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SC Code § 59-59-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act|Section 59-59-220. Development of appropriate resources and instructional materials.

 With the implementation of the clusters of study system, appropriate resources and instructional materials, aligned with the state's content standards, must be developed or adopted by the State Department of Education and made available to districts.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
SC Code § 59-59-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act|Section 59-59-230. Promulgation of regulations.

 The State Board of Education, with input from the Education and Economic Development Council, shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
SC Code § 59-59-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act|Section 59-59-240. Private and home schools.

 The requirements of this chapter do not apply to private schools or to home schools.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
SC Code § 59-59-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act|Section 59-59-250. Funding.

 Each phase of implementation of this chapter is contingent upon the appropriation of adequate funding as documented by the fiscal impact statement provided by the Office of State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. There is no mandatory financial obligation to school districts if state funding is not appropriated for each phase of implementation as provided for in the fiscal impact statement of the Office of the State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
SC Code § 59-63-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-20. Age of attendance.

 It is not lawful for any person who is less than five or more than twenty-one years of age to attend any of the public schools of this State, including kindergarten, except that:  (1) Persons over twenty-one years of age may attend night schools;  (2) When a pupil is in the graduating class and becomes twenty-one years of age before graduation, he is permitted to complete the term if otherwise qualified to do so;  (3) Students may enter kindergarten in the public schools of this State if they will attain the age of five on or before September first of the applicable school year or have substantially initiated a public school kindergarten program in another state that has a different attendance age requirement from South Carolina;  (4) Students may not enter the first grade in the public schools of this State unless they will attain the age of six on or before September first of the applicable school year or have substantially initiated a first grade program in another state that has a different attendance age requirement from South Carolina or have attended a public school kindergarten program for one full school year;  (5) The restrictions in this section may be waived by the local board of school trustees in any proper case. However, that if the provisions of items (3) and (4) of this section are not complied with, the school district is not entitled to receive any state aid for any students who fail to meet these requirements;  (6) Four-year-olds may attend optional child development programs and all three-year-old, four-year-old, and five-year-old children with disabilities in accordance with their individual education program, may participate in any public education preschool program, including optional child development programs. Children with disabilities served in four-year-old optional child development programs may be counted for funding under both funding sources.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-752; 1952 Code Section 21-752; 1942 Code Section 5375; 1932 Code Section 5404; Civ. C. '22 Section 2646; Civ. C. '12 Section 1778; Civ. C. '02 Section 1229; 1896 (22) 170; 1917 (30) 51; 1935 (39) 427; 1945 (44) 188; 1978 Act No. 633, Section 4; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 3, Sections 2(B), 3; 1988 Act No. 407, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 52B; 1990 Act No. 322, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 29B; 1993 Act No. 86, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-63-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-30. Qualifications for attendance.

 Children within the ages prescribed by Section 59-63-20 shall be entitled to attend the public schools of any school district, without charge, only if qualified under the following provisions of this section:  (a) Such child resides with its parent or legal guardian;  (b) The parent or legal guardian, with whom the child resides, is a resident of such school district; or  (c) The child owns real estate in the district having an assessed value of three hundred dollars or more; and  (d) The child has maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in accordance with scholastic standards of achievement prescribed by the trustees pursuant to Section 59-19-90; and  (e) The child has not been guilty of infraction of the rules of conduct promulgated by the trustees of such school district pursuant to Section 59-19-90.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-752.1; 1964 (53) 2171.
SC Code § 59-63-32 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-32. Requirements to enroll child in public school; affidavit; penalties for providing false information.

 (A) The school district may require an adult seeking to enroll a child who resides with the adult pursuant to Section 59-63-31(1)(c) to accept responsibility for making educational decisions concerning the child. These educational decisions may include, but not be limited to, receiving notices of discipline pursuant to Sections 59-63-230 and 59-63-240, attending conferences with school staff, and granting permission for athletic activities, field trips, and other activities as required.  (B) The school district also must require an adult to complete and sign an affidavit:  (1) confirming the qualifications set out in Section 59-63-31(1)(c) establishing residency of the child in the school district;  (2) attesting that the child's claim of residency in the district is not primarily related to attendance at a particular school within the district; and  (3) accepting responsibility for educational decisions for the child.  (C) Upon receipt of the affidavit provided for in subsection (B), the child must be admitted to an appropriate school pending the results of any further procedures for determining eligibility for attendance within the school district.  (D) If it is found that information contained in the affidavit provided for in subsection (B) is false, the child must be removed from the school after notice of an opportunity to appeal the removal pursuant to the appropriate district grievance policy.  (E) If it is found that a person wilfully and knowingly has provided false information in the affidavit provided for in subsection (B) to enroll a child in a school district for which the child is not eligible, the maker of the false affidavit is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and also must be required to pay to the school district an amount equal to the cost to the district of educating the child during the period of enrollment. Repayment does not include funds paid by the State.  (F) The affidavit which is required by school districts under this section must include, in large print, the penalty for providing false information on the affidavit.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 163, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-63-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-35. Nonresident military enrollment in South Carolina high school diploma program.

