under 38 U.S.C.A. â331(b)(9); and in (C)(4), inserted "or (C)(2)(b)". 2019 Act No. 10, SECTION 1, in (C), in (1), inserted ", Chapter 31,", in (2), inserted (e), in (4), substituted "subsection (C)(2)(a) and (b)" for "subsection (C)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(b)", and made nonsubstantive changes throughout. 2021 Act No. 29, SECTION 1, in (C), in (2), in (a), deleted "and who enrolls within three years of discharge" from the end, and in (b), deleted "who enrolls within three years of the veteran's discharge" from the end, and deleted (4), which related to the requirement that a veteran or dependent enroll in a public institution of higher education within three years of the veteran's discharge in order to receive educational assistance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-60
SECTION 59-47-60. Duties and powers of president.
Status: in_force

The president shall nominate all his subordinate officers and teachers, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners. He shall be the official medium of communication between the board and the subordinate officers and employees, shall make all regulations of internal policy, shall authorize the purchase of ordinary supplies and shall examine and certify to the correctness of all bills of such supplies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-7-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 7 / Section 59-7-20
SECTION 59-7-20. Advisory committees.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall appoint an advisory committee of educators and an advisory committee of technical experts, each of which shall consist of such numbers as the Commission may deem advisable, and the terms of the members of the committee of educators and committee of technical experts shall be for such length and under such conditions as the Commission may decide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-60
SECTION 59-123-60. Organization and powers of board; designation as Medical University Hospital Authority.
Status: in_force

