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SC Code § 59-31-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-360. Waiver of textbook rental charges; use of school district books.

 The State Board of Education shall waive textbook rental charges for grades kindergarten through twelve of the public schools, to the end that basal textbooks adopted and approved by the board for use in the public schools must be supplied to the school children of the State without charge. Title to books so provided shall remain in the State Board of Education. Each school district shall fully utilize all books owned by it to effect the purposes of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-486; 1952 Code Section 21-486; 1942 Code Section 5296; 1936 (39) 1549; 1966 (54) 2623; 1977 Act No. 219 Pt II Section 13; 1978 Act No. 644 Part II, Section 16; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 27.
SC Code § 59-31-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-370. Collection and payment of rentals.

 The rentals provided hereunder shall be collected by the various school districts in the State, and each school district shall pay the amount thereof due for the use of books by the pupils in such district within thirty days from the date of the opening of the schools or the admission of new pupils to the schools. No schoolbooks shall be delivered to any school child on a rental plan until the rentals have been fully paid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-487; 1952 Code Section 21-487; 1942 Code Section 5290; 1936 (39) 1549.
SC Code § 59-31-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-380. Tax levy for payment of losses; damages or unpaid rentals.

 Upon proper certification by the State Board of Education and county superintendent of education, the county auditors and county treasurers of the respective counties in which such school districts or units are located shall levy sufficient millage in or upon any such school district or other educational unit sufficient to pay any amount due the State Board of Education for any loss, damage or rentals due by such district or other educational unit under the terms of this article. But in the event there are sufficient funds on deposit to the credit of the school district or other educational unit, the trustees of the school district or the county board of education are directed to draw a warrant against such funds to cover the amount of such loss or shortage in rental funds accruing under the terms of this article, in which case no levy shall be made.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-488; 1952 Code Section 21-488; 1942 Code Section 5293; 1936 (39) 1549.
SC Code § 59-31-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-390. Administrative expenses shall be paid out of rentals.

 All necessary expenses incurred in administering the terms of this article shall be paid from the rentals collected hereunder.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-489; 1952 Code Section 21-489; 1942 Code Section 5289; 1936 (39) 1549.
SC Code § 59-31-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-400. School authorities shall cooperate in administration of system.

 The county superintendents and boards of education in the various counties of the State shall cooperate with the State Board of Education in the administration of the terms of this article and the rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education in such manner as may be requested or required by the State Board of Education. All superintendents, principals and teachers in the schools of this State shall cooperate fully with the State Board of Education and county boards of education in the proper and orderly administration of the terms of this article, and the State Board of Education may promulgate rules to provide cooperation by the superintendents, principals and teachers and to establish penalties for failure to cooperate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-490; 1952 Code Section 21-490; 1942 Code Section 5291; 1936 (39) 1549.
SC Code § 59-31-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-410. Exclusions from applicability of article.

 The provisions of this article shall not apply (a) to any school district the board of trustees of which filed before August 1, 1936 with the former State Schoolbook Commission a written statement, approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives from such county, to the effect that it did not elect to come under the provisions of this article nor (b) to any county the county board of education of which filed before August 1, 1936 with the former State Schoolbook Commission a written statement, approved by the Senator and at least one half of the representatives from such county, to the effect that it did not elect to come under the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-491; 1952 Code Section 21-491; 1942 Code Section 5286; 1936 (39) 1549; 1937 (40) 206; 1939 (41) 1; 1945 (44) 266.
SC Code § 59-31-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-510. Contracts with publishers for rental or purchase of books.

 The State Board of Education may negotiate and execute contracts with the publishers of textbooks and instructional materials and vendors of instructional technology that allow the State to rent from the publishers or buy outright the books to be used in the public schools, with discretion in the State Board of Education to make rental contracts or purchase contracts as may be to the best advantage of the State. A contract made with a publisher of textbooks may be made so as to divide the payment to the publisher for rental or purchase over a period of three years, but it must not be construed to prevent the State Board of Education from purchasing or renting additional books as necessary. If the State Board of Education decides to purchase outright the books to be used in the schools of this State, they must be purchased at the lowest possible prices and, so far as existing contracts for state-adopted books shall permit, pursuant to competitive bidding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-501; 1952 Code Section 21-501; 1942 Code Section 5292; 1936 (39) 1549; 1997 Act No. 140, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-31-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-520. Continuance of contracts with publishers.

 At the expiration of any contract between the State and the publisher of any textbook, the State Board of Education, upon satisfactory agreement being had with such publisher, may continue the contract for any such textbook, or the latest editions thereof, for an indefinite period which may be terminated either by the State Board of Education or the publisher upon ninety days' notice. The Board may extend contracts at different prices from those of the original contracts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-502; 1952 Code Section 21-502; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55.
SC Code § 59-31-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-530. Duration of original contracts.

 Original contracts made with publishers of all textbooks and providers of instructional materials shall run for not less than one year nor more than six years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-503; 1952 Code Section 21-503; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 43A.
SC Code § 59-31-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-540. Most favored purchaser clause in contract.