 Nonresident military personnel may enroll in a program designed to award a South Carolina high school diploma. However, neither the State nor local districts shall be required to bear the cost for any nonresident military personnel enrolled in these programs.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 323, Section 2, eff June 16, 2008.
SC Code § 59-63-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-40. Discrimination on account of race, creed, color, or national origin prohibited.

 (1) No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the State on account of race, creed, color or national origin.  (2) Except with the express approval of a board having jurisdiction, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced attendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races, creeds, colors, or national origins; and no school district or attendance area, by whatever name known, shall be established, reorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and further provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution to select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such religion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to such members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to promote the religious principle for which it is established.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-752.2; 1970 (56) 1963.
SC Code § 59-63-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-45. Reimbursement for attending another school district

 (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a nonresident child otherwise meeting the enrollment requirements of this chapter may attend a school in a school district which he is otherwise qualified to attend if the person responsible for educating the child pays an amount equal to the prior year's local revenue per child raised by the millage levied for school district operations and debt service reduced by school taxes on real property owned by the child paid to the school district in which he is enrolled. The district may waive all or a portion of the payment required by this section.  (B) Students attending a school pursuant to this section must be counted in enrollment for purposes of determining state aid to the district.  (C) If the payment to the school district is not made within a reasonable time as determined by the district, the child must be removed from the school after notice is given.  (D) Any nonresident student enrolled in the schools of a district no later than September 9, 1996, shall not be required to meet the conditions of subsection (A) of this section as long as the student is continuously enrolled in the district and as long as the student meets the qualifications provided by law for attending the schools of the district.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 389, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-50. Fingerprinting of pupils.

 Each county shall provide to every school in the county the forms and ink pads necessary to record each pupil's fingerprints in kindergarten and grades one through twelve. The State Law Enforcement Division and all local law enforcement agencies are instructed and authorized to assist local school authorities in the fingerprinting of school children in kindergarten and grades one through twelve when the parent of a child requests in writing that his child be fingerprinted for identification purposes for the protection of the child. The fingerprints must be given to the student's parents or guardian. The implementation of this section is a local responsibility and it must be implemented as the local school board determines appropriate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-756; 1971 (57) 998; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 2, Section 3; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 9(J); 1986 Act No. 355, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-55. Report required of certain injuries.

 A report of any head or spinal injury or broken limb suffered by a student enrolled in the public schools of this State shall be filed by the coach with the principal of the school. The report shall be made a part of the student's school record.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 378, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-63-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-60. School guards required to be safely attired.

 No person charged with the responsibility of assisting school children to cross streets near schools shall engage in such activity unless he is attired with some type of garment or equipment that can be clearly seen by the driver of an approaching motor vehicle. The school district official of each school district who is responsible for supervising such personnel shall be responsible for seeing that such persons within his district are furnished with the articles required by this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-756.5; 1974 (58) 2398.
SC Code § 59-63-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-65. Class size reduction; funding; facilities.

