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SC Code § 59-21-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools|Section 59-21-1210. Campus incentive program established; funding.

 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop and implement a campus incentive program to reward faculty members who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Funds for the campus incentive program must be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 59A; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
SC Code § 59-23-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-210. Construction, improvement, and renovation of public schools; compliance with the South Carolina School Facilities Planning and Construction Guide; committee members; submission of plans.

 (A) All construction, improvement, and renovation of public school buildings and property on or after the effective date of this section shall comply with the latest applicable standards and specifications set forth in the South Carolina School Facilities Planning and Construction Guide as published by the South Carolina Department of Education.  This guide must be reviewed and updated on an annual basis by a committee appointed by the South Carolina Department of Education. The committee shall consist of a minimum of two architects and one engineer who are all registered in South Carolina and experienced in K-12 design, one K-12 school administrator, one representative of the K-12 construction industry, the State Fire Marshal or his designee, a representative of the Traffic Engineering Division of the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and two representatives of the South Carolina Department of Education. In addition, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee or his designee and the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee or his designee shall also serve as members of the committee, ex officio.  (B) All construction, improvement, and renovation of public school buildings and property on or after the effective date of this section must have plans and specifications submitted to the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee. Approval of the plans and specifications by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee must be received before public bidding before the construction can begin. Plans and specifications must be coordinated with county officials such as traffic engineers and zoning administrators.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
SC Code § 59-23-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-220. Inspections; certificate of approval.

 All construction, improvements, and renovation of public school buildings and property must be inspected by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee for compliance with the applicable codes and standards.  A certificate of approval must be obtained from the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee before a building may be occupied.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
SC Code § 59-23-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-230. Waiver from applicable school building regulations; property owner permitted to lease building to school board for use as public school.

 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Superintendent of Education is authorized to grant a waiver from applicable school building regulations relating to building square foot requirements for construction of a new public school building or for the conversion of an existing commercial building into a public school facility. As part of the waiver request, districts must supply documentation of the suitability of the property and justification for the waiver request.  (B) The authority granted the State Superintendent of Education under this section is superior to and supersedes provisions of applicable state school building regulations and the authority of a local building official or entity to disapprove the variances granted by the waiver. A provision of fire and life safety standards or specifications must not be waived.  (C) The property owner of a building considered appropriate for conversion to a public school by the State Superintendent of Education may lease its building to a local school board of trustees to be used as a public school within the district.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
SC Code § 59-23-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-240. Inspection of public schools required after waiver of school building regulations granted.

 All construction, improvements, and renovation of public school buildings and property for which waivers have been granted pursuant to Section 59-23-230 must be inspected by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee before occupancy for compliance with the applicable waivers and standards.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
SC Code § 59-23-245 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-245. Fixture ratios for middle school and high school stadiums.

 (A) Notwithstanding applicable national, state, or local building codes, plumbing codes, school building regulations, or other provisions of law relating to the minimum numbers of required plumbing fixtures for stadiums in middle schools and high schools based on occupancy and use, the minimum number of:  (1) toilets for male restrooms required for a stadium are:  (a) one per two hundred for the first fifteen hundred occupancy;  (b) one per two hundred fifty for the next fifteen hundred occupancy; and  (c) one per five hundred for the remainder occupancy;  (2) toilets for female restrooms required for a stadium are:  (a) one per one hundred for the first one thousand five hundred twenty occupancy;  (b) one per one hundred fifty for the next one thousand five hundred twenty occupancy; and  (c) one per three hundred for the remainder occupancy;  (3) lavatories for male restrooms required for a stadium are one per three hundred; and  (4) lavatories for female restrooms required for a stadium are one per three hundred.  (B) The provisions of this section apply to all middle school stadiums and high school stadiums built or renovated after the effective date of this act and all middle school stadiums and high school stadiums in existence or in the process of being planned, constructed, or renovated on the effective date of this act. However, a stadium that is being renovated but is not replacing existing seating or adding new seating may not be required to add water closets or lavatories to conform to the provisions of this section or any other applicable building code, plumbing code, school building regulations, or another provision of law. For a stadium that is being renovated to replace existing or add new seating, the plumbing fixtures requirements apply only to the number of new seats being added or replaced.  (C) To determine the occupant load of each sex, the total occupant load must be divided in half. To determine the required number of fixtures, the fixture ratio or ratios for each fixture type must be applied to the occupant load of each sex in accordance with subsection (A). Fractional numbers resulting from applying the fixture ratios must be rounded up to the next whole number. For calculations involving multiple occupancies, such fractional numbers for each occupancy first must be summed and then rounded up to the next whole number. However, the total occupant load must not be required to be divided in half where approved statistical data indicates a distribution of the sexes of other than fifty percent of each sex.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 25 (H.3792), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
SC Code § 59-23-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-250. Minimum lot requirements prohibited; acquisitions or additions on existing properties.

