S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-320
SECTION 59-150-320. Lottery finances.
Status: in_force

To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the commission, through its board, shall: (1) submit quarterly and annual reports to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Comptroller General, the State Treasurer, and the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the oversight committee created by Section 59-150-325 disclosing the total lottery revenues, prize disbursements, operating expenses, and administrative expenses of the commission during the reporting period. The annual report additionally must describe the organizational structure of the commission, summarize the functions performed by each organizational division within the commission, and contain a detailed budget for the next fiscal year. The quarterly reports must be submitted within fifteen days of the end of the quarter, and the annual report must be submitted by October fifteenth; (2) adopt a system of internal audits; (3) maintain weekly or more frequently records of lottery transactions including the distribution of lottery game tickets or shares to a lottery retailer, revenues received, claims for prizes, prizes paid, prizes forfeited, and other financial transactions of the commission; (4) authorize the State Auditor to contract with a certified public accountant or firm for an independently audited financial statement prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, to be submitted to the Comptroller General's office each year no later than October fifteenth. The certified public accountant or firm shall not have a financial interest in a lottery vendor with whom the commission is under contract. The certified public accountant or firm shall evaluate the internal auditing controls in effect during the audit period. The cost of this annual financial audit is an operating expense of the commission. The State Auditor may at any time audit, or cause to be audited, any phase of the operations of the commission at the expense of the State and shall receive a copy of the annual independent financial audit. A copy of an interim audit performed by the certified public accountant or firm or the State Auditor must be transmitted after the close of the commission's fiscal year to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the State Treasurer, the Comptroller General, and the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, and the oversight committee co-chairmen; (5) submit, for informational purposes only, to the Office of State Budget of the Executive Budget Office and Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office by June thirtieth of each year a copy of the annual operating budget for the commission for the next fiscal year. This annual operating budget must be approved by the South Carolina Lottery Commission Board; (6) submit, for informational purposes only, to the Office of State Budget on November tenth of each year a proposed operating budget for the commission for the upcoming fiscal year; this budget proposal also must be accompanied by an estimate of the net proceeds to be deposited into the Education Lottery Account during the upcoming fiscal year; (7) adopt the same fiscal year as that used by state government; and (8) authorize the Legislative Audit Council to contract with an independent firm experienced in security procedures including, but not limited to, computer security and systems security, to periodically conduct a comprehensive study and evaluation of all aspects of security in the operation of the commission and the lottery. This firm shall not have a financial interest in a lottery vendor with whom the commission is under contract. The cost of this evaluation is an operating expense of the commission. The commission shall pay directly to the Legislative Audit Council the cost of the evaluation. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in item (1), in the first sentence deleted "the State Auditor" preceding "the Comptroller General"; in item (4), in the fifth sentence substituted "audit, or cause to be audited" for "conduct and audit" and in the sixth sentence deleted "the State Auditor," preceding "the State Treasurer,"; and, in item (5), deleted "and the State Auditor" following "Budget and Control Board". 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 73, in (1), in the first sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate"; and in (4), in the sixth sentence, substituted "President of the Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the Senate".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 3 / Section 59-111-150
SECTION 59-111-150. "State-supported college or university" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, a State-supported college or university shall be defined as any two-year or four-year college or university supported by the State of South Carolina, including colleges or universities offering postgraduate or professional courses of study.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-480 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-480
SECTION 59-67-480. Salaries of drivers of State-owned buses.
Status: in_force

Salaries of school bus drivers of State-owned buses shall be fixed annually by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-10
SECTION 59-71-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "School Bond Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-41-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 41 / Section 59-41-50
SECTION 59-41-50. Grant and supplement shall not exceed private school tuition.
Status: in_force

The total of the annual scholarship grant provided for each child by this chapter shall not exceed the actual cost of tuition at the private school attended by the child.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-100
SECTION 59-117-100. President shall not be atheist or infidel.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall take care that the president of the University shall not be an atheist or infidel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-720 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-720
SECTION 59-63-720. County school lunch supervisors.
Status: in_force

School lunch supervisors shall be employed on a county basis, with one supervisor for each county of the State. In the larger counties of the State, where the number of school children and the area involved warrant, the State Department of Education may divide such counties into two districts and provide a supervisor for each district. In such cases the counties shall pay one half of the cost of the salaries and expenses of such additional supervisors.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-41-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 41 / Section 59-41-90
SECTION 59-41-90. Effect of invalidity.
Status: in_force

If any portion of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or its application to other persons and circumstances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-50
SECTION 59-101-50. Enrollment preference given to residents.
Status: in_force

The colleges and other institutions of learning of this State supported in whole or in part by the State shall receive as students those applicants residing within the State in preference to those residing without; provided, however, that the applications of those residing within the State shall be filed with the president or secretary of such college or institution of learning at least thirty days before the opening of such college or institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-150
SECTION 59-150-150. Lottery retailers; statewide network; criteria for selection; criminal background investigation.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall develop and maintain a statewide network of lottery retailers to serve the public convenience and promote the sale of tickets or shares and the playing of lottery games as defined in Section 59-150-20(7) while ensuring the integrity of the lottery operations, games, and activities. The commission also shall provide a small retailer a chance to participate in the sales of lottery tickets or shares; provide for compensation to a lottery retailer in the form of commissions in an amount of not less than seven percent of gross proceeds; and issue a license to each person with whom it contracts as a lottery retailer for purposes of display. Each lottery retailer shall post and display conspicuously its license. A license is not assignable or transferable. (B) The board shall develop a list of objective criteria upon which the qualification of a lottery retailer must be based. Separate criteria must be developed to govern the selection of a lottery retailer of instant tickets and an on-line lottery retailer. In developing these criteria, the board shall consider factors such as the applicant's financial responsibility, integrity, and reputation, and the security of the applicant's place of business or activity, and accessibility to the public. The board shall not consider political affiliation or activities or monetary contributions to political organizations or candidates for public office. The criteria must include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) The applicant must be current in filing all applicable tax returns to the State of South Carolina and in payment of all taxes, interest, and penalties owed to the State of South Carolina, excluding items under formal appeal pursuant to applicable statutes. The Department of Revenue shall provide this information to the commission. (2) A person, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation, or other business entity must not be selected as a lottery retailer if he or it: (a) has been convicted of a criminal offense related to the security or integrity of the lottery in this or another jurisdiction; (b) has been convicted of unlawful gambling activity, false statements, false swearing, or perjury in this or another jurisdiction or convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment or a fine of more than one thousand dollars, or both, unless the person's civil rights have been restored and at least five years have elapsed from the date of the completion of the sentence without a subsequent conviction of a crime described in this subitem; (c) has been found to have violated the provisions of this chapter or a regulation, policy, or procedure of the commission, unless either ten years have passed since the violation or the board finds the violation both minor and unintentional in nature; (d) is a lottery vendor or an employee or agent of a lottery vendor doing business with the commission; (e) resides in the same household as an officer of the commission; (f) has made a statement of material fact to the commission knowing the statement is false; (g) has a business of selling lottery tickets or shares that accounts for more than sixty percent annually of its gross revenues. The Department of Revenue shall provide data concerning a lottery retailer's gross revenues to assist the commission in verifying compliance with this provision. The commission must not sell or give away lottery tickets or shares as a lottery retailer, as provided in Section 59-150-210; and (h) has not attained the age of twenty-one years, except that this age restriction applies only to the lottery retailer or lottery retailer applicant and not to a bona fide employee of the lottery retailer; (3) A person applying to become a lottery retailer must be charged a uniform application fee for each lottery outlet. A lottery retailer who participates in on-line lottery games must be charged a uniform application fee for each on-line outlet. (4) A lottery retailer contract executed pursuant to this chapter may be suspended, revoked, or terminated for good cause by the executive director or his designee if the lottery retailer is found to have violated a provision of this chapter or the regulations subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. (5) Lottery retailer contracts may be renewable annually at the discretion of the commission, unless sooner canceled or terminated. (6) A lottery retailer or lottery retailer applicant shall not pay, give, or otherwise make available anything of value to a member of the board of directors of the commission in violation of provisions of the South Carolina Ethics Reform Act. (C) An applicant must undergo a criminal background investigation performed in accordance with Section 59-150-165.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 59-18-320
SECTION 59-18-320. Review of field test; general administration of test; accommodations for students with disabilities; adoption of new standards.
Status: in_force

(A) After the first statewide field test of the assessment program in each of the four academic areas, and after the field tests of the end of course assessments of high school credit courses, the Education Oversight Committee, established in Section 59-6-10, will review the state assessment program and the course assessments for alignment with the state standards, level of difficulty and validity, and for the ability to differentiate levels of achievement, and will make recommendations for needed changes, if any. The review will be provided to the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, the Governor, the Senate Education Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee as soon as feasible after the field tests. The Department of Education will then report to the Education Oversight Committee no later than one month after receiving the reports on the changes made to the assessments to comply with the recommendations. (B) After review and approval by the Education Oversight Committee, and pursuant to Section 59-18-325, the standards-based assessment of mathematics, English/language arts, social studies, and science will be administered for accountability purposes to all public school students in grades three through eight, to include those students as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act and by Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. To reduce the number of days of testing, to the extent possible, field test items must be embedded with the annual assessments. To ensure that school districts maintain the high standard of accountability established in the Education Accountability Act, performance level results reported on school and district report cards must meet consistently high levels in all four core content areas. For students with documented disabilities, the assessments developed by the Department of Education shall include the appropriate modifications and accommodations with necessary supplemental devices as outlined in a student's Individualized Education Program and as stated in the Administrative Guidelines and Procedures for Testing Students with Documented Disabilities. (C) After review and approval by the Education Oversight Committee, the end of course assessments of high school credit courses will be administered to all public school students as they complete each course. (D) Any new standards and assessments required to be developed and adopted by the State Board of Education, through the Department of Education for use as an accountability measure, must be developed and adopted upon the advice and consent of the Education Oversight Committee. Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment rewrote subsection (B) to add provisions relating to standards-based annual assessments. The 2008 amendment, in subsections (A) and (C), substituted "high school credit" for "benchmark"; rewrote subsection (B); and, in subsection (D), added "for use as an accountability measure,". 2017 Act No. 94, SECTION 7, amended (B), deleting obsolete provisions concerning the No Child Left Behind Act and deleting provisions concerning performance level results in various core subject areas.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-410
SECTION 59-121-410. Disposition of bonds; private sale; discounts or premiums.
Status: in_force

The bonds may be disposed of in such manner as the visitors shall determine, except that no privately negotiated sale without public advertisement may be made without the prior approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the visitors or their designee as being in the best interest of The Citadel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 1 / Section 59-119-110
SECTION 59-119-110. One-half land scrip fund vested in board; application of income.
Status: in_force

One half of the land scrip fund once vested in the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina having by due authority of law been vested in the six members of the board of trustees of Clemson University elected by the General Assembly and the State Treasurer having issued a certificate of State stock in the sum of ninety-five thousand nine hundred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, to such six members of such board of trustees, to be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever remain undiminished, the income of such fund shall be used by the board of trustees for the building and maintenance of Clemson University, in accordance with the purposes for which such land scrip was donated by the act of Congress in relation thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 3 / Section 59-111-170
SECTION 59-111-170. Application for free tuition.
Status: in_force

Application for the free tuition provided for in this article shall be filed with the governing body of the institution and shall be accompanied by proof or evidence of the death or total disability of the parent of the applicant and such proof or evidence that the injury or death occurred in the line of duty as considered necessary by such governing body, which shall have sole discretion in granting or not granting free tuition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 3 / Section 59-53-290
SECTION 59-53-290. Ground lease agreements.
Status: in_force

(A) The Area Commission of Tri-County Technical College, with the approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into one or more ground lease agreements with a private entity in which the private entity provides all services necessary for the creation and operation of an on-campus facility, the purpose of which must be determined by the commission including, but not limited to, financing, designing, constructing, managing, operating, maintaining, and related services. Upon expiration of the ground lease agreement term, the private entity shall surrender to the college the premises with the existing buildings, other structures, and improvements constructed and located on the premises, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, with only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, shall first approve all ground lease agreement terms and conditions including the consideration involved. The full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations may not be pledged, and a statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The approval required is in lieu of or a substitute for other approval required by another provision of law or regulation in connection with the undertaking of the private entity and the college; however, the private entity and the college shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of the State Engineer. (B) The Area Commission of Tri-County Technical College, upon the approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into a lease or lease purchase agreement with a private entity for the entity to occupy a college facility or a facility to be built by the college on college property for the purpose of conducting an entrepreneurial or commercial activity. (C) The Area Commission of Tri-County Technical College, upon approval of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into a ground lease with a private entity for the private entity to build a facility on property of the college in which the private entity will conduct an entrepreneurial or commercial activity consistent with the scope and mission of the college. (D) In implementing the provisions of subsections (B) and (C), full compliance with the provisions of Article X, Section 11 of the Constitution of this State is required. (E) Neither this section, nor the approval required by this section, exempts any transaction or entity from complying with Chapter 35 of Title 11.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-720 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 59-25-720
SECTION 59-25-720. Complaint filed with county board.
Status: in_force

Such teacher may at any time, during the period for which he has been employed, file with the county board of education of the county in which the school is located a complaint in writing which shall set forth briefly the manner and method by which the alleged discrimination is claimed to have occurred. Any number of teachers that are employed by the same school district may join in the filing of a complaint.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-760 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 9 / Section 59-111-760
SECTION 59-111-760. Annual accounting of funds; reports.
Status: in_force