 All contracts shall provide that if any person who furnishes adopted textbooks to the State shall sell the same textbooks or cause them to be sold to any other person, state or state board for a price less than that which this State has contracted to pay for such textbooks, then such lower price shall automatically become the contract price for such textbooks in this State and the contents of the textbooks shall be considered and not the title in investigating such prices. The State Board of Education shall make the necessary investigations as to the prices of such textbooks so sold to other persons, states or state boards.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-504; 1952 Code Section 21-504; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55.
SC Code § 59-31-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-550. Bids; details as to contracts.

 The State Board of Education shall make all necessary rules and regulations pertaining to:  (1) The advertisement of bids;  (2) The submission of prices;  (3) The sampling of, and hearings on, textbooks offered for adoption;  (4) The nature and type of contract to be entered into between the State and the publisher;  (5) The nature and type of bond to be entered into between the State and the publisher, the penal amount of such bond, conditioned upon the faithful performance by the publisher, of any contract awarded to it, to be not more than five thousand dollars;  (6) The distribution of textbooks through central or local depositories, subject to the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter providing for a rental system of textbooks for the free public schools; and  (7) All other needful rules and regulations not otherwise herein specified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-505; 1952 Code Section 21-505; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55.
SC Code § 59-31-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-560. Approval of contracts and publishers' bonds by Attorney General.

 The Attorney General of the State shall approve all contracts to be entered into between the State and publishers and shall approve the bond to be filed by each contract publisher. Such bond shall be placed in the custody of the State Treasurer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-506; 1952 Code Section 21-506; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55.
SC Code § 59-31-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-570. Change in terms of contracts.

 The State Board of Education may, in its discretion, postpone, alter, amend or modify the terms of State adoption of textbook contracts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-507; 1952 Code Section 21-507; 1942 Code Section 5287; 1936 (39) 1549.
SC Code § 59-31-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-580. Attorney General shall enforce article.

 The Attorney General shall institute and prosecute suits against all violators of the provisions of this article and all contracts entered into in violation of the terms of this article shall be null and void.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-508; 1952 Code Section 21-508; 1942 Code Section 5282; 1932 Code Section 5289; Civ. C. '22 Section 2549; Civ. C. '12 Section 1708; Civ. C. '02 Section 1184; 1896 (22) 150; 1914 (28) 450; 1915 (29) 188; 1923 (33) 147; 1927 (35) 354; 1928 (35) 1215; 1931 (37) 391; 1940 (41) 1763, 1886; 1947 (45) 55.
SC Code § 59-31-590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-590. School personnel not permitted to act as agents for publishers.

 It shall be unlawful for any teacher of a school supported in whole or in part from the public school funds of this State or any trustee of any such school or any other school officer to become an active or silent agent of any schoolbook publisher or be in anywise pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any schoolbook into any school in this State. Any person violating any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the circuit judge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-509; 1952 Code Section 21-509; 1942 Code Section 5297; 1932 Code Section 1556; Cr. C. '22 Section 504; Cr. C. '12 Section 576; Cr. C. '02 Section 419; 1896 (22) 170.
SC Code § 59-31-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-600. Standards for textbook adoptions.

 When the State Board of Education determines that a textbook or instructional material adoption is needed in a specific field, the board shall direct evaluating and rating committees to assess the textbook or instructional material for the development of higher-order thinking skills and problem solving. Each evaluation and rating committee may have up to twenty-five percent lay membership. A majority of those appointed to the committee must be full-time classroom teachers. In addition to monitoring the accuracy of facts and grammar, the committee shall include in its rating and evaluating criteria, where applicable, satisfaction of state mandates for graduation criteria and support for the benefits of the American economic and political system. The results of each evaluating and rating committee's assessment must be included in its written report to the State Board of Education. Where otherwise satisfactory, the evaluating and rating committee shall recommend and the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks and other instructional materials which develop higher-order thinking skills.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 194, Section 11; 1997 Act No. 140, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-31-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 31 - Textbooks|Section 59-31-610. Public review and hearings.

 The State Superintendent of Education shall make arrangements for a thirty-day public review of materials recommended by the instructional materials review panels prior to taking those recommendations to the State Board of Education. The public review sites must be geographically distributed around the State at as many state-supported colleges and universities or, if necessary, other designated sites as may agree to host the reviews. Public review sites shall be advertised in each congressional district in the newspaper with the largest circulation figures for that district.  The State Board shall hold a public hearing before adopting any textbook or instructional material for use in the schools of this State.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 140, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-32-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-5. Short title.

 This may be cited as the "Comprehensive Health Education Act".  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-32-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Comprehensive health education" means health education in a school setting that is planned and carried out with the purpose of maintaining, reinforcing, or enhancing the health, health-related skills, and health attitudes and practices of children and youth that are conducive to their good health and that promote wellness, health maintenance, and disease prevention. It includes age-appropriate, sequential instruction in health either as part of existing courses or as a special course.  (2) "Reproductive health education" means instruction in human physiology, conception, prenatal care and development, childbirth, and postnatal care, but does not include instruