S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-90
SECTION 59-19-90. General powers and duties of school trustees.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall also: (1) Provide schoolhouses. Provide suitable schoolhouses in its district and make them comfortable, paying due regard to any schoolhouse already built or site procured, as well as to all other circumstances proper to be considered so as best to promote the educational interest of the districts; (2) Employ and discharge teachers. Employ teachers from those having certificates from the State Board of Education, fix their salaries and discharge them when good and sufficient reasons for so doing present themselves, subject to the supervision of the county board of education. In reaching a decision as to whether or not to employ any person qualified as a teacher, consideration may be given to the residence of such person but it shall not be the deciding factor or a bar to employing such person. (3) Promulgate rules and regulations. Promulgate rules prescribing scholastic standards of achievement and standards of conduct and behavior that must be met by all pupils as a condition to the right of such pupils to attend the public schools of such district. The rules shall take into account the necessity of proper conduct on the part of all pupils and the necessity for scholastic progress in order that the welfare of the greatest possible number of pupils shall be promoted notwithstanding that such rules may result in the ineligibility of pupils who fail to observe the required standards, and require the suspension or permanent dismissal of such pupils; (4) Call meetings of electors for consultation. Call meetings of the qualified electors of the district for consultation in regard to the school interests thereof, at which meetings the chairman or other member of the board shall preside, if present; (5) Control school property. Take care of, manage and control the school property of the district; (6) Visit schools. Visit the public schools within its district from time to time and at least once in every school term and take care that they are conducted according to law and with the utmost efficiency; (7) Control educational interest of district. Manage and control local educational interests of its district, with the exclusive authority to operate or not to operate any public school or schools; (8) Charge matriculation and incidental fees. Charge and collect matriculation and incidental fees from students; however, regulations or policies adopted by the board regarding charges and collections must take into account the students' ability to pay and must hold the fee to a minimum reasonable amount. Fees may not be charged to students eligible for free lunches and must be reduced pro rata for students eligible for reduced price lunches; (9) Transfer and assign pupils. Transfer any pupil from one school to another so as to promote the best interests of education, and determine the school within its district in which any pupil shall enroll; and (10) Prescribe conditions and charges for attendance. Be empowered to prescribe conditions and a schedule of charges based on cost per pupil as last determined, for attendance in the public schools of the school district for (a) children of parents temporarily residing within the school district; (b) children whose parents or legal guardians live elsewhere but who are residing with residents of the school district; and (c) children of parents residing on Federal property or military or naval bases of the United States located within or adjacent to the boundaries of such school district; and (d) all other children specially situated and not meeting the eligibility requirements of Section 59-63-30, but who shall have petitioned the trustees in writing seeking permission to attend the public schools of the school district. (11) Provide school-age child care program or facilities therefor. Provide: (a) a school-age child care program for children aged five through fourteen years that operates before or after the school day, or both, and during periods when school is not in session; (b) a school-age child care program that operates during periods when school is in session for students who are enrolled in a half-day kindergarten program; or (c) classrooms, other space, or both, in a school for use by an organization that is operating a school-age child care program before or after the school day, or both, and during periods when school is not in session for children aged five through fourteen years. All latchkey programs operating pursuant to this item must be licensed. (12) Establish the annual calendar. Have the authority to establish an annual school calendar for students, faculty, and staff to include starting dates, ending dates, holidays, make-up days, in-service days, and professional development days. Effect of Amendment The first 2003, by Act No. 21, SECTION 1, amendment rewrote paragraph (8). The second 2003, by Act No. 89, SECTION 3, amendment added item (12) relating to the board's duty to establish the annual calendar.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 59-39-120
SECTION 59-39-120. Data required to be submitted by high schools and institutions of higher learning concerning high school graduates.
Status: in_force

On or before May first of each calendar year, every high school which issues a State high school diploma shall submit to the State Superintendent of Education in such form as he may prescribe the following data: (1) The number of high school graduates that entered the freshman class of an institution of higher learning, either in or out of this State, for whom a first semester report has been received; (2) A breakdown showing all courses passed by such group; and (3) A breakdown showing all courses failed by such group. Every high school shall seek diligently to obtain such data from out-of-State institutions of higher learning. Any high school which fails to file a report or files a false report shall lose its accreditation. Every institution of higher learning in this State shall submit to the state high school from which he was graduated a report on the first semester accomplishments of each freshman.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1980 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1980
SECTION 59-53-1980. Committee to study areas of career and technology training; recommendations.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall appoint a committee to study areas of career and technology training in South Carolina. The committee is composed of representatives of the business community, the General Assembly, and the various agencies involved in career and technology training. Based on the findings of the committee, the Governor shall make recommendations to the General Assembly related to a coordinated statewide program of career and technology training which addresses the following concerns: (1) duplication of services and people served; (2) need for a comprehensive assessment of future job opportunities in South Carolina and the relationships of those opportunities to the direction of future job training efforts; (3) need for a unified plan to coordinate job training efforts; (4) need for a standard management information system; (5) insufficient emphasis on entrepreneur training and information and service occupations; (6) narrow missions of special schools; (7) training systems not prepared to handle federal cutbacks in funding; (8) insufficient coordination with private employers to provide job training; (9) insufficient coordination of training needs for special target groups; (10) lack of coordination of illiteracy efforts with job training programs; (11) other barriers which prevent a coordinated, accessible, and efficient job training effort in South Carolina. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in the introductory paragraph, added "and technology" in three places following "career" and redesignated items (a) to (k) as items (1) to (11).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 3 / Section 59-130-240
SECTION 59-130-240. Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption before maturity, with or without premium, and may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. The bonds must be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-260
SECTION 59-63-260. Corporal punishment.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each school district may provide corporal punishment for any pupil that it deems just and proper.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 1 / Section 59-121-50
SECTION 59-121-50. Powers of board in educational matters.
Status: in_force

Said board may establish such regulations as it may deem necessary for the organization and good government of said college and establish such bylaws for the management thereof as shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States. It may appoint professors qualified to give instruction in military science and other branches of knowledge which it may deem essential and may fix their salaries and the period for which they shall serve. And the board may confer degrees on graduates of the college and confer honorary degrees on such persons of distinction as it shall deem proper.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-115 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-115
SECTION 59-123-115. Area Health Education Consortium; funding formula; expenditure of funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium shall be awarded funding for the Statewide Family Practice Residency System, the Graduate Doctor Education Program, and the Area Health Education Center Program based on the appropriate formula, as approved by the Area Health Education Consortium and the Commission on Higher Education, and the funding methodology shall be applied in a manner consistent with that of other state institutions of higher learning. (B) Statewide Family Practice Residency System funds appropriated for faculty salaries, teaching services, and consultant fees may only be expended when these activities are accomplished for educational purposes in the family practice centers; however, the Medical University of South Carolina may expend these funds in hospital-based clinical settings apart from the consortium hospital, when these settings are determined by the president of the Medical University of South Carolina, with approval of the Medical University board, to provide appropriate educational experience and opportunities to the family practice residents. These funds must not be transferred to any other program. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to expenditure of funds appropriated for faculty salaries, teaching services, and consultant fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-90
SECTION 59-103-90. Professional staff.
Status: in_force

An executive director must be appointed by the commission to manage and carry out the duties of the commission as prescribed by law and assigned by the commission. The executive director is not subject to the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act of 1982 and may be dismissed without cause. A professional staff complement shall be established by the executive director who shall ensure that there are persons on the staff who have the professional competence and experience to carry out the duties assigned and to ensure that there are persons on the staff who are familiar with the problems and capabilities of all of the principal types of state-supported institutions in the State. Provision shall be made for persons of high competence and strong professional experience in the areas of academic affairs, public service and extension programs, business and financial affairs, institutional studies and long-range planning, student affairs, research and development, legal affairs, health affairs, institutional development, and for state and federal programs administered by the commission. The hiring of additional staff members to any position for which funds were not specifically appropriated by the General Assembly shall require prior approval by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-70
SECTION 59-119-70. Sale of real estate.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of Clemson University may sell and make title to, upon such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, any real estate held by it as such; provided, however, (1) That such power and authority shall not extend to any part of the real property included in the bequest of Thomas G. Clemson; and (2) That the authority and power herein bestowed upon said board of trustees shall not be exercised unless two thirds of the members of the board shall have agreed thereto. Any conveyance made under this authority shall be made in accordance with the bylaws adopted by said board of trustees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-290
SECTION 59-123-290. 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 Medical University in such manner and by such persons as the trustees shall from time to time determine, and the seal of the Medical University 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. § 59-53-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 7 / Section 59-53-530
SECTION 59-53-530. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission may 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, may: (1) adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable; (3) acquire additional sites within Chesterfield, Dillon, and Marlboro Counties and construct and equip on the sites appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by former provisions which created the State Advisory Committee; (4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property; (5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests; (6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of a facility established to promote vocational or technical education; (7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program; (8) employ personnel as necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions; (9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency, for the operation of its facilities; (10) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued either by Chesterfield County, Dillon County, or Marlboro County, to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and expend these funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities; (11) apply for, receive, and expend monies from governmental agencies, both state and federal; and (12) exercise powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions that created the State Advisory Committee for Technical Training and other laws modifying, amending, or implementing it. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment substituted "commission" for "Committee" in the first sentence and for "Area Committee" in paragraph (8), substituted "consider advisable" for "deem advisable" in paragraph (2), added ", Dillon," in paragraphs (2) and (10) and made nonsubstantive language changes in paragraphs (2) and (3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-80
SECTION 59-73-80. Paying out tax collected.
Status: in_force

The tax so collected shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the board of trustees, countersigned by the county superintendent of education. But any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expiration of any fiscal year shall be paid out as other school funds of the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-570 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-570
SECTION 59-125-570. Resolutions for issuance of bonds; contents and conditions.
Status: in_force

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall from time to time adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of Winthrop, within the limitations herein mentioned, which resolutions shall prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of such bonds. Such bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than thirty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, shall fall due within three years from their date. The bonds shall bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the trustees shall prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, must be payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date prior to their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in such amount or amounts as the trustees shall prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption shall contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance shall contain provisions specifying the manner of call for redemption and the notice of such call that must be given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-55-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 55 / Section 59-55-30
SECTION 59-55-30. Buildings and equipment.
Status: in_force

Any such school board may make use of any existing school building or school equipment or may provide any necessary building or equipment for the establishment and maintenance of any such junior college.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-144-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 144 / Article 2 / Section 59-144-160
SECTION 59-144-160. Recommendations to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

By December 1, 1998, the State Board of Education shall recommend to the General Assembly changes to be made to this chapter regarding program objectives, appropriate funding levels, and funding allotment formulas.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-150
SECTION 59-71-150. Credit pledged for payment; tax.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds as they respectively mature and for the creation of such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor the full faith, credit and resources of the operating school unit are irrevocably pledged and there shall be levied annually by the auditor of each county wherein such operating school unit is located, and collected by the treasurer of such county in the same manner as county taxes are levied and collected, a tax, without limit, on all taxable property in such operating school unit sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-40
SECTION 59-123-40. Composition of board of trustees.
Status: in_force

The management and control of the university shall be vested in a board of trustees, to be composed as follows: the Governor or his designee, ex officio, fourteen members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly and one member to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make the appointment based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "fourteen" for "twelve".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-118-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 118 / Section 59-118-70
SECTION 59-118-70. Provision of matching funds.
Status: in_force

The State of South Carolina, acting through the Commission on Higher Education, shall provide funds to match funds from the qualifying college, university, or principal foundation, to the extent of available funds, from the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund established in Section 59-118-60.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-30
SECTION 59-117-30. Vacancies; compensation.
Status: in_force

In case a vacancy should occur in the board among the members elected by the General Assembly, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. Any vacancy occurring in the office of the member appointed by the Governor shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment in the same manner of original appointment. Each member of the board shall draw such per diem and expenses as from time to time may be allowed boards, commissions, and committees. Elections to fill vacancies which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-10
SECTION 59-53-10. State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education created; members; terms; rules and regulations; contracts.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education (board) as a continuing body and agency and instrumentality of the State. The board shall consist of eleven members, appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until successors are appointed and qualify. One member must be appointed from each congressional district, with the advice and consent of the legislative delegations of the congressional district involved, and be a resident thereof. There must be four at-large members appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education and one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs. The initial terms of office of board members representing congressional districts are for a period of years corresponding to the numerical designation of their respective districts. The initial terms of office of the first at-large members of the board are for three and six years determined by lot and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education is three years and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs is six years. In addition, the State Superintendent of Education and the Secretary of Commerce shall serve as ex officio members of the board. The chairman must be elected by the board. In case a vacancy shall occur a member must be appointed in the same manner for the remainder of the unexpired term. The board shall enter into contracts and make regulations, including policies and guidelines, as considered necessary to fulfill the intent of Sections 59-5-61, 59-43-20, 59-53-10, 59-53-20, 59-53-40, 59-53-50, 59-53-57, 59-54-10 through 59-54-60, subject to the approval of the General Assembly. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "eleven" for "ten" in the second sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-110
SECTION 59-112-110. University of South Carolina's Aiken Campus and Aiken Technical College; in-state tuition for certain Georgia residents.
Status: in_force

The University of South Carolina's Aiken Campus and Aiken Technical College may offer in-state tuition to a student whose legal residence is in the Richmond/Columbia County area of the State of Georgia as long as the Georgia Board of Regents continues its Georgia Tuition Program by which in-state tuition is offered to students residing in the Aiken/Edgefield/McCormick County area of the State of South Carolina, or students residing in the Aiken/Edgefield County area of the State of South Carolina if the Georgia Board of Regents does not include McCormick County residents in its Georgia Tuition Program.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-170
SECTION 59-28-170. School district superintendent activities.
Status: in_force

(A) Each school district superintendent shall consider: (1) designating staff to serve as a parent liaison for the district to coordinate parental involvement initiatives and coordinate community and agency collaboration to support parents and families; (2) requiring each school to designate a faculty contact for parental involvement efforts to work collaboratively with the district coordinator and network with other school faculty contacts; (3) requiring each school principal to designate space within the school specifically for parents which contains materials and resources on the numerous ways parents and schools can and should partner for a child's academic success; and (4) encouraging principals to adjust class and school schedules to accommodate parent-teacher conferences at times more convenient to parents and, to the extent possible, accommodate parents in cases where transportation and normal school hours present a hardship. (B) Each school district superintendent shall: (1) include parental involvement expectations as part of each principal's evaluation; (2) include information about parental involvement opportunities and participation in the district's annual report; and (3) disseminate to all parents of the district the expectations enumerated in Section 59-28-180.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-1120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 11 / Section 59-63-1120
SECTION 59-63-1120. Searches by school administrators or officials with or without probable cause.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school administrators and officials may conduct reasonable searches on school property of lockers, desks, vehicles, and personal belongings such as purses, bookbags, wallets, and satchels with or without probable cause.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-390
SECTION 59-63-390. Inclusion of school crime report act summary in student handbooks.
Status: repealed