(A) The board of trustees shall elect one of its members to be chairman and is authorized to elect a university president, one or more vice presidents, and a secretary, prescribe their duties and terms of office, and fix their compensation. It shall elect teachers of professorial rank in the various colleges which make up the Medical University of South Carolina and other officers and employees as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the university and fix their compensation, the fees and charges of students, and the rules for the government of the university. The board of trustees also has the following powers: (1) to make bylaws and regulations considered expedient for the management of its affairs and its own operations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States; (2) to confer the appropriate degrees in medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, nursing, health-related professions, and graduate studies in related health fields upon students and other persons as in the opinion of the board of trustees may be qualified to receive them; and (3) to make contracts and to have, to hold, to purchase, and to lease real estate and personal property for corporate purposes; and to sell and dispose of personal property and any buildings that are considered by it as surplus property or no longer needed and any buildings that it may need to do away with for the purpose of making room for other construction. These powers must be exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 11. (B) All revenues of the Medical University of South Carolina, the Medical University Hospital, and any funds transferred to the Medical University from a practice plan must be expended for a public purpose as that purpose is defined in the applicable state law and regulations. For purposes of this subsection, and in addition to all other applicable laws and regulations, public purposes also do not include expenditures for purchasing gifts, making political or other contributions, and reimbursing officers' and employees' travel and subsistence expenses in excess of those authorized by law for state employees away from their job site on official business. (C) The provisions of the Freedom of Information Act apply to the Medical University Hospital Authority, except that access is not allowed under this section to patient records or insurance information with respect to patients. (D) Members of the Medical University Board, while serving as members of the hospital authority and the officers and employees of the hospital authority, shall be subject to applicable state ethics and accountability provisions of law. (E) As shall be provided in an implementing resolution by the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina, the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina becomes the governing body of the Medical University hospitals, clinics, and other health care and related facilities (hereinafter 'hospital') as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board. Whenever the board functions in its capacity as the governing body of the hospital, the board of trustees is constituted and designated as the Medical University Hospital Authority, an agency of the State of South Carolina (hereinafter called authority). The board, as the governing body of the authority, has the powers granted the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina under this chapter and the following powers: (1) make and amend bylaws for its governance consistent with the purposes of this chapter; (2) make bylaws for the management, regulation, and operation of the hospital; (3)(a) make contracts and have, hold, purchase, and lease real estate and personal property for corporate purposes; and sell and dispose of personal property and any buildings that are considered by it as surplus property or no longer needed and any buildings that it may need to do away with for the purpose of making room for other construction. These contracts are exempt from the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code and Regulations, but the authority must adopt a procurement policy requiring competitive bidding for construction contracts, which must be filed with and approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority; (b) sell, convey, mortgage, lease, exchange, and otherwise dispose of any real property subject to the authority and approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate. These activities under this subitem are exempt from all regulations and general laws governing disposal of surplus government property. The proceeds derived from the lease of any real property, net of transaction costs and payment of any debts secured by such property, shall be remitted to the MUSC Board of Trustees to be used exclusively for the support of the Medical University. The proceeds derived from the disposition of any real property, net of transaction costs and payment of any debts secured by such property, shall be remitted to the MUSC Board of Trustees to be used exclusively for the support of the Medical University; (c) make contracts and guarantees, to incur liabilities, to issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of its property, or income in a manner to be in the best interest of the authority. Any guarantee or indebtedness of the authority shall not create an obligation of the State, nor shall such guarantee or indebtedness be considered a debt against the general revenue of the State; (d) for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of subitem (c) above, utilize all provisions of the Hospital Revenue Bond Act. The issuance by the authority of any bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness, except as provided in this subitem, shall be subject to the approval thereof by resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Except for such approving resolution, the requirements of Section 44-7-1590 of the Hospital Revenue Bond Act shall be applicable to obligations issued by the authority. The authority may issue revenue anticipation notes and such notes shall have a maturity of not exceeding six months from date of issuance and shall not exceed, in the aggregate, ten percent of the net patient service revenue for the fiscal year of the authority preceding the fiscal year in which such obligations are issued; (4) receive contributions, donations, and payments and invest and disburse its funds; provided, however, that these funds are funds which must be used for public purposes, and further, that the authority may not use or authorize the use of funds, property, or time to influence the outcome of an election; (5) construct, operate, and maintain the hospital and related premises, buildings and facilities, and infrastructure; (6) appoint such officers, employees, personnel, and agents of the authority and define such duties and fix their compensation in such manner as is necessary to carry out the authority's activities and affairs; the policies of the authority's personnel and employees are exempt from Department of Administration personnel policies and applicable laws; all personnel employed by the authority are exempt from the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 17 of Title 8, the State Employee Grievance Procedure, but the board