 (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a requirement that public schools be constructed on a lot or parcel of certain minimum size is prohibited.  (B) School districts must receive approval from the South Carolina Department of Education prior to property acquisition or additions on existing properties.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
SC Code § 59-23-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-310. Conveyance of title to school building not necessary for school purposes authorized.

 The trustees of any school district may convey, in fee simple, title to any school building within the district which is no longer needed for school purposes upon compliance with the provisions of Section 59-19-250.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-331; 1954 (48) 1468; 1956 (49) 2091; 1965 (54) 678; 1967 (55) 213; 1971 (57) 28; 1972 (57) 2126.
SC Code § 59-23-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property|Section 59-23-320. Certain conveyances or transfers prior to February 25, 1954 validated.

 All conveyances or transfers made prior to February 25, 1954 to trustees even though not elected as formerly provided in this article are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed according to the terms and conditions of such deeds of conveyance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-336; 1954 (48) 1468; 1972 (57) 2126.
SC Code § 59-24-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-5. Importance of leadership of principal recognized.

 The General Assembly finds that the leadership of the principal is key to the success of a school, and support for ongoing, integrated professional development is integral to better schools and to the improvement of the actual work of teachers and school staff.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-24-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-10. Assessment of leadership and management capabilities before appointment as principal.

 Beginning with the school year 1999-2000, before permanent appointment as a principal for an elementary school, secondary school, or career and technology center, a person must be assessed for instructional leadership and management capabilities by the Leadership Academy of the South Carolina Department of Education. A district may appoint a person on an interim basis until the assessment is completed. A report of this assessment must be forwarded to the district superintendent and board of trustees. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person currently employed as principal on the effective date of this section or to a person hired as principal before the beginning of school year 1999-2000.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II Section 9(D); 1987 Act No. 85 Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70A; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 4; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 9, eff May 3, 2005.  Effect of Amendment  The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" in the first sentence and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
SC Code § 59-24-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-15. Rights of certified education personnel employed as administrators.

 Certified education personnel who are employed as administrators on an annual or multi-year contract will retain their rights as a teacher under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 19 and Article 5 of Chapter 25 of this title but no such rights are granted to the position or salary of administrator. Any such administrator who presently is under a contract granting such rights shall retain that status until the expiration of that contract.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-24-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-20. Requirements for admission to graduate programs in school administration.

 Beginning with the school year 1986-87, the Commission on Higher Education, with the assistance of the State Board of Education, shall require all state-supported colleges and universities which offer graduate degrees in school administration to increase the entrance requirements for admission to these graduate programs and shall specifically enumerate what increases are necessary to each college and university offering these programs.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-24-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-30. Individual professional development plans.

 All school administrators shall develop an on-going individual professional development plan with annual updates which is appropriate for their role or position. This plan shall support both their individual growth and organizational needs. Organizational needs must be defined by the districts' strategic plans or school renewal plans. Individuals completing the assessment for instructional leadership will develop their professional development plan on the basis of that assessment. The Department of Education shall assist school administrators in carrying out their professional development plans by reviewing the school and district plans and providing or brokering programs and services in the areas identified for professional development.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 9(K); 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70B; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-24-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-35. Expenditure of funds.

 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.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70C.
SC Code § 59-24-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-40. Development and adoption of statewide performance standards for principals; annual evaluation of principals; training program for principals receiving unsatisfactory rating.

