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SC Code § 59-63-217 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-217. Barring enrollment of student; grounds; notice and hearing; duration of bar.

 (A) In determining whether or not a student meets the standards of conduct and behavior promulgated by the board of trustees necessary for first time enrollment and attendance in a school in the district, the board shall consider nonschool records, the student's disciplinary records in any school in which the student was previously enrolled as these records relate to the adjudication of delinquency in any jurisdiction, within or without this State, of violations or activities which constitute violent crimes under Section 16-1-60, adjudications for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the unlawful use or possession of weapons, or the unlawful sale of drugs whether or not considered to be drug trafficking. Based on this consideration of the student's record, the board may bar his enrollment in the schools of the district.  (B) If the board bars a student from enrolling pursuant to this section, notice must be provided to the student's parent or legal guardian and the student is entitled to a hearing and all other procedural rights afforded under state law to a student subject to expulsion.  (C) The bar to enrollment allowed by this section applies for a maximum of one year. After the bar is lifted, a student may reapply for enrollment and the board shall order the student enrolled if he otherwise meets enrollment criteria.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 506, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 117, Section 2.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:  "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
SC Code § 59-63-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-220. Suspension of pupils by administrator.

 Any district board may confer upon any administrator the authority to suspend a pupil from a teacher's class or from the school not in excess of ten days for any one offense and for not more than thirty days in any one school year but no such administrator may suspend a pupil from school during the last ten days of a year if the suspension will make the pupil ineligible to receive credit for the school year without the approval of the school board unless the presence of the pupil constitutes an actual threat to a class or a school or a hearing is granted within twenty-four hours of the suspension.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-772; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-230. Notices of suspensions; conferences with parents or guardian.

 When a pupil is suspended from a class or a school, the administrator shall notify, in writing, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil, giving the reason for such suspension and setting a time and place when the administrator shall be available for a conference with the parents or guardian. The conference shall be set within three days of the date of the suspension. After the conference the parents or legal guardian may appeal the suspension to the board of trustees or to its authorized agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-773; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-235 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-235. Expulsion of student determined to have brought firearm to school.

 The district board must expel for no less than one year a student who is determined to have brought a firearm to a school or any setting under the jurisdiction of a local board of trustees. The expulsion must follow the procedures established pursuant to Section 59-63-240. The one-year expulsion is subject to modification by the district superintendent of education on a case-by-case basis. Students expelled pursuant to this section are not precluded from receiving educational services in an alternative setting. Each local board of trustees is to establish a policy which requires the student to be referred to the local county office of the Department of Juvenile Justice or its representative.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 39, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-240. Expulsion for remainder of year; hearings.

 The board may expel for the remainder of the school year a pupil for any of the reasons listed in Section 59-63-210. If procedures for expulsion are initiated, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil shall be notified in writing of the time and the place of a hearing either before the board or a person or committee designated by the board. At the hearing the parents or legal guardian shall have the right to legal counsel and to all other regular legal rights including the right to question all witnesses. If the hearing is held by any authority other than the board of trustees, the right to appeal the decision to the board is reserved to either party. The hearing shall take place within fifteen days of the written notification at a time and place designated by the board and a decision shall be rendered within ten days of the hearing. The pupil may be suspended from school and all school activities during the time of the expulsion procedures. The action of the board may be appealed to the proper court. The board may permanently expel any incorrigible pupil.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-774; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-250. Transfer of pupils.

 The board or a designated administrator may transfer a pupil to another school in lieu of suspension or expulsion but only after a conference or hearing with the parents or legal guardian. The parents or legal guardian may appeal a transfer made by an administrator to the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-775; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-260. Corporal punishment.

 The governing body of each school district may provide corporal punishment for any pupil that it deems just and proper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-776; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-270. Regulation or prohibition of clubs or like activities.

 Any district board of trustees may regulate, control, or prohibit clubs or other such activities on school property or during school hours.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-777; 1973 (58) 407.
SC Code § 59-63-275 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-275. Student hazing prohibited; definitions.