Each qualifying institution and the board annually shall prepare an independent accounting of all of the funds in its Environmental Scholars Endowment, including a statement of the value of the corpus of the fund, the income derived from the corpus, and the specific uses to which the income has been applied. The reports must be kept on file at the institution and at the board and must be available for inspection upon request.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-50
SECTION 59-29-50. Required subjects; traffic laws.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education and the trustees of the State institutions of higher learning shall establish and require to be taught in the respective schools under their control a course of instruction on the traffic laws of this State. Such course of instruction shall be by lectures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 150 / Section 59-150-360
SECTION 59-150-360. Tuition assistance to attend state technical college or public two-year institution; eligibility; county funding for technical colleges.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who qualifies for in-state tuition rates pursuant to Chapter 112, Title 59 may receive tuition assistance to attend a technical college of this State or a public two-year institution of higher learning. A person who qualifies for in-state tuition rates pursuant to this title may attend an independent two-year institution of higher learning and receive lottery tuition assistance each year limited to the highest amount of tuition assistance received by students at public two-year institutions. In order to qualify as a first time entering freshman and before attempting twenty-four academic credit hours, a student must: (1) be a South Carolina resident for a minimum of one year; (2) be enrolled and maintain six credit hours each semester in a certificate, degree, or diploma program; (3) make reasonable progress toward completion of the requirements for the certificate, degree, or diploma program; (4) complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application. If a student feels that he will definitely not qualify to receive federal financial aid, the student may complete a simple form of minimum questions created by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education to determine if the student definitely will not qualify to receive federal financial aid. If it is determined that the student definitely will not qualify to receive federal financial aid, the student shall sign a form created by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education, and the student is exempted from completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education shall promulgate regulations to set thresholds for determining if a student definitely will not qualify to receive federal financial aid; and (5) not be the recipient of a LIFE Scholarship. Regulations for implementation of this section are the responsibility of the South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, for the technical college system, and the Commission on Higher Education, for the two-year public and private institutions. These regulations must be developed in a coordinated effort, provide for the allocation of funds based on the tuition assistance granted at each institution, and be interchangeable between each of the institutions affected. (B) For purposes of this chapter, a "public or independent institution" which a student may attend to receive a scholarship as provided in this chapter includes South Carolina two-year public institutions, as defined in Section 59-103-5, including branch campuses and two-year independent institutions, as defined in Section 59-113-50. (C) Institutions whose sole purpose is religious or theological training, or the granting of professional degrees, do not meet the definition of "public or independent institution" for purposes of this chapter. (D) "Tuition Assistance" for purposes of this section means, to the extent funds are appropriated, the amount charged for registering for credit hours of instruction and academic fees, less all federal grants and need-based grants, and does not include other fees, charges, or costs of textbooks. (E) Each county must maintain its level of funding for technical colleges. If any county fails to maintain this level of funding for its technical college, the college may add, for students who reside in that county, an impact fee sufficient to offset the reduction in county funds. (F) In order for a student to be eligible after attempting twenty-four academic credit hours the student must have earned a grade point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 grading scale. (G) Students shall not be eligible to receive tuition assistance for more than one certificate, diploma, or degree within any five-year period unless the additional certificate, diploma, or degree constitutes progress in the same field of study. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A)(4), added the second through fourth sentences relating to students who feel they will not qualify for federal financial aid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-133-310 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 133 / Article 3 / Section 59-133-310
SECTION 59-133-310. Disposition of bonds; private sales; discounts and premiums.
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. 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 Francis Marion.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-47-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 47 / Section 59-47-50
SECTION 59-47-50. Election of president.
Status: in_force

The president of the school shall be elected by the board of commissioners and shall be the immediate executive head of the school. He shall be responsible to the board of commissioners.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-403 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-403
SECTION 59-1-403. Restoration of sick leave of certain employees who changed employment from school district to State Department of Education.
Status: in_force

An amount of sick leave not to exceed sixty days lost by a State Department of Education employee as a result of changing employment from a school district to the State Department of Education is restored if the employee was employed by the State Department of Education after June 28, 1984, and is employed on the effective date of this act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-20
SECTION 59-33-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (a) "Handicapped children" shall mean those who deviate from the normal either psychologically or physiologically to such an extent that special classes, special facilities, or special services are needed for their maximum development, including educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped, emotionally handicapped, hearing handicapped, visually handicapped, orthopedically handicapped, speech handicapped, and those handicapped by learning disabilities as defined in item (1), Section 59-21-510. (b) "Professional workers" shall mean personnel certified and approved by the Department of Education and shall include, but not be limited to, speech and hearing specialists, mobility instructors, special education interns, special education administrators, supervisors or coordinators devoting full time to special education, and teachers of any class or program defined in this article who meet the requirements of the article. (c) "Special education services" shall mean, but not be limited to, special classes, special housing, homebound instruction, special rental facilities, braillists and typists for visually handicapped children, transportation, maintenance, instructional materials, therapy, professional consultant services, psychological services, itinerant services and resource services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-405 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-405
SECTION 59-1-405. Distribution of contraceptives on school grounds prohibited.
Status: in_force

No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in or on the school grounds of any public elementary or secondary school. No school district may contract with any contraceptive provider for their distribution in or on the school grounds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-500
SECTION 59-53-500. Tax exemption; interest on bonds.
Status: in_force

In performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it, the authority is not required to pay taxes or assessments upon property or upon its activities or operations or the income from them, or taxes or assessments upon property acquired or used by the authority or upon the income from them. Bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness issued by the authority, and the income from them, are free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the State and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-122-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 122 / Section 59-122-50
SECTION 59-122-50. Security for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

The Citadel may pledge any part or all of the revenues or net revenues derived or to be derived from any or all of the facilities as security for the payment of any bonds. In addition, The Citadel may pledge any gifts, donations, and funds, other than appropriated state funds, and the income from those sources to which The Citadel is entitled, as security for the payment of any bonds. As additional security, The Citadel may establish a reserve fund, which may be funded from the proceeds of the bonds, to provide for payment on the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-220
SECTION 59-117-220. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. (2) "University" means the University of South Carolina. (3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at the University: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores; parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings and equipment in them, which are now owned by the University, or which may be acquired by the University for any of these purposes. (4) "Revenues" of any facilities means the entire receipts of the University from the operation of the facilities. 'Net revenues' means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities. (5) "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. (6) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the University or any successor body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-85 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-85
SECTION 59-102-85. Online registry of athlete agents in good standing.
Status: in_force

The Department of Consumer Affairs shall maintain an online, public directory of all registered athlete agents in good standing. The directory shall include each athlete agent's registration application information that is required pursuant to this chapter. Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action." 2022 Act No. 239, SECTION 117.172, provides as follows: "117.172. (GP: Name Image Likeness) For Fiscal Year 2022-23, Act 35 of 2021 in its entirety pertaining to intercollegiate athlete (NIL) name, image, or likeness is suspended."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 1 / Section 59-104-20
SECTION 59-104-20. Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program established; adjudication of delinquency; drug and alcohol offenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program is established to foster scholarship among the state's post-secondary students and retain outstanding South Carolina high school graduates in the State through awards based on scholarship and achievement. Measures must be taken to ensure equitable minority participation in this program. Recipients of these scholarships are designated Palmetto Fellows. Each Palmetto Fellow shall receive a scholarship in an amount not to exceed six thousand seven hundred dollars. These scholarships in combination with all other grants and scholarships shall not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution attended. The commission shall promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer the program and request annual state appropriations for the program. (B) Students, either new or continuing, must not have 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 Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, 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 scholarships after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea. (C) Of the funds made available for higher education Palmetto Fellows Scholarships for any year, a percentage thereof must be allocated for students attending South Carolina independent colleges of higher learning in this State. This percentage must be equivalent to the percentage of the independent colleges' share of the total South Carolina resident undergraduate full-time enrollment (FTE) of all public and independent higher education institutions in South Carolina based on the previous year's data as determined by the Commission on Higher Education and the South Carolina Tuition Grants Commission. (D) After expending funds appropriated for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships from all other sources, there is automatically appropriated from the general fund of the State whatever amount is necessary to provide Palmetto Fellows Scholarships to all persons meeting the requirements of this section. (E) A Palmetto Fellows Scholarship is available to an eligible resident student who attends or will attend an eligible public or independent institution. (F) For purposes of subsection (E): (1) "Public or independent institution" means a: (a) South Carolina public institution defined in Section 59-103-5, and an independent institution as defined in Section 59-113-50; (b) public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina; or (c) not for profit institutions accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges. (2) "Resident student" means a: (a) student who is either a member of a class graduating from a high school located in 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, or a student graduating 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; and (b) student 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. (G) In addition to qualifications established by regulation, to qualify for a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, a student shall: (1) meet the following three criteria: (a) a minimum score of 1200 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or an equivalent ACT score; (b) a cumulative 3.5 grade point ratio on the Uniform Grading Scale at the end of the junior or senior year; and (c) rank in the top six percent of the class at the end of the sophomore, junior, or senior year. When calculating eligibility for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships in schools where the top six percent of the graduating class is two students or less, the top two students must be considered for the scholarship regardless of class rank. The top six percent of the graduating class must meet all Palmetto Fellows Scholarship eligibility requirements in order to receive a scholarship. If the top six percent of the class is not a whole number of students, the Commission on Higher Education shall round up to the next whole number of students eligible; or (2) meet the following two criteria: (a) a minimum score of 1400 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or an equivalent ACT score; and (b) a cumulative 4.0 grade point ratio on the Uniform Grading Scale at the end of the junior or senior year. Qualifying scores must be certified by the high school on the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship application by the scholarship application deadline. For the purposes of meeting the rank criteria pursuant to this subsection, 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 Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. (H) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a student who met the initial eligibility requirements to receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school and has met the continuing eligibility requirements shall receive the award. A student who received a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school but declined the award is eligible to reapply for the annual scholarship, providing he meets all of the initial and continuing academic eligibility requirements of the Palmetto Fellows program, if he transfers to a qualifying South Carolina institution of higher learning. The number of semesters or academic years a student attended an out-of-state institution are to be deducted from the number of semesters or academic years a student is eligible for the scholarship. All funding provided for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships regardless of its source or allocation must be used to implement the provisions of this subsection. A student who uses a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship to attend an eligible two-year institution shall receive a maximum of four continuous semesters, and may continue to use the scholarship to attend an eligible four-year institution, subject to the maximum number of semesters for which the student may be eligible for the scholarship. (I) The Commission on Higher Education shall, by regulation, define alternative qualifications for an exceptionally gifted student who is a resident of South Carolina and is accepted into an institution of higher learning without having attended or graduated from high school. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment added subsections (E), (F), (G) and (H). The 2007 amendment, in subsection (B), added "second or subsequent" in two places. The first 2008 amendment, in subsection (F), made nonsubstantive changes; and, in subsection (G) in the undesignated paragraph at the end, added the second and third sentences relating to the use of out-of-state high school rankings. The second 2008 amendment added subsection (I) relating to regulations defining an exceptionally gifted student. 2021 Act No. 36, SECTION 1, in (E), deleted "four-year" following "attend an eligible"; in (F)(1)(a), deleted "excluding a public two-year or technical institution," following "Section 59-103-5," and ", excluding an eleemosynary junior or independent two-year institution" following "Section 59-113-50"; and in (H), added the fifth sentence. 2024 Act No. 156, SECTION 4, in (H), in the fifth sentence, substituted "the maximum number" for "maximum number". 2024 Act No. 191, SECTION 1, in (F)(1), added (c) and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-145 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-145
SECTION 59-101-145. Authorization to use data already collected to report on postsecondary and collegiate enrollment and completion.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Education Oversight Committee, is authorized to use data that is already being collected through current processes to report on the in-state and out-of-state college enrollment, college persistence, and postsecondary completion of South Carolina's high school graduates. The department shall work to streamline data collection timelines and processes to reduce the burden and increase the efficiency of such data collection and reporting. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 12, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Educator Assistance Act.'"
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-454 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-454
SECTION 59-1-454. Parental involvement program; parent/teacher conferences.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Department of Education shall develop a parental involvement program for use in elementary and secondary schools with grades four through eight. The purpose of the program is to improve parental participation in their child's school progress, ensure a smooth transition between the various levels of schooling and phases of education, increase communication between the school, parent, and child, provide greater accountability between the parent, school, and child, and lessen the possibility on all levels that parents are only provided opportunity to react to problems involving their child after such problems occur. (B) The parental involvement program should include such activities as regular visitation by parents to their child's school, involving parents, teachers, and administrators in school training sessions on such issues as communication between the school, parent, and child, student discipline, importance of homework, the taking and understanding of standardized testing and test scores, and general literacy. (C) Teachers shall maintain a record signed by the parent and teacher of parent conferences annually that identify the date, time, and response of parent/teacher conferences.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-117 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-117
SECTION 59-49-117. Admissions requirements.
Status: in_force

The school shall admit students in accordance with the admission criteria, standards, and procedures as established and approved by the board. To be eligible for admission to the school, an applicant must be a legal resident of South Carolina, unless the board of trustees establishes a special exemption to accept out-of-state or international exchange students. Students must have a career interest in an agricultural or natural resources field and possess a high level of commitment, motivation, and maturity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-110
SECTION 59-2-110. Disclaimer as to admission, continued enrollment, or graduation.
Status: in_force

This chapter is not a promise or guarantee that the beneficiary will be: (a) admitted to any institution of higher learning; (b) allowed to continue enrollment at an institution of higher learning; or (c) graduated from an institution of higher learning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 4 / Section 59-63-320
SECTION 59-63-320. Reporting form.
Status: in_force

By December 31, 1990, the State Department of Education, after consultation with the State Law Enforcement Division, shall develop a standard school crime reporting form which must be used by all school districts in the State. The form must define what constitutes criminal activity required to be reported and must include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) types and frequency of criminal incident; (2) crimes against the person, including: (a) description of crime; (b) age and sex of offender and whether the offender is a student. If the offender is a student, whether he attended the school where the crime occurred or a different school, and whether he was under school suspension or expulsion at the time of the offense; (c) age and sex of the victim and whether the victim is a student. If the victim is a student, whether he attended the school where the crime occurred or a different school. If the victim is not a student, whether he was employed at the school and, if so, in what capacity; (d) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the incident occurred; (e) the cost of the crime to the school and to the victim; (f) what action was taken by the school administration; (3) crimes against property, including: (a) description of the crime; (b) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the crime occurred; (c) the cost of the crime to the school and to the victim; (d) what action was taken by the school administration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-108 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-108
SECTION 59-67-108. Training and certification of drivers.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Only a person who has been certified by the State Board of Education may drive a school bus, as defined in Section 59-67-10, when transporting preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school. (2) When transporting public school students, a driver operating a bus owned by the State, a local school agency, or by a private contractor that is in compliance with Section 56-5-2770 and the National School Bus chrome yellow requirements in Section 59-67-30 must possess a School Bus Driver's Certificate-A, as established by the State Board of Education. A driver awarded a school bus driver's certificate pursuant to Section 59-67-470 shall be issued the School Bus Driver's Certificate-A. (3) When transporting public school students, a driver operating a bus owned by a local school agency or by a private contractor that is not in compliance with either Section 56-5-2770 or the National School Bus chrome yellow requirements in Section 59-67-30 must possess a School Bus Driver's Certificate-B, as established by the State Board of Education. A driver who possesses a School Bus Driver's Certificate-B may not use traffic control devices permitted in Section 56-5-2770. (B) Any person transporting ten or more preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school, school-related activities, or childcare in a vehicle with enabled traffic control devices must receive training as to the proper operation of these traffic control devices. The State Department of Education shall establish an appropriate level of driver certification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-60
SECTION 59-147-60. Bond exemptions.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes and franchise and license fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 59-29-500
SECTION 59-29-500. Employment of Director of the Financial Literacy Office and staff.
Status: in_force

The South Carolina Financial Literacy Board of Trustees may employ, by a majority vote, a Director of the Financial Literacy Office and other staff as necessary to carry out the South Carolina Financial Literacy Initiative and other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the board. The director, with the approval of the board, may hire staff necessary to carry out the provisions of the initiative.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-57-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 57 / Section 59-57-60
SECTION 59-57-60. Records; annual report.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall keep accurate and detailed records of its meetings and actions and shall, as soon after June thirtieth of each year as is feasible, submit a written report to the legislative delegation from each county which shall include an accounting of all funds the Commission may have received and disbursed in the twelve months preceding that date.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-20
SECTION 59-116-20. Authority to establish campus safety department and employ security officers; officers to be commissioned constables; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each college or university may establish a safety and security department and appoint and employ campus police officers to carry out the functions of the department. While on duty, campus police officers shall wear distinctive uniforms prescribed by the board of trustees or its designees. The officers must be commissioned as constables pursuant to Section 23-1-60 and take the oath of office prescribed by law and the state Constitution for those officers. The jurisdiction of such a constable is limited to the campus grounds and streets and roads through and contiguous to them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-620 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 7 / Section 59-104-620
SECTION 59-104-620. Advisory Council on Planning.
Status: in_force

(A) The Commission on Higher Education shall establish an Advisory Council on Planning to assist the commission and the institutions of higher learning in maintaining planning as a high priority. (B) The advisory council shall report to the executive committee of the commission, which shall serve as the standing committee on planning for the commission. (C) The advisory council shall submit to the executive committee of the commission its advice, reports, and draft plans.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 1 / Section 59-103-30
SECTION 59-103-30. Critical success factors and performance indicators.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly has determined that the critical success factors, in priority order, for academic quality in the several institutions of higher learning in this State are as follows: (1) Mission Focus; (2) Quality of Faculty; (3) Classroom Quality; (4) Institutional Cooperation and Collaboration; (5) Administrative Efficiency; (6) Entrance Requirements; (7) Graduates' Achievements; (8) User-friendliness of the Institution; (9) Research Funding. (B) The General Assembly has determined that whether or not an institution embodies these critical success factors can be measured by the following performance indicators as reflected under the critical success factors below: (1) Mission Focus (a) expenditure of funds to achieve institutional mission; (b) curricula offered to achieve mission; (c) approval of a mission statement; (d) adoption of a strategic plan to support the mission statement; (e) attainment of goals of the strategic plan. (2) Quality of Faculty (a) academic and other credentials of professors and instructors; (b) performance review system for faculty to include student and peer evaluations; (c) post-tenure review for tenured faculty; (d) compensation of faculty; (e) availability of faculty to students outside the classroom; (f) community and public service activities of faculty for which no extra compensation is paid. (3) Instructional Quality (a) class sizes and student/teacher ratios; (b) number of credit hours taught by faculty; (c) ratio of full-time faculty as compared to other full-time employees; (d) accreditation of degree-granting programs; (e) institutional emphasis on quality teacher education and reform. (4) Institutional Cooperation and Collaboration (a) sharing and use of technology, programs, equipment, supplies, and source matter experts within the institution, with other institutions, and with the business community; (b) cooperation and collaboration with private industry. (5) Administrative Efficiency (a) percentage of administrative costs as compared to academic costs; (b) use of best management practices; (c) elimination of unjustified duplication of and waste in administrative and academic programs; (d) amount of general overhead costs. (6) Entrance Requirements (a) SAT and ACT scores of student body; (b) high school class standing, grade point averages, and activities of student body; (c) post-secondary nonacademic achievements of student body; (d) priority on enrolling in-state residents. (7) Graduates' Achievements (a) graduation rate; (b) employment rate for graduates; (c) employer feedback on graduates who were employed or not employed; (d) scores of graduates on post-undergraduate professional, graduate, or employment-related examinations and certification tests; (e) number of graduates who continued their education; (f) credit hours earned of graduates. (8) User-Friendliness of Institution (a) transferability of credits to and from the institution; (b) continuing education programs for graduates and others; (c) accessibility to the institution of all citizens of the State. (9) Research Funding (a) financial support for reform in teacher education; (b) amount of public and private sector grants. (C) The commission, when using the critical success factors for the purpose of funding recommendations for institutions of higher learning, is required to use objective, measurable criteria. (D) Critical success factors developed and used for the purpose of funding recommendations shall be those which are directly related to the missions of the particular type of institution as outlined in Section 59-103-15(B) and not those factors which are not relevant to the success factors of the particular type of institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-460 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 59-53-460
SECTION 59-53-460. Citation of subarticle.
Status: in_force

This subarticle may be cited as the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-2450 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 27 / Section 59-53-2450
SECTION 59-53-2450. Annual report.
Status: in_force

An authority shall submit an annual report on the development and use of the enterprise campus to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Governor, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Department of Administration, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate. The report must be submitted not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-270 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 3 / Section 59-130-270
SECTION 59-130-270. Sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bonds must be sold at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the college considers advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 2 / Section 59-63-110
SECTION 59-63-110. Citation of article.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Safe School Climate Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 1 / Section 59-117-10
SECTION 59-117-10. Composition of board of trustees of the University of South Carolina.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina shall be composed of the Governor of the State (or his designee), the State Superintendent of Education, and the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association, which three shall be members ex officio of the board; and seventeen other members including one member from each of the sixteen judicial circuits to be elected by the general vote of the General Assembly as hereinafter provided, and one at-large member 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-130-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 130 / Article 1 / Section 59-130-30
SECTION 59-130-30. Powers of board.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees is constituted a body corporate and politic under the name of the board of trustees for the College of Charleston. The corporation has the power to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued by the corporate name; (3) have a seal and to alter it at pleasure; (4) make contracts and to have, to hold, to purchase, and to lease real estate and personal property for corporate purposes, and to sell and dispose of personal property and any building considered by it as surplus property or not further needed, and any buildings that it may need to do away with for the purpose of making room for other construction. The board does not have power to sell or dispose of any of its real estate, other than buildings, except with the consent of the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate; (5) appoint a chairman and to appoint or otherwise provide for the appointment of subordinate and assistant officers and agents, faculty members, instructors, and other employees, prescribing the terms of their employment and their duties and fixing their compensation; (6) make bylaws and regulations for the management of its affairs and its own operations not inconsistent with law; (7) condemn land for corporate purposes as provided by law; (8) fix tuition fees and other charges for students attending the college, not inconsistent with law; (9) confer degrees upon students and other persons as the board considers qualified; (10) accept, receive, and hold all monies or other properties, real, personal, and mixed, that may be given, conveyed, bequeathed, or devised to the college and to use them for the benefit of the college, but in those cases where the money or property is received, charged with any trust, the money or property must be held and used strictly in accordance with the terms of the trust. If the terms of the trust require something to be done other than to administer the trust, no obligation in receiving the trust over and above its administration is binding upon the college or the State, except any obligation accepted by the General Assembly; (11) assign any member of the faculty without additional salary to additional duties in any other college department than that in which the faculty member may at the time be working; (12) compel by subpoena, rule, and attachment witnesses to appear and testify and papers to be produced and read before the board in all investigations relating to the affairs of the college; (13) adopt measures and make regulations as the board considers necessary for the proper operation of the college; (14) appoint for the college a board of visitors of a number as it may determine, to regulate the terms during which the members of the board of visitors serve, and to prescribe their functions; (15) remove any officer, faculty member, agent, or employee for incompetence, neglect of duty, violation of college regulations, or conduct unbecoming a person occupying such a position; (16) appoint an executive committee not exceeding five members of the board who have the powers of the board during the interim between meetings of the board but not the power to do anything inconsistent with the policy or action taken by the board, and the executive committee at each meeting of the board shall report fully all action taken by it during the interim; (17) appoint committees of the board or officers or members of the faculty of the college with authority and for purposes in connection with the operation of the college as the board considers necessary; (18) appoint a president. The president shall report to and seek approval of his actions and those of his subordinates from the board; (19) issue revenue bonds as provided by law. (20) create a University of Charleston, South Carolina, and serve as the corporate board of trustees for the university. The board may transfer those academic and other programs it considers proper from the college to the university and exercise the necessary powers and authority for the university as set forth in this section. The president of the college shall serve as the president of the university, and the board may create other officers for the university it considers necessary. All other provisions of law relating to the college must be construed to include the university.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-26-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 26 / Section 59-26-50
SECTION 59-26-50. Creation and membership of Educator Improvement Task Force; duties and powers.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created as an agency of state government the South Carolina Educator Improvement Task Force composed of thirteen members. The State Superintendent of Education with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education shall appoint six members, one of whom may be himself, one of whom must be a public school teacher and one of whom must be a public school administrator. The Governor shall appoint seven members, one from each congressional district and not less than two of whom must be employed at state institutions of higher education and not less than one of whom is a member of a local school board. A vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment. The members shall receive per diem, mileage, and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions to be paid from funds appropriated for the operation of the State Department of Education. Every consideration must be given to insure appropriate racial balance in appointments. (b) The Task Force shall organize by electing such other officers as it deems necessary. Bylaws may be adopted by a majority vote as deemed necessary. (c) The powers and duties of the Task Force shall be as follows: (1) Employ as director of the special project a person who has specific skills and experience to carry out the requirements of this chapter. (2) Exercise supervision over the special project to insure that the intent of this chapter is carried out. (3) Seek input from the public and other state agencies concerning the implementation of this chapter. (4) Confer periodically with the State Board of Education and submit a final report to the Board concerning the implementation of this chapter. The report shall include a plan for the implementation of the responsibilities assigned to the Task Force by this chapter. The Board shall approve or disapprove the implementation plan within forty-five days. If the Board disapproves the plan, it shall submit the reasons for disapproval to the Chairman of the Task Force within fifteen days, and the Task Force shall, after consideration of the reasons for the disapproval, submit a revised implementation plan or the original plan with justification therefor to the State Board of Education within thirty days. If the Board then disapproves the original or revised plan, the Chairman of the Task Force and the Chairman of the Board shall within thirty days call a joint meeting and a majority vote of the Board and Task Force shall determine the plan to be implemented. (5) Report to the Governor, the State Board of Education, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee by March 1, 1980, and annually thereafter, on the status of the implementation of this chapter. The annual report shall include any recommendations for legislative or executive action to facilitate achieving the intent of this chapter. (6) Provide advice to the Board of Education and Commission on Higher Education concerning actions that may be needed to upgrade teacher training programs or otherwise facilitate progress toward achieving the intent of this chapter. Such advice shall include a determination of the minimum financial support per provisional and annual contract teacher that should be provided to local school districts by the General Assembly to compensate the districts for the additional duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this chapter. (d) The Task Force shall terminate July 1, 1982, and may be extended only by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the House present and voting and two-thirds of the members of the Senate present and voting. If any of the implementation dates set forth in this chapter are extended by the General Assembly, the termination date of the Task Force may be extended for the same length of time by a majority vote of the members of the House and a majority vote of the members of the Senate. Validity For the validity of (d) of this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021). Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (a).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-520 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 7 / Section 59-53-520
SECTION 59-53-520. Administration of program of vocational and technical education.
Status: in_force

The commission shall constitute the administrative agency to administer the program of vocational and technical education in Chesterfield, Dillon, and Marlboro Counties under the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training. Effect of Amendment The 2004 amendment substituted "commission" for "Committee" and added ", Dillon,".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-770 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 59-67-770
SECTION 59-67-770. State's immunity not waived.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as a waiver of the State's general immunity from liability and suit beyond the limits of the insurance coverage specified therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-117 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-117
SECTION 59-19-117. District employee background checks.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual hired by a local school district board of trustees to serve in any capacity in a public school in this State shall undergo a name-based South Carolina criminal record search conducted by the local school district using records maintained by the State Law Enforcement Division pursuant to regulations contained in subarticle 1, Article 3, Chapter 73 of the Code of Regulations. By August 1, 2010, a school district board of trustees shall adopt a written policy that specifies the required criminal record search as well as how the information received from the search impacts hiring decisions. The district policy must stipulate whether the district assumes the cost of the criminal record search or that the applicant assumes the cost. The policy must include, at a minimum, a prohibition of hiring individuals convicted of violent crimes as defined in Section 16-1-60 and hiring recommendations relative to felony convictions and relevant just-cause examples provided in Section 59-25-160. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, working with the Department of Education, shall provide training to appropriate school district personnel regarding appropriate use of the information provided in criminal record searches. (B) Each school district of this State shall perform a National Sex Offender Registry check on all district employees hired to serve in any capacity in a public school and all volunteers who work in a school on an interim or regular basis as mentors, coaches, or any other capacity, or volunteers who serve as student chaperones or any other capacity having direct interaction with students. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, working with the Department of Education, shall provide training to appropriate district personnel on the appropriate uses of the database. By August 1, 2010, the district board of trustees shall adopt a written policy that specifies the sex offender registry check as well as how information received from the search impacts hiring decisions. The policy must include, at a minimum, a prohibition of hiring individuals required to register as sex offenders pursuant to Section 23-3-430.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-155 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 40 / Section 59-40-155
SECTION 59-40-155. Orientation programs for board members and administrators.
Status: in_force

(A) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected or appointed as members of a charter school board of trustees after July 1, 2006, shall complete successfully an orientation program in the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board member including, but not limited to, topics on policy development, personnel, instructional programs, school finance, school law, ethics, and community relations. The orientation must be provided at no charge by the State Department of Education or an association approved by the department. (B) Within ninety days of employment, an administrator employed by the charter school, who is not certified, shall complete successfully an orientation program in the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a school administrator including, but not limited to, topics on personnel, instructional programs, school finance, school law, ethics, and community relations. The orientation must be provided at no charge by the State Department of Education or an association approved by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-740 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 59-21-740
SECTION 59-21-740. Eligibility for State aid; amount of State aid for which school may otherwise qualify not affected.
Status: in_force

Any county or school district shall be eligible for State aid for a school psychologist employed for each five thousand pupils enrolled; provided, that each county shall be eligible for State aid for at least one school psychologist. Provided, further, that any district or county may combine with any other school district or county in order to meet the minimum enrollment requirement and for the purpose of securing the services of a school psychologist. When school districts or counties are acting jointly in this respect, State aid shall be paid to the operating units in proportion to the enrollment in these units; provided, further, payments of State aid under the provisions of this article shall have no bearing on the amount of State aid for which a school may otherwise qualify regardless of the fact that pupils with whom the psychologist works may already have been counted for other purposes of State aid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-59-100
SECTION 59-59-100. Providing services of career specialist; qualification of specialist; career specialists currently employed by tech prep consortia.
Status: in_force

(A) By the 2006-07 school year, middle schools and by 2007-08 high schools shall provide students with the services of a career specialist who has obtained a bachelor's degree and who has successfully completed the national Career Development Facilitator (CDF) certification training or certified guidance counselor having completed the Career Development Facilitator certification training. This career specialist shall work under the supervision of a certified guidance counselor. By the 2007-08 school year, each middle and high school shall have a student-to-guidance personnel ratio of three hundred to one. Guidance personnel include certified school guidance counselors and career specialists. (B) Career specialists currently employed by the sixteen tech prep consortia and their performance responsibilities related to the delivery of tech prep or school-to-work activities must be supervised by the State Department of Education's Office of Career and Technology Education in conjunction with the immediate site supervisor of the tech prep consortia.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1890 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 21 / Section 59-53-1890
SECTION 59-53-1890. Affiliation agreements.
Status: in_force

The affiliation agreement must provide: (1) for the affiliating school districts to appoint a liaison committee which shall recommend organizational and administrative procedures and measures to assure adequate accounting procedures; (2) procedures by which career and technology education funds appropriated by the federal, state, or county government may be applied for and received; (3) procedures by which one of the affiliating school districts may hold title to real and personal property acquired with affiliated funds for the benefit of all affiliated school districts; and (4) that each of the affiliating school districts shall have an equity in the joint assets to the extent that the assessed tax value of the property within the school district bears to the aggregate assessed tax value of the property within the combined area of the school districts. If less than an entire school district is served by the career and technology education facilities or programs, only the area served must be considered in computing equities in joint assets. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment designated items (a) to (d) as paragraphs (1) to (4); in paragraphs (1) and (4) substituted "career and technology" for "vocational"; and, in paragraph (3), deleted "for the benefit of all" following "hold title" and at the end substituted "affiliated funds for the benefit of all affiliated school districts" for "such funds".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 3 / Section 59-111-110
SECTION 59-111-110. Tuition not charged children of firemen, law enforcement officers, and government employees totally disabled or killed in line of duty.
Status: in_force