The senior administrator of each school is responsible for including an accurate summary of the provisions of this article and Section 16-3-612 in the school's student handbook each year. Code Commissioner's Note Section 16-3-612, referenced in the text of this section was repealed by 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 18 / Section 59-53-1510
SECTION 59-53-1510. Accounting.
Status: in_force

The commission at all times shall keep a full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County and with the Secretary of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 49, SECTION 1, reenacted the section with no change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-30
SECTION 59-101-30. Transfer of Lander College to State.
Status: in_force

(1) The State of South Carolina is authorized to acquire all that property known as Lander College, real, personal, and mixed, from the Lander Foundation, a political subdivision created by Act 110 of 1951, and to operate the college as a state-supported institution of higher learning. (2) The Lander Foundation is authorized to transfer Lander College and all of its properties, real, personal, and mixed, to the State of South Carolina under terms mutually agreed upon and is further authorized to transfer endowment or trust properties and funds which are not to be transferred to the State to an appropriate foundation or eleemosynary corporation upon terms the trustees determine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-35 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-35
SECTION 59-63-35. Nonresident military enrollment in South Carolina high school diploma program.
Status: in_force

Nonresident military personnel may enroll in a program designed to award a South Carolina high school diploma. However, neither the State nor local districts shall be required to bear the cost for any nonresident military personnel enrolled in these programs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 1 / Section 59-127-40
SECTION 59-127-40. Management and control of Claflin College.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of South Carolina State University may take charge of, manage and control all of the real and personal property belonging to Claflin College, in whosesoever hands or custody the same may be now or hereafter found, and shall hold the same in trust for the benefit and uses of South Carolina State University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-60
SECTION 59-131-60. Negotiability and registration.
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered and upon such conditions in such manner as the trustees shall prescribe, and the principal thus made payable to the registered holder, unless the last registered transfer shall have been to bearer, or such bonds may be issued as fully registered bonds. If issued as fully registered bonds, it may be provided that they may thereafter be converted into negotiable coupon bonds of the tenor described above.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-32-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 32 / Section 59-32-40
SECTION 59-32-40. Staff development.
Status: in_force

As part of their program for staff development, the department and local school boards shall provide appropriate staff development activities for educational personnel participating in the comprehensive health education program. Local school boards are encouraged to coordinate the activities with the department and institutions of higher learning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-10
SECTION 59-29-10. Required subjects.
Status: in_force

The county board of education and the board of trustees for each school district shall see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, as far as practicable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and instruction in phonics, the elements of agriculture, the history of the United States and of this State, the principles of the Constitutions of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology and hygiene (especially as to the effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics upon the human system), English literature, and such other branches as the state board may from time to time direct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 1 / Section 59-130-20
SECTION 59-130-20. 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-510
SECTION 59-71-510. Pledge of credit and revenues for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal and interest on all State school bonds at any time issued and outstanding pursuant to this article as now constituted or hereafter amended, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit and taxing power of the State and, in addition thereto, but subject to the provisions of Section 59-71-520, the entire amount of revenue derived from the retail sales tax levied by Chapter 35 of Title 12. The revenues derived from such retail sales tax during each fiscal year shall be discharged from the foregoing pledge when payment or provision for payment has been made for the principal and interest of all State school bonds maturing in such fiscal year and when the requirements of Section 59-71-570 as to payments into the sinking fund have been met.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-140
SECTION 59-8-140. Application approval process for education service providers.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The department must develop an application approval process for participation in the ESTF program for education service providers, including eligible schools. (2) The department must require an independent school that applies to be an education service provider to be located in the State, to have an educational curriculum that includes courses set forth in the state's diploma requirements and to meet the compulsory attendance and State Board of Education approval requirements in Section 59-65-10. (3) An education service provider that participated in the program in the previous school year and desires to participate in the program in the current school year shall reapply to the department. The education service provider reapplying shall certify to the department that it continues to meet all program requirements. An education service provider required to administer academic testing shall provide to the department test score data from the previous school year. If individual student test score data is not submitted, then the department shall remove the education service provider from the program. (4) An education service provider that is denied approval pursuant to this section may seek review by filing a request for a contested case hearing with the administrative law court in accordance with the court's rules of procedure. (5) The department shall publish on its website a comprehensive list of approved education service providers. The list must include the name, address, telephone number, and website address for each education service provider. (B) New education service providers may be added to the list of approved providers on a rolling basis. The providers will be added to the comprehensive list available on the department's website. (C) The department may bar an education service provider from the program if the department establishes that the education service provider has: (1) failed to comply with the accountability standards established in this section; or (2) failed to provide the scholarship student with the educational services funded by the account. (D) The department shall create procedures to ensure that a fair process exists to determine whether an education service provider should be barred from receiving payments from accounts. (1) If the department decides to bar an education service provider from the program, it shall notify affected students and their parents of this decision as quickly as possible. (2) Education service providers may appeal the department's decision to bar the education service provider from receiving payments from accounts pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. (E) All employees at an online education service provider who are employed in same or similar roles as defined in Section 63-7-310 shall be considered persons required to report and must complete the training programs required pursuant to Section 63-7-310(A) and hold all the same rights, responsibilities, and potential penalties as defined in Sections 63-7-315, 63-7-320, 63-7-350, 63-7-360, 63-7-370, 63-7-380, 63-7-390, 63-7-400, 63-7-430, 63-7-440, and receive information pursuant to Section 63-7-450. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 8, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor." 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 16, provides as follows: "SECTION 16. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Current eligible participants may continue receiving benefits under the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, until the end of the 2024-2025 School Year." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 7, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-123-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 123 / Section 59-123-90
SECTION 59-123-90. Board vested with power of eminent domain.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of The Medical University of South Carolina is vested with the power of eminent domain. The authority granted in this section applies only to private lands. The lands condemned must be used by The Medical University in the performance of its functions in the acquisition, construction, and operation of facilities for the University. Any new construction undertaken by The Medical University within the corporate limits of the City of Charleston must be done in compliance with the parking regulations and ordinances of that city to the degree that the number of parking spaces required by the regulations and ordinances must be provided on Medical University property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 59-24-15
SECTION 59-24-15. Rights of certified education personnel employed as administrators.
Status: in_force

Certified education personnel who are employed as administrators on an annual or multi-year contract will retain their rights as a teacher under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 19 and Article 5 of Chapter 25 of this title but no such rights are granted to the position or salary of administrator. Any such administrator who presently is under a contract granting such rights shall retain that status until the expiration of that contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 3 / Section 59-71-330
SECTION 59-71-330. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations (a) requiring the filing of such information as he deems pertinent with respect to bonds to be sold with the provision authorized by Section 1 of 1973 Act No. 378, (b) requiring school districts issuing bonds to provide him with an analysis of each annual tax levy to be made therein before it is imposed, (c) providing for the immediate withholding of any funds due to a school district which fails to impose adequate millage for debt service, or which fails to perform any of the terms and provisions contained in any such resolution or to comply with any such rules and regulations. Editor's Note The reference in this section to "Section 1 of 1973 Act No. 378" appears erroneous as that section sets out the findings of the General Assembly relative to this article; that section was not codified. It appears that the reference was probably intended to be Section 2 of 1973 Act No. 378 which is codified as 1976 Code SECTION 59-71-310.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-535 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-535
SECTION 59-67-535. Use of boats for transportation of school children from Sandy Island to transport residents.
Status: in_force

Boats operated by the State Department of Education for transportation of school children from Sandy Island to mainland schools also may be used to transport, on a space available basis only, any Sandy Island resident. A person requesting boat transportation shall present his residence verification to the employee or representative of the State Department of Education who is in charge of the particular boat. The term "resident" as used herein means a person with an official residential address on Sandy Island. Use of these boats by residents shall be only on a space available basis and only at such time as the boat is being otherwise operated on official business. School children in every case shall be given priority of carriage. Provided, that other trips on the Sandy Island boat may be approved by the county school district, in which case the operations, logistics, and all costs shall be borne by the school district to the extent that funds are available. The school district may contract with a third party to operate the ferry and manage the logistics associated with the other trips. Persons who are not residents of Sandy Island may be allowed to be transported by the boat when accompanied by a resident. Any person authorized for transportation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, prior to boarding, execute a "covenant not to sue" the State of South Carolina or any agency thereof, on a form approved by the State Department of Education. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver of the state's general immunity from liability and suit. Effect of Amendment The 2009 amendment rewrote this section to limit its application to Sandy Island and to allow transportation of any resident rather than only those over fifty-five or disabled or legally blind.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-110
SECTION 59-122-110. Sale of bonds by board; notice.
Status: in_force

The bonds may be disposed of in such manner as the board determines, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, may be made unless approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. If the board elects to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement of the sale must appear in a newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina not less than ten days before the opening of bids and, if no date is fixed in that advertisement, a subsequent notice must be provided either by like publication or other form of notice to parties requesting the notification not less than the business day before the sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-150
SECTION 59-28-150. State Superintendent of Education activities to promote parental involvement.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall: (1) promote parental involvement as a priority for all levels from pre-K through grade 12, with particular emphasis at the middle and high school levels where parental involvement is currently least visible; (2) designate a Department of Education staff position whose specific role is to coordinate statewide initiatives to support school and district parental involvement; (3) collect and disseminate to districts and schools practices shown by research to be effective in increasing parental involvement at all grade levels; (4) provide parental involvement staff development training for district and school liaisons, as needed; (5) provide technical assistance relating to parental involvement training to districts and schools; (6) sponsor statewide conferences on best practices; (7) identify, recommend, and implement ways to integrate programs and funding for maximum benefit to enhance parental involvement; (8) enroll the Department of Education as a state member of national organizations which promote proven parental involvement frameworks, models, and practices and provide related services to state and local members; (9) promote and encourage local school districts to join national parental involvement organizations; and (10) monitor and evaluate parental involvement programs statewide by designing a statewide system which will determine program effectiveness and identify best practices and report evaluation findings and implications to the General Assembly, State Board of Education, and Education Oversight Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-240
SECTION 59-31-240. Pupils' option to purchase or rent books.
Status: in_force

No pupil in the public schools of the State shall be required to pay any larger amount for the use of the books than authorized by Section 59-31-210 nor to buy outright or otherwise acquire any textbook. But any pupil may purchase, if he so desires, the books to be used by him, in which event no rental fee will be charged to such pupil. The State Board of Education shall make proper arrangements for the sale of textbooks to those pupils who desire to purchase them, and such textbooks shall be sold at cost plus actual expenses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-160
SECTION 59-101-160. Degrees of Columbia Bible College.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of Columbia Bible College, formerly named the Columbia Bible School, may confer such degrees as it shall determine. A diploma from the Columbia Bible College may entitle the holder to be accredited by the State Board of Education in like manner as diplomas are now accredited from other schools and colleges.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 59-21-410
SECTION 59-21-410. Letting of contracts.
Status: in_force

Any construction to be financed from funds received from the State public school building fund, pursuant to the approval of the Board, shall be on public contract, such contract to be let by the trustees of the school district, and the awarding of the necessary contracts shall be in the sole province of the school district concerned. Contracts shall be let on public advertisement thereof, and on such conditions and within such limitations as the Board may approve.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-170
SECTION 59-146-170. Responsibilities and duties of State Department of Education and State Board of Education.
Status: in_force

The responsibilities and duties of the State Department of Education and State Board of Education shall be as outlined in Sections 59-144-120, 59-144-130, and 59-144-140.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-60
SECTION 59-125-60. Meetings of board; quorum; effect of failure to attend.
Status: in_force

There shall be at least two regular meetings of the board each year. A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum. Whenever any member of the board has failed to attend two successive meetings of the board without rendering an excuse which is satisfactory to and accepted by the board his place shall be declared vacant by the board and shall be filled as heretofore provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-440
SECTION 59-63-440. Violations of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430.
Status: in_force

Any person wilfully violating the provisions of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars in the discretion of the court. The fines collected under this section shall be credited to the school fund of the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-310
SECTION 59-121-310. Purpose.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for The Citadel to incur debt for the purpose of, among other things, acquiring, constructing, renovating, and equipping certain athletic facilities, which debt is secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the athletic department of The Citadel or by the proceeds of certain related admissions fees and special fees charged to students enrolled at The Citadel, or by both. The Citadel has demonstrated need for additional funds to provide for acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of such facilities. These facilities are needed to replace or renovate aging facilities and to provide additional facilities all to the end that the educational environment at The Citadel will be enhanced for the benefit of present and future students at The Citadel. (B) Consideration has been given to this need and to the methods of funding it. It has been determined to be in the best interests of the people of this State to authorize The Citadel to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip additional such facilities and to incur indebtedness for these purposes which is payable from the revenues derived from the operation of these facilities or from related fees to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this article, or from both. It is specifically provided that the visitors are authorized to pledge the proceeds of the admissions fee and the special student fee as security for the bonds without pledging the revenue derived from the operation of the athletic department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-50-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 50 / Section 59-50-30
SECTION 59-50-30. Curriculum of study.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish and approve the curriculum of study. The curriculum must include intensive, in-depth, pre-professional instruction in the arts as well as a broad based innovative academic and humanities program which constitutes the Southern Association and the state department approved courses of study and requirements for graduation. The program also must include advanced academic studies. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 1 / Section 59-127-70
SECTION 59-127-70. Buildings; courses of study; appliances; staff.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of South Carolina State University may provide all necessary suitable buildings upon a proper site for the purpose, establish a course of study covering the normal, industrial, agricultural and mechanical sciences, provide the necessary appliances for proper instruction in the same and select a proper corps of professors and instructors and fix their salaries.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-230 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-230
SECTION 59-25-230. Revocation or suspension of certificate; service of notices.
Status: in_force

Notices to be given by a party shall be served upon the opposite party prior to the filing thereof. All notices shall be served in person or by registered mail.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-160
SECTION 59-73-160. Tuition fees charged under certain conditions to public school students residing on military base or other federal establishment.
Status: in_force