shall adopt a grievance procedure substantially similar to the provisions of that article to govern personnel and employees of the authority, and this procedure must be filed with and approved by the State Department of Administration. All employees of the authority must be furnished a copy of this grievance procedure; all personnel employed by the authority are employees-at-will and are state employees for purposes of eligibility for participation in the South Carolina Retirement System, the State Health Insurance Group plans, and pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act; (7) make pension payments to the South Carolina Retirement Systems on behalf of personnel or employees employed by the authority who qualify in the same manner as other state employees in the executive branch of government; (8) pay contributions to the Office of Insurance Services for health and dental plans on behalf of personnel employed by the authority who qualify in the same manner as other state employees in the executive branch of government; (9) receive, expend, and control under its own name and account any appropriated funds, federal funds, donations, and grants made available to the authority; provided, however, that these funds are funds which must be used for a public purpose, and further, that the authority may not use or authorize the use of funds, property, or time to influence the outcome of an election; (10) conduct an annual fiscal audit by certified public accountants selected by the authority who shall review the accounts of the authority and report such findings of the audit to the Governor and the General Assembly in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; (11) prepare and submit an annual budget to the General Assembly and the Governor for review; (12) establish management controls and staffing of personnel as the authority deems most appropriate for the prudent conduct of the activities and affairs of the hospital; provided, that they establish an internal audit function that would report directly to the authority; (13) establish such not-for-profit corporations as the board considers necessary to assist the authority in carrying out its functions; provided, that any entity created pursuant to this subsection is considered to be an entity of the authority and subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the authority under this section. The formation of for-profit corporations by the authority is strictly prohibited. (F) Upon review of the audit report required in Section 59-123-60(E)(10), the legislature, by joint resolution, or the Governor, by Executive Order, may request audits to be completed by the State Auditors Office or the Legislative Audit Council. Based on the findings reported in the audit required in Section 59-123-60(E)(10) by the State Auditors Office or by the Legislative Audit Council, the legislature, by joint resolution, may require intervention by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for the purposes of rectifying any material findings reflected in the audits. (G) A member of the Medical University Board, an officer in the administration of the university, including deans of the various colleges, the President of the Medical University, or any other officer of the authority or any of its affiliates who have been found guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, absenteeism, conflict of interest, misconduct, persistent neglect of duty in office, or incapacity shall be subject to removal by the Governor upon any of the foregoing causes being made to appear to the satisfaction of the Governor. But before removing any such person, the Governor shall inform him in writing of the specific charges against him and give him an opportunity on reasonable notice to be heard. The Governor shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy created by his removal. The successor appointed by the Governor is to serve in that position until a successor is elected and qualified in accordance with Section 59-123-50. (H) The authority shall offer and provide to the Medical University of South Carolina the services necessary for the training and education of health professionals. (I) Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001 state appropriations to the Medical University of South Carolina for support of the Medical University hospitals and clinics shall be redirected to the Department of Health and Human Services. These funds shall be used as match funds for the disproportionate share for the hospital's federal program. Any excess funding may be used for hospital base rate increases. Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001 and in subsequent years, the Department of Health and Human Services shall pay to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority an amount equal to the amount appropriated for its disproportionate share to the Department of Health and Human Services. This payment shall be in addition to any other funds that are available to the authority from the Medicaid program inclusive of the disproportionate share for the hospital's federal program. The authority shall continue to operate the hospital as a health provider for the citizens of South Carolina and the clinical site for the education and training programs of the Medical University of South Carolina. (J) The board, as the governing body of the authority, shall adopt a written policy for the hospital for the expenditure of public funds. Public funds may be expended for events which recognize academic and research excellence and noteworthy accomplishments of members of the faculty and staff, students, and distinguished guests of the authority. Sources of the funds for these expenditures include only nonappropriated state funds. The expenditure of funds from these sources pursuant to the written policy of the board for the purpose stated in this section are considered to meet the public purpose test for expenditure of public funds. (K) The authority and its permanent improvements and the financing thereof shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 47 of Title 2, and the leasing of property and the granting of easements and rights of way by the authority shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 1-11-55, 1-11-56, 1-11-57(1), and 10-1-130. (L) The authority and the board of trustees as the governing body of the authority shall succeed to all of the rights, duties, and obligations of the Medical University of South Carolina and the board of trustees, respectively, as owner and operator of the hospital. All property, real, personal, tangible, or intangible (including, without limitation, deposits, investments, and accounts receivable) of the Medical University relating to the hospital shall be and become the property of the authority. The Medical University and its officers are authorized to execute and deliver such instruments of conveyance or agreements as may be determined by the board to be necessary or useful to effect or evidence such transfer."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-770 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-770
SECTION 59-63-770. Funds provided by State Fiscal Accountability Authority in event Federal Government resumes distribution of commodities to schools.
Status: in_force

