Governor Heyward initiates the first legislation for school libraries. State matching funds continue through 1927. The Rosenwald Fund provides funding for books for Black schools. Only high schools have trained librarians. Only 28 of 237 schools have a librarian.
Teachers administer the majority of the school libraries.
Thirteen county libraries offer circulating collections to the White schools through a central school library department. 1940s Audiovisual materials and equipment become a part of school library collections. Nancy Jane Day is appointed State Department of Education Supervisor of Library Services. The S. C. High School Library Association is formed. Title III federal matching funds become available for math, science and foreign language materials.