No tuition may be charged for a period of four school years by any state-supported college or university or any state-supported vocational or technical school for children of: (1) firemen, both regularly employed and members of volunteer organized units, organized rescue squad members, members of the Civil Air Patrol, law enforcement officers, or corrections officers, as defined herein, including reserve and auxiliary units of counties or municipalities who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 1964; (2) government employees who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty while working on state time on or after July 1, 1996, as a result of a criminal act committed against them which constitutes a felony under the laws of this State. The tuition authorized to be paid by this section applies only to undergraduate courses or curriculum and may be paid for a period not exceeding four years, regardless of the number of state-supported colleges, universities, or state-supported vocational or technical schools the child attends.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-146-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 146 / Section 59-146-30
SECTION 59-146-30. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the State Department of Education. (2) "School district" means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district under the provisions of Chapter 17, Title 59. (3) "School facilities" means only those facilities defined as 'school facilities' in Section 59-144-30. (4) "State board" means the State Board of Education. (5) "State school facilities bonds" means general obligation bonds of the State of South Carolina issued under the authority of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-116-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 116 / Section 59-116-40
SECTION 59-116-40. Qualifications for employment as campus police officer.
Status: in_force

At the time of their employment campus police officers authorized to exercise the powers granted in Section 59-116-30 must: (1) be not less than twenty-one years of age; (2) have completed successfully the training requirements of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy or which may be prescribed for campus police by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council; (3) be commissioned as a constable as provided for in Section 59-116-20; (4) possess additional qualifications prescribed by the governing board of the institution by whom they are employed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-58-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 58 / Section 59-58-30
SECTION 59-58-30. Exclusions from definition of "nonpublic educational institution."
Status: in_force

The definition of "nonpublic educational institution" does not include: (1) any degree-granting school, institute, college, junior college, university, or entity chartered by the Secretary of State before 1953; (2) institutions that: (a) are independent or church-related, (b) are two or four-year degree granting, (c) have their primary emphasis on liberal arts, (d) are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, (e) are nonprofit, and (f) have their primary place of business in South Carolina. (3) institutions offering courses of instruction only at the kindergarten through high school level; (4) institutions whose sole purpose is religious or theological training; (5) institutions offering noncredit bearing courses exclusively for avocational purposes, as determined by the commissioner; (6) institutions directly supported, entirely or partly, by the State of South Carolina; (7) aviation institutions or instructors that offer flight training with the statement or implication that their primary objective is to train persons for personal or recreational purposes and not for gainful employment; (8) courses or programs regulated and licensed or approved under an occupational licensing law of the State of South Carolina; (9) noncredit bearing courses or programs sponsored by employers solely for the training of their employees if: (a) the training is conducted by an employee of the sponsoring employer or if the sponsoring employer contracts with a provider to conduct the training; (b) the sponsoring employer bears the expense of providing the training by paying the training provider directly, and this provision does not mean paying the employee after the employee pays; and (c) the sponsoring employer allows employees to attend the training on company time if the training takes place during regular work hours. (10) noncredit bearing courses or programs that do not prepare or qualify individuals for employment in any occupation or trade sponsored by recognized trade, business, or professional organizations solely for the instruction of their members; (11) institutions that offer only noncredit bearing intensive review courses such as those designed to prepare students for certified public accountancy tests, law school aptitude tests, bar examinations, medical college admissions tests, and other license preparation tests; (12) out-of-state institutions that formally collaborate with public South Carolina institutions in offering distance education coursework in this State and where the South Carolina institution offers the degree; (13) institutions that offer programs and courses on federal military installations; and (14) degree-granting institutions accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education that conduct occasional or incidental recruiting activities to include activities at high school recruiting fairs or through seasonal recruitment advertising rather than continuing and regular activities that would otherwise establish an actual presence in South Carolina as defined in this chapter. Effect of Amendment The 2007 amendment added item (14).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-71-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 71 / Article 1 / Section 59-71-30
SECTION 59-71-30. Authorities of operating school units authorized to issue general obligation bonds.
Status: in_force

The authorities of any operating school unit may issue general obligation bonds of such operating school unit for the purpose of defraying the cost of capital improvements to any amount not exceeding the constitutional debt limitation applicable to such operating school unit, if: (1) The election required by this article as a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds results favorably thereto; (2) The bonds are issued within three years following the holding of the election; and (3) The county board wherein such operating school unit is located, if there is such, shall give its approval to the issuance of such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-73-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 73 / Section 59-73-110
SECTION 59-73-110. Reduction of special school levies by boards and legislative delegation.
Status: in_force

All existing special tax levies in all counties and school districts within the State may be reduced as deemed advisable by the local boards of trustees and the county boards of education, with the approval of the Senator and at least one half of the members of the House of Representatives of the county in which such reduction is made. But no tax levy for retiring bonds or other indebtedness of such school district shall be so reduced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-120 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-120
SECTION 59-1-120. "Public school" defined.
Status: in_force

"Public school" means a school operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials in which the program and activities are under the control of these officials and which is supported by public funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1040 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 59-21-1040
SECTION 59-21-1040. Compensation and employer contributions; funding.
Status: in_force

The compensation and employer contributions of any new personnel employed for the purpose of implementing specific provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly from funds derived from increased revenue provided for in the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund. This may not be construed to preclude any school district from providing additional compensation and employee contributions for the purpose of implementing specific provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. School district employees are not entitled to receive any across-the-board pay increases or employer contributions provided for other state employees in the annual general appropriation act unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly in that act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-30
SECTION 59-131-30. Bonds payable solely from revenues of parking facilities.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are payable from the revenues derived from all parking facilities which the board of trustees for the College of Charleston may possess at the college, including parking facilities on property leased to the State under the terms and conditions of an agreement described in Section 59-131-10(a), and the revenues must be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds in the manner provided in this chapter. The board may, in its discretion, determine with respect to each parking facility to pledge either the entire revenues derived from the parking facility or the revenues derived from the parking facility remaining after defraying the cost of operation and maintenance of the parking facility. In the issuance of the bonds, the trustees may reserve the right to issue additional bonds payable from the revenues and on a parity with the bonds authorized by this chapter, whether issued pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any other provision of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 20 / Section 59-20-90
SECTION 59-20-90. School district fiscal practices of concern, actions authorized.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Department of Education shall work with district superintendents and finance officers to develop and adopt a statewide program with guidelines for: (1) identifying fiscal practices and budgetary conditions that, if uncorrected, could compromise the fiscal integrity of a school district; and (2) advising a district identified under item (1) to take appropriate corrective actions. (B) The program must include a series of criteria that the department shall use to establish three escalating levels of fiscal and budgetary concern, which must be "fiscal watch", "fiscal caution", and "fiscal emergency". (C) "Fiscal watch" is the first level and lowest level of concern. (1)(a) The State Superintendent of Education shall declare fiscal watch if: (i) upon review of the district's annual audit, the department determines financial practices occurring outside of acceptable accounting standards exist; (ii) the district submits an annual audit more than sixty days after the December first deadline provided in Section 59-17-100; (iii) there is any type of ongoing, related investigation by any state or federal law enforcement agency or any other investigatory agency of the State; (iv) an outside, independent auditing firm declares that a school district's financial records are unauditable; or (v) the department identifies significant deficiencies, material weaknesses, direct and material legal noncompliance, or management letter comments which, in the opinion of the department, the aggregate effect of the reported issues has, or could have, a significant effect on the financial condition of the district. (b) If a district meets the criteria in subsection (A), the State Superintendent shall declare a fiscal watch only after prior notification with the district board chairman and district superintendent, who must begin immediate consultation with the chief financial officer of the district. The watch notification must include steps the district may take to avoid the declaration. (2) After prior written notification with the district board chairman and superintendent, the State Superintendent of Education may declare fiscal watch if: (a) an independent, outside auditing firm notifies the department that the district is not operating under generally accepted accounting principles; or (b) the district does not maintain a general reserve fund of at least one month of general fund operating expenditures of the previous two completed fiscal years, or has not made progress in increasing the general reserve fund balance in accordance with department guidelines to meet at least one month of general fund operating expenditures within the previous two completed fiscal years. (3)(a) Within sixty days after the State Superintendent of Education declares a fiscal watch for a district, the district board shall submit a financial recovery plan to the department. (b) The State Superintendent shall evaluate and accept or reject the plan within thirty days after receipt of the financial recovery plan. If he disapproves the plan, he shall recommend modifications that would make the plan acceptable. (c) A district shall not implement a recovery plan unless approved by the State Superintendent. (d) The department shall provide technical assistance. (e) The district board may amend the plan at any time with the State Superintendent's approval. (f) The district board shall submit an updated recovery plan annually until the district is released from the fiscal watch. (g) The State Superintendent shall accept or reject an updated plan no later than the anniversary of the date on which the first plan was approved. (4) A district under a declaration of fiscal watch must not be released from fiscal watch in the same fiscal year in which the declaration was made, but may be released the following fiscal year if the department determines that the corrective actions have been or are being successfully implemented. The State Superintendent shall notify the local board chairman, district superintendent, and chief financial officer of the release of the district from fiscal watch. (5) The district board of trustees may appeal a declaration of a fiscal watch to the State Board of Education within ten days after the declaration and the state board must hold a hearing on the appeal within thirty days after the filing of the appeal or at the next regularly scheduled State Board of Education meeting, whichever is later. However, the district shall continue to work with the department in the manner provided by this subsection when a fiscal watch is declared pending determination of the appeal. (D) "Fiscal caution" is the second level of concern, and is the intermediate level of concern. (1)(a) After consultation with the local board chairman and superintendent, the State Superintendent may declare fiscal caution if the district was previously on fiscal watch and if: (i) the district's audits have been reviewed and there are conditions observed that could result in a declaration of fiscal emergency; or (ii) the outside, independent auditing firm conducting the district's audit reports to the State Superintendent that any conditions or practices exist that could result in a declaration of fiscal emergency. (b) The written communication between the department and the school district constitutes the consultation with the local board chairman required in subitem (a). (c) The notice must be sent to the board chairman and district superintendent who must begin immediate consultation with the district Chief Financial Officer. The notice must include, but not be limited to, an explanation of the circumstances that led to the decision and if the school district may take any steps to avoid the declaration. (2) The State Superintendent shall declare a school district to be in a state of fiscal caution if the district previously was on fiscal watch and if: (a) upon review of the district's annual audit or otherwise with notice from an independent, outside accounting firm, the department determines financial practices occurring that are outside of acceptable accounting standards exist; (b) a district submits an annual audit more than sixty days after the December first deadline as provided in Section 59-17-100; (c) the department reviews a district's annual audit and determines the district is not maintaining the mandatory minimum of one month of general fund operating expenditures in its general reserve fund or has not made progress in increasing the general reserve fund balance in accordance with department guidelines to meet at least one month of general fund operating expenditures within the previous two completed fiscal years; (d) an outside, independent auditing firm declares that a school district's financial records are unauditable; (e) the department identifies significant deficiencies, material weaknesses, direct and material legal noncompliance or management letter comments which, in the opinion of the department, the aggregate effect of the reported issues has a significant effect on the financial condition of the district; or (f) there is an ongoing investigation being conducted by any federal or state agency, law enforcement or otherwise, related to the district's finances or local board of trustees. (3) The State Superintendent shall declare a school district to be in a state of fiscal caution if the department discovers any other fiscal practices or conditions that could lead to a declaration of fiscal emergency through the examination of a school district's past two years' audits. (4) The State Superintendent shall notify the district in writing that a declaration of fiscal caution for the district is pending, the conditions leading to the declaration, and shall request a written recovery plan for correcting the conditions that led to fiscal caution and for preventing further fiscal difficulties that could lead to fiscal caution. This notification must be given within at least ten business days, excluding district holidays that are five days or more, before the effective date of the declaration. The notice must be sent to the board chairman, district superintendent, and chief financial officer, and must include, but not be limited to, an explanation of the circumstances that led to the decision and if there are any steps the school district could take to avoid the declaration. (5) While a district is under a declaration of fiscal caution: (a) the department shall: (i) visit and inspect the district; (ii) provide technical assistance in implementing the board's recovery plan; and (iii) make recommendations concerning the board's recovery plan; (b) the department may order a performance audit of the district at the department's expense and later may require full reimbursement from the district, which the district shall provide within sixty days after the request is made; and (c) the district must: (i) be required to provide written recovery plans for discontinuing or correcting the practices and conditions that led to the declaration of fiscal caution to the department; and (ii) be given approximately sixty days to provide a written recovery plan, which the department may extend an additional thirty days at the request of the district, provided that no additional extension may be granted under any circumstances. (6) If the State Superintendent finds a district has not made reasonable recovery plans or taken action to correct the practices or conditions that led to the declaration, he may report to the State Board of Education that a declaration of fiscal emergency is necessary to prevent further fiscal decline. (7) A district under a declaration of fiscal caution must not be released from fiscal caution in the same fiscal year in which the declaration was made, but may be released the following fiscal year if the department determines that the corrective actions have been or are being successfully implemented. The State Superintendent shall notify the local board chairman, district superintendent, and chief financial officer of the release of the district from fiscal caution. (8) The district board of trustees may appeal a declaration of a fiscal caution to the State Board of Education within ten days after the declaration, and the state board must hold a hearing on the appeal within thirty days after the filing of the appeal or at the next regularly scheduled State Board of Education meeting, whichever is later. However, the district shall continue to work with the department in the manner provided by this subsection when a fiscal caution is declared pending determination of the appeal. (E) The third and most severe level of concern is "fiscal emergency". The State Superintendent of Education shall declare fiscal emergency if: (1) a district under fiscal caution fails to submit an acceptable recovery plan within one hundred twenty days or fails to submit an updated recovery plan when required; (2) the department finds that a district under fiscal caution is not complying with an original or updated recovery plan and determines that fiscal emergency is necessary to prevent further decline; (3) a district is at risk of defaulting on any type of debt, to include, but not be limited to, tax anticipation notes, general obligation bonds, or lease-purchase installment agreements; (4) a district has previously been under fiscal watch, fiscal caution, or any combination of fiscal watch and fiscal caution for a total of three fiscal years within the previous five fiscal years; or (5) he determines that a declaration of fiscal emergency is necessary to correct the district's fiscal problems and to prevent further fiscal decline; (6)(a) While a district is under a declaration of fiscal emergency, the department shall: (i) visit and inspect the district; (ii) provide technical assistance in implementing the board's recovery plans; and (iii) make recommendations concerning the board recovery plans. (b) In addition to the provisions of subitem (a), while a district is under a declaration of fiscal emergency, the district must: (i) be required to provide written recovery plans for discontinuing or correcting the practices and conditions that led to the declaration of fiscal emergency to the department; and (ii) be given approximately sixty days to provide a written recovery plan, which the department may extend for an additional thirty days at the request of the district, provided that no additional extension may be granted under any circumstances. (7) If the State Superintendent finds a district has not made reasonable recovery plans or taken action to correct the practices or conditions that led to the declaration, the Superintendent may make a recommendation to the State Board of Education that the department take over financial operations of the district for the fiscal year in which a fiscal emergency is declared as part of the technical assistance offered to the district. Upon approval of the recommendation by the State Board of Education, the department may maintain financial operations until the district is released from a fiscal emergency. (8) A district under a declaration of fiscal emergency must not be released from fiscal emergency in the same fiscal year in which the declaration was made, but may be released the following fiscal year if the department determines that the corrective actions have been or are being successfully implemented. The State Superintendent shall notify the local board chairman, district superintendent, and chief financial officer of the release of the district from fiscal emergency. (9) The district board of trustees may appeal a declaration of a fiscal emergency to the State Board of Education within ten days after the declaration, and the state board shall hold a hearing on the appeal within thirty days after the filing of the appeal or at the next regularly scheduled state board meeting, whichever is later. However, the district shall continue to work with the department in the manner provided by this subsection when a fiscal emergency is declared pending determination of the appeal. (F) The provisions of this section are supplemental to other provisions of law, but to the extent the provisions of this section conflict with another provision of law, the provisions of this section must prevail. (G) The provisions of this section also apply to the statewide charter school district, any institution of higher education that authorizes charter schools, or any entity that registers to become a charter school sponsor. (H) The requirements to place a district on fiscal watch, caution, or emergency must be suspended for the two fiscal years following any state-implemented midyear budget cut, if: (1) the district fails to maintain a general reserve fund of at least one month of general fund operating expenditures; (2) the State continues to fund at the current base student cost; (3) the State reduces the base student cost below the appropriation provided in the previous fiscal year; or (4) the State increases the base student cost appropriation provided in the previous fiscal year but the increase is less than the previous fiscal year's appropriation as adjusted by the Consumer Price Index. (I) A school district or charter sponsor involved in restructuring or the transfer of a school under its governance to another district or charter sponsor shall: (1) deliver complete replicas of the student information system to the State Department of Education no later than June thirtieth of the year of transfer; and (2) maintain updated assessment records and deliver these updated assessments records to the department, or the district or charter sponsor where students are currently assigned, no later than July thirtieth of the year of transfer. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 23, SECTION 1.B, provides as follows: "(B) The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 230, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, revising the conditions which prompt declarations of various escalating levels of fiscal and budgetary concern, providing appeals processes from such declarations, applying the provisions to institutions of higher education that authorize charter schools, and revising related definitions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-610 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 59-31-610
SECTION 59-31-610. Public review and hearings.
Status: in_force