Should the Federal Government at any time resume the distribution of commodities to schools, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall provide from the general funds of the State such an amount as may be necessary for the State to take advantage of such distribution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 5 / Section 59-111-350
SECTION 59-111-350. Persons attending under article not counted in computing enrollment.
Status: in_force

Persons attending classes under the provisions of this article, on a space available basis without payment of tuition, shall neither be counted in the computation of enrollment for funding purposes nor considered on a formula basis for the issuance of capital improvement bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-27-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 27 / Article 9 / Section 59-27-20
SECTION 59-27-20. Designated State official.
Status: in_force

The "designated State official" for this State shall be the State Superintendent of Education. He shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article 3 of the agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-450
SECTION 59-121-450. Duration of authorizations granted by article; time limit for issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

The authorizations granted by this article must remain of full force and effect until they are rescinded by subsequent enactment, and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-60
SECTION 59-117-60. Property and rights vested in University.
Status: in_force

All property, real and personal, and rights of every description which have heretofore been vested in the South Carolina College and the University of South Carolina and the trustees of the University of South Carolina are vested in the "University of South Carolina."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-20
SECTION 59-53-20. Jurisdiction and authority of Board over state-supported technical institutions and programs; South Carolina Technical Education System.
Status: in_force

The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall have within its jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of this article, all state-supported technical institutions and their programs that are presently operating and any created in the future. The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall have approval or disapproval authority over all post-secondary vocational, technical, and occupational diploma and associate degree programs financed in whole or in part by the State that lead directly to employment. Excepted are programs presently being offered by other state-supported institutions of higher learning which shall continue their present programs under the direction of their respective institutions. The Board shall continue major emphasis on the special schools program, which provides training for prospective employees for new and expanding industry, these programs to be closely coordinated with the state's economic development efforts. The State Board of Education shall continue jurisdiction over currently operating licensed practical nurse (LPN) programs and twelve-month vocational agriculture programs which include adult training in agriculture in the public schools and these programs are subject to the requirements of Sections 59-54-40, 59-54-50, and 59-54-60. All courses, programs, and institutions within the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education must be identified and administered as the South Carolina Technical Education System. The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall have the responsibility for developing and maintaining short and long-range plans for providing up-to-date and appropriate occupational and technical training for adults and shall coordinate its planning activities with the Economic Development Coordinating Council, the State Council on Vocational-Technical Education, the Commission on Higher Education, the State Department of Education, the Department of Employment and Workforce, and other state agencies, institutions, and departments. All personnel employed in the institutions and programs within the jurisdiction and control of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education are designated state employees whether paid in whole or in part by state funds and are subject to the regulations, guidelines, and policies of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Department of Administration, and the state personnel system. There may be no local supplements to any salaries. The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall establish salary ranges for unclassified institutional employees based upon minimum standard systemwide qualification criteria. Area commissions will fill all positions with qualified personnel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-310
SECTION 59-123-310. Powers and duties of trustees with respect to bonds.
Status: in_force

To the end that the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds authorized hereby shall be adequately secured, the trustees shall be empowered in their discretion: (1) To issue bonds in such amount, within the limitations herein provided, as the trustees shall deem necessary, provided, that it shall be lawful for the trustees to use a portion of the principal proceeds derived from any sale of bonds, except bonds issued to effect refunding of outstanding bonds, to meet the payment of interest on such bonds for a period of one year, it being recognized by the General Assembly that until the facilities to be constructed with the proceeds of the loan shall be completed, an undue burden may be imposed upon then existing revenues. (2) To pledge the entire revenues specified in Section 59-123-230 for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they respectively mature. (3) To covenant that no housing facilities owned by the Medical University will be used free of charge, or to specify and limit the facilities which may be made use of free of charge. (4) To covenant to establish and maintain such system of rules as will insure the continuous use and occupancy of the facilities, whose revenues are pledged to secure any bonds. (5) To covenant that an adequate schedule of charges will be established and maintained for all the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged to secure any bonds, to the extent necessary to produce sufficient revenues to: (a) Pay the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities including the cost of fire, extended coverage and occupancy insurance; (b) Pay the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively become due; (c) Create and at all times maintain an adequate Debt Service Reserve Fund to meet the payment of such principal and interest; and (d) Create and at all times maintain an adequate reserve for contingencies, and for major repairs and replacement. (6) To covenant against the mortgaging or disposing of the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of such bonds, and against permitting or suffering any lien to be created thereon, equal or superior to the lien created for the benefit of such bonds; provided, always, that the trustees shall be empowered to discontinue the use of, or demolish, obsolete facilities and to reserve the right, under such terms as they shall prescribe, to issue additional bonds on a parity with the bonds authorized by Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320. (7) To covenant as to the use of the proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320. (8) To provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution, and authentication of bonds, and for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds. (9) To make covenants with respect to the use of facilities to be constructed with the proceeds of the bonds authorized hereby, and of the other facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the bonds. (10) To covenant that all revenues pledged for the payment of the bonds shall be duly segregated into special funds, and that such funds will be used solely for the purposes for which they are intended and for no other purpose. (11) To covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on such terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing such bonds shall prescribe. (12) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent shall be given. (13) To covenant as to the maintenance of the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the bonds, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of proceeds from any insurance policy. (14) To prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived. (15) To impose a statutory lien upon the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged to secure the bonds. Such lien shall extend to such facilities, to their appurtenances and extensions, to their additions, improvements, and enlargements to the extent specified in the resolutions and shall insure to the benefit of the holders of the bonds secured thereby. Such facilities shall remain subject to such statutory lien until the payment in full of the principal and interest of the bonds. Any holder of any of the bonds, or any of the coupons representing interest thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce the statutory lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings enforce and compel performance of all duties of the trustees, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the proper segregation of the revenues, and the proper application thereof. Provided, however, that the statutory lien shall not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of any of the facilities, or any part thereof. (16) To covenant that if there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the facilities, whose revenues shall be pledged for the payment of such bonds, with power to fix rates and charges for the facilities, sufficient to provide for the payment of the expense of operating and maintaining such facilities, and to apply the income and revenues of such facilities to the payment of such bonds, and the interest thereon. (17) To establish on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to Sections 59-123-210 through 59-123-320 a debt service reserve fund and to cause the same to be deposited with a corporate trustee and, to that end, the trustees shall be empowered to utilize any monies available for such purpose, including revenues previously accumulated from the facilities prior to the issuance of bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-350 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 59-25-350
SECTION 59-25-350. Reports.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall submit annually by March thirty-first to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly the total number of individuals employed in South Carolina with a passport certificate issued by ABCTE by district and nonprivileged information collected on these individuals through the ADEPT reporting system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-435 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-435
SECTION 59-1-435. Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act.
Status: in_force