 (A) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Student" means a person enrolled in a public education institution.  (2) "Superior student" means a student who has attended a state university, college, or other public education institution longer than another student or who has an official position giving authority over another student.  (3) "Subordinate student" means a person who attends a public education institution who is not defined as a "superior student" in item (2).  (4) "Hazing" means the wrongful striking, laying open hand upon, threatening with violence, or offering to do bodily harm by a superior student to a subordinate student with intent to punish or injure the subordinate student, or other unauthorized treatment by the superior student of a subordinate student of a tyrannical, abusive, shameful, insulting, or humiliating nature.  (B) Hazing at all public education institutions is prohibited. When an investigation has disclosed substantial evidence that a student has committed an act or acts of hazing, the student may be dismissed, expelled, suspended, or punished as the principal considers appropriate.  (C) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 3 of Title 16.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 310, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-63-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-280. "Paging device" defined; adoption of policies addressing student possession.

 (A) For purposes of this section, "paging device" means a telecommunications, to include mobile telephones, device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor.  (B) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that addresses student possession of paging devices as defined in subsection (A). This policy must be included in the district's written student conduct standards. If the policy includes confiscation of a paging device, as defined in subsection (A), it should also provide for the return of the device to the owner.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 24, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 230, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-310. Short title.

 This article may be cited as the "School Crime Report Act".  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-320. Reporting form.

 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.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-330. Quarterly and annual reports.

 On forms prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education, each school district in the State shall report school-related crime quarterly to the State Department of Education. The department shall compile the information received from the districts and annually, not later than January thirty-first of the year following the districts' final quarterly reports of the school year, make a report to the General Assembly on the findings. In addition, the State Department of Education shall, upon receipt, forward all information concerning school-related crime to the Attorney General's Office. This information shall be used by the Attorney General in the supervision of the prosecution of school crime.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-333 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-333. School crime requirements to conform to federal "No Child Left Behind Act".

 The State Department of Education shall conform the requirements of Sections 59-63-310 through 59-63-340 on school crime so as to fulfill the provisions of the 'No Child Left Behind Act of 2001' (20 U.S.C. Section 7912) which includes reports on persistently dangerous schools and on the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of violence and drug-related offenses resulting in suspensions and expulsions in elementary and secondary schools. A summary of the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 63 of Title 59 required to be included in the school's student handbook each year must be revised to conform with the requirements of this section.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 89, Section 6, eff July 23, 2003.
SC Code § 59-63-335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-335. Failure of school administrator to report criminal conduct; liability.

 Failure of a school administrator to report criminal conduct as set forth in Section 59-24-60 or failure to report information concerning school-related crime pursuant to Section 59-63-330 shall subject the administrator and the school district to liability for payment of a party's attorney's fees and the costs associated with an action to seek a writ of mandamus to compel the administrator and school district to comply with Section 59-24-60 or 59-63-330.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 435, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-63-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-340. Promulgation of regulations.

 The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-350. Local law enforcement.

 Local law enforcement officials are required to contact the Attorney General's "school safety phone line" when any felony, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, crime involving a weapon, or drug offense is committed on school property or at a school-sanctioned or school-sponsored activity or any crime reported pursuant to Section 59-24-60.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:  "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
SC Code § 59-63-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-360. Attorney General; representation of school districts.

 The Attorney General shall monitor all reported school crimes. The Attorney General or his designee may represent the local school district when a criminal case is appealed to an appellate court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 435, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-63-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-380. School official reporting school-related crimes; immunity.

 A person affiliated with a school in an official capacity is granted immunity from criminal prosecution and civil liability when making a report of school-related crime in good faith, to the extent that the exposure to criminal prosecution or civil liability arises from the same report of school-related crime.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 80, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-63-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-390. Inclusion of school crime report act summary in student handbooks.

 The senior administrator of each school is responsible for including an accurate summary of the provisions of this article and Section 16-3-612 in the school's student handbook each year.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 80, Section 7.  Code Commissioner's Note  Section 16-3-612, referenced in the text of this section was repealed by 2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-63-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-410. Enrollment of pupils.