 School districts which choose to reduce class size to fifteen to one in grades one through three shall be eligible for funding for the reduced pupil-teacher ratios from funds provided by the General Assembly for this purpose. Funding for schools in districts designated as impaired or for schools rated as unsatisfactory on the accountability ratings will receive priority in the distribution of funds. Funding for the impaired district schools and schools ranked unsatisfactory will be allocated based on the average daily membership in grades one through three in those schools for implementing reduced class size of fifteen to one in those grades. Other school districts will receive funding allocated based on free and reduced lunch eligible students. Local match is required for the lower ratio funding based on the Education Finance Act formula. Boards of trustees of each school district may implement the lower pupil-teacher ratios on a school by school, grade by grade, or class by class basis. District boards of trustees implementing the reduced ratios must establish policies to give priority to reduce the ratios in schools with the highest number of students eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch program, and these students must be given priority in implementing the reduced class size. Unobligated funds from state appropriations which become available to a district during a fiscal year shall be redistributed to fund additional teachers on a prorated basis.  Districts choosing to implement the reduced class size must track the students served in classes with a 15:1 ratio for three years so that the impact of smaller class size can be evaluated. The Department of Education, working with the Accountability Division, will develop a plan for evaluating the impact of this initiative and report to the Education Oversight Committee no later than December 1, 2001. School districts must document the use of these funds to reduce class size and the State Department of Education will conduct audits to confirm appropriate use of class size reduction funding.  As used in this section, "teacher" refers to an employee possessing a professional certificate issued by the State Department of Education whose full-time responsibility is instruction of students. Pupil-teacher ratio is based on average daily membership.  Portable or other temporary classroom space may be used to meet any facilities needs for reducing class size to fifteen to one, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-144-30, funding derived from the Children's Education Endowment Fund may be used to acquire such portable or temporary facilities.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 12.
SC Code § 59-63-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-70. High school student participation in independent organized sports teams.

 During the season for any high school league sport except for football, a student, while a member of a school squad or team engaged in an interscholastic sport except for football, may become a member of or participate in an organized team that is independent of the school's control as long as the participation does not interfere with the scheduled league games or practices of the school squad or team. A school or student shall not be declared ineligible for participation in an interscholastic high school league sport except for football because of participation of a student as a member of an organized team independent of the school's control during the interscholastic sport's season. Any student participating on both a school squad or team and an independent squad shall have on file with the school's athletic director a statement signed by the parent or guardian indicating their child or children have permission to participate on both teams and signed by the independent coach acknowledging that the student's participation shall not interfere with the scheduled league games or practices.  The provisions of this section do not permit a student to participate on a school football team and an organized football team independent of the school's control.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 321, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 6, 2002).
SC Code § 59-63-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-90. Notice of available health-related services and rights.

 The State Department of Education shall develop a notice to be sent by each school district to all parents or legal guardians that notifies them of available services and rights pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the IDEA, and medical homebound regulations at the beginning of the school year.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 81, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
SC Code § 59-63-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-110. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "Safe School Climate Act".  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 353, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 59-63-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-120. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" means a gesture, an electronic communication, or a written, verbal, physical, or sexual act that is reasonably perceived to have the effect of:  (a) harming a student physically or emotionally or damaging a student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of personal harm or property damage; or  (b) insulting or demeaning a student or group of students causing substantial disruption in, or substantial interference with, the orderly operation of the school.  (2) "School" means in a classroom, on school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, at an official school bus stop, at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on school premises, or at another program or function where the school is responsible for the child.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 353, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 59-63-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-130. Prohibited conduct; reports by witnesses.

 (A) A person may not engage in:  (1) harassment, intimidation, or bullying; or  (2) reprisal, retaliation, or false accusation against a victim, witness, or one with reliable information about an act of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.  (B) A school employee, student, or volunteer who witnesses, or has reliable information that a student has been subject to harassment, intimidation, or bullying shall report the incident to the appropriate school official.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 353, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 59-63-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-150. Availability of civil or criminal redress; immunity of reporting school employee or volunteer.

 (A) This article must not be interpreted to prevent a victim from seeking redress pursuant to another available civil or criminal law. This section does not create or alter tort liability.  (B) A school employee or volunteer who promptly reports an incident of harassment, intimidation, or bullying to the appropriate school official designated by the local school district's policy, and who makes this report in compliance with the procedures in the district's policy, is immune from a cause of action for damages arising from failure to remedy the reported incident.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 353, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 59-63-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally|Section 59-63-210. Grounds for which trustees may expel, suspend, or transfer pupils; petition for readmission; expulsion, suspension, or transfer.

 (A) Any district board of trustees may authorize or order the expulsion, suspension, or transfer of any pupil for the commission of any crime, gross immorality, gross misbehavior, persistent disobedience, or for violation of written rules and promulgated regulations established by the district board, county board, or the State Board of Education, or when the presence of the pupil is detrimental to the best interest of the school. Each expelled pupil has the right to petition for readmission for the succeeding school year. Expulsion or suspension must be construed to prohibit a pupil from entering the school or school grounds, except for a prearranged conference with an administrator, attending any day or night school functions, or riding a school bus. The provisions of this section do not preclude enrollment and attendance in any adult or night school.  (B) A district board of trustees shall not authorize or order the expulsion, suspension, or transfer of any pupil for a violation of Section 59-150-250(B).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-771; 1973 (58) 407; 2001 Act No. 59, Section 8.