The State Superintendent of Education shall make arrangements for a thirty-day public review of materials recommended by the instructional materials review panels prior to taking those recommendations to the State Board of Education. The public review sites must be geographically distributed around the State at as many state-supported colleges and universities or, if necessary, other designated sites as may agree to host the reviews. Public review sites shall be advertised in each congressional district in the newspaper with the largest circulation figures for that district. The State Board shall hold a public hearing before adopting any textbook or instructional material for use in the schools of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-60 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 1 / Section 59-121-60
SECTION 59-121-60. Quorum at special meeting of board.
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the board of visitors of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, when at least five days' notice in writing has been given by mail or otherwise to all of the members of the board of the time and place of the meeting any four or more of the members so notified who shall attend such special meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 59-33-360
SECTION 59-33-360. Transition plan.
Status: in_force

As part of the student's transition plan, starting at age thirteen, local education agencies shall assist students eligible for special education with the transition to adulthood, including the need to make educational decisions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-765 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 59-67-765
SECTION 59-67-765. Waiver of sovereign immunity up to limits of insurance coverage.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article, the doctrine of sovereign immunity for the State is hereby waived up to the limits of the insurance coverage specified therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-485 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-485
SECTION 59-63-485. Transfer of students from Fairfield County School District to Chester County School District; provision for payment of funds; State Superintendent of Education to settle disputes.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly finds that numerous public school students reside in Fairfield County School District but are entitled to attend the schools of Chester County School District pursuant to Section 59-63-480. The General Assembly finds it necessary to provide by law for uniform arrangements between Fairfield County School District and Chester County School District pertaining to these students. (B) A student who qualifies for transfer pursuant to Section 59-63-480 may be admitted, and remain enrolled, by Chester County School District upon proof of eligibility as Chester County School District finds acceptable. A roster of these students must be kept current by Chester County School District and sent to Fairfield County School District as and when updated. (1) Each fiscal year, for each pupil authorized to transfer from Fairfield County School District to Chester County School District pursuant to Section 59-63-480 and actually enrolled in a public school of Chester County School District, the Fairfield County Treasurer, on behalf of and from funds of the Fairfield County School District, shall pay Chester County School District one hundred and three percent of Chester County School District's prior year local revenue per pupil for school operating purposes as reported in Chester County School District's annual audit for the immediately preceding fiscal year. (2) As used in this section, "prior year local revenue per pupil for school operating purposes" includes any state reimbursement paid for property tax exemptions from Chester County School District ad valorem taxes including, but not limited to, all payments pursuant to Section 11-11-156. (C) Upon invoice, the Fairfield County Treasurer, on behalf of and from the funds of the Fairfield County School District, shall pay Chester County School District the amount determined pursuant to subsection (B)(1) of this section. Payment to Chester County School District must be completed before the fifteenth day of February in each fiscal year. If the Fairfield County Treasurer fails to pay this invoice by the fifteenth day of February, the South Carolina Department of Education, upon application by Chester County School District, out of the funds otherwise meant for the next Education Finance Act disbursement to Fairfield County School District, shall pay the invoice on behalf of Fairfield County School District. Any undisputed amounts must be paid when due. (D) Chester County School District may consider payments pursuant to this act to be anticipated ad valorem taxation for purposes of Subsection 7, Section 15, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution, relating to tax anticipation notes. (E) The State Superintendent of Education shall settle any dispute between Chester County School District and Fairfield County School District arising from the implementation and administration of this act by the school districts and the State Department of Education. (F) For the 2009-2010 school and the fiscal year only, the Fairfield County Treasurer, on behalf of and from the funds of the Fairfield County School District, shall pay the Chester County School District an amount calculated pursuant to items (B)(1) and (2) of this section on account of the pupils enrolled in the Chester County School District from Fairfield County pursuant to Section 59-63-480 for the 2009-2010 school year. This amount must be invoiced by the Chester County School District promptly upon the effective date of this section, and must be paid no later than June 30, 2010, or the delinquency provisions of subsection (C) apply to the payment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-131-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 131 / Section 59-131-10
SECTION 59-131-10. Parking facilities authorized.
Status: in_force

Subject to the conditions of this chapter, the board of trustees for the College of Charleston is authorized to: (a) provide parking facilities, including one or more multilevel parking garage facilities, on its properties, acquired at the college and on property in the vicinity of the college leased by the City of Charleston to the State for not less than ninety-nine years under the terms and conditions of an agreement between the city and the board providing for the operation and maintenance of the parking facilities to be constructed on the property; (b) promulgate regulations concerning the use of the facilities, including regulations requiring those who undertake to park motor vehicles on the properties of the board to utilize the facilities; (c) to establish and maintain, and revise, whenever necessary, a schedule of rates and charges for the use of the facilities which must be designed to provide not less than the sums required to pay principal and interest of any bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-103-165 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 103 / Article 2 / Section 59-103-165
SECTION 59-103-165. Information packages for eighth-grade students regarding higher education; pilot programs.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Higher Education is directed to work with the state's public institutions of higher education, and private institutions of higher education which wish to participate, to develop information packages for eighth grade students and their parents on the options of post-secondary education available in South Carolina, the courses required to attend colleges and universities, and the financial requirements and assistance available for students pursuing additional education after high school. During 1991-92, the commission shall develop the information packages, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, pilot test the program in a number of school districts. The commission shall report to the Senate Education Committee and the Education and Public Works Committee of the House on the pilot testing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-30
SECTION 59-65-30. Exceptions.
Status: reserved

The provisions of this article do not apply to: (a) A child who has graduated from high school or has received the equivalent of a high school education from a school approved by the State Board of Education, member school of South Carolina Independent Schools' Association, a private school in existence at the time of the passage of this article, or a member school of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools; (b) A child who obtains a certificate from a psychologist certified by the State Department of Education or from a licensed physician stating that he is unable to attend school because of a physical or mental disability, provided there are no suitable special classes available for such child in the school district where he resides; (c) A child who has completed the eighth grade and who is determined by the court to be legally and gainfully employed whose employment is further determined by such court to be necessary for the maintenance of his home; (d) [Reserved] (e) A student who has a child and who is granted a temporary waiver from attendance by the district's attendance supervisor or his designee. The district attendance supervisor may grant a temporary waiver only if he determines that suitable day care is unavailable. The student must consult with the district supervisor or his designee in a timely manner to consider all available day care options or the district shall consider the student to be in violation of this chapter. (f) A child who has reached the age of sixteen years and whose further attendance in school, vocational school, or available special classes is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be disruptive to the educational program of the school, unproductive of further learning, or not in the best interest of the child, and who is authorized by the court to enter into suitable gainful employment under the supervision of the court until age seventeen is attained. However, prior to being exempted from the provisions of this article, the court may first require that the child concerned be examined physically and tested mentally to assist the court to determine whether or not gainful employment would be more suitable for the child than continued attendance in school. The examination and testing must be conducted by the Department of Youth Services or by any local agency which the court determines to be appropriate. The court shall revoke the exemption provided in this item upon a finding that the child fails to continue in his employment until reaching the age of seventeen years. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment inserted ", or a member school of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools", and made other, nonsubstantive, changes in subsection (a).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 59-65-210
SECTION 59-65-210. State appropriation for attendance supervisor program.
Status: in_force

For each county which has indicated a desire for the service of an attendance supervisor or supervisors there shall be appropriated annually for the ensuing fiscal year a sum sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses of an attendance supervisor or supervisors for each county, one such supervisor for each ten thousand children, or fraction thereof, enrolled in each county as of the closing date of the school year immediately preceding the commencing of each such fiscal year. This sum shall be the State's portion of the attendance supervisor program. Nothing in this article shall limit the number of attendance supervisors that a county or a school district may employ at its own expense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-315 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-315
SECTION 59-19-315. Commencement of trustee's term of office.
Status: in_force

The term of office of every elected trustee of a school district must commence one week following the certification of his election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-150
SECTION 59-29-150. Willful noncompliance with requirements for program of study of United States Constitution as cause for dismissal.
Status: repealed

Willful neglect or failure on the part of any public school superintendent, principal or teacher or the president, teacher or other officer of any high school, normal school, university or college to observe and carry out the requirements of Sections 59-29-120 to 59-29-140 shall be sufficient cause for the dismissal or removal of such person from his position. Editor's Note Section 59-29-140, referenced in the text, was repealed effective upon the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-360 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 119 / Article 3 / Section 59-119-360
SECTION 59-119-360. Annual report.
Status: in_force

A report of all its proceedings under this article shall be made, annually, by the board to the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-90
SECTION 59-29-90. Physical education courses in teacher training colleges.
Status: in_force

All colleges, schools and other educational institutions in this State giving teacher training shall provide a course or courses in physical education, training and instruction, and every pupil attending any such college, school or educational institution in preparation for teaching service shall take such course or courses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-10-320 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 59-10-320
SECTION 59-10-320. Coordinated school health models; implementation; evaluation of effectiveness.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Department of Education shall make available to each school district a coordinated school health model designed to address health issues of children. The program must provide for coordinating the following eight components: safe and healthy environment, physical education, health education, staff wellness, health services, guidance and health, nutrition services, and parent and community involvement. The Department of Education shall notify each school district of the availability of professional development opportunities and provide technical assistance for implementing the coordinated school health model. (B) The Department of Education shall develop or adopt an assessment program to evaluate district and school health education programs. At a minimum, the assessment must be designed to determine program effectiveness and adherence to South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards. The State Department of Education shall begin piloting health education assessments in the 2006-07 school year with implementation in the 2008-09 school year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-130
SECTION 59-67-130. Inspection of road conditions on bus routes; reporting hazards.
Status: in_force

Prior to the opening of school each year, each school superintendent shall be responsible for inspecting the road conditions of all designated bus routes including school property and all conditions deemed to be hazardous shall be reported, in writing, to the State-employed county transportation supervisor who shall verify any such hazardous conditions and report them, in writing, to the proper municipal, county, or State official who shall be responsible for taking corrective action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-150
SECTION 59-101-150. Approval of new programs.
Status: in_force

No new program shall be undertaken by any State-supported institution of higher learning without the approval of the Commission or the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-40 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 59-21-40
SECTION 59-21-40. Partial participation of small schools.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-21-30, if any one- or two-teacher school fails to maintain the minimum schedule therein provided, it shall participate in the benefits of Section 59-21-20 in the proportion that the enrollment and average daily attendance maintained bear to said minimum schedule for such school.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-20
SECTION 59-19-20. Composition of boards of school trustees; terms.
Status: in_force

Unless it be specially provided otherwise by law, the boards of school trustees in this State shall be composed of three members, each of whom when appointed, pursuant to the terms hereof, shall hold office for a term of three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 1 / Section 59-121-70
SECTION 59-121-70. Annual report of board.
Status: in_force

The board of visitors shall make a minute and full report of the condition and management of the college to the State Superintendent of Education and to the Governor, to be by the latter laid before the General Assembly in each and every year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-420 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-420
SECTION 59-121-420. Delivery of bond proceeds to State Treasurer; maintenance in special funds; withdrawals; temporary investments.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all bonds must be delivered to the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and retained in a special fund or funds and applied solely to the purposes for which such bonds have been issued. Withdrawals from the fund must be made on the order or requisition of The Citadel and must be in such form as the State Treasurer shall prescribe. The State Treasurer may make temporary investments of funds derived from the proceeds of bonds in the manner prescribed by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-121-390 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 121 / Article 3 / Section 59-121-390
SECTION 59-121-390. Fiduciaries as authorized investors.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority or the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within the State to invest any monies in their hands in such bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-125-650 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 125 / Article 5 / Section 59-125-650
SECTION 59-125-650. Duration of authorizations granted by article; time limit for issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

The authorizations granted by this article must remain of full force and effect until they are rescinded by subsequent enactment, and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-30 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 59-31-30
SECTION 59-31-30. Use of uniform series of textbooks in public schools; exceptions.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall designate a uniform series of textbooks which shall be used in every free public school of this State receiving any State aid for any purpose whatsoever. No school failing or refusing to use such uniform series of textbooks, unless expressly permitted by law so to do, shall receive any State school aid for any purpose whatsoever. But the provisions of this section shall not apply to any school district that provides free schoolbooks to the value of twenty thousand dollars or more to the school children of such district. The State Board of Education is hereby charged with the enforcement of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-220 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-220
SECTION 59-67-220. Filling gasoline tank while engine is running or pupils are on bus prohibited.
Status: in_force

No gasoline tank on or in any vehicle used as a school bus shall be filled while the engine is running or, except in an emergency, when there are pupils in the bus.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-33-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 59-33-80
SECTION 59-33-80. Legislative declaration of policy as to residential and nonresidential programs.
Status: in_force

The General Assembly declares that the public policy of this State is to provide, when feasible, the resources, assistance, coordination, and support necessary to enable the handicapped person to receive an education within the context of his home and community. Where individuals have previously been placed in residential treatment centers it is recognized that the services and programs to be provided under this article will offer new resources for the care and training of such individuals at home. The governing agencies of such residential programs are encouraged to investigate the resources to be provided by this article and, where appropriate, work closely with the family, guardian, or other responsible agent to effect the meaningful return of institutionalized persons to the more normal environment of their homes and communities. At the same time, the General Assembly directs responsible agencies administering residential programs not to view this article as reason for the indiscriminate return home of current institutional residents. In no instance shall the governing agency of such residential center return a person to his home without the advance, written consent of his parent, guardian, or other responsible party. However, where the parent, guardian, or other responsible party shall oppose the recommendation of the agency administering the residential program to return the individual to his home, the agency, based upon professional judgment, may place the individual in other nonresidential programs such as foster homes, community residences, halfway residences, or other similar services designed to promote the growth and development of the handicapped individual.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 59-1-170
SECTION 59-1-170. "State Board" defined.
Status: in_force

"State Board" means State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-260 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-260
SECTION 59-67-260. Check of school bus operation by Department of Public Safety.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall have the operation of school buses spot checked periodically and report all infractions of the laws or misconduct of any kind on the part of the drivers to the chairman of the board of trustees of the school that may be affected thereby.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-46 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 59-65-46
SECTION 59-65-46. Home schooling of foster child.
Status: in_force

A foster parent may teach a foster child at home as provided in Sections 59-65-40, 59-65-45, or any other provision of law, if, in addition to any other requirements, home schooling of the child has been approved by the Department of Social Services or other agency having custody of the child.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1030 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 59-21-1030
SECTION 59-21-1030. Level of financial effort per pupil required of each school district; application for waiver.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this section, school district boards of trustees or any other appropriate governing body of a school district shall maintain at least the level of per pupil financial effort established as provided in fiscal year 1983-84. Beginning in 1985-86, local financial effort for noncapital programs must be adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Thereafter, school district boards of trustees or other governing bodies of school districts shall maintain at least the level of financial effort per pupil for noncapital programs as in the prior year adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The county auditor shall establish a millage rate so that the level of financial effort per pupil for noncapital programs adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office is maintained as a minimum effort. No school district which has not complied with this section may receive funds from the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund. School district boards of trustees may apply for a waiver to the State Board of Education from the requirements of this section if: (1) the district has experienced a loss in revenue because of reduction in assessed valuation of property or has had a significant increase in one hundred thirty-five average daily membership; (2) the district has experienced insignificant growth in revenue collections from the previous year; (3) the district has demonstrated for one year that it has achieved operating efficiencies and all education requirements are being met; (4) a midyear revenue shortfall results in a reduction of funds appropriated in accordance with Chapter 20 of Title 59 (The Education Finance Act). A decline in the measured academic achievement of the students must immediately cause the State Board of Education to void all waivers provided under this section and make the district ineligible to apply for any waivers under this section for two consecutive years. If the decline in student achievement occurs, the district shall revert to the minimum effort requirement, adjusted for the prior years inflation factor. Waiver (4) does not apply to funds needed to meet the Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers in South Carolina. A school district is eligible for an annual renewal of the waiver provided the district meets one of the above criteria and meets the minimum effort requirement of the previous year and at least the minimum required effort of the Education Finance Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-170 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 59-19-170
SECTION 59-19-170. Acceptance and holding of property by trustees.
Status: in_force

The district board of trustees of any school district may accept and hold in trust for its particular school district any property granted, devised, given or bequeathed to the district and use it in such manner as in its judgment seems most conducive to the welfare of the schools when not otherwise directed by the terms of the grant, devise, gift or bequest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-117-290 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 117 / Article 3 / Section 59-117-290
SECTION 59-117-290. Who may invest in bonds.
Status: in_force

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within this State to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 3 / Section 59-24-130
SECTION 59-24-130. "Principal" defined.
Status: in_force

For purposes of funds appropriated in the annual general appropriations act and program eligibility for the School Principal Incentive Program and the School Administrator Evaluation Program, the term "principal" also includes the administrative head of a career and technology center. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-69-240 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 69 / Article 5 / Section 59-69-240
SECTION 59-69-240. County treasurer required to report monthly to county superintendent of education.
Status: in_force

Each county treasurer shall report monthly, on the fifteenth day of each month, to the county superintendent of education of his county the amount of collections and disbursements made by him for the month on account of school tax and all other school funds. It shall be a misdemeanor on the part of any county treasurer to neglect, fail or refuse to make such report and, on conviction thereof, he shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars to be used for school purposes in his county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-2-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 2 / Section 59-2-70
SECTION 59-2-70. South Carolina College Investment Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created a South Carolina College Investment Trust Fund separate and distinct from the state general fund (hereinafter referred to as the "SCCIP trust fund") to be administered by the Office of State Treasurer. The SCCIP trust fund shall consist of money remitted in accordance with investment trust agreements. The trust fund shall receive and hold all payments, contributions, and deposits intended for it as well as all earnings thereon until disbursed as provided hereunder. (B) The amounts on deposit in the trust fund do not constitute property of the State. Amounts on deposit in the trust fund must not be commingled with other state funds and the State shall have no claim to or interest in such funds. Investment trust agreements or any other contract entered into by or on behalf of the trust fund do not constitute a debt or obligation of the State and no account owner shall be entitled to any amounts except for those amounts on deposit in or accrued to their account. (C) The SCCIP trust fund shall continue in existence as long as it holds any funds belonging to an account owner or otherwise has any obligations to any person or entity until its existence is terminated by law and remaining assets on deposit are returned to account owners or transferred to the State as provided by law. (D) The Office of State Treasurer shall administer the fund, including, without limitation, the keeping of records, the management of bank accounts and other investments, the transfer of funds and the safekeeping of securities evidencing investments. These functions may be administered pursuant to a management agreement with a qualified entity or entities. (E) Payments received by the Office of State Treasurer on behalf of beneficiaries from account owners and other contributors shall be placed in the trust fund. (F) The director shall cause there to be maintained separate records and accounts for individual beneficiaries as may be required under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any other applicable federal law. (G) Account owners and any other contributors shall only be permitted to contribute cash or any other form of payment or contribution as may be permitted under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and approved by the State Treasurer. The director shall cause the program to maintain adequate safeguards against contributions in excess of what may be required for qualified higher education expenses. The trust fund is specifically authorized to receive and deposit into the trust fund any monetary gift made by an individual by testamentary disposition, including, without limitation, any specific gift or bequeath made by will, trust, or other disposition to the extent permitted under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The trust fund may receive amounts transferred from an UGMA, UTMA, or other account established for the benefit of a minor provided that the beneficiary of such an account is identified as the legal owner of the SCCIP Trust Fund account upon attaining majority age. (H) The account owner retains ownership of all amounts on deposit in his or her account with the program up to the date of distribution on behalf of a designated beneficiary unless otherwise provided herein. Earnings derived from investment of the contributions shall be considered to be held in trust in the same manner as contributions, except as applied for purposes of the designated beneficiary. Amounts on deposit therein shall be available for expenses and penalties imposed by the Office of State Treasurer for the program as disclosed in the investment trust agreement. (I) The assets of the SCCIP trust fund shall be preserved, invested, and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes of this chapter and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used by the State of South Carolina for any other purpose. (J) Beneficiaries may be changed in any account by an account owner as desired to the extent not prohibited by federal law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-49-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 49 / Section 59-49-70
SECTION 59-49-70. School declared a body corporate; powers.
Status: in_force

The Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe is declared to be a body corporate and, as such, may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded in its corporate name, may have and use a proper seal, which it may alter at its pleasure and may acquire by purchase, deed, devise, lease for a term of years, bequest or otherwise such property, real and personal, in fee simple without limitations as may be necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of its organization as herein declared. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 164, SECTION 13, substituted "The Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe is" for "The John de la Howe School is hereby".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-710 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 7 / Section 59-63-710
SECTION 59-63-710. School lunch division in State Department of Education.
Status: in_force

To continue and expand the lunch program in the public schools of the State, in cooperation with the Food Distribution Administration of the United States Government, or any similar agency, there shall be a school lunch division in the State Department of Education, to be directed by a State supervisor, appointed by the State Board of Education. Such division shall also employ a steno-clerk and a food consultant to plan meals and otherwise assist in the program and shall purchase all necessary and incidental office supplies. The salaries of the personnel herein provided for shall be fixed by the State Department of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1950 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 18 / Article 19 / Section 59-18-1950
SECTION 59-18-1950. Longitudinal data system.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly recognizes the importance of having a state longitudinal data system to inform policy and fiscal decisions related to early childhood education, public education, postsecondary preparedness and success, and workforce development. (B)(1) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, working with the Office of First Steps to School Readiness, the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Social Services, the South Carolina Technical College System, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Employment and Workforce, and other state agencies or institutions of higher education, shall develop, implement, and maintain a universal identification system that includes, at a minimum, the following information for measuring the continuous improvement of the state public education system and the college and career readiness and success of its graduates: (a) students graduating from public high schools in the State who enter postsecondary education without the need for remediation; (b) working-aged adults in South Carolina by county who possess a postsecondary degree or industry credential; (c) high school graduates who are gainfully employed in the State within five and ten years of graduating from high school; and (d) outcome data regarding student achievement and student growth that will assist colleges of education in achieving accreditation and in improving the quality of teachers in classrooms. (2) All information disseminated will conform to state and federal privacy laws.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-455 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-455
SECTION 59-1-455. Time for pledge of allegiance required.
Status: in_force

Beginning with the 1991-92 school year, all public school students, commencing with grades kindergarten through and including high school, shall during the course of each school day's activities at a specific time which must be designated by the local school say the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Any person not wishing to say the "Pledge of Allegiance" or otherwise participate in saying the "Pledge of Allegiance" is exempt from participation and may not be penalized for failing to participate. A person who does not wish to participate may leave the classroom, may remain in his seat, or may express his nonparticipation in any form which does not materially infringe upon the rights of other persons or disrupt school activities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-29-180 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 59-29-180
SECTION 59-29-180. Emphasis on higher order problem solving skills.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education and all school districts shall emphasize higher order problem solving skills in curricula at all levels. The State Department of Education shall assist the school districts by locating, developing, and advising the districts on the development of materials and other aids which may be used to teach higher order problem solving skills within existing subjects.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-560 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 111 / Article 7 / Section 59-111-560
SECTION 59-111-560. Penalty for failure to complete contract.
Status: in_force

If the recipient of a loan fails without justifiable cause to practice medicine or dentistry in accordance with the terms of his contract, a penalty for failure to complete the contract must be imposed by the Department which at a minimum shall consist of a demand for the entire amount of the loan or scholarship benefits received plus per annum interest from the date funds were advanced to the recipient at the prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina in effect at the time the funds were advanced plus two percent, and at a maximum shall consist of a demand for three times the entire amount of the loan benefits received, plus interest at a per annum rate equal to the then prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina. The demand as determined by the Department must be mailed to the recipient at his last known address and shall at that time become immediately due and payable. However, where the Department determines that there is justifiable cause for the failure to practice pursuant to the terms of the contract, it may relieve the recipient of the obligation to practice according to the terms of the contract, and shall provide for repayment of the amount received, plus interest at a per annum rate equal to the then prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina on any terms it deems proper. Upon recommendation and request of the Department the Attorney General shall institute proceedings for the purpose of recovering any amount due the State upon breach of the contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-370 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 101 / Article 1 / Section 59-101-370
SECTION 59-101-370. New technical college construction projects; matching state funds.
Status: in_force

Technical education colleges receiving funds for new construction projects, not including funds provided for deferred maintenance or renovations, pursuant to authorizations for state capital improvement bonds shall match the state funds provided with at least twenty percent nonstate funds toward the total costs of the project identified in the bond authorization. This match requirement does not apply to any project that received A&E funding prior to July 1, 1995.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-151-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 151 / Section 59-151-110
SECTION 59-151-110. Definition of LightRail; use by academic institutions; access by private organizations and entities.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this chapter, the South Carolina LightRail is defined as a communication grid network where the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium, and private organizations and entities as permitted by subsection (C) of this section tap into facilities-based fiber optic including, the National Lambda Rail, Internet2, TeraGrid, and other regional and national networks which carry high volumes of data at high speed allowing faculty members at participating institutions in different locations to collaborate in real time. (B) The South Carolina LightRail is to be used as an academic network for the use of the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium for the exchange of information directly related to their missions and must not carry commercial traffic, commercial internet traffic, or K-12 traffic originated in South Carolina. Occasional and incidental use of the network by persons appropriately granted access to the network for purposes that are not directly related to the missions of the participating academic institutions is not considered a violation of this subsection. (C) Private organizations and entities may be provided access to the network only through formal documented partnerships with one or more of the South Carolina academic institutions that are members of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium that are directly related to the missions of the partnering institutions. This access must be consistent with guidelines and procedures approved by the consortium board. These guidelines and procedures, at a minimum, shall comply with the provisions of Section 59-151-115. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 284, SECTION 11, provides as follows: "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-63-500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 63 / Article 5 / Section 59-63-500
SECTION 59-63-500. Transfer without consent of school district of residence.
Status: in_force

The trustees of any school district who knowingly permit the enrollment of pupils who have not been transferred with the consent of the trustees of the district wherein such pupils reside shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-545 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-545
SECTION 59-67-545. Parents and other adult school volunteers or employees authorized to ride route school buses on space available basis.
Status: in_force

Parents and other adult school volunteers or employees may ride route school buses on a space available basis. Parents and other adults also may ride school buses in conjunction with special programs that are sponsored by the local school district. This use of route school buses shall be in accordance with local school district board policies and programs. School districts may not re-route school buses in order to accommodate the pickup of adults authorized to ride school buses as provided by this section. The State is not responsible for any costs associated with parents and other adults riding school buses in conjunction with special programs. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as a waiver or abrogation of the state's limited immunity from liability and suit under the State Tort Claims Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-90
SECTION 59-152-90. Local partnership boards; grant funding.
Status: repealed