 The first two weeks of the opening of any public school in this State shall, for the purposes of this section, be known and designated as enrollment weeks. During these two weeks, all teachers in the free public schools of this State shall receive and enroll such pupils as they present themselves, if otherwise admissible under existing law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-841; 1952 Code Section 21-841; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
SC Code § 59-63-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-420. Effect of transfer on enrollment lists.

 In the event that any enrolled pupil ceases to attend the school in which he has been enrolled and desires to attend another public school of this State, the teacher in the school wherein the pupil was last enrolled shall furnish the pupil, upon his application or upon the application of his parent or guardian, a certificate or card, showing the date of the enrollment of such pupil and all other information required by law to be obtained at the time of enrollment. When any pupil applies for admission in any of the public schools of this State subsequent to the two enrollment weeks of the school, he shall, if he has theretofore been enrolled during said year, present to the teacher or superintendent, such certificate or card, and before he shall be so enrolled, the school teacher shall ascertain whether or not he has theretofore been enrolled during that year, and, if it be found that he has, he shall not be included among the enrolled pupils of the school to which he has thus transferred for that year, but a separate list of such pupils shall be kept and maintained and reported on a separate sheet attached to the list of enrolled pupils.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-842; 1952 Code Section 21-842; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
SC Code § 59-63-425 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-425. Transfer upon violation of restraining order; interscholastic activity eligibility.

 A high school student who is the victim of physical abuse, harassment, or stalking by a classmate during school hours or otherwise resulting in a restraining order being granted against the classmate by a court of competent jurisdiction may transfer with the consent of the student's school district to another high school within or out of the district within thirty school days of the restraining order being violated, without any loss of eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities at the school to which the student transfers.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 59-63-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-430. Board shall furnish copies of relevant statutes to teachers.

 The State Board of Education shall have printed and furnish to the teachers in the free public schools of this State copies of Sections 59-63-410 and 59-63-420 and shall give such other publicity thereto as may be deemed expedient and advisable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-843; 1952 Code Section 21-843; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
SC Code § 59-63-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-440. Violations of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430.

 Any person wilfully violating the provisions of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars in the discretion of the court. The fines collected under this section shall be credited to the school fund of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-844; 1952 Code Section 21-844; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
SC Code § 59-63-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-450. No may shall be counted in enrollment more than once.

 A child must not be counted more than once in the school enrollment of a school district in any one school year. A pupil who enrolls in more than one school in any school year must be counted only in the enrollment of the first school which the pupil legally attends for at least thirty-five days during the school year.  A school officer charged with the duty of enrollment who wilfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-845; 1952 Code Section 21-845; 1942 Code Section 5299; 1932 Code Section 5306; Civ. C. '22 Section 2564; Civ. C. '12 Section 1715; Civ. C. '02 Section 1185; 1896 (22) 150; 1950 (46) 2050; 1973 (58) 690; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 256.
SC Code § 59-63-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-460. Annual reports.

 The teacher or principal of every school shall keep and furnish annually to the trustees of the school district a list of all pupils that have attended the school during the preceding scholastic year, showing the names of the pupils, their respective places of residence and the number of days each pupil has attended. Such list shall be certified to the county board of education by the trustees on or before the first day of August in every year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-846; 1952 Code Section 21-846; 1942 Code Section 5299; 1932 Code Section 5306; Civ. C. '22 Section 2564; Civ. C. '12 Section 1715; Civ. C. '02 Section 1185; 1896 (22) 150.
SC Code § 59-63-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-470. Transfer of pupils whose enrollment threatens to disturb peace.

 Whenever the principal, superintendent, or any other responsible school official in charge of a school in this State has reason to believe that the enrollment of certain pupils in a certain school may threaten to result in riot, civil commotion, or may in any way disturb the peace of the citizens of the community in which the school is located, such school official shall notify the sheriff or other law enforcement officer in the county. On being so notified, the sheriff or other law enforcement officer in the county may remove such pupils from such school and may transfer them, at the direction of the superintendent, to another school in which there appears to be less likelihood of disturbing the peace. Any law enforcement officer is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-846.1; 1956 (49) 1715.