(A) This section may be cited as the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act". (B) As used in this section, "discriminate" means to make a distinction in favor of or against a person on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person belongs, rather than according to actual merit. (C) A school district shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the district treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and must not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject. (D) A student may express his beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of his submission. Homework and classroom assignments must be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the school district. A student may not be penalized or rewarded based on the religious content of his work. (E) Students may organize prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religious gatherings before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups. Religious groups must be given the same access to school facilities for assembling as is given to other noncurricular groups without discrimination based on the religious content of the students' expression. If student groups that meet for nonreligious activities are permitted to advertise or announce meetings of the groups, the school district must not discriminate against groups that meet for prayer or other religious speech. A school district may disclaim school sponsorship of noncurricular groups and events in a manner that neither favors nor disfavors groups that meet to engage in prayer or religious speech.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-70
SECTION 59-47-70. Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired persons admitted.
Status: in_force

All deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and visually impaired persons of the State who are eligible, each case to be decided by the board of commissioners, must be admitted to the benefits of the school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-15
SECTION 59-149-15. Additional LIFE Scholarship stipend.
Status: in_force

(A) A resident student who is at least a sophomore attending a four-year public or private institution of higher learning in this State, who is majoring in education, science, or mathematics as defined below, and who is receiving a LIFE Scholarship for the current year, shall receive an additional LIFE Scholarship stipend equal to the cost of attendance after applying all other scholarships or grants, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars each year for no more than three additional years of instruction, including his sophomore year, if enrolled in a four-year degree program, or for not more than four additional years of instruction, including his sophomore year, if enrolled in a five-year degree program or a 3 plus 2 program. In addition, during his freshman year, the student majoring in science or mathematics must have successfully completed a total of at least fourteen credit hours of instruction in mathematics courses, or life and physical science courses, or a combination of both. A year is defined as thirty credit hours of instruction or its equivalent each year. To receive the additional LIFE Scholarship stipend each year, the student must receive the underlying LIFE Scholarship for that year and must be making acceptable progress each year toward receiving a degree in his education, science, or mathematics major. For purposes of meeting the required minimum level of instruction in mathematics and life and physical science courses during a student's freshman year, advanced placement courses in mathematics and life and physical sciences taken in high school on which the student scored high enough on the advanced placement test to receive credit at his institution and for which he received credit, count toward the fulfillment of this minimum requirement. (B) The Commission on Higher Education by regulation shall define what constitutes a science or mathematics major, applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year to persons who did not receive a LIFE Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year. This definition of a science or mathematics major must include, at a minimum, majors in science or mathematics disciplines, computer science or informational technology, engineering, accounting, and healthcare and related disciplines including medicine and dentistry; provided, that nothing herein prevents a student from changing majors within acceptable science or mathematics disciplines. For purposes of determining stipend eligibility of accounting majors, courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and business statistics completed by an accounting major in his freshman year must count towards the requirement in subsection (A) that the student shall complete at least fourteen credit hours of instruction in mathematics and science courses during the student's freshman year, and these provisions apply beginning with students who took microeconomics, macroeconomics, and business statistics courses as freshman accounting majors during the 2024-2025 School Year so as to enable them to have those courses count toward the fourteen-hour coursework requirement in subsection (A) for purposes of attaining LIFE Scholarship stipend eligibility. (C) The Commission on Higher Education shall by regulation define what constitutes an education major for purposes of this section, applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year to persons who did not receive a LIFE Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year. This