If the federal government in any year ceases to provide federal impact aid or reduces the amount of federal impact aid to those school districts of this State which provide public school education for children who reside on a military base or on another federal establishment in the district wherein local property taxes are not levied, the governing body of the district in that year shall be authorized to charge a tuition fee to such students who attend schools of the district. The amount of the tuition fee shall be set by the governing body of the district and shall be approved by the State Board of Education. The tuition fee per child shall be the same regardless of the school attended and the aggregate amount of the tuition fees charged in any one year shall not exceed the amount of the loss in federal impact aid from the previous year plus or minus a cost-of-living adjustment on the amount of impact aid provided in the previous year which shall be equal to the rise or fall in the consumer price index as it existed at the end of the previous year. If tuition fees are imposed in any year and the federal impact aid cut is later reinstated and paid after the tuition fees have been collected, such fees shall be refunded in full. The State Board of Education shall be authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section and the appropriate officials of the school district shall be authorized to refuse admittance to any child who has not paid the tuition fee required herein. For purposes of this section: (a) "Consumer price index" means the average over a twelve-month period of the consumer price index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. (b) "Year" means the fiscal year of the school district concerned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-500
SECTION 59-67-500. Routes of buses owned and operated by local school agencies.
Status: in_force

The Board shall have no jurisdiction over the routing of buses owned and operated by local school agencies either directly or by contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-460
SECTION 59-71-460. Denomination of bonds.
Status: in_force

State school bonds shall each be in the denomination of one thousand dollars or some multiple thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-60
SECTION 59-116-60. Campus police vehicles and radio systems.
Status: in_force

(A) Vehicles used for police purposes by a safety and security department are considered emergency vehicles and must be equipped with red or blue lights or combination of them and sirens and operated in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 5 of Title 56. (B) Safety and security departments may install, maintain, and operate radio systems on radio frequencies under licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission, or its successor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-187 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-187
SECTION 59-101-187. Events recognizing academic and research excellence; funding sources.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to a written policy adopted by the governing board of a public institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, the institution may expend funds from the sources listed in this section for events which recognize academic and research excellence and noteworthy accomplishments of members of the faculty and staff, students, and distinguished guests of the institution. Sources of the funds for these expenditures include only: (1) revenues derived from athletics or other student contests; (2) the activities of student organizations; (3) the operations of canteens and bookstores; and (4) approved private practice plans and all nonappropriated state funds. The expenditures of funds from these sources pursuant to the written policy of the board for the purposes stated in this section are considered to meet the public purpose test for the expenditure of public funds. A copy of the written policy adopted by the board must be forwarded to the Commission on Higher Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-190 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-190
SECTION 59-25-190. Revocation or suspension of certificate; effect; payment of salary.
Status: in_force

The revocation or suspension of the certificate of any person shall terminate the employment of such person until such time as a decision is reached concerning the charge against such person; however, such person shall be paid until the final disposition of the case by the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-160 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-160
SECTION 59-29-160. Two units of mathematics requisite for graduation.
Status: in_force

Every student in an accredited high school in this State shall, as a prerequisite to graduation therefrom, successfully complete at least two units of work in the field of mathematics.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-155 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-155
SECTION 59-103-155. Health care profession education; controlled substances training.
Status: in_force

Any public or private institution of higher education in the State from which a student may earn a degree in a health care profession that allows the person to prescribe controlled substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV in the State shall require for those programs that students complete coursework on the prescription and monitoring of Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances, including coursework on the prescription of Schedule II controlled substances to treat or manage pain, and strategies that can be employed to recognize signs of and reduce the likelihood of patient addiction. These institutions of higher education shall coordinate with the state's Commission on Higher Education, Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Dentistry, and Board of Nursing to develop the curriculum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-45 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-45
SECTION 59-65-45. Alternative home schooling requirements.
Status: in_force

In lieu of the requirements of Section 59-65-40, parents or guardians may teach their children at home if the instruction is conducted under the auspices of the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools. Bona fide membership and continuing compliance with the academic standards of South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools exempts the home school from the further requirements of Section 59-65-40. The State Department of Education shall conduct annually a review of the association standards to insure that requirements of the association, at a minimum, include: (a) a parent must hold at least a high school diploma or the equivalent general educational development (GED) certificate; (b) the instructional year is at least one hundred eighty days; and (c) the curriculum includes, but is not limited to, the basic instructional areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and in grades seven through twelve, composition and literature. By January thirtieth of each year, the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools shall report the number and grade level of children home schooled through the association to the children's respective school districts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 59-24-50
SECTION 59-24-50. Continuous professional development programs.
Status: in_force

By January 1, 1999, the South Carolina Department of Education's Leadership Academy shall develop, in cooperation with school districts, district consortia, and state-supported institutions of higher education, continuous professional development programs which meet national standards for professional development and focus on the improvement of teaching and learning. By July 1, 1999, programs funded with state funds must meet these standards and must provide training, modeling, and coaching on effective instructional leadership as it pertains to instructional leadership and school-based improvement, including instruction on the importance of school improvement councils and ways administrators may make school improvement councils an active force in school improvement. The training must be developed and conducted in collaboration with the School Council Assistance Project.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-470 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-470
SECTION 59-130-470. Signing of bonds; corporate seal of university; attestation; signing of interest coupons.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be signed in the corporate name of the university by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting chairman of the board of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting secretary of the board. Any interest coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the facsimile signatures of these officers. The bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the coupons have ceased to hold office at the time of the issue or at the time of the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 3 / Section 59-127-410
SECTION 59-127-410. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all bonds must be delivered to the State Treasurer and retained in a special fund or funds and applied solely to the purposes for which the bonds are issued. Withdrawals from the Debt Service Fund must be made on the order or requisition of the university and must be in a manner the State Treasurer prescribes. The State Treasurer may make temporary investments of funds derived from the proceeds of bonds in obligations enumerated in Section 11-9-660 with maturities consonant with the need for the funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-100
SECTION 59-47-100. Appropriations; reports of board.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall draw the annual appropriations as made by the General Assembly for the support and maintenance of said school and shall annually report to the General Assembly an exact statement of their various acts and doings during the past year, showing exactly how they disbursed the money received and expended, the names of the persons who have received the bounty, the ages and places of residence of such persons and information as to their progress. Vouchers covering all such disbursements shall be filed in the office of the Comptroller General.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-50
SECTION 59-117-50. Meetings of board; quorum.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall meet not less frequently than quarterly, the time and place of each such regular meeting to be fixed by the chairman of the board or otherwise as the board of trustees shall provide. If the Governor chooses to serve as an ex officio member of the board, he shall preside at all regular and special meetings of the board of trustees in which he is in attendance. At those meetings at which the Governor is not in attendance the chairman of the board of trustees shall preside and in his absence such member shall preside as the board may select. The Governor of the State (if serving as an ex officio member of the board), the chairman of the board of trustees, and the president of the University shall each have the power to call a special meeting of the board of trustees and fix the time and place thereof. Any five members of the board shall likewise have this power. A majority of the members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board but not less than a majority vote of the whole board shall be required for the election or removal of a president. It shall be the duty of the president and other officers as well as members of the faculty to attend meetings of the board of trustees when requested to so. Notice of the time and place of all meetings, both regular and special meetings, of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina shall be mailed by the secretary or his assistant to each trustee not less than five days before each meeting thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-20
SECTION 59-149-20. Residency requirements for eligibility; recipients of Palmetto Fellows Scholarships.
Status: in_force

(A) To be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, a student must be considered a resident of this State as provided in this chapter. (B) A student attending such a public or independent institution of this State and who is seeking a LIFE Scholarship as a freshman meets the residency requirements of this chapter if he meets the requirements of Section 59-149-50(A) in regard to high school or home school graduation requirements and is classified as a resident of South Carolina for in-state tuition purposes under Chapter 112 of this title at the time of enrollment at the institution. (C) Students receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship are not eligible for a LIFE Scholarship under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-100
SECTION 59-13-100. Expenses of superintendents.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law, each county superintendent of education shall receive annually, in addition to his salary, such sums as may be necessary to pay the actual expenses incurred by him in attending meetings called for the purpose of advancing educational interests and in visiting schools in other counties in order to become familiar with their management and mode of teaching.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-110
SECTION 59-1-110. "Private school" defined.
Status: in_force

"Private school" means a school established by an agency other than the State or its subdivisions which is primarily supported by other than public funds, and the operation of whose program rests with other than publicly elected or appointed officials.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-520
SECTION 59-127-520. Form and content of bonds; negotiability.
Status: in_force

Bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness may be issued in one or more series at those prices, may bear the date, may mature at the time, not exceeding forty years from their respective date, may bear interest at the fixed or variable rate, may be payable in the medium of payment and at the place, may be in the denomination, may be in the form, either coupon or registered and either certified or uncertified, may carry the registration privileges, may be subject to the terms of redemption before maturity, with or without premium, and may contain terms, covenants, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness may provide. Except as otherwise specified in the authorizing resolution, the bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness are fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-10
SECTION 59-65-10. Responsibility of parent or guardian; transportation for kindergarten pupils.
Status: in_force

(A) A parent or guardian shall require his child to attend regularly a public or private school or kindergarten of this State which has been approved by the State Board of Education, a member school of the South Carolina Independent Schools' Association, a member school of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, or some similar organization, or a parochial, denominational, or church-related school, or other programs which have been approved by the State Board of Education from the school year in which the child is five years of age before September first until the child attains his seventeenth birthday or graduates from high school. A parent or guardian whose child is not six years of age on or before the first day of September of a particular school year may elect for their child or ward not to attend kindergarten. For this purpose, the parent or guardian shall sign a written document making the election with the governing body of the school district in which the parent or guardian resides. The form of this written document must be prescribed by regulation of the Department of Education. Upon the written election being executed, that child is not required to attend kindergarten. (B) Each school district shall provide transportation to and from public school for all pupils enrolled in public kindergarten classes who request the transportation. Regulations of the State Board of Education governing the operation of school buses shall apply. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-80
SECTION 59-53-80. Transfer of control and management of certain area trade schools from State Board of Education to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
Status: in_force

Effective July 1, 1969, the control and management of the area trade schools now located in Lexington, Bamberg and Beaufort Counties shall be transferred from the State Board of Education to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, as successor to the Advisory Committee for Technical Training. The Board shall merge and/or consolidate the trade schools into its system of local technical education centers in such manner as, in its opinion, will best serve the educational objectives of the technical training program; provided, that high school level vocational programs shall continue to be offered to students in the high schools of the area.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-65
SECTION 59-5-65. Powers and responsibilities of State Board of Education.
Status: reserved

The State Board of Education shall have the power and responsibility to: (1) Establish on or before August 15, 1985, regulations prescribing minimum standards of conduct and behavior that must be met by all pupils as a condition to the right of pupils to attend the public schools of the State. The rules shall take into account the necessity of proper conduct on the part of all pupils in order that the welfare of the greatest possible number of pupils shall be promoted notwithstanding that the rules may result in suspension or expulsion of pupils, provided, however, that disciplinary procedures shall be in compliance with Public Law 94-142. (2) Promulgate on or before August 15, 1985, regulations prescribing a uniform system of minimum enforcement by the various school districts of the rules of conduct and behavior. (3) Promulgate rules prescribing scholastic standards of achievement. The rules shall take into account the necessity for scholastic progress in order that the welfare of the greatest possible number of pupils shall be promoted. School districts may impose additional standards of conduct and may impose additional penalties for the violation of such standards of behavior, provided, however, that disciplinary procedures shall be in compliance with Public Law 94-142; (4) Establish on or before July 1, 1985, regulations prescribing a uniform system of enforcement by the various school districts of the state compulsory attendance laws and regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 59-65-90. (5) Promulgate regulations to ensure that all secondary schools, with the exception of career and technology schools and secondary schools whose enrollment is entirely handicapped, offer a clearly defined college preparatory program as specified by the State Board of Education. (6) Promulgate regulations to ensure that each school district in its secondary school or career and technology center shall establish clearly defined career and technology programs designed to provide meaningful employment. (7) By January 1, 1986, establish criteria for promotion of students to the next higher grade. In grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8, a student's performance on the Basic Skills Test of reading shall constitute twenty-five percent of the assessment of his achievement in reading and his performance on the Basic Skills Test of mathematics shall constitute twenty-five percent of the assessment of his achievement in mathematics. The State Board of Education shall specify other measures of student performance in each of these subjects which shall constitute the remaining seventy-five percent of the student's assessment. Any student who fails to meet the criteria established by the Board for promotion to the next higher grade must be retained in his current grade or assigned to a remedial program in the summer or in the next year. Students assigned to the remedial program must meet the minimum criteria established by the Board for his current grade at the conclusion of the remedial program to be promoted to the next higher grade. All handicapped students as defined by federal and state statutes and regulations are subject to the provisions of this section unless the student's individual education plan (IEP) as required by Public Law 94-142 defines alternative goals and promotion standards. Nothing in this subitem shall prohibit the governing bodies of the school districts of this State from establishing higher standards for the promotion of students. (8) Develop and implement regulations requiring all school districts to provide at least one-half day early childhood development programs for four-year-old children who have predicted significant readiness deficiencies and whose parents voluntarily allow participation. The regulations must require intensive and special efforts to recruit children whose participation is difficult to obtain. The school districts may contract with appropriate groups and agencies to provide part or all of the programs. If a local advisory committee exists in a community to coordinate early childhood education and development, school districts shall consult with the committee in planning and developing services. The State Department of Education shall collect and analyze longitudinal data to determine the effects of child development programs on the later achievement of children by tracking four-year-old child development program participants through kindergarten and the first three years of elementary school to examine their performance on appropriate performance measures." (9) Reserved. (10) Adopt guidelines whereby the secondary schools of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity. (11) Adopt policies and procedures for the local school districts to follow whereby: (a) Regular conferences between parents and teachers are encouraged. (b) Each school has active parent and teacher participation on the School Improvement Council and in parent-teacher groups. (c) Parenting classes and seminars are made readily available in every school district. (12) Adopt policies and procedures to accomplish the following: (a) Have school personnel encourage advice and suggestions from the business community. (b) Have business organizations encourage their members to become involved in efforts to strengthen the public schools. (c) Encourage all schools and businesses to participate in adopt-a-school programs. (d) Encourage statewide businesses and their organizations to initiate a Public Education Foundation to fund exemplary and innovative projects which support improvement in the public schools. (13) Adopt policies and procedures to accomplish the following: (a) Expand school volunteer programs. (b) Encourage civic and professional organizations to participate in local adopt-a-school programs. (14) Work with the leadership network established pursuant to Section 59-6-16. (15) Develop by regulation a model safe schools checklist to be used by school districts on a regular basis to assess their schools' safety strengths and weaknesses. The checklist must include: (a) the existence of a comprehensive safety plan; (b) communication of discipline policies and procedures; (c) intraagency and interagency emergency planning; (d) recording of disruptive incidents; (e) training of staff and students; (f) assessment of buildings and grounds; (g) procedures for handling visitors; (h) assignment of personnel in emergencies; (i) emergency communication and management procedures; and (j) transportation rules and accident procedures. (16) Consult with the Department of Agricultural Education of Clemson University at all steps in the development of any state plan prepared to satisfy any federal requirement related to the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology and Education Act or any successor federal law, including, but not limited to, the allocation or distribution of funds under this federal act. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment in items (5) and (6) substituted "career and technology" for "vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2400 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 27 / Section 59-53-2400
SECTION 59-53-2400. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Authority" means a technical college Enterprise Campus Authority. (2) "Board" means the governing body of an authority. (3) "Commission" means an area commission as defined by Section 59-53-52. (4) "Enterprise campus" means the real and personal property subject to the management and control of an authority. The enterprise campus may consist of one or more tracts or parcels of real property and none of the tracts or parcels must be contiguous with other properties constituting the enterprise campus. Editor's Note 2008 Act No. 71, SECTION 2 provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education Enterprise Campus Authority Act'." 2008 Act No. 71, SECTION 4 provides as follows: "Nothing in the article may be construed to alter, amend, or otherwise affect an existing technical or community college enterprise campus or Enterprise Campus Authority currently in existence."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1900 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1900
SECTION 59-53-1900. Two or more school districts joining to create career and technology schools; composition of board; terms; vacancies.
Status: in_force