(A) A local partnership's grant may be funded annually by the First Steps School to Readiness Board of Trustees and must be contingent on the General Assembly's appropriation of funds to use for offering grants. (B) To obtain a grant, a First Steps partnership must qualify by meeting the grant requirements established pursuant to subsection (C). A First Steps Partnership shall submit an application to the Office of First Steps in a format specified by the First Steps to School Readiness Board. The application shall include the level of funding requested, a description of needs of children and families; assets and resources available; and the proposed strategies to address needs as they relate to the goals of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness. (C)(1) Pursuant to Section 63-11-1730, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall establish the grant qualification requirements. The board shall develop and promulgate grant qualification requirements in regulation pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. These requirements must include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) adoption and adherence to bylaws promulgated by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, which includes, but is not limited to, compliance with the board composition, attendance, voting, and disclosure requirements; (b) utilization of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness benchmarks and objectives; (c) implementation of programs and activities, which are effective and contributing to state goals, and otherwise acceptable pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 152, Title 59; and (d) fulfillment of all the duties in Section 59-152-70. (2) The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees shall establish a formula, which includes the identification of the most relevant and effective factors, by which the allocations for qualifying partnership grants are calculated. The board shall identify the factors, develop the funding formula, and promulgate both in regulation pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. The factors utilized in the funding formula, and the weight given to each factor by the formula, must reflect that the intent of the General Assembly is to ensure that the money allocated to each local partnership is in proportion to the following: (a) population of eligible children; (b) population of at-risk children; and (c) population with below average income. (3) First Steps shall include the grant qualification requirements and funding formula on its website. The website information shall include formula details, announcements regarding proposed changes to the formula, and directions for public input. (D) In conjunction with the independent external program evaluation established pursuant to Section 59-152-160, the board of trustees shall conduct a formal review of the grant qualification requirements and funding process adopted pursuant to subsection (C) and, upon completion of the review, shall submit to the General Assembly a statement either verifying the continued applicability and appropriateness of the grant qualification requirements and funding process in use at that time or recommending any appropriate and necessary changes. (E) Funding must reflect the combined total allocations of the coverage area of a multicounty partnership. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 13, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-210 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 59-67-210
SECTION 59-67-210. School bus passing another school bus unlawful.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person operating a school bus to pass another school bus unless the lead bus is in a stopped position and the driver of the lead bus has signalled to the operator of the bus in the rear that it is safe to pass. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term of thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-144-100 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 144 / Article 2 / Section 59-144-100
SECTION 59-144-100. Allocation of funds to school districts.
Status: in_force

(A) Funds made available under this chapter must be allocated annually to the school districts in the following manner: (1) thirty-five percent of the funds allocated annually to the several school districts for facilities' needs must be allocated on a per pupil basis using the weighted pupil units of each district for the preceding year; (2) thirty-five percent must be allocated according to the preceding year's Education Finance Act (EFA) formula; (3) fifteen percent of the funds allocated annually to the several school districts for facilities' needs must be distributed based on a standardized assessment of the districts' needs for facilities using a uniform estimate of costs as established in Section 59-144-120. Individual district allotments must be based on the district facilities need relative to the state total facilities need; (4) fifteen percent of the funds allocated annually to the school districts must be distributed based on equalized effort defined as the prior five years' average expenditures for capital projects and debt service, including lease-purchase obligations, for school instructional facilities divided by the average assessed value of all property subject to ad valorem school taxation and adjusted to reflect an equalized per pupil mill value. Individual district allotments must be based on a district's equalized effort relative to the state total equalized effort. The amount included for lease-purchase obligations shall not include the costs of utilities or operation and maintenance of the leased facility; (5) a district's annual allotment must be the sum of the four amounts calculated as provided in this section. Funds from a district's allotment shall be made available as needed once approval is received from the State Board of Education pursuant to Chapter 23 of this title. (B) The Department of Juvenile Justice, the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, the John de la Howe School, and the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind also shall be annually allocated funds from the Children's Education Endowment Fund for facilities' needs on a per pupil basis using weighted pupil units for one hundred percent of their allocations. For purposes of these allocations only, all pupils of these schools are considered K-12 pupils.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-102-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 102 / Section 59-102-110
SECTION 59-102-110. Notice of contract to athletic director.
Status: in_force

(A) In this section, "communicating or attempting to communicate" means contacting or attempting to contact by an in-person meeting, a record, or another method that conveys or attempts to convey a message. (B) Not later than seventy-two hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the athlete intends to enroll. (C) Not later than seventy-two hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled that the athlete has entered into an agency contract and the name and contact information of the athlete agent. (D) If an athlete agent enters into an agency contract with a student athlete and the athlete subsequently enrolls at an educational institution, the agent shall notify the athletic director of the institution of the existence of the contract not later than seventy-two hours after the agent knew or should have known the athlete enrolled. (E) If an athlete agent has a relationship with a student athlete before the athlete enrolls in an educational institution and receives an athletic scholarship from the institution, the agent shall notify the institution of the relationship not later than ten days after the enrollment if the agent knows or should have known of the enrollment and: (1) the relationship was motivated in whole or part by the intention of the agent to recruit or solicit the athlete to enter an agency contract in the future; or (2) the agent directly or indirectly recruited or solicited the athlete to enter an agency contract before the enrollment. (F) An athlete agent shall give notice in a record to the athletic director of an educational institution at which a student athlete is enrolled before the agent communicates or attempts to communicate with: (1) the athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete to influence the athlete or parent or guardian to enter into an agency contract; or (2) another person to have that person influence the athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete to enter into an agency contract. (G) If a communication or attempt to communicate with an athlete agent is initiated by a student athlete or another person on behalf of the athlete, the agent shall notify in a record the athletic director of any educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled. The notification must be made not later than ten days after the communication or attempt. (H) An educational institution that becomes aware of a violation of this chapter by an athlete agent shall notify the Department of Consumer Affairs and a professional league or players' association with which the institution is aware the agent is licensed or registered of the violation. Comment Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 235, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-31-410 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 59-31-410
SECTION 59-31-410. Exclusions from applicability of article.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not apply (a) to any school district the board of trustees of which filed before August 1, 1936 with the former State Schoolbook Commission a written statement, approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives from such county, to the effect that it did not elect to come under the provisions of this article nor (b) to any county the county board of education of which filed before August 1, 1936 with the former State Schoolbook Commission a written statement, approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives from such county, to the effect that it did not elect to come under the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-3-80 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 3 / Section 59-3-80
SECTION 59-3-80. Cooperation with Federal Government in program for children of working mothers.
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education shall have the power to cooperate with the Federal Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, in the administration of an educational program for the care of pre-school children, ages two to six, and children of school age who are without home care during the day before and after school hours due to employment of their mothers. The State Department of Education shall receive and expend all funds made available to the Department by the Federal Government for administration, supervision and coordination of state and local programs to meet such needs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-470 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 59-67-470
SECTION 59-67-470. Bus drivers; selection; eligibility, training and certificates.
Status: in_force

The school bus drivers, whether students or adults, shall be selected and employed by the respective boards of trustees of the school districts, subject to the approval of the respective county boards of education. No person under sixteen years of age shall be eligible for consideration as a bus driver. Before being employed, all prospective drivers shall be examined by the State Board of Education to determine their competency. The State Board of Education shall provide a rigid school bus driver training course and issue special "school bus driver's certificates" to successful candidates. No person shall be authorized to drive a school bus in this State transporting children, whether the bus be owned by the State, by a local school agency, or by a private contractor, who has not been so certified by the State Board of Education. All school bus driver certificates shall be renewed every three years. Drivers who have certificates issued prior to September 1962, must enroll and satisfactorily complete bus driver training courses prior to September 1965, and each three years thereafter. Local school superintendents shall supervise the conduct of pupils being transported and of school bus drivers. When any person is relieved of his duties as a bus driver, for just cause, the local school superintendent shall require the driver to turn in his school bus driver certificate which shall be forwarded to the State Board of Education. A certificate may be reissued to such a driver at a later date upon approval of the local superintendent and the State Board of Education. The provisions of this section shall not apply to private schools.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-36-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 36 / Section 59-36-10
SECTION 59-36-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Preschool disabilities program" means the special education and related services provided in accordance with Public Law 94-142, as amended; (2) "Preschool children with disabilities" means children ages three, four, and five whose developmental progress is delayed to the extent that a program of special education is required to ensure their adequate preparation for school-age experiences. This includes four-year-old vision and hearing-impaired children and five-year-old children with disabilities previously included under Section 59-21-510. Eligibility must be noncategorical and must provide for children who are experiencing developmental delays in one or more of the following areas: cognitive ability, social ability, emotional ability, perceptual ability, visual ability, hearing ability, motor ability, speech-language ability, and other health impairments. (3) "State advisory council" means the state advisory council on the Education of Children with Disabilities established in compliance with Public Law 94-142, as amended. The advisory council must be expanded to include permanent representation by state agencies listed in Section 59-36-20 that provide services for preschool children with disabilities, ages birth through five, and the Chairperson of the Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) for P.L. 99-457. Additionally, a subcommittee of the advisory council must be established to address educational programs and services for preschool children with disabilities. The chairperson of the ICC and the advisory council, or their designee; state agencies designated from those listed in Section 59-36-20; at least two parents; one representative from daycare programs; one representative from HeadStart; and two local education agency representatives form the committee, all of whom, with the exception of the Chair of the ICC, shall be selected by a majority vote of the advisory council. A staff member from the Department of Education will be assigned to provide assistance to the council and the subcommittee as needed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-152-140 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 152 / Section 59-152-140
SECTION 59-152-140. Carrying funds forward into subsequent years.
Status: repealed

To ensure effective use of funds, awards under contract for First Steps Partnerships, with the approval of the Office of First Steps to School Readiness, may be carried forward and used in the following fiscal year. Funds appropriated to South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness may also be carried forward into subsequent years. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 152, SECTION 8, provides as follows: "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025." Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 287, SECTION 17, deleted "County" before "First Steps Partnerships".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-142-50 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 142 / Section 59-142-50
SECTION 59-142-50. "Eligible public institution of higher learning" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, an eligible public institution of higher learning means a "public institution of higher learning" as defined in Section 59-103-5.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-63 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-63
SECTION 59-5-63. Unencumbered time requirement; policies; school district adoptions.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and periodically revise as necessary a statewide policy that each local school board shall use to develop and implement a plan that directs the principal of each elementary school to provide at least thirty minutes of unencumbered time on each regular school day to all full-time teachers teaching in a grade between kindergarten through fifth grade. The policy also shall direct a principal of any elementary, middle, or high school to provide at least thirty minutes of unencumbered time on each regular school day to any teacher who is responsible for instructing a special education class for more than twenty percent of the school day with students who are removed from the general education setting. (2) The statewide policy also must provide: (a) the process that a local school board shall follow in developing an unencumbered time policy including, but not limited to, policy application, manner of application, and times of application; (b) "unencumbered time" is defined as at least thirty minutes without any assigned duties or responsibilities; (c) that unencumbered time may not be withheld or reduced unless it is reasonable and necessary due to extreme and unavoidable circumstances to ensure the safety and welfare of students and staff; (d) that additional compensation may not be offered in place of unencumbered time, except as provided by Section 59-5-63(A)(2)(c) and as prescribed in the policy; (e) penalties if a principal fails to comply with the local unencumbered time policy; and (f) penalties if a local school board fails to comply with this section. (B) The local school board shall adopt an unencumbered time policy at a regularly scheduled meeting within three months after the adoption of the statewide policy by the State Board of Education. The policy of a local school board must include, at a minimum, the policy of the State Board of Education but also may include additional provisions. If the State Board of Education revises the statewide policy, the local school board shall incorporate and adopt the revisions into the local unencumbered time policy at a regularly scheduled meeting within three months. (C) The local school board shall submit its unencumbered time policy and any subsequent revisions to the Department of Education within thirty days of adoption. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 176, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. The provisions of this act must be completely implemented before July 1, 2023." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 176, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, providing at least thirty minutes of unencumbered time on each regular school day for all full-time public elementary school teachers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-530 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 59-19-530
SECTION 59-19-530. Hearing; separate hearing for each child in controversies involving children of school age.
Status: in_force

The parties shall be entitled to a prompt and fair hearing by the county board of education, which shall try the matter de novo and in accordance with its rules and regulations. Where individual children of school age are involved in the matter in controversy, the case of each child shall be heard and disposed of separately.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-147-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 147 / Section 59-147-10
SECTION 59-147-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Higher Education Revenue Bond Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-158-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 158 / Section 59-158-10
SECTION 59-158-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Athlete agent" means a person who is registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Section 59-102-60 or Section 59-102-80. If an athlete agent is an attorney, then he must also be a member in good standing of a state bar association. (2) "Compensation" means any remuneration, in cash or in kind, whether provided at the time or at any subsequent date, to an intercollegiate athlete. "Compensation" does not mean any grant, scholarship, fellowship, tuition assistance, or other form of financial aid provided to a student for pursuing a post-secondary education. (3) "Institution of higher learning" means any post-secondary educational institution, including a technical or comprehensive educational institution. (4) "Intercollegiate athlete" means an individual who has graduated from high school that engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in an intercollegiate sport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport, then the individual is not an intercollegiate athlete for the purposes of that sport. (5) "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by an intercollegiate athlete are established by a national association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics. (6) "Name, image, or likeness activities", "name, image, or likeness contract", "NIL activities", or "NIL contract" means an agreement in which an intercollegiate athlete participating in intercollegiate sports authorizes a person to use his name, image, or likeness and, in return, receives consideration. This term shall include, but is not limited to, endorsement contracts. (7) "Third party" means, with respect to an intercollegiate athlete, any entity other than the institution of higher learning in which the intercollegiate athlete is enrolled. Editor's Note 2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 207, SECTION 1, deleted (2), which related to the definition of "Athletic booster", and redesignated former (3) to (7) as (2) to (6); in (2), in the first sentence, substituted "an intercollegiate athlete" for "a student athlete"; in (4), in the first sentence, inserted "has graduated from high school that"; deleted (8) and (9), which related to the definitions of "Recruit or solicit" and "Team contract", and redesignated former (10) as (7); and deleted (11), which related to the definition of "Third-party endorsement".
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-142-70 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 142 / Section 59-142-70
SECTION 59-142-70. Eligibility of students at private institutions.
Status: in_force

Students at private institutions of higher learning in this State whose major campus and headquarters are located in South Carolina also are eligible for need-based grants in the manner provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-104-25 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 104 / Article 1 / Section 59-104-25
SECTION 59-104-25. Additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend.
Status: in_force

