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SC Code § 59-18-1700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1700. Public information campaign; development and approval; funding.

 (A) An on-going public information campaign must be established to apprise the public of the status of the public schools and the importance of high standards for academic performance for the public school students of South Carolina. A special committee must be appointed by the chairman of the Education Oversight Committee to include two committee members representing business and two representing education and others representing business, industry, and education. The committee shall plan and oversee the development of a campaign, including public service announcements for the media and other such avenues as deemed appropriate for informing the public.  (B) A separate fund within the state general fund will be established to accept grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source or monies that may be appropriated by the General Assembly for the public information campaign. Members of the Oversight Committee representing business will solicit donations for this fund. Income from the fund must be retained in the fund. All funds may be carried forward from fiscal year to fiscal year. The State Treasurer shall invest the monies in this fund in the same manner as other funds under his control are invested. The Oversight Committee shall administer and authorize any disbursements from the fund. Private individuals and groups shall be encouraged to contribute to this endeavor.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 282, Section 1, eff June 5, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment deleted the last sentence which was outdated.
SC Code § 59-18-1910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1910. Homework centers.

 Schools receiving below average or school/district at-risk designations may use technical assistance funds allocated pursuant to Section 59-18-1590 to provide homework centers that go beyond the regular school hours where students can come and receive assistance in understanding and completing their school work. Technical assistance funds provided for these centers may be used for salaries for certified teachers and for transportation costs.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 282, Section 1, eff June 5, 2008.  Editor's Note  Section 59-18-1590, referenced in the text, was repealed by 2021 Act No. 44, Section 2, effective July 1, 2022.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 59-18-1920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1920. Modified school year or school day schedule; grant program established; application; implementation plan.

 (A) The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education, shall establish a grant program to encourage school districts to pilot test or implement a modified school year or school day schedule. The purpose of the grant is to assist with the additional costs incurred during the intersessions for salaries, transportation, and operations, or for additional costs incurred by lengthening the school day. For a district to qualify for a grant, all the schools within a specific feeder zone or elementary-to-middle-to-high-school attendance area, must be pilot testing or implementing the modified year or day schedule.  (B) To obtain a grant, a district shall submit an application to the state board in a format specified by the Department of Education. The application shall include a plan for implementing a modified year or day that provides the following: more time for student learning, learning opportunities that typically are not available in the regular student day, targeted assistance for students whose academic performance is significantly below promotion standards, more efficient use of facilities and other resources, and evaluations of the impact of the modified schedule. Local district boards of trustees shall require students whose performance in a core subject area, as defined in Section 59-18-300, is the equivalent of a "D" average or below to attend the intersessions or stay for the lengthened day and receive special assistance in the subject area. Funding for the program is as provided by the General Assembly in the annual appropriations act. Each grant award for program pilot testing or implementation may not exceed a three-year period.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 282, Section 1, eff June 5, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), deleted the fourth sentence giving districts declared to be impaired a priority in obtaining the grants.
SC Code § 59-18-1930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1930. Review of state and local professional development; recommendations for improvement.

 The Education Oversight Committee shall provide for a comprehensive review of state and local professional development to include principal leadership development and teacher staff development. The review must provide an analysis of training to include what professional development is offered, how it is offered, the support given to implement skills acquired from professional development, and how the professional development enhances the academic goals outlined in district and school strategic plans. The Oversight Committee shall recommend better ways to provide and meet the needs for professional development, to include the use of the existing five contract days for in-service. Needed revisions shall be made to state regulations to promote use of state dollars for training which meets national standards for staff development.  Upon receipt of the recommendations from the comprehensive review of state and local professional development, the State Department of Education shall develop an accountability system to ensure that identified professional development standards are effectively implemented. As part of this system the department shall provide information on the identified standards to all principals and other professional development leaders. Training for all school districts in how to design comprehensive professional development programs that are consistent with the standards also shall be a part of the implementation. A variety of staff development options that address effective teaching and assessment of state academic standards and workforce preparation skills shall be included in the information provided to principals and other professional development leaders to ensure high levels of student achievement.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 2; 2001 Act No. 39, Section 4; 2008 Act No. 282, Section 1, eff June 5, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment made no apparent changes.
SC Code § 59-18-1940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1940. Pilot district accountability models.

 Working with the Education Oversight Committee, the State Department of Education shall design and pilot district accountability models that focus on competency-based education for a district or school or on regional or county economic initiatives to improve the postsecondary success of students. A district may apply to the department and the committee to participate in the pilot.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 94 (H.3969), Section 1, eff June 10, 2017.
SC Code § 59-18-1950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1950. Longitudinal data system.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 94 (H.3969), Section 2, eff June 10, 2017.
SC Code § 59-18-1960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 18 - Education Accountability Act|Section 59-18-1960. School growth measurement system.

 In measuring annual school growth, with approval of the State Board of Education and the Education Oversight Committee, the State shall use a value-added system that calculates student progress or growth. A local school district may, in its discretion, use the value-added system to evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth. The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a public record and will be made available only to the specific teacher, principal, and superintendent. Furthermore, the estimates of specific teacher effects also may be made to any teacher preparation programs approved by the State Board of Education. The estimates made available to the teacher preparation programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only in evaluation of the respective teacher preparation programs. Furthermore, educator effectiveness data must be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 30-4-30, and may not be subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. An institution or postsecondary system receiving the estimates shall develop a policy to protect the confidentiality of the data.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 94 (H.3969), Section 3, eff June 10, 2017.
SC Code § 59-19-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-10. School district management.