(A) A group of two or more school districts of the State, without regard to county lines, may join to create career and technology school boards (board) to construct, operate, govern, supervise, manage, and control career and technology schools. However, the provisions of this section are not applicable to a school district with a career and technology center serving only those students residing within its geographical limits. Each board consists of six appointed members, to be apportioned among the districts joining in the creation of the board as the districts may agree. Members must be selected by the school boards of trustees from the members of their respective district school boards of trustees. The terms of the members of the board must be concurrent with their terms on the district school board of trustees. If vacancies occur or members of the boards cease to be members of their respective boards of trustees, the vacancies must be filled by members from the same school board of trustees of which the withdrawing member was a member, selected by the trustees of that district or county. (B) The superintendent of each participating district shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the board. The superintendents must be administrative members of the board and jointly shall nominate staff and assume such responsibilities and perform duties as may be prescribed by law or by regulations of the State Board of Education or as prescribed by the career and technology school board. (C) The respective boards of trustees of participating districts shall select their members and the boards shall convene and organize by electing one member as chairman and one as vice chairman. The terms of chairman and vice chairman are for one year. The boards shall have other officers and prescribe terms as considered necessary. (D) The members of the boards must be paid compensation as the boards may provide by resolution; provided, that the compensation must not exceed fifty dollars for each meeting and mileage at a rate of fourteen cents a mile. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), in the first and second sentences substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-390
SECTION 59-31-390. Administrative expenses shall be paid out of rentals.
Status: in_force

All necessary expenses incurred in administering the terms of this article shall be paid from the rentals collected hereunder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-142-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 142 / Section 59-142-10
SECTION 59-142-10. Need based grants; qualifications.
Status: in_force

(A) The State shall fund a need-based grant for a student who enrolls as an undergraduate in a public institution of higher learning in this State, who applies for the need-based grant, and who meets the following qualifications: (1) meets domicile requirements, as defined in Section 59-112-20, with the additional requirement of at least twelve consecutive months of residency in the State of South Carolina immediately preceding enrollment; (2) is accepted by and enrolled or registered in a state public institution of higher learning as a first degree full-time or part-time student in a certificate, or diploma of at least one year in length, or undergraduate degree program; (3) is of good moral character; (4) has not been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies or any second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related offenses under the laws of this or any other state or under the laws of the United States in order to be eligible for a South Carolina need-based grant, except that a high school or college student otherwise qualified who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related misdemeanor offense nevertheless shall be eligible or continue to be eligible for such grants after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea; and (5) is found to be in financial need according to federal Title IV regulations. (B) To maintain continued eligibility for the state need-based grants, once enrolled a student shall: (1) complete a minimum of twenty-four semester hours an academic year if a full-time student and twelve semester hours an academic year if a part-time student and make satisfactory academic progress toward a degree as determined by the institution; and (2) have not been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies or any second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related offenses under the laws of this or any other state or under the laws of the United States in order to be eligible for a South Carolina need-based grant, except that a high school or college student otherwise qualified who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related misdemeanor offense nevertheless shall be eligible or continue to be eligible for such grants after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea; and be eligible for the need-based grants for a maximum of four academic years of two semesters. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment, in subsections (A) and paragraph (B)(2), added "second or subsequent" in two places and, in paragraph (B)(2), merged the text of paragraph (3) into the last sentence of paragraph (2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 1 / Section 59-53-50
SECTION 59-53-50. Additional powers and duties of Board.
Status: in_force

The Board shall: (1) be responsible for the state-level development, implementation, coordination, and operation of an adequate and high quality post-high school vocational, technical, and occupational diploma and associate degree courses, programs, and adult short-term training programs and courses financed in whole or in part by state funds; such courses and programs to be characterized by a continuing strong emphasis on the employment needs of the State, the communities, and people of South Carolina; (2) establish criteria for and approve the awarding of certificates, diplomas, and associate (but not baccalaureate) degrees to students who successfully complete authorized and prescribed courses and programs of study and training; (3) participate in the various programs of federal aid to public, post-secondary, two-year institutions, and to the students therein; (4) accept and administer donations of funds, grants, real property, or equipment from individuals, corporations, foundations, and governmental bodies; (5) establish a minimum and maximum tuition fee with the approval of the area commissions. Any fees charged above or below this established fee schedule shall require the approval of the Board and the appropriate area commissions; (6) require accountability for and maintain inventory records over all donated equipment, all real property, and equipment in the South Carolina Technical Education System which is purchased by or for the institutions and programs regardless of source of funds. All inventory records shall identify sources of funds and ownership of all items; (7) establish criteria for the justification of a new facility or the modification of existing facilities. No new facilities or modification of existing facilities shall occur without the approval of the area commission and the Board, and the location of any such new facility or modification of an existing facility in a particular county is subject to the approval of a majority of the members of the area commission from that county; (8) employ an executive director and such other personnel as may be necessary for the Board to fulfill its duties and responsibilities; (9) file reports on its activities annually, with such recommendations as may be appropriate, to the Governor and General Assembly; (10) continue the special schools training program for new and expanding industry and business, closely coordinated with the state's economic development efforts; (11) accept and administer federal funds provided to the State through the Job Training Partnership Act or succeeding programs; (12) in accordance with memoranda of agreement with the South Carolina State Board of Education, beginning with the 1986-87 school year, accept and administer federal funds allocated to the State and required to be used for adult vocational training and retraining; (13) assure leadership in education and training among state agencies in aiding businesses and industries faced with the curtailment or the reduction of their work force and assist displaced employees and welfare recipients in assessing their educational needs and providing education and training to meet those needs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-430
SECTION 59-71-430. Request for issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

Before any State school bonds are issued, the State Board of Education shall transmit to the Governor and to the State Treasurer a request for the issuance thereof and shall embody in such request: (a) A schedule showing the aggregate of bonds issued pursuant to previous requests, the purposes for which they were issued, the annual payments required to retire such bonds, the interest thereon and the amount of sinking fund applicable to the retirement of such outstanding bonds, apportioned in accordance with the requirement of Section 59-71-570; (b) the amount of bonds sought to be issued; (c) a schedule showing future annual principal requirements and estimated annual interest requirements on the bonds requested to be issued; (d) a schedule showing (i) the estimated total funds required to cover applications for capital improvements and other purposes to be approved by the Board in that fiscal year; (ii) the amount of funds then available to apply on such applications and; (iii) the remaining amount required to cover such applications, being the amount for which it is proposed that State school bonds be issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-40
SECTION 59-101-40. Presidents of student bodies may be ex officio nonvoting members of boards of trustees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to the composition of the various boards of trustees of State-supported institutions of higher learning, the president of the student body of each of these institutions may be, ex officio, a nonvoting member of the board of trustees of the institution he attends and represents. The term of office of the student body president shall be contemporaneous with his term as president.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-910 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 9 / Section 59-63-910
SECTION 59-63-910. Safety and security drills; guidelines.
Status: in_force