 For the purposes of assisting, developing, and evaluating principals, the State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall adopt criteria and statewide performance standards which shall serve as a foundation for all processes used for assisting, developing, and evaluating principals employed in the school districts of this State. The State Department of Education shall select or cause to be developed and the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the evaluation of the performance of all principals based on those criteria and standards. School districts shall use the standards and procedures adopted by the State Board of Education for the purpose of evaluating all principals at least once every three years. The State Department of Education shall ensure that the criteria and standards are valid and reliable and are appropriately administered. Evaluation results must be provided in writing and a professional development plan established based on the principal's strengths and weaknesses and taking into consideration the school's strategic plan for improvement for the purpose of improving the principal's performance. Any principal whose performance on an evaluation is rated unsatisfactory must be evaluated again within one year. Nothing in this section limits or prohibits school districts from setting additional and more stringent standards for the evaluation of principals. A satisfactory rating on the evaluation is one of several criteria for overall performance evaluation and is not sufficient for reemployment as a principal by a school district.  The State Department of Education shall review the implementation of the principal evaluation in the school districts for the purpose of providing technical assistance and ensuring the evaluations are appropriately administered.  The provisions of this section must be implemented according to the following schedule:  1997-98 school year: Identification of criteria and standards;  1998-99 school year: Development and testing of criteria, standards, and procedures in selected districts;  1999-2000 school year: Statewide implementation.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 523; 1997 Act No. 50, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-24-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-50. Continuous professional development programs.

 By January 1, 1999, the South Carolina Department of Education's Leadership Academy shall develop, in cooperation with school districts, district consortia, and state-supported institutions of higher education, continuous professional development programs which meet national standards for professional development and focus on the improvement of teaching and learning. By July 1, 1999, programs funded with state funds must meet these standards and must provide training, modeling, and coaching on effective instructional leadership as it pertains to instructional leadership and school-based improvement, including instruction on the importance of school improvement councils and ways administrators may make school improvement councils an active force in school improvement. The training must be developed and conducted in collaboration with the School Council Assistance Project.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 194, Section 27; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-24-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-60. Requirement of school officials to contact law enforcement authorities when criminal conduct occurs.

 In addition to other provisions required by law or by regulation of the State Board of Education, school administrators must contact law enforcement authorities immediately upon notice that a person is engaging or has engaged in activities on school property or at a school sanctioned or sponsored activity which may result or results in injury or serious threat of injury to the person or to another person or his property as defined in local board policy.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 299, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-24-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-65. Principals' Executive Institute (PEI); program design task force; purpose; governing regulations; focus.

 The State Department of Education shall establish a Principals' Executive Institute (PEI) with the funds appropriated for that purpose.  (1) A task force appointed by the State Superintendent of Education shall begin on or before July 1, 1999, to design this program so that the first class of participants shall begin during school year 1999-2000. The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the State Department of Education, business leaders, university faculty, district superintendents, school principals, South Carolina Teachers of the Year, representatives from professional organizations, members of the Education Oversight Committee, and appropriate legislative staff.  (2) The purpose of the PEI is to provide professional development to South Carolinas principals in management and school leadership skills.  (3) By January 1, 2000, the State Board of Education shall establish regulations governing the operation of the PEI.  (4) The focus of the first year of the Principals' Executive Institute shall be to serve the twenty-seven principals from impaired schools and other experienced principals as identified by the South Carolina Leadership Academy of the Department of Education and as approved by the local public school districts which employ such principals.  (5) The creation of the Principals' Executive Institute shall not duplicate the State Department of Educations Leadership Academy programs but shall provide intensive, in-depth training in business principles and concepts as they relate to school management and the training and developmental programs for principals mandated under the 1998 Education Accountability Act.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-24-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-80. Formal induction program for first year principals.

 Beginning with school year 1999-2000, each school district, or consortium of school districts, shall provide school principals serving for the first time as the head building administrators with a formalized induction program in cooperation with the State Department of Education. The State Board of Education must develop regulations for the program based on the criteria and statewide performance standards which are a part of the process for assisting, developing, and evaluating principals employed in the school districts. The program must include an emphasis on the elements of instructional leadership skills, implementation of effective schools research, and analysis of test scores for curricular improvement.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-24-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 24 - School Administrators|Section 59-24-100. Establishment and funding of school principal incentive program.

 The State Board of Education acting with the assistance of the Education Oversight Committee shall cause to be developed and implemented a school principal incentive program to reward school principals who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Funds for school principal incentive programs must be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriation act.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.