definition of an education major must include, in addition to other subjects considered appropriate by the commission, (1) mathematics education majors, (2) science education majors, and (3) students who major in mathematics, science, or another subject and obtain teacher certification in a subject area related to their major prior to completion of their undergraduate degree. Additionally, the commission shall set forth eligibility criteria that the student shall meet to receive a LIFE Scholarship stipend, which must include a contractual requirement, including a default provision, that the stipend recipient shall upon graduation work in a South Carolina public school for at least one school year for every year the stipend is received. (D) A person who qualified for the LIFE Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year: (1) shall remain so qualified and eligible for the LIFE Scholarship stipend on that basis, notwithstanding revisions in eligibility criteria applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year; and (2) is exempt from the contractual work requirement of education majors in subsection (C). (E) The Commission on Higher Education annually shall communicate with high school guidance counselors regarding the list of qualifying majors in this section. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment in the second sentence of subsection (A) substituted "mathematics courses, or life and physical science courses, or a combination of both" for "mathematics and life science courses with a minimum of six hours in mathematics and a minimum of six hours in science including one laboratory course". 2024 Act No. 156, SECTION 1, in (A), in the first and fourth sentences, substituted "education, science, or mathematics" for "science or mathematics", and in the second sentence, inserted "majoring in science or mathematics" following "the student"; rewrote (B) and (C); and added (D) and (E). 2025 Act No. 44, SECTION 1, in (B), added the last sentence and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 109 / Section 59-109-70
SECTION 59-109-70. Acquisition of property by authority.
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized and empowered directly or by and through a participating institution for higher learning, as its agent, to acquire by purchase solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, or by gift or devise, such lands, structures, property, real or personal, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, which are located within the State as it considers necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, or operation of a project, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a participating institution for higher learning as its agent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-380 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 3 / Section 59-136-380
SECTION 59-136-380. Authorizing resolution constitutes binding contract; enforcement.
Status: in_force

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with Section 59-136-320 and of the covenants and agreements constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the university and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and is enforceable by the holder or holders by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-450
SECTION 59-63-450. No may shall be counted in enrollment more than once.
Status: in_force

A child must not be counted more than once in the school enrollment of a school district in any one school year. A pupil who enrolls in more than one school in any school year must be counted only in the enrollment of the first school which the pupil legally attends for at least thirty-five days during the school year. A school officer charged with the duty of enrollment who wilfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-910 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 12 / Section 59-53-910
SECTION 59-53-910. Creation of commission; appointment and terms of members; election of officers.
Status: in_force

There is created the Technical College of the Lowcountry Area Commission which shall serve as the governing body of the Technical College of the Lowcountry. The commission is a body politic and corporate consisting of seven members who must be appointed in the manner provided in this section. Four members must be residents of Beaufort County, one member must be a resident of Colleton County, one member must be a resident of Hampton County, and one member must be a resident of Jasper County, all of whom must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the General Assembly representing that county. The members of the commission must be appointed for terms of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one as secretary. The terms of appointees expire on the first of July of the appropriate year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-3-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-3-90
SECTION 59-3-90. In-service training programs for teachers.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall provide recommendations and assist districts in conducting in-service training programs for teachers based on the findings and research it derives from the study of effective schools and classrooms and from district plans developed in accordance with Section 59-139-10. All of the school districts of this State must have implemented an on-going, long-range professional development training program in support of effective schools and classrooms and as indicated by district plans no later than the 1994-95 school year.