(A) All public schools, including charter schools whose instruction is not primarily delivered online, shall conduct fire, active shooter/intruder, and severe weather/earthquake drills. Within each school year, schools must conduct at least two fire drills, two active shooter/intruder drills, and two severe weather/earthquake drills, with at least one of each drill conducted each semester. (B) Before August 1, 2018, the State Department of Education and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall develop guidelines for the conduct of active shooter/intruder training required in this section, and developmentally appropriate training materials. The department and the State Law Enforcement Division must consult with school-employed mental health professionals and the State Fire Marshal in creating and updating the guidelines. These guidelines must be included in annual teacher collegial development required by Section 59-1-425(A). Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 256, SECTION 2, rewrote the section, providing that public schools shall conduct a certain number of fire drills, active shooter/intruder drills, and severe weather/earthquake drills during each semester, and providing that the State Department of Education and State Law Enforcement Division shall develop certain related guidelines and training materials.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-50
SECTION 59-40-50. Exemption; powers and duties; admissions; composition; purposes; governance; transportation.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a charter school is exempt from all provisions of law and regulations applicable to a public school, a school board, or a district, although a charter school may elect to comply with one or more of these provisions of law or regulations. (B) A charter school must: (1) adhere to the same health, safety, civil rights, and disability rights requirements as are applied to public schools operating in the same school district or, in the case of the South Carolina Public Charter School District or a public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor, the local school district in which the charter school is located; (2) meet, but may exceed, the same minimum student attendance requirements as are applied to public schools; (3) adhere to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit requirements as are applied to public schools; (4) be considered a school district for purposes of tort liability under South Carolina law, except that the tort immunity does not include acts of intentional or wilful racial discrimination by the governing body or employees of the charter school. Employees of charter schools must be relieved of personal liability for any tort or contract related to their school to the same extent that employees of traditional public schools in their school district or, in the case of the South Carolina Public Charter School District or a public or independent institution of higher learning sponsor, the local school district in which the charter school is located are relieved; (5) in its discretion hire noncertified teachers in a ratio of up to twenty-five percent of its entire teacher staff; however, if it is a converted charter school, it shall hire in its discretion noncertified teachers in a ratio of up to ten percent of its entire teacher staff. However, in either a new or converted charter school, a teacher teaching in the core academic areas as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind law must be certified in those areas or possess a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the subject he or she is hired to teach. Part-time noncertified teachers are considered pro rata in calculating this percentage based on the hours which they are expected to teach; (6) hire or contract for, in its discretion, administrative staff, including a school leader, to oversee the daily operation of the school. At least one of the administrative staff must be certified or experienced in the field of school administration; (7) admit all children eligible to attend public school to a charter school, subject to space limitations, except in the case of an application to create a single gender charter school or, in the case of a charter school designated as an Alternative Education Campus, pursuant to Section 59-40-111, with an explicit mission and purpose of specializing in providing evidence-based, specific educational or behavioral health services for educationally disadvantaged students with a demonstrated need for such services. Demonstrated need may include, but not be limited to, as documented in an Individualized Education Program (IEP), 504 plan, a medical or psychological diagnosis, or documentation that the student is not meeting grade-specific standards in literacy as documented by the student's school. For purposes of this section, educationally disadvantaged students are those students as defined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Evidence-based services must include, but are not limited to, services to students who need evidence-based, specialized, multi-sensory instruction in literacy or other services included in the students' IEP or 504 plan. This specialized mission and purpose must be defined in the school's charter and charter contract as approved by the sponsor and as allowed by ESSA. However, it is required that the racial composition of the charter school enrollment reflect that of the local school district in which the charter school is located or that of the targeted student population of the local school district that the charter school proposes to serve, to be defined for the purposes of this chapter as differing by no more than twenty percent from that population. This requirement is also subject to the provisions of Section 59-40-70(D). If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building, students must be accepted by lot, and there is no appeal to the sponsor. In the case of a charter school designated as an Alternative Education Campus, pursuant to Section 59-40-111, that is serving educationally disadvantaged students, if the number of applicants exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building, students may be accepted by weighted lot as allowed by ESSA with mission-aligned preference and the process clearly described in their charter and charter contract approved by their sponsor, and there is no appeal to the sponsor; (8)(a) not limit or deny admission or show preference in admission decisions to any individual or group of individuals, except in the case of an application to create a single gender charter school, in which case gender may be the only reason to show preference or deny admission to the school or as allowed by subitems (b) and (c). (b) A charter school must give preference to students enrolled in the public charter school the previous year. (c) A charter school may give enrollment preference to any of the following by enrolling the student without requiring participation in a lottery when a lottery is otherwise required under this chapter: (i) a sibling of a pupil currently enrolled and attending, or who, within the last six years, attended the school for at least one complete academic year; (ii) a child or children of any employee of the charter school or member of the charter school committee, provided that the number of students eligible for this preference may not exceed twenty percent of the school's total enrollment; (iii) dependents of active-duty members of the military residing or stationed in this State, limited to not more than ten percent of the school's total enrollment except for schools meeting the provisions of subitem (f). Dependents of active-duty military members are subject to the enrollment provisions of Section 59-63-33. (d) A student eligible for multiple enrollment preferences may be enrolled based on only one of the preferences, at the charter school's discretion. A student eligible for an enrollment preference that is denied the enrollment preference because the charter school has exceeded the number of enrollment preferences allowed must be permitted to participate in any enrollment lottery held by the school for the year the enrollment preference is denied. (e) In the case of a charter school designated as an Alternative Education Campus, pursuant to Section 59-40-111, mission-aligned preference may be given to educationally disadvantaged students as specifically defined in their charter and charter contract approved by their sponsor and as allowed by ESSA. (f) In addition, a charter school located on a federal military installation or base where the appropriate authorities have made buildings, facilities, and grounds on the installation or base available for use by the charter school as its principal location also may give enrollment priority to otherwise eligible students who are dependents of military personnel living in military housing on the base or installation or who are currently stationed at the base or installation not to exceed fifty percent of the total enrollment of the charter school. This priority is in addition to the other priorities provided by this item, but no child may be counted more than once for purposes of determining the percentage makeup of each priority; (9) consist of a board of directors of seven or more individuals with the exact number specified in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. Members of a board of directors may serve a term of two years, and may serve additional terms. A choice of the membership of the board must take place every two years. Fifty percent of the members of the board as specified by the bylaws must be individuals who have a background in K-12 education or in business, and the bylaws of the charter school also must provide for the manner of selection of these members. In addition, at least fifty percent of the members of the board as specified by the bylaws must be elected by the employees and the parents or guardians of students enrolled in the charter school. Parents or guardians shall have one vote for each student enrolled in the charter school. All members must be residents of the State of South Carolina. A person who has been convicted of a felony must not be elected to a board of directors. If the board of directors consists of an odd number of members, the extra member must be an individual who has a background in K-12 education or in business; (10) be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, including the charter school and its governing body. A board of directors of a charter school shall notify its sponsor of any regular meeting of the board at least forty-eight hours prior to the date on which it is to occur; (11) be subject to the ethics and government accountability requirements for public members and public employees as contained in Chapter 13, Title 8. For purposes of this subsection, employees of the charter school board are considered public employees. The charter contract in accordance with Section 59-40-60(B) must contain a statement of assurance of ethical compliance on behalf of the school. (C)(1) If a charter school denies admission to a student, the student may appeal the denial to the sponsor. The decision is binding on the student and the charter school. (2) If a charter school suspends or expels a student, other charter schools or the local school district in which the charter school is located has the authority but not the obligation to refuse admission to the student. (3)(a) A charter school is eligible for federally sponsored, state-sponsored or district-sponsored interscholastic leagues, competitions, awards, scholarships, grants, and recognition programs for students, educators, administrators, staff, and schools to the same extent as all other public schools. (b) A charter school student is eligible to compete for, and if selected, participate in any extracurricular activities not offered by the student's charter school which are offered at the resident public school he would otherwise attend. A charter school student is eligible to compete for, and if selected, participate in an activity governed by the South Carolina High School League offered at the resident public school he would otherwise attend if the league-governed activity is not offered at the student's charter school. (c) A charter school student is eligible for extracurricular activities at the student's resident public school consistent with eligibility standards as applied to full-time students of the resident public school. (d) A school district or resident public school may not impose additional requirements on a charter school student to participate in extracurricular activities that are not imposed on full-time students of the resident public school. (e) Charter school students shall pay the same fees as other students to participate in extracurricular activities. (f) Charter school students shall be eligible for the same fee waivers for which other students are eligible. (D) The State is not responsible for student transportation to a charter school unless the charter school is designated by the local school district as the only school selected within the local school district's attendance area. However, a charter school may enter into a contract with a school district or a private provider to provide transportation to the charter school students. (E) The South Carolina Public Charter School District Board of Trustees may not use program funding for transportation. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote subsections (B) and (C) and added subsections (D) and (E) relating to transportation of students. The 2008 amendment in subsection (B)(8) substituted "however" for "provided, however, that", added "or previously enrolled", and substituted "if such priority" for "provided their". The 2012 amendment inserted "or a public or independent institution of high learning sponsor" in subsections (B)(1) and (B)(4); inserted "or contract for," in subsection (B)(6); inserted ", except in the case of an application to create a single gender charter school" in subsection (B)(7); rewrote subsections (B)(8), (B)(9), (B)(10), and (C). The 2013 amendment, in subsection (B)(8), added the second, fourth, and fifth sentences, relating to enrollment preference and priority. 2015 Act No. 83, SECTIONS 1.A, 1.B, in (B)(6), inserted ", including a school leader," and added (B)(11). 2016 Act No. 219, SECTION 1, rewrote (B)(7), providing that alternative education campuses may give mission-aligned admissions preferences to certain educationally disadvantaged students, and providing related definitions, procedures, and criteria; and in (B)(8), added the fifth sentence, relating to mission-aligned preference. 2025 Act No. 47, SECTION 1, rewrote (B)(8).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-750 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 7 / Section 59-119-750
SECTION 59-119-750. 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 Clemson 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 Clemson to the effect that the action will not adversely affect the ability of Clemson 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 Clemson as it may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-20
SECTION 59-115-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and terms shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings: (1) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, acting as the State Education Assistance Authority. (2) "Eligible institution" shall mean (a) any institution of higher learning or post-secondary business, trade or technical educational schools; and (b) vocational and training schools, which shall have received the approval as such by the Authority. Eligible institutions may be located within or beyond the boundaries of South Carolina. (3) "Loan fund" shall mean the State Education Assistance Authority loan fund which shall be established as provided by Section 59-115-60. (4) "Revenue bonds" or "student loan revenue bonds" shall mean revenue bonds of the Authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, including revenue refunding bonds. (5) "Sinking fund" shall mean the fund established pursuant to Section 59-115-70 in order to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of revenue bonds. (6) "Student" means any qualifying student in attendance at any eligible institution. (7) "Student loans" means loans made to students for the purpose of enabling them to attend eligible institutions. (8) "Loan Guarantee Reserve Fund" shall mean the state education assistance authority loan guarantee reserve fund which shall be established as provided by Section 59-115-70. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 20.O.1, in subsection (1), substituted "means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "shall mean the State Budget and Control Board of South Carolina".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-149-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 149 / Section 59-149-50
SECTION 59-149-50. Graduating classes covered; cumulative grade point average requirements; regaining eligibility; eligibility for freshman beginning 2002-2003.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) To be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, a student must be either a student who has graduated from a high school located in this State, a student who has completed at least three of the final four years of high school within this State, a home school student who has successfully completed a high school home school program in this State in the manner required by law, a student who has graduated from a preparatory high school outside this State, while a dependent of a parent or guardian who is a legal resident of this State and has custody of the dependent, or a student whose parent or guardian has served in or has retired from one of the United States Armed Forces within the last four years, paid income taxes in this State for a majority of the years of service, and is a resident of this State. These students also must meet the requirements of subsection (B) and be eligible for in-state tuition and fees as determined pursuant to Chapter 112, Title 59 and applicable regulations. In addition, the student must have graduated from high school with a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade average on a 4.0 scale and, subject to modification as provided in item (2), have scored 1100 or better on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or have the equivalent ACT score as determined by the Commission on Higher Education; provided that, if the student is to attend such a public or independent two-year college or university in this State, including a technical college, the SAT/ACT requirement does not apply. If a student chooses to attend such a public or independent institution of this State and does not make the required SAT/ACT score or the required high school grade point average, as applicable, the student may earn a LIFE Scholarship after his freshman year if he meets the grade point average and semester credit hour requirements of subsection (B). For the purpose of meeting the rank criteria pursuant to this section, the existing high school rank of a South Carolina resident attending an out-of-state high school may be used provided it is calculated pursuant to a state-approved, standardized grading scale at the respective out-of-state high school. If the Commission on Higher Education determines that a state-approved standardized grading scale substantially deviates from the South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale, the state-approved standardized grading scale shall not be used to meet the eligibility requirements for the LIFE Scholarship. (2) After the 2024-2025 School Year, if the scoring scale range of the SAT is changed, the Commission on Higher Education shall adjust the minimum SAT/ACT score required in item (1) in order to maintain a minimum scoring requirement that is the functional equivalent of the 2024-2025 standards. In determining whether the SAT/ACT score of an applicant meets the minimum requirements of this section after such an adjustment is made, a college or university shall apply the minimum scoring requirement in effect on the date that the test was taken. (B) Students receiving a LIFE Scholarship to retain it and students currently enrolled in an eligible institution to receive such a scholarship must earn a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and earn at least thirty credit hours each year for the maximum of semesters permitted at that institution by Section 59-149-60. The cumulative grade point average calculation, for purposes of LIFE scholarship eligibility, must be inclusive of the student's grade point average at all public or independent institutions attended by the student. (C) Students who were LIFE Scholarship recipients seeking a degree at such a public or independent institution of this State during their freshman or other year who failed to earn a cumulative 3.0 at the end of the term they attempted the requisite number of hours required by subsection (B) may regain eligibility if their cumulative grade average is a 3.0 at the end of the term they have attempted at least sixty hours if they are a sophomore or ninety hours if they are a junior. (D) Beginning with school year 2002-2003, an entering freshman at a four-year institution to be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship in addition to the other requirements of this chapter shall meet two of the following three criteria: (1) have the grade point average required by this section; (2) have the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or equivalent ACT score required by this section; (3) be in the top thirty percent of his high school graduating class. For home school students and students whose high school graduating class is less than fifty students, the Commission on Higher Education may define alternative criteria for students to meet the requirement of item (3). After receipt of a LIFE Scholarship by an entering freshman beginning with school year 2002-2003, a student shall meet the criteria established in this chapter to retain or regain the scholarship. For an exceptionally gifted student who is accepted into college without having attended high school, the Commission on Higher Education shall define alternative criteria for the student to qualify for a LIFE Scholarship. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment rewrote subsection (A); in subsection (B), in the first sentence, deleted "each year" following "4.0 scale" and added the second sentence relating to inclusion of a student's grade point average at all public or independent institutions. The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), rewrote the first two sentences; and, in subsection (B), in the first sentence deleted "each year" after "4.0 Scale" and added the second sentence. The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), rewrote the third sentence to delete provisions relating to the 1998-1999, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 school years and substituted "1100" for "1000" as the SAT score. The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), rewrote the third sentence and added the fifth and sixth sentences relating to use of out-of-state high school rankings. 2024 Act No. 156, SECTION 3, in (A), inserted the (1) designator, and in the third sentence, inserted ", subject to modification as provided in item (2)," and "as determined by the Commission on Higher Education", substituted "SAT/ACT" for "SAT" in two places, and added (2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-260
SECTION 59-150-260. Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting of lottery ticket; influencing the winning of a lottery prize through coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering; ineligible for prize or employment.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery game ticket is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (B) A person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (C) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (A) or (B) must not be the recipient of an award of a lottery prize or a portion of a lottery prize, and is ineligible for employment by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-220
SECTION 59-28-220. Development of employer tax credit incentives for paid parent-employee release time.
Status: in_force

The Education Oversight Committee, in cooperation with representatives of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Revenue, and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, shall develop recommendations for employer tax credits as incentives to: (1) provide parent-employee release time for parent-teacher conferences or attendance at their children's academic-related events without loss of pay; and (2) develop workplace policies which enable parents to improve their literacy, assist their children with academics, and become more involved in their child's education as a result of employers working with local school officials. Recommendations shall be reported to the Senate Finance and Education Committees, House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee no later than January 1, 2001.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-270
SECTION 59-63-270. Regulation or prohibition of clubs or like activities.
Status: in_force

Any district board of trustees may regulate, control, or prohibit clubs or other such activities on school property or during school hours.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-135-15 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 135 / Section 59-135-15
SECTION 59-135-15. Authority to change name from Lander College to Lander University.
Status: in_force

At its discretion, the Board of Trustees of Lander College is authorized to change the title of its governed institution from "Lander College" to "Lander University", provided that the institution meets the criteria of a comprehensive university as established by the Commission on Higher Education on December 5, 1991.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 5 / Section 59-71-440
SECTION 59-71-440. Conditions warranting issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

If the following shall appear to the satisfaction of the Governor and the State Treasurer from the foregoing request: (a) That the amount of revenues derived from the retail sales tax received during the next preceding fiscal year will, if received annually thereafter, be sufficient to pay as they fall due the principal and interest on such proposed State school bonds and all other State school bonds theretofore issued; (b) that the amount of revenues estimated by the State Board of Education to be received during the term for which such proposed State school bonds will be outstanding will be sufficient to pay, as the same respectively mature, the principal and interest of such bonds and of all other State school bonds theretofore issued; (c) that the estimate by the State Board of Education of its needs as shown pursuant to Section 59-71-430 requires bonds to be issued in the amount requested; (d) that the issue will be within the limitations prescribed by Section 59-71-420; it shall be the duty of the Governor and the State Treasurer to issue State school bonds in accordance with such request.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-136-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 136 / Article 1 / Section 59-136-150
SECTION 59-136-150. Lease or sale of real property donated to university; proceeds.
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, the board is authorized to lease or sell any real property which may have been or may be donated to the university during any fund campaign. The proceeds of any lease or sale must be applied to the original purpose of the donation of the property leased or sold.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-100
SECTION 59-107-100. Full faith, credit, and taxing power of State pledged to pay bonds.
Status: in_force

For the payment of the principal and interest on all state institution bonds, whose issuance is authorized by this chapter, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State, and in addition, the revenues derived from the tuition fees received by the particular institution of higher learning for which such state institution bonds are issued must also be pledged.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-20
SECTION 59-58-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. (2) "Agency" means the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. (3) "Commissioner" means the Chief Executive Officer of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, or a person designated by the commissioner to administer the provisions of this chapter. (4) "Nonpublic educational institution" includes, but is not limited to, any educational entity operating or soliciting in South Carolina and is not owned or operated in whole or in part by the State of South Carolina offering resident or correspondence courses beyond the secondary school level to students upon the payment of tuition or fees. (5) "Program" means an organized unit of subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given time and for which credit is given toward completion of training toward a predetermined occupational or academic credential. (6) "Degree" includes, but is not limited to, any academic credential or designation not less than, but including associate, bachelor, master, doctor, or fellow, whether earned or honorary, which signifies, purports, or is generally taken to signify partial or satisfactory completion of the requirements of an academic, occupational, business, or other program of study beyond the secondary school level. (7) "Occupational objective" includes a certificate or diploma without any academic designation that may be used to signify partial or satisfactory completion of educational training oriented toward a specific occupation or skill taught in a course or program of study beyond the secondary school level. (8) "Degree-granting institution" includes, but is not limited to, any nonpublic educational institution awarding, selling, conferring, bestowing, or giving, or purporting to award, sell, confer, bestow, or give a degree as defined in this chapter. (9) "License" means an agency permit, approval, or some similar form of written permission. (10) "Salesman", "agent", or "solicitor" means a person who, for remuneration, enrolls or seeks to enroll, away from the nonpublic educational institution's premises, a resident of South Carolina in courses or programs of instruction or study offered by the nonpublic educational institution. Administrators and faculty who make informational public appearances to include appearances at high school recruiting fairs, but whose primary task does not include service as a paid recruiter, are exempted from this definition. (11) "Agent permit" means a nontransferable written authorization issued to a natural person, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to solicit persons residing in South Carolina to enroll in courses or programs of instruction offered by nonpublic educational institutions. (12) "Revoke" means to rescind, cancel, or withdraw. Upon revocation of an institution's license, the institution must immediately cease operation. (13) "Suspend" means to stop. During a period of suspension, the institution must immediately cease operation for a specified period. (14) "Probation" means a specified period during which an institution cannot enroll, solicit, or recruit new students. (15) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, organization, corporation, trust, or other legal entity or combination of the above. (16) "Entity" includes, but is not limited to, a person or group of persons. (17) "Operating or soliciting" means having actual presence within the State and includes for the purposes of application of this chapter: (a) an instructional site within South Carolina whether owned, leased, rented, or provided without charge; (b) instruction whether theoretical or clinical within or originating from South Carolina utilizing teachers, trainers, counselors, advisors, sponsors, or mentors; (c) an agent, recruiter, in-state liaison personnel, institution, or business that solicits for enrollment or credits or for the award of an educational credential; and (d) advertising, promotional material, or public solicitation in any form that targets South Carolina residents through distribution or advertising in the State. (18) "Religious or theological training" is the awarding of nonacademic degrees, diplomas, or certificates with a specific theological, biblical, divinity, or other religious designation. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment, in item (10), in the first sentence substituted "a" for "any" person and in the second sentence added "to include appearances at high school recruiting fairs".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-23-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 59-23-310
SECTION 59-23-310. Conveyance of title to school building not necessary for school purposes authorized.
Status: in_force