(A) A resident student who is at least a sophomore attending a four-year public or private institution of higher learning in this State, who is majoring in education, science, or mathematics as defined below, and who is receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for the current year, shall receive an additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend equal to the cost of attendance after applying all other scholarships or grants, not to exceed three thousand three hundred dollars each year for no more than three additional years of instruction, including his sophomore year, if the student enrolled in a four-year degree program, or for not more than four additional years of instruction, including his sophomore year, if enrolled in a five-year degree program or a 3 plus 2 program. A year is defined as thirty credit hours of instruction or its equivalent each year. To receive the additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend each year, the student must receive the underlying Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for that year and must be making acceptable progress each year toward receiving a degree in his education, science, or mathematics major. In addition, during his freshman year, the student majoring in science or mathematics must have successfully completed a total of at least fourteen credit hours of instruction in mathematics courses, or life and physical science courses, or a combination of both. For purposes of meeting the required minimum level of instruction in mathematics and life and physical science courses during a student's freshman year, advanced placement courses in mathematics and life and physical sciences taken in high school on which the student scored high enough on the advanced placement test to receive credit at his institution and for which he received credit, count toward the fulfillment of this minimum requirement. (B) The Commission on Higher Education by regulation shall define what constitutes a science or mathematics major, applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year to persons who did not receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year. This definition of a science or mathematics major must include, at a minimum, majors in science or mathematics disciplines, computer science or informational technology, engineering, accounting, and healthcare and related disciplines including medicine and dentistry; provided, that nothing herein prevents a student from changing majors within acceptable science or mathematics disciplines. For purposes of determining stipend eligibility of accounting majors, courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and business statistics completed by an accounting major in his freshman year must count towards the requirement in subsection (A) that the student shall complete at least fourteen credit hours of instruction in mathematics and science courses during the student's freshman year, and these provisions apply beginning with students who took microeconomics, macroeconomics, and business statistics courses as freshman accounting majors during the 2024-2025 School Year so as to enable them to have those courses count toward the fourteen-hour coursework requirement in subsection (A) for purposes of attaining Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend eligibility. (C) The Commission on Higher Education shall by regulation define what constitutes an education major for purposes of this section, applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year to persons who did not receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year. This definition of an education major must include, in addition to other subjects considered appropriate by the commission, (1) mathematics education majors, (2) science education majors, and (3) students who major in mathematics, science, or another subject and obtain teacher certification in a subject area related to their major prior to completion of their undergraduate degree. Additionally, the commission shall set forth eligibility criteria that the student shall meet to receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend, which must include a contractual requirement, including a default provision, that the stipend recipient shall upon graduation work in a South Carolina public school for at least one school year for every year the stipend is received. (D) A person who qualified for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend before the 2024-2025 School Year: (1) shall remain so qualified and eligible for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend on that basis, notwithstanding revisions in eligibility criteria applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year; and (2) is exempt from the contractual work requirement of education majors in subsection (C). (E) The Commission on Higher Education annually shall communicate with high school guidance counselors regarding the list of qualifying majors in this section. Editor's Note 2007 Act No. 115, SECTION 7.D, provides as follows: "This section takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and applies beginning with the academic year beginning in the fall of 2007." Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment in the fourth sentence of subsection (A) substituted "mathematics courses, or life and physical science courses, or a combination of both" for "mathematics and life and physical science courses with a minimum of six hours in mathematics and a minimum of six hours in life and physical science including one laboratory course". 2024 Act No. 156, SECTION 2, in (A), in the first and third sentences, substituted "education, science, or mathematics" for "science or mathematics", and in the fourth sentence, inserted "majoring in science or mathematics" following "the student"; rewrote (B) to (D); and added (E). 2025 Act No. 44, SECTION 2, in (B), added the last sentence and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-330 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-330
SECTION 59-1-330. Pledge to State flag.
Status: in_force

The pledge to the flag of South Carolina shall be as follows: "I salute the flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State, love, loyalty and faith."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-1500 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 53 / Article 18 / Section 59-53-1500
SECTION 59-53-1500. Greenville Technical College Area Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Greenville Technical College Area Commission which is a body politic and corporate and the governing body of Greenville Technical College. The commission consists of twelve voting members or area commissioners appointed by the Greenville County Legislative Delegation in the manner provided in this section. (B) Except for commissioners appointed pursuant to subsection (D)(2) and (3), all members must be qualified electors of Greenville County. Each member filling a house district residency seat, as provided for in this section, at the time of their appointment and throughout their term of office, shall reside in a house district corresponding to their membership seat. A change of residency outside of Greenville County, or outside of a corresponding district for members filling house district residency seats, automatically terminates that member's appointment, although, subject to the provisions of subsection (E), the member may serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. (C) The commission shall have six members designated as occupying house district residency seats which, unless otherwise stipulated, must be filled as provided in this subsection. The members of the House of Representatives from each of the House single-member election districts in a particular house residency district, together with any member of the Senate representing any portion of these House single-member election districts in that particular house residency district, shall recommend a nominee for that seat to the full Greenville County Legislative Delegation which shall either select and appoint that nominee to the commission or reject the nominee. In this case another nominee must be recommended by the same process to the full county legislative delegation until the seat is filled. These six house district residency seats are as follows: (1) Residency Seat No. 1: one member selected from House District 5, 17, or 19; (2) Residency Seat No. 2: one member selected from House District 16, 21, or 35; (3) Residency Seat No. 3: one member selected from House District 22 or 24; (4) Residency Seat No. 4: one member selected from House District 23 or 25; (5) Residency Seat No. 5: one member selected from House District 18 or 20; and (6) Residency Seat No. 6: one member selected from House District 7, 10, 27, or 28. Members of the commission residing in these specified house districts not serving as at-large members are deemed to be the house district residency seat members from those districts unless otherwise provided. (D) The commission shall have six at-large members selected by the Greenville County Legislative Delegation as follows: (1) four at-large members which unless otherwise stipulated, must be nominated by the Greenville County Council. Each of these four at-large seats must be numbered as Seats 1-4, respectively; (2) one at-large member nominated by the Greenville County School District Board of Trustees from among the Greenville County School District Board of Trustees, including the superintendent, and this individual must live or work in Greenville County; and (3) one at-large member nominated by Greenville County Workforce Investment Board, including the president, from among the members of the board including its officers, and this individual must live or work in Greenville County. Any public officials selected for the school board and Workforce Investment Board seats shall serve ex officio as voting members. Members are responsible to all areas served by the Greenville Technical College regardless of residency and shall make decisions in the best interests of the Greenville Technical College and all those it serves as a whole. The commission shall elect from among its members a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer. Members shall serve without compensation. (E) Commission members shall serve terms of four years, which expire May thirty-first of the appropriate year, and until their successors are appointed and qualify. A member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies for a period not to exceed one year after expiration of his term. If the Greenville County Legislative Delegation has not filled a seat within one year of the expiration of the term, the member serving in that seat shall cease serving and the seat is vacant until filled. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. (F) The absence of a member at three consecutive regularly scheduled commission meetings shall cause that member's seat to become immediately vacant unless the absence is excused by the chairman of the commission. Any regularly scheduled meeting which is canceled pursuant to the bylaws or does not begin for lack of a quorum must be disregarded for all purposes under this subsection. Vacancies occurring under this subsection must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. If otherwise eligible, the member causing the vacancy may be reappointed to the seat. (G) The nominating procedures for appointment of area commissioners are as follows: (1) The legislative delegation shall publicize vacancies, and recommendations may be made to the commission from any individual, organization, or group. Notwithstanding this provision, the Greenville County Legislative Delegation may reappoint a member who completes an unexpired portion of a prior term of less than two years without soliciting or accepting any nominations. The legislative delegation may appoint the nominee of the county council for a particular seat or may reject the nominee, in which case an additional nominee must be submitted by the county council in the manner provided by this article until the vacancy is filled. (2) All recommendations, nominations, and appointments to the commission must be nondiscriminatory and shall take into account diversity and other pertinent qualifications as may be beneficial to constituting a commission which is mindful of the needs of all segments of the population of Greenville County and those served by Greenville Technical College. (3) The Greenville County School District Board of Trustees and the Greenville County Workforce Investment Board shall submit a nominee to the Greenville County Legislative Delegation to fill vacancies in their respective proxy seats. The Greenville County Council shall submit a nominee to the Greenville County Legislative Delegation for all seat vacancies for which it submits a nominee. (H) Whenever the South Carolina House of Representatives election districts are redrawn and become effective, the boundaries of the house district residency seats are automatically redrawn to match the new house districts. Redistricting does not affect the term of any commissioner appointed before the effective date of redistricting. (I) The commission shall: (1) establish the basic qualifications for and appoint a president for the term and under the conditions as it may fix, the commission having full powers of appointment and dismissal to the fullest extent permitted by law and applicable regulations; (2) provide for the employment of personnel pursuant to Section 59-53-20; (3) purchase land required for college sites and rights of way which are necessary for the proper operation of the college; (4) apply the standards and requirements for admission and graduation of students and other standards established by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; (5) receive and accept private donations, gifts, bequests, and the like to apply them or invest any of them and apply the proceeds for the purposes and upon the terms which the donor may prescribe and which are consistent with the provisions of law and the regulations of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; (6) require the execution of studies and take steps as are necessary to ensure that the functions of the college are always those which are most helpful and feasible in light of the resources available to the school; (7) designate members or other agents or representatives to represent the college before the Greenville County Council, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, and other agencies concerned with the serving of financial support for the needs of the college for operational expenses and capital outlay; (8) adopt and recommend current expense and capital outlay budgets; (9) perform acts and do other things as may be necessary or proper for the exercise of the foregoing specific powers, including the adoption and enforcement of reasonable rules, regulations, and bylaws for the government and operation of the college under law and for the discipline of students; (10) perform functions required as necessary for the proper governance of the college with regard to policy, personnel, and fiduciary matters. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 49, SECTION 1, rewrote (C), (D), (G), and (I). 2024 Act No. 141, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-340 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 59-1-340
SECTION 59-1-340. Meetings of boards of trustees and boards of education.
Status: in_force

Each county board of education or board of trustees shall meet at least every other month during the regular school session on a regular date and at a regular time to be determined by each board during its organizational meeting. All regular meetings shall be open to the public and members of the news media. Any board may hold a special meeting when it is considered necessary either by the chairman or a majority of the board members. All meetings, whether regular or special, shall be held at the school district office or at such other place within the district that the board deems convenient and suitable. Nothing in this section shall preclude the board from the right to go into executive session by majority vote of the membership present.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-28-110 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 28 / Section 59-28-110
SECTION 59-28-110. Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the General Assembly in this chapter to: (1) heighten awareness of the importance of parents' involvement in the education of their children throughout their schooling; (2) encourage the establishment and maintenance of parent-friendly school settings; and (3) emphasize that when parents and schools work as partners, a child's academic success can best be assured.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-90 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 5 / Section 59-5-90
SECTION 59-5-90. Powers and duties of State Educational Finance Commission and State Schoolbook Commission devolved upon Board.
Status: in_force

All powers and duties provided by law for the State Educational Finance Commission and the State Schoolbook Commission are hereby devolved upon the State Board of Education.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-150 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 59-25-150
SECTION 59-25-150. Revocation or suspension of certificate.
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may, for just cause, either revoke or suspend the certificate of any person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-24-35 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 59-24-35
SECTION 59-24-35. Expenditure of funds.
Status: in_force

Funding authorized to be expended for assessments of prospective principals and for administrator leadership seminars must be expended for the new leadership assessment and for support of the school administrator professional development planning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-55-10 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 55 / Section 59-55-10
SECTION 59-55-10. Establishment and maintenance of departments of junior college work by school boards.
Status: in_force

The school board of any independent or special school district, when authorized by a three-fourths vote of the district so to do, may establish and maintain a department of junior college work to consist of not more than two years' work beyond a four-year high school course.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-127-20 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 127 / Article 1 / Section 59-127-20
SECTION 59-127-20. Board of trustees; election; terms.
Status: in_force

(A) South Carolina State University is managed and controlled by a board of trustees, composed of thirteen members, twelve of whom are elected by the General Assembly, one member from each congressional district and five at large for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualify. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina. The Governor of the State or his designee is ex officio, the thirteenth member of the board of trustees. In case of a vacancy on the board, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. Members of the board are entitled to subsistence, per diem, and mileage authorized for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. Each position on the board constitutes a separate office and the seats on the board are numbered consecutively, one corresponding in number to each congressional district and Seats Eight-Twelve at large. The Governor or his designee occupies Seat Thirteen. Effective July 1, 2012, the member from former Seat Seven is transferred to Seat Eight, the member from former Seat Eight is transferred to Seat Nine, the member from former Seat Nine is transferred to Seat Ten, the member from former Seat Ten is transferred to Seat Eleven, and the member from former Seat Eleven is transferred to Seat Twelve. The terms of the present members of the board who are elected by the General Assembly expire on the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the terms are scheduled to expire. The General Assembly shall elect successors to the elective trustees not earlier than the first day of April for a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the board 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. (B) Beginning with members elected to the board during 1992, terms of members are four years. In 1993, members from Seats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 11 must be elected, and the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 3 shall be one year, the terms of the members elected in 1993 from Seats 1, 2, and 4 shall be two years each, the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 11 shall be three years, and the term of the member elected in 1993 from Seat 5 shall be four years. Thereafter, successors to the members of the board elected in 1993 and successors to members of the board provided six-year terms by the provisions of this subsection must be elected for terms of four years each. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 286, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and ending Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the agency head of South Carolina State University may institute a mandatory employee furlough program of not more than twenty working days in each fiscal year. The program must meet the requirements provided in subsection (B). "(B) The furlough must be inclusive of all employees of the university or within a designated department or program regardless of source of funds, place of work, or tenure status, and must include employees in classified positions and unclassified positions in the designated area. A furlough program also may be implemented by pay band for classified employees and by pay rate for unclassified employees. Law enforcement employees, employees who provide direct patient or client care, and front-line employees who deliver direct customer services may be exempted from a mandatory furlough. If the furlough includes the entire university, the furlough must include the agency head. Scheduling of furlough days, or portions of days, shall be at the discretion of the university, but under no circumstances shall the university close completely. If an employee participates in a voluntary furlough program from Fiscal Year 2016-2017 through Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the furlough days taken voluntarily must count toward the furlough days required by the mandatory furlough authorized in this section. During this furlough, affected employees shall be entitled to participate in the same state benefits as otherwise available to them except for receiving their salaries. As to those benefits which require employer and employee contributions, including, but not limited to, contributions to the South Carolina Retirement System or the optional retirement program, the university will be responsible for making both employer and employee contributions during the time of the furlough if coverage would otherwise be interrupted; and as to those benefits which require only employee contributions, the employee remains solely responsible for making those contributions. Placement of an employee on furlough under this provision does not constitute a grievance or appeal under the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act. The university may allocate the employee's reduction in pay over the balance of the fiscal year for payroll purposes regardless of the pay period within which the furlough occurs. The university is encouraged to consult the State Division of Human Resources of the Department of Administration in the development of the furlough plan to ensure that the plan meets the requirements of this section. The university shall report information regarding furloughs to the State Division of Human Resources as requested." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-155-130 — SC Code / Title 59 / Chapter 155 / Section 59-155-130
SECTION 59-155-130. Duties of department.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall guide and support districts and collaborate with educator preparation programs to increase reading proficiency through the following functions including, but not limited to: (1) providing professional development to teachers, school principals, and other administrative staff based in the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills; (2) working collaboratively with institutions of higher learning offering courses in reading and writing for initial certification in early childhood, elementary, and special education, and accredited master's degrees in reading/literacy to design coursework leading to a literacy teacher endorsement by the State; (3) providing coaching for already certified reading/literacy coaches and literacy teachers based in the science of reading, structured literacy, and foundational literacy skills; (4) developing information and resources that school districts can use to provide workshops for parents about how they can support their children as readers and writers; (5) assisting school districts in the development and implementation of their district reading proficiency plans as provided for in Section 59-155-140; (6) annually reviewing and approving the reading proficiency plan of each district; (7) monitoring and reporting to the board the yearly success rate of summer reading camps. Districts must provide the department with data to include the: (a) number of students enrolled in camps; (b) number of students by grade level who successfully complete the camps; (c) number of third graders promoted to fourth grade; (d) number of third graders retained; (e) total expenditures to operate the camps to include source of funds and in-kind donations; (f) number of third graders promoted using a good cause exemption as provided in this chapter; (g) number of first and second graders who are projected to score Does Not Meet and Approaches Expectations or at the lowest levels of the statewide summative reading assessment; and (8) providing an annual report to the General Assembly regarding the implementation of the South Carolina Read to Succeed Act to include the state's and district's progress toward ensuring at least ninety-five percent of all students are reading at grade level. (B) Districts failing to provide reports on summer reading camps pursuant to Section 59-155-130 are ineligible to receive state funding for summer reading camps for the following fiscal year; however, districts must continue to operate summer reading camps as defined in this act. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 114, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.