 Each school district shall be under the management and control of the board of trustees provided for in this article, subject to the supervision and orders of the county board of education.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-221; 1952 Code Section 21-221; 1942 Code Section 5328; 1932 Code Section 5354; Civ. C. '22 Section 2601; Civ. C. '12 Section 1740; Civ. C. '02 Section 1206; 1896 (21) 162; 1919 (31) 78.
SC Code § 59-19-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-20. Composition of boards of school trustees; terms.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-222; 1952 Code Section 21-222; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579.
SC Code § 59-19-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-30. Appointment of members.

 The original trustees having been appointed for terms of one, two and three years, respectively, the county boards of education shall, during the first week of April in each year, appoint one trustee for each district from the qualified electors and taxpayers residing in the district for which the appointment is made to succeed the trustee whose term expires during that year and to serve with the holdover members until his successor has been appointed and qualified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-223; 1952 Code Section 21-223; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579.
SC Code § 59-19-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-40. Appointment of members; special provisions not superseded by Section 59-19-30.

 The provisions of Section 59-19-30 shall neither repeal, supersede nor annul any special act providing for the appointment or election of school trustees in any school district or in any of the several counties of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-224; 1952 Code Section 21-224; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579.
SC Code § 59-19-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-45. Mandatory orientation for school district boards of trustees and county boards of education; exceptions.

 (A) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected or appointed as members of a school district board of trustees after July 1, 1997, 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, superintendent and board relations, instructional programs, district finance, school law, ethics, and community relations.  (B) The orientation shall be approved by the State Board of Education and conducted by public or private entities approved by the State Board of Education such as the South Carolina School Boards Association.  (C) The provisions of this section also apply to members of county boards of education appointed or elected after July 1, 1997, in the same manner the provisions of this section apply to members of school district boards of trustees.  (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to a school board trustee or county board of education member who was serving in such office on July 1, 1997, and who is continuously reelected or reappointed to office thereafter.  (E) The State Department of Education shall reimburse a school district or county board of education conducting an orientation for a new board member as required by this section at the rate of eighty dollars for a member, provided that the total reimbursements by the department in one fiscal year must not exceed ten thousand dollars. If the total projected cost of these reimbursements for a year as determined by the department exceeds ten thousand dollars, the eighty-dollar reimbursement for each new member must be reduced proportionately. If funds are not available for these reimbursements, the board member orientation is not required but may be conducted at the option of a school district or county board of education. The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines and procedures for these reimbursements.  (F) The State Department of Education must keep a record of the school board trustees who complete the orientation program.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 19A; 2002 Act No. 265, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-19-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-50. Appointment and term of trustees for consolidated districts.

 When school districts are consolidated, the county board of education shall appoint, from within the consolidated district, five trustees to serve as trustees of the new district, two for a term of one year, two for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter the successors of all such trustees shall be elected for a term of three years or be appointed as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-224.1; 1952 Code Section 21-224.1; 1951 (47) 546.
SC Code § 59-19-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-60. Removal of trustees; vacancies.

 School district trustees shall be subject to removal from office for cause by the county boards of education, upon notice and after being given an opportunity to be heard by the county board of education. Any such order of removal shall state the grounds thereof, the manner of notice and the hearing accorded the trustee, and any such trustee shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas, as provided in Section 59-19-560. Vacancies occurring in the membership of any board of trustees for any cause shall be filled for the unexpired term by the county board of education in the same manner as provided for full-term appointments.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-225; 1952 Code Section 21-225; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579; 1961 (52) 416.
SC Code § 59-19-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-70. Chairman and clerk of board.

 The trustees shall, as soon as practicable after the appointment of any new trustee, organize by the election of one of their members as chairman and another as clerk of the board. The chairman shall preside at meetings of the board and perform other duties imposed on him under the law, and the clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings in a book provided for that purpose and perform all other duties required of him by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-226; 1952 Code Section 21-226; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579.
SC Code § 59-19-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-80. Requirements as to purchases and teacher employment.

 No teacher or other employee shall be employed or any purchase made except in a duly called meeting of the board, of which meeting each member has been notified in writing by the clerk of the board at least three days in advance thereof, unless a written waiver of such notice of meeting is signed by each member of the board, and unless such action or the memoranda of the terms of any such contract of employment or purchase shall be duly recorded in the minutes of such meeting and approved by the board. No contract shall be entered into with teachers who are under a teaching contract in South Carolina before April fifteenth of each year. In lieu of making a particular purchase, the board may request the Purchasing and Property Division of the Department of Administration to make such purchase.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-228; 1952 Code Section 21-228; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579; 1964 (53) 1883; 1965 (54) 274.
SC Code § 59-19-93 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-93. Adoption of procurement code by school district; suspension of distribution of funds for noncompliance.

 Distributions of funds to a school district pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be suspended after June 30, 1985, unless the school district has adopted and filed with the Division of General Services of the State Department of Administration a procurement code modeled on the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code or the model set forth in the Report of the Local Government Task Force on Procurement. All suspended funds must be released to the district at the time the district files an adopted procurement code and all subsequent distributions must be made as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division V, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-19-95 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-95. Implementation of student promotion policy.

 The governing body of every school district of this State shall implement a student promotion policy which at least meets the minimum criteria established by the State Board of Education under Section 59-5-65 of the 1976 Code.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision B, SubPart 2.
SC Code § 59-19-97 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-97. Evaluation system for continuing contract teachers.

 The teacher's evaluation system for continuing contract teachers, mandated by Act 187 of 1979, must be fully implemented in all school districts by school year 1984-85. A formal evaluation of continuing contract teachers must take place not less than every three years. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the governing bodies of the school districts of this State from establishing higher standards for the evaluation of teachers.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision C, SubPart 4, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-19-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 19 - School Trustees|Section 59-19-100. Circumstances under which educational governing body of county shall have powers and duties of school trustees.

 Where the county educational system operates as a unit, the county board of education or the educational governing body of the county shall have all the powers and duties of school trustees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-230.1; 1955 (49) 83.