The trustees of any school district may convey, in fee simple, title to any school building within the district which is no longer needed for school purposes upon compliance with the provisions of Section 59-19-250.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-710 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 59-18-710
SECTION 59-18-710. Recommendations regarding state's accreditation system.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall provide recommendations regarding the state's accreditation system to the State Board of Education. The recommendations must be derived from input received from broad-based stakeholder groups. In developing the criteria for the accreditation system, the State Board of Education shall consider including the function of school improvement councils and other school decision-making groups and their participation in the school planning process. Effect of Amendment The first 2008 amendment rewrote this section. The second 2008 amendment made identical changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 1 / Section 59-133-10
SECTION 59-133-10. Board of Trustees.
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees for Francis Marion University is composed of the Governor of the State or his designee, who is an ex officio member of the board, and sixteen members, with fifteen of these members to be elected by the General Assembly and one member to be appointed from the State at large by the Governor. The General Assembly shall elect and the Governor shall appoint these members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of this State. Of the fifteen members to be elected, one member must be elected from each congressional district and the remaining eight members must be elected by the General Assembly from the State at large. The term of office of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is coterminous with the term of the Governor appointing him. He shall serve after his term has expired until his successor is appointed and qualifies. Each position on the board constitutes a separate office and the seats on the board are numbered consecutively: Seats One through Seven corresponding to the number of each congressional district and Seats Eight through Fifteen to be designated at large. The member appointed by the Governor shall occupy Seat Sixteen. Effective July 1, 2012, the member from former Seat One remains in Seat One, the member from former Seat Three is transferred to Seat Twelve, the member from former Seat Five is transferred to Seat Thirteen, the member from former Seat Seven is transferred to Seat Fourteen, the member from former Seat Nine is transferred to Seat Five, the member from former Seat Eleven is transferred to Seat Six, the member from former Seat Thirteen is transferred to Seat Eight, and the member from former Seat Fifteen is transferred to Seat Ten, with these members continuing to serve until their terms expire on June 30, 2014. A member for Seats Two, Three, Four, Seven, Nine, Eleven, and Fifteen must be elected by the General Assembly in 2012 for a term that expires on June 30, 2016. The General Assembly shall hold elections every two years to select successors of the trustees whose four-year terms are then expiring. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no election may be held before April first of the year in which the successor's term is to commence. The term of office of an elective trustee commences on the first day of July of the year in which the trustee is elected. If an elective office becomes vacant, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall hold an election at any time during the session to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy occurring in the appointed office on the board must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment in the same manner of the original appointment. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment reenacted this section with no apparent change. The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-125 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 8 / Section 59-8-125
SECTION 59-8-125. Funds to create, oversee, and administer program; suspension of accounts; unused funds; termination of scholarships.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall develop an online electronic system for payment for services authorized by participating parents pursuant to this chapter and the guidelines provided by the department. Parents may not be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses. (B) The trustee shall transfer to the department an amount from the ESTF to cover the costs of overseeing the accounts, administering the program, and the payment of the trustee's fee as provided in this section, up to a limit of five percent. Annually, on or before December thirty-first, the department shall notify the respective Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee regarding the amount deducted for administrative costs and an itemization of the costs incurred to administer the program for the previous fiscal year. (C) The department shall enter into a contract with the trustee to perform the services contemplated by this act. The contract shall include terms of its performance and the fee or the method of calculating the fee that the department will pay to the trustee. The contract's terms and fee structure shall, in the state superintendent's sole discretion, be commercially reasonable. The department shall pay the trustee's fee upon receipt of the invoice from the trustee. (D) Payments made by the department must remain in force until a parent or scholarship student is proven to have participated in a prohibited activity specified in this chapter, a scholarship student returns to a public school in his resident public school, a scholarship student no longer is an eligible student, or a scholarship student graduates from high school or attains twenty-two years of age, whichever occurs first. A scholarship student who enrolls in his resident public school is considered to have returned to a public school for the purpose of determining the end of the term. (E) The trustee may suspend or deactivate an account for substantial misuse or the scholarship student leaves the program for any reason, at which time any remaining funds must revert to the ESTF. (F) Unused funds must be rolled over to the following school year for a scholarship student who applies and continues to meet eligibility requirements to participate in the program. (G) Only one account may be established for a scholarship student. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 8, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor." 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 16, provides as follows: "SECTION 16. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Current eligible participants may continue receiving benefits under the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, until the end of the 2024-2025 School Year." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 4, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-90
SECTION 59-139-90. Strategic plans to include goals and objectives for parent involvement.
Status: in_force

The school and district strategic plans required in Section 59-139-10 must include the stated goals and objectives for parent involvement and the methods used for data collection to support statewide evaluation of parent involvement efforts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-140
SECTION 59-49-140. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the purposes of the school as herein defined the board of trustees shall make such rules and regulations for its own government and for the management of the school as it may deem necessary, consistent with the laws of this State and with the terms of the will of Dr. John De La Howe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-450
SECTION 59-130-450. Bond provisions as to maturity, interest, redemption, etc.; negotiability.
Status: in_force

Bonds may be issued in one or more series at those prices, may bear the date or dates, may mature at the time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective date, may bear interest at the fixed or variable rate or rates, may be payable in the medium of payment and at the place or places, may be in the denomination or denominations, may be in the form, either coupon or registered and either certified or uncertified, may carry the registration privileges, may be subject to the terms of redemption before maturity, with or without premium, and may contain terms, covenants, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. Except as otherwise specified in the authorizing resolution, the bonds are fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 59-63-220
SECTION 59-63-220. Suspension of pupils by administrator.
Status: in_force

Any district board may confer upon any administrator the authority to suspend a pupil from a teacher's class or from the school not in excess of ten days for any one offense and for not more than thirty days in any one school year but no such administrator may suspend a pupil from school during the last ten days of a year if the suspension will make the pupil ineligible to receive credit for the school year without the approval of the school board unless the presence of the pupil constitutes an actual threat to a class or a school or a hearing is granted within twenty-four hours of the suspension.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-452 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-452
SECTION 59-1-452. Public school employee cost savings program.
Status: in_force

(A) The Public School Employee Cost Savings Program is established for the purpose of making cash awards to individual school district employees for cost saving ideas which are proven to be workable. The program must be administered by the State Department of Education with the advice and assistance of a special committee to screen suggested ideas and recommend those with potential merit to be implemented and evaluated. The committee must be composed of: (1) one member who is serving on a public school board, appointed by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the South Carolina School Boards Association; (2) one member who is serving as a public school superintendent, or district financial administrator, appointed by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Association of School Administrators; (3) one member who is serving as a public school principal, career and technology center director, or school administrator, appointed by the State Board of Education; (4) one public school teacher with a minimum of fifteen years service, appointed by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Education Association; (5) one public school teacher with a minimum of fifteen years service, appointed by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Palmetto State Teachers Association; (6) two members appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and (7) five private sector business persons, who hold no public office, one appointed by the Governor, one appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one appointed by the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, one appointed by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, and one appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. (B) Committee members shall serve three-year terms except that of those initially appointed, four shall serve initial terms of one year, four shall serve initial terms of two years, and four shall serve initial terms of three years, these initial terms to be determined by lot at the first meeting of the committee. A member of the committee may not serve on the Education Improvement Act Education Oversight Committee, the Business-Education Partnership for Excellence in Education, or the Business-Education Subcommittee while serving on the committee created under this section. A committee member shall attend at least eighty percent of the meetings of the committee in each fiscal year or be replaced. A vacancy must be filled in the manner of original appointment. (C) The State Board shall promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer the program. The regulations must limit individual cash awards to twenty-five percent of the cost savings for one fiscal year or five thousand dollars, whichever is less. An employee may not receive an award for an idea that could have been implemented by the employee through his normal job duties. An employee of the State Department of Education may participate in the program. (D) The State Department of Education shall provide administrative support for the program. The State Board of Education shall waive or modify its regulations when appropriate and necessary to achieve cost savings. (E) The General Assembly shall provide funds to initiate and support the program. Two years after initial implementation of the program, the program must be self-supporting. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the funds appropriated for this program must be used then for assessing the impact of the programs developed under Target 2000. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment designated subsections (A) through (E); in subsection (A)(3) substituted "career and technology" for "vocational"; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-50
SECTION 59-21-50. Participation of small schools which cannot be consolidated.
Status: in_force

No one-teacher school shall be deprived of the benefits of this chapter because such school fails to meet the minimum requirements of enrollment and average daily attendance when it is impracticable to consolidate the school with some other school because of mountains, rivers, islands, swamps or other natural causes. The board of education of the county in which the school is located shall be the competent judge in such case.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-800 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-800
SECTION 59-63-800. Waiver of school breakfast requirement.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may grant a waiver of the requirements of Section 59-63-790 to a school which lacks facilities or equipment to offer a school breakfast program and in which the acquisition of such equipment or facilities would cause an extreme hardship. Waivers may also be granted if participation in the program is too small to allow the program to be cost-effective or may create substantial scheduling difficulties. The waiver may be permanent or may be of a specified length of time as determined by the board. The State Board of Education shall promulgate those regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 5 / Section 59-130-500
SECTION 59-130-500. Resolutions, covenants, and agreements constitute binding and enforceable contracts.
Status: in_force

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with Section 59-130-440 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. § 59-36-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 36 / Section 59-36-60
SECTION 59-36-60. Preexisting responsibilities; funds and services not supplanted.
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter may be construed to limit the responsibility of state agencies currently providing services to preschool children with disabilities or their families. Funds provided under this statute shall not be used to supplant services previously provided by other state or federal agencies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-112-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 112 / Section 59-112-80
SECTION 59-112-80. Administration of chapter; burden of proving eligibility on students.
Status: in_force

Each State Institution shall designate an official to administer the provisions of this chapter. Students making application to pay tuition and fees at in-state rates shall have the burden of proving to the satisfaction of the aforesaid officials of State Institutions that they have fulfilled the requirements of this chapter before they shall be permitted to pay tuition and fees at such rate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-480 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-480
SECTION 59-1-480. Lapsed funds; priority of use.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lapsed funds, including unexpended appropriated funds or revenue in excess of appropriations in the EIA Fund, in a prior or current fiscal year must first be used to offset an official EIA revenue shortfall declared by the Board of Economic Advisors and then to fund any school district's appropriation deficit for EIA Teacher Salary Supplement, Teacher Salary Supplement Fringe, or National Board Certification Incentive. The remaining lapsed funds must be used in accordance with Section 59-21-420. If an official EIA revenue shortfall is declared, funds appropriated for EIA teacher salaries and related fringe benefits in the EIA portion of the annual general appropriations act are exempt from any reduction required to offset the shortfall.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-10
SECTION 59-73-10. Additional county taxes shall be determined by electorate.
Status: in_force

Before any additional tax is levied in any county for school purposes, the question of levying such tax shall first be submitted to the qualified electors of such county as provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-153 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 59-53-153
SECTION 59-53-153. Bond issues.
Status: in_force

The board may issue bonds of any college payable from the special student fee imposed at such college in such amounts as may from time to time be determined by the board to be necessary to meet the cost of plant improvements at such college but only under the following conditions: (1) The approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, expressed by resolution duly adopted, shall be obtained. Such approval is hereby declared a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, and no bonds shall be issued without such approval. (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this section for any college in excess of four million dollars. (3) No bonds may be issued unless there is on deposit in the bond reserve fund for such college a sum equal to the lesser of (a) ten percent of the principal of all bonds then outstanding, or (b) the maximum reserve prescribed by the applicable regulations of the United States Treasury Department relating to arbitrage bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 59-31-10
SECTION 59-31-10. Library committee.
Status: in_force

There shall be a library committee composed of the State Superintendent of Education, the director of the division of elementary education, the high school supervisor and four other members to be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, two representing the elementary schools and two representing the high schools. All library books provided for under Article 3 of this chapter shall be selected from an approved list to be furnished the State Board of Education by the library committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-270
SECTION 59-65-270. Procurement of books, clothing, and shoes for nonattending children.
Status: in_force

In the event that any nonattending children reported to the attendance supervisor shall be unable to procure books, that fact shall be reported to the trustees and county superintendent of education, and steps shall be taken immediately to provide the necessary books and working material. In the event that such nonattending children shall not have suitable clothing or shoes, and the parents or guardians of such children are financially unable to provide the same, such condition shall be reported by the attendance supervisor to the social and civic organizations of such county for such action in the premises as to such social and civic organizations shall seem meet and proper.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 1 / Section 59-125-70
SECTION 59-125-70. Board created body corporate; powers.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of Winthrop University is hereby created a body corporate by the name and style of The Trustees of Winthrop University and shall by said name have perpetual succession of officers and members, the right to use and keep a common seal and to alter the same at will. It may sue and be sued and contract and be contracted with and may own, purchase, sell and convey property, both real, personal and mixed, and may receive and hold donations, devices, bequests and legacies for the use and benefit of said institution; provided, however, that all property purchased under the authority of this chapter shall be free from liens and encumbrances and title to the same as well as to donations that said board may receive shall be taken in the name of the trustees in their corporate capacity and shall become the property of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-375 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-375
SECTION 59-150-375. Scholarships for visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped students.
Status: in_force

A visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped student who qualifies for state scholarship funds pursuant to Chapter 149 of Title 59, Section 59-104-20, Section 59-150-360, or Section 59-150-370 may receive state scholarship funds to attend an out-of-state institution that specializes in educating visual or hearing impaired or multi-handicapped students if the Commission on Higher Education certifies the student's impairment or multi-handicap and that no in-state institution exists to specifically meet the student's need.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 110 / Section 59-110-70
SECTION 59-110-70. Office of Health Care Workforce research; purpose; duties and functions; funding.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office for Health Care Workforce Research is hereby created within the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (SCAHEC). The purpose of the Office for Health Care Workforce Research is to analyze workforce supply and demand data and predict the need for registered nurses and must be located within the South Carolina Center for Nursing Leadership. (B) The Office for Health Care Workforce Research shall collaborate with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, the South Carolina Center for Nursing Leadership, health professional education programs, professional associations representing the various health profession disciplines, and the health care delivery system to monitor the need for and educational capacity for nurses in South Carolina. (C) The duties and functions of the office include, but are not limited to: (1) collaborating with other appropriate entities to expand nursing workforce data collection and analysis; (2) conducting an annual nursing workforce needs survey, using a manpower prediction model for staffing, to create a statewide database of nursing supply and demand statistics for health care employers in this State; (3) studying and monitoring trends in the recruitment, retention, and education of associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate-prepared nurses; (4) soliciting information regarding current budgeted nursing positions, vacancies, projected staffing requirements, and turnover data; and (5) providing workforce data and analysis to assist in development of nursing workforce policy. (D) In regard to funding for the Office for Health Care Workforce Research, the commission upon consultation with members of the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (ACAP) from institutions with accredited nursing programs and the chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Deans and Directors in Nursing Education, shall determine and distribute funds from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund directly to the Office for Health Care Workforce Research for its uses and purposes consistent with the guidelines of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-370
SECTION 59-63-370. Student's conviction or delinquency adjudication for certain offenses; notification of senior administrator at student's school; placement of information in permanent school records.
Status: repealed

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) When a student who is convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for assault and battery against school personnel, as defined in Section 16-3-612, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature committed on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event against any person affiliated with the school in an official capacity, a violent offense as defined in Section 16-1-60, an offense in which a weapon as defined in Section 59-63-370 was used, or for distribution or trafficking in unlawful drugs as defined in Article 3, Chapter 53 of Title 44 is assigned to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Corrections, or to the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, that agency is required to provide immediate notice of the student's conviction or adjudication to the senior administrator of the school in which the student is enrolled, intends to be enrolled, or was last enrolled. These agencies are authorized to request information concerning school enrollment from a student convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for an offense listed in this item. (2) When a student convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for an offense listed in item (1) of this section is not sentenced to incarceration or probation, the presiding judge shall as part of his sentence order the clerk of the municipal, magistrate, or general sessions court to provide, within ten days, notification of the student's sentence to the appropriate school district for inclusion in the student's permanent record. If the student is under the jurisdiction of the family court and is not referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the prosecuting agency must provide notification within ten days to the appropriate school district. (3) An administrator notified pursuant to this section is required to notify each teacher or instructor in whose class the student is enrolled of a student's conviction of or adjudication for an offense listed in item (1) of this section. This notification must be made to the appropriate teachers or instructors every year the student is enrolled in school. (4) If a student is convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for an offense listed in item (1) of this section, information concerning the conviction or adjudication and sentencing must be placed in the student's permanent school record and must be forwarded with the student's permanent school records if the student transfers to another school or school district. A "weapon", as used in this section, means a firearm, knife with a blade-length of over two inches, dirk, razor, metal knuckles, slingshot, bludgeon, or any other deadly instrument used for the infliction of bodily harm or death. Code Commissioner's Note Section 16-3-612, referenced in item (1), was repealed by 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-1010 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 9 / Section 59-119-1010
SECTION 59-119-1010. Disposal of bonds; public sale, advertisement; discount or premium.
Status: in_force

The bonds may be disposed of in such manner as the trustees shall determine, except that no privately negotiated sale without public advertisement may be made without the prior approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. If the trustees shall elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement thereof shall appear in a newspaper of general circulation in the State not less than seven days prior to the occasion fixed for the opening of bids. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the trustees or their designee as being in the best interest of Clemson.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-100
SECTION 59-29-100. Supervision of administration of physical education program; course duration and content; regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall supervise the administration of Section 59-29-80 and shall prescribe the necessary course or courses in physical education, training, and instruction. Beginning with school year 1995-96, the required physical education course in the secondary schools shall occur over two semesters. For one semester, a personal fitness and wellness component must be taught and for one semester a lifetime fitness component must be taught either over the semester or in two nine-week divisions. The State Board of Education is authorized to promulgate regulations and prepare or cause to be prepared, published, and distributed a manual of instruction, courses of study, or other matters as it considers necessary or suitable to carry out the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-46-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 46 / Section 59-46-30
SECTION 59-46-30. State Superintendent of Education to serve as Compact Commissioner.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall serve as the Compact Commissioner of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children on behalf of this State. Editor's Note 2010 Act 246, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect July 1, 2010, contingent upon available funding and agreement by the Interstate Commission to SECTION 3 of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 59-25-500
SECTION 59-25-500. Service of subpoenas; witness fees.
Status: in_force

The county sheriffs and their respective deputies shall serve all subpoenas of the district board and shall receive the same fees as are now provided by law for like service. Each witness who appears in obedience to such subpoenas shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage of witnesses in civil cases in courts of the county in which the hearing is held.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-44-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 44 / Section 59-44-30
SECTION 59-44-30. "Community education" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter "community education" is a process by which public facilities are utilized as community centers operated in conjunction with governmental agencies and community service organizations to provide educational, recreational, cultural, social, health and other community services for all persons in the community in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of that community.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-51-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-51-30
SECTION 59-51-30. Board of trustees; composition; election; officers; filling of vacancies; quorum.
Status: in_force

The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is under the management and control of a board of twelve trustees, all of whom must be elected by the General Assembly. The trustees so elected must be citizens of the State who are interested in the aims and ambitions of the school. Members of the board shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. In case a vacancy occurs on the board for any reason other than expiration of a term when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly, at which time a successor must be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. Elections to fill vacancies which are caused for any reason other than expiration of a term may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year the vacancy is filled. A quorum of the board is seven members. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 194, SECTION 2, amended the section, revising the composition of the board by eliminating two ex officio seats and eliminating the board offices of secretary and treasurer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-480 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 4 / Section 59-127-480
SECTION 59-127-480. Citation of article.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "South Carolina State University Academic and Administrative Facilities Bond Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-430 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 59-29-430
SECTION 59-29-430. Incorporation into Academic Standards of Instruction.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall incorporate the elements of the financial literacy program in Section 59-29-410(B) into the South Carolina Academic Standards of Instruction for kindergarten through twelfth grade.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-40
SECTION 59-71-40. Election.
Status: in_force

The election hereby required shall be ordered by the authorities, who shall fix the date thereof and prescribe the form of the notice of the holding of the election. Advices of the action thus taken by the authorities shall be transmitted to the commissioners of election for the county, or counties, wherein the election is to be held. It shall thereupon become the duty of the commissioners of election to conduct the election so ordered. To that end, the commissioners of election shall prescribe the form of ballot, arrange for voting places in each precinct, or any part of a precinct, constituting all or a portion of the operating school unit, appoint managers, and receive the returns of the election. After duly canvassing the returns, the commissioners of election shall declare the results thereof and certify such results to the authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-540 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-540
SECTION 59-19-540. Hearing; appearance of parties and evidence.
Status: in_force

At any hearing provided for in Section 59-19-530, the parties may appear in person or through an attorney licensed to practice in South Carolina and may submit such testimony, under oath, or other evidence as may be pertinent to the matter in controversy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-320
SECTION 59-121-320. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Admissions fee" means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the visitors upon persons admitted to any event held at an athletic facility, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. (2) "Athletic department" means the athletic department of The Citadel. (3) "Athletic facilities" means all facilities designated by the visitors as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by The Citadel. (4) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. (5) "Bond reserve fund" means the special fund which may be established by the visitors pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. (6) "Citadel" means The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. (7) "Debt service fund" means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee. (8) "Net revenues" means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year. (9) "Revenues" means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the visitors or The Citadel from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the visitors to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding: (i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the visitors or The Citadel; (ii) the proceeds of any borrowings; (iii) state appropriations of any sort; and (iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the visitors or The Citadel for purposes other than those related to the athletic department. (10) "Special student fee" means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the visitors and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of The Citadel in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. (11) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (12) "Visitors" means the Board of Visitors of The Citadel or any successor body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-510 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 7 / Section 59-111-510
SECTION 59-111-510. Medical and Dental Loan Fund.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health and Environmental Control, hereinafter referred to as "the Department", shall aid, assist, promote, and administer a fund to be known as "The South Carolina Medical and Dental Loan Fund" with sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-139-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 139 / Section 59-139-10
SECTION 59-139-10. Districts and schools to design plan; what plan must include; early childhood development initiative; academic assistance initiative; staff training; goals; progress review; school improvement council input; peer review; requests for funds.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education and in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop and implement regulations requiring that beginning in school year 1993-94 and by school year 1994-95, each school district, in coordination with its schools, and each school in the district shall design a comprehensive, long-range plan with annual updates to carry out the purposes of this chapter. To that end, the plans shall: (1) establish an early childhood initiative which integrates the planning and direction of the half-day program for four-year-olds established in Section 59-5-65, the parenting program established in Section 59-1-450, the early childhood assistance program established in Section 59-139-20, school practices in kindergarten through grade three, and any other federal, state, or district programs for preschool children in the district in order to better focus on the needs of this student population; (2) develop an academic assistance initiative to support students with academic difficulties in grades four through twelve so they are able to progress academically and move through school with their peers; and (3) provide staff training, upon appropriation of funds by the General Assembly for this purpose, to prepare and train teachers and administrators in the teaching techniques and strategies needed to implement the district and school plan. (B) The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education, shall establish criteria by regulation for the comprehensive plan and the annual updates to be prepared by each district and school so that the plans address, but are not limited to, the interrelationship of the various components of the early child development initiative and the academic assistance initiative, strategies to be implemented for expanding and improving early child development activities, plans for accelerating the performance of students performing below their peers, methods of assessing the efficacy of these strategies, and the coordination of the strategies with federally-funded programs. However, in every instance, district and school plans should be derived from strategies found to be effective in education research. The plans must contain performance goals, interim performance goals, and time lines for progress. The methods of assessing the efficacy of the strategies must provide data regarding the impact of the strategies and whether they should be continued, modified, or terminated. (C) The design for the early child development initiative must include: (1) the formation and implementation of the parenting/family literacy component which addresses, but is not limited to, collaboration in each district with health and human service agencies, and adult education programs, as well as the other components of the early child development initiative; (2) the development and implementation of a developmentally appropriate curriculum from early childhood education through grade three. Options available to districts and schools in designing the early childhood assistance component include: (a) expanded kindergarten day; (b) reduction in kindergarten pupil-teacher ratio; (c) floating teachers in grades one through three assigned to work with students with academic difficulties; (d) multiage grouping for four and five-year-olds; (e) multiage grouping in the primary grades; (f) extended day and/or weekend programs, or summer programs; (g) additional slots in the half-day program for four-year-olds, and programs for three-year-olds; and (h) alternatives to the listed options; and (3) the establishment of activities for assisting children and their parents with the transitions between the various levels of schooling and phases of education. (D) The design for the academic assistance component must address alternatives to year-long and pull-out remediation of students. Options available to districts and schools include: (1) extended day and/or weekend programs; (2) extended school year; (3) tutorial programs; (4) floating teachers assigned to work with students with academic difficulties; (5) tutorials; (6) class acceleration; and (7) alternatives to the listed options. (E) Districts and schools may choose to target resources in certain grade levels or areas of learning but must have academic assistance plans both for preschool through grade three and for grades four through twelve. (F) If alternatives to the listed options are chosen, it should be based on the needs assessment performed as a part of the district and school improvement plans and on strategies found to be effective in research. (G) The school improvement council established in Section 59-20-60 shall assist in the development of the school plan required by this section and the plan and the annual updates must be a part of the school improvement report. (H) Prior to implementation in 1994-95, the plan must be submitted to the State Department of Education to be subjected to a peer review process. The department shall implement a process whereby groups of peers are selected and provided appropriate reviewer training. Teams of peers must be convened for the purpose of reviewing the plans. The peer review committee may approve, provisionally approve upon revisions of the plan in accordance with recommendations, or disapprove the plans. If the peer review committee disapproves the plan, the committee, in consultation with the State Department of Education staff, shall return the plan with specific recommendations and identify resources for technical assistance. Schools under deregulated status are exempt from the peer review process. (I) Districts desiring to use the funds available to begin implementing an early childhood initiative and the academic assistance initiative for school year 1993-94 may request approval from the State Board of Education and for needed waivers from regulation, if the district has implemented a planning process consistent with the intent of this chapter and the district plan meets the criteria established for this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-280
SECTION 59-67-280. Penalties.
Status: in_force

The doing of anything prohibited by this article or failing to do anything required by this article shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five nor more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 59-1-10
SECTION 59-1-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

Chapters 1 to 45 and 53 to 73 of this title shall be known and may be cited as "The South Carolina School Code."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-240
SECTION 59-59-240. Private and home schools.
Status: in_force

The requirements of this chapter do not apply to private schools or to home schools.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-41-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 41 / Section 59-41-10
SECTION 59-41-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meanings: (a) "School child" shall mean any person between the ages of six and twenty whose domicile is with his or her parent within the State and who is otherwise qualified to attend the public schools of any school district in which he or she resides. (b) "Parent" shall mean the natural or adoptive parent or the guardian having legal custody of a child eligible and entitled to receive a scholarship grant under this chapter who is actually paying or who will pay the tuition cost of attendance of such child at a school which qualifies such child to receive a grant under the terms of this chapter. (c) "Private school" shall mean a private or independent elementary or high school which is not operated or controlled by any church, synagogue, sect or other religious organization or institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-65 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 59-63-65
SECTION 59-63-65. Class size reduction; funding; facilities.
Status: in_force

School districts which choose to reduce class size to fifteen to one in grades one through three shall be eligible for funding for the reduced pupil-teacher ratios from funds provided by the General Assembly for this purpose. Funding for schools in districts designated as impaired or for schools rated as unsatisfactory on the accountability ratings will receive priority in the distribution of funds. Funding for the impaired district schools and schools ranked unsatisfactory will be allocated based on the average daily membership in grades one through three in those schools for implementing reduced class size of fifteen to one in those grades. Other school districts will receive funding allocated based on free and reduced lunch eligible students. Local match is required for the lower ratio funding based on the Education Finance Act formula. Boards of trustees of each school district may implement the lower pupil-teacher ratios on a school by school, grade by grade, or class by class basis. District boards of trustees implementing the reduced ratios must establish policies to give priority to reduce the ratios in schools with the highest number of students eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch program, and these students must be given priority in implementing the reduced class size. Unobligated funds from state appropriations which become available to a district during a fiscal year shall be redistributed to fund additional teachers on a prorated basis. Districts choosing to implement the reduced class size must track the students served in classes with a 15:1 ratio for three years so that the impact of smaller class size can be evaluated. The Department of Education, working with the Accountability Division, will develop a plan for evaluating the impact of this initiative and report to the Education Oversight Committee no later than December 1, 2001. School districts must document the use of these funds to reduce class size and the State Department of Education will conduct audits to confirm appropriate use of class size reduction funding. As used in this section, "teacher" refers to an employee possessing a professional certificate issued by the State Department of Education whose full-time responsibility is instruction of students. Pupil-teacher ratio is based on average daily membership. Portable or other temporary classroom space may be used to meet any facilities needs for reducing class size to fifteen to one, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-144-30, funding derived from the Children's Education Endowment Fund may be used to acquire such portable or temporary facilities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-280 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-280
SECTION 59-65-280. Acceptance of cash, clothing, shoes, books, and similar articles from organizations and county or community agencies.
Status: in_force

The attendance supervisor shall accept and receive from the social or civic organizations and agencies of the county or community all cash, clothes, shoes, books, materials and similar articles as may be provided, and shall supply them to the nonattending school children of the county who are unable or whose parents or guardians are unable financially to provide such articles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-118-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 118 / Section 59-118-80
SECTION 59-118-80. Conditions on matching gifts.
Status: in_force

The state matching gifts authorized in Section 59-118-70 are subject to the following conditions: (1) qualifying disbursements to which the state matching gift is applied must come from the earnings of the endowment and not from principal or corpus; (2) the state matching funds must go directly into the college's or university's operating account to be spent only for the purposes authorized; (3) the college or university must make application to receive state matching funds on forms and under procedures prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-70
SECTION 59-147-70. Signature of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be signed in the corporate name of the university by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting chairman of the board of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting secretary of the board. Any interest coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the facsimile signatures of these officers. The bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the coupons have ceased to hold office at the time of the issue or at the time of the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-25 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 1 / Section 59-111-25
SECTION 59-111-25. Scholarships exempted from mid-year budget reduction.
Status: in_force

If a mid-year budget reduction is imposed by the General Assembly or the State Executive Budget Office, the Commission on Higher Education appropriations for the LIFE Scholarship, need-based Grants, and the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship are exempt.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-170
SECTION 59-25-170. Revocation or suspension of certificate; notice to teacher and opportunity for hearing.
Status: in_force

No person's certificate may be either revoked or suspended unless written notice specifying the cause for either the revocation or suspension has been given to the person by the State Board of Education and a hearing has been afforded such person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-113-47 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 113 / Section 59-113-47
SECTION 59-113-47. Exemption from mid-year budget reductions.
Status: in_force

The grant funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter are exempt from mid-year budget reductions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-440 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-440
SECTION 59-67-440. Board may borrow from Division of Sinking Funds and Property to effect purchases of school bus equipment.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education is empowered to borrow, and the Division of Sinking Funds and Property is empowered and directed to lend to the State Board of Education, such sums of money as the State Board of Education shall require to enable it to effect purchases of school bus equipment, provided, that, the aggregate of such indebtedness to be outstanding shall not at any time exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars. The indebtedness shall be repayable not later than one year from the occasion that it shall be incurred, and shall be incurred only to the extent that the aggregate of such indebtedness, plus the other indebtedness incurred pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title for school bus equipment, shall not exceed, on the date that such indebtedness shall mature, the limit prescribed by Section 59-71-420 for outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred for the purpose of school bus equipment, it being intended that notwithstanding that the aggregate of indebtedness prescribed for school bus equipment may be increased through the incurring of indebtedness pursuant to this section to an extent which may, on the occasion that the short term indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred, exceed the limit prescribed for bonded debt to be outstanding for school bus equipment, the limit established by Section 59-71-420 shall not be otherwise exceeded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-144-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 144 / Article 2 / Section 59-144-140
SECTION 59-144-140. Department of Education responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The Department of Education's responsibilities shall include: (1) providing staffing assistance to the State Board of Education in the development of policies, guidelines, standards, and regulations implementing this chapter; and (2) ensuring compliance with state standards and requirements, inspecting construction projects for education facilities, and approving completed construction pursuant to Chapter 23 of this title for projects financed in whole or in part with funds allocated under this chapter. To assist with the inspection of construction projects, the State Board of Education may designate selected local units of administration which have staff qualified to conduct the inspections to act on behalf of the Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-34-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 34 / Section 59-34-40
SECTION 59-34-40. Sufficiency of instruction required; particulars of individualized education program.
Status: in_force

Instruction in braille reading and writing must be sufficient to enable each blind student to communicate effectively and efficiently with the same level of proficiency expected of the student's peers of comparable ability and grade level. The student's individualized education program must specify: (1) the results obtained from the assessment required pursuant to Section 59-34-30; (2) how braille will be implemented as the primary mode for learning through integration with other classroom activities; (3) the date on which braille instruction will commence; (4) the length of the period of instruction and the frequency and duration of each instructional session; (5) the level of competency in braille reading and writing to be achieved by the end of the period and the objective assessment measures to be used; and (6) if a decision has been made pursuant to the assessment that braille instruction or use is not required for the student then a specification of the evidence used to determine that the absence of braille instruction or use will not impair the student's ability to read and write effectively.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-40
SECTION 59-67-40. Applicability of laws and regulations to private school buses.
Status: in_force

All school buses owned and operated by a private school or operated under contract for a private school must conform to State laws and regulations of the State Board of Education with respect to painting, lettering on the front and rear of the bus, use of stop arm and warning lights for loading and unloading pupils on the highway, maximum speeds and stopping at railroad crossings. Buses not complying with these requirements shall be painted a color other than yellow and shall not be entitled to the privileges and protection of a school bus operating on the highways of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-115-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 115 / Section 59-115-150
SECTION 59-115-150. Security for bonds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein, the Authority is hereby authorized to pledge as security for any bonds issued hereunder any contract between the Authority and the United States of America under which the United States agrees to make funds available to the Authority for any of the purposes of this chapter, to insure or guarantee the payment of principal of or interest on student loans, or otherwise to aid in promoting or facilitating student loans.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-90
SECTION 59-146-90. Terms of state school facilities bonds.
Status: in_force

The state school facilities bonds must bear the date and mature at the time that the resolution provides, except that no state school facilities bond may mature more than thirty years from its date of issue. The state school facilities bonds may be in the denominations, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at the place and at the time, and be subject to redemption or repurchase and contain other provisions determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority before their issuance. The bonds may bear interest payable at the times and at the rates as determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-215 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 59-10-215
SECTION 59-10-215. Mandatory seizure training programs in schools.
Status: in_force

Each school district and charter school shall adopt a seizure training program to provide instruction in understanding the basics about epilepsy and its impact on student learning, recognizing signs and symptoms of seizures, the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to symptoms of a seizure, and the administration of seizure medications. This training must be consistent with guidelines established by a qualified nonprofit organization that supports the welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders. The completion of this training must be documented by the school district and the training may be provided virtually, provided by school or district staff, or may be conducted by an individual trained to deliver such information. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 128, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'Seizure Safe Schools Act'."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-4-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 4 / Section 59-4-90
SECTION 59-4-90. Payroll deductions.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller General and the chief finance officers of state agencies, departments, and institutions maintaining separate payroll accounts may arrange for contributions through payroll deduction to the fund the appropriate payment in accordance with a tuition prepayment contract, at the request of a state employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-108-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 108 / Section 59-108-60
SECTION 59-108-60. Devolution of duties and functions.
Status: in_force

The duties and functions of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education are hereby devolved upon the Mid-Carolina Commission for Higher Education. All personnel, property, and funds of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education are transferred to the commission on the effective date of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-13-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 13 / Section 59-13-50
SECTION 59-13-50. Office; supplies and equipment.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county shall furnish to the county board of education for the use of the county superintendent of education a comfortable and convenient office and suitable office furniture and shall supply such office with fuel, lights, stationery, postage and such other incidentals as are necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of such office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-300 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-300
SECTION 59-117-300. Execution of bonds and coupons; registration as to principal and interest.
Status: in_force

The bonds and coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, are executed manually or by facsimile in the name of the University in the manner and by persons as the trustees from time to time determine, and the seal of the University must be affixed to or impressed or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept for them by or on behalf of the University, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the executed bonds is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after the execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be issued as fully registered noncertificated book-entry securities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-107-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 107 / Section 59-107-170
SECTION 59-107-170. Deposit and use of proceeds of bonds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of sale of state institution bonds must be received by the State Treasurer and placed in a fund to the credit of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority subject to withdrawal on their order, except that all accrued interest received must be used by the State Treasurer to discharge the first installment of interest coming due. On the occasion that he receives the proceeds of state institution bonds from the purchaser, the State Treasurer shall segregate the proceeds for the account of the state institution or institutions for which the bonds are issued. The purchasers of the state institution bonds are not liable for the application of the proceeds of the bonds to the purposes for which they are intended. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "the State Treasurer" for "him" preceding " to discharge" and deleted the final clause which read ", and any premium shall be used to discharge the first installment of principal coming due on such bonds", and substituted "must" for "shall" throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2010 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 23 / Section 59-53-2010
SECTION 59-53-2010. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Program" means a statewide motorcycle safety instruction program. (2) "Coordinator" means the administrator of the program. (3) "Board" means the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-180
SECTION 59-25-180. Revocation or suspension of certificate; notice to district board of trustees.
Status: in_force

Whenever the State Board of Education either revokes or suspends a certificate of any person it shall immediately notify the chairman of the district board of trustees that employs such person of the revocation or suspension.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 59-10-360
SECTION 59-10-360. K-5 health curriculum; nutrition component.
Status: in_force

Health curriculum for students in kindergarten through fifth grade must include a weekly nutrition component.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-10
SECTION 59-2-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "South Carolina College Investment Program", hereinafter referred to as SCCIP.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-110
SECTION 59-40-110. Duration of charter; renewal; revocation; termination or nonrenewal; closure protocol.
Status: in_force

(A) A charter must be approved or renewed for a period of ten school years; however, the charter only may be revoked or not renewed under the provisions of subsection (C) of this section. The sponsor annually shall evaluate the conditions outlined in subsection (C). The annual evaluation results must be used in making a determination for nonrenewal or revocation. (B) A charter renewal application must be submitted to the school's sponsor one hundred twenty calendar days before the end of the school year for the term of the charter contract, and it must contain: (1) a report on the progress of the charter school in achieving the goals, objectives, pupil achievement standards, and other terms of the initially approved charter application; (2) a financial statement that discloses the costs of administration, instruction, and other spending categories for the charter school that is understandable to the general public and that allows comparison of these costs to other schools or other comparable organizations, in a format required by the State Board of Education; and (3) any proposed material changes to the current charter or charter school contract to be implemented in the next ten-year charter term. (C) A charter must be revoked or not renewed by the sponsor if it determines that the charter school: (1) committed a material violation of the conditions, standards, performance expectations, or procedures provided for in the charter application or charter school contract, or both; (2) failed to meet the academic performance standards and expectations as defined in the charter application or charter school contract, or both; (3) failed to maintain its books and records according to generally accepted accounting principles or failed to create an appropriate system of internal control, or both; or (4) violated any provision of law from which the charter school was not specifically exempted. (D) A sponsor summarily may revoke any charter school that is determined by the sponsor to pose an imminent threat of harm to the health or safety of students, or both, based on documented and clear and convincing data. (E) Any charter school shall automatically and permanently close at the conclusion of the school year in which the school first becomes subject to automatic closure for receiving the lowest performance level rating as defined by the federal accountability system for three consecutive years beginning with student achievement data from the 2013-2014 school year. The determination of closure is considered final. Automatic closure shall not apply to any charter school serving fifty percent or more students with disabilities or any charter school designated as an Alternative Education Campus (AEC) by its sponsor as outlined in Section 59-40-111. (F) At least sixty days before not renewing or terminating a charter school, the sponsor shall notify in writing the charter school's governing body of the proposed action. The notification shall state the grounds for the proposed action in reasonable detail. Termination must follow the procedure provided for in this section. (G) The existence of another charter granting authority must not be grounds for the nonrenewal or revocation of a charter. Grounds for nonrenewal or revocation must be only those specified of this section. (H) The charter school's governing body may request in writing a hearing before the sponsor within fourteen days of receiving notice of nonrenewal or termination of the charter. Failure by the school's governing body to make a written request for a hearing within fourteen days must be treated as acquiescence to the proposed action. Upon receiving a timely written request for a hearing, the sponsor shall give reasonable notice to the school's governing body of the hearing date. The sponsor shall conduct a hearing before taking final action. The sponsor shall take final action to renew or not renew a charter by the last day of classes in the last school year for which the charter school is authorized. (I) A charter school seeking renewal may submit a renewal application to another charter granting authority if the charter school has not committed a material violation of the provisions specified in this section and the sponsor refuses to renew the charter. In such cases the charter school shall continue to receive local funding pursuant to Section 59-40-140(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. (J) A decision to revoke or not to renew a charter school may be appealed to the Administrative Law Court pursuant to the provisions of Section 59-40-90. Upon appeal to the Administrative Law Court, there is no automatic stay of the revocation or nonrenewal decision. Pending resolution of the appeal, the charter school also may move before the Administrative Law Court for imposition of a stay of the revocation or nonrenewal on the grounds that an unusual hardship to the charter school will result from the execution of the sponsor's decision. (K) Prior to any public charter school closure, the sponsor shall develop a public charter school closure protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, and proper disposition of school funds, property, and net assets in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. The protocol shall specify tasks, timelines, and responsible parties, including delineating the respective duties of the school and the sponsor. In the event of a public charter school closure for any reason, the sponsor shall oversee and work with the closing school to ensure a smooth and orderly closure and transition for students and parents, as guided by the closure protocol. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), added the second and third sentences relating to use of annual evaluation results in making renewal decisions; added subsection (E) relating to existence of another charter granting authority; added subsection (G) relating to seeking renewal by another charter granting authority; and redesignated subsection (E) as subsection (F) and subsection (F) as subsection (H). The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "ten" for "five" in the first sentence; and in subsection (H), substituted "Administrative Law Court" for "state board". The 2012 amendment substituted "sponsor" for "local school district board of trustee" in subsection (G). 2014 Act No. 288, SECTION 6, rewrote subsections (B) and (C), added subsections (D) and (E), redesignated former subsections (D) through (H) as subsections (F) through (J), rewrote subsections (I) and (J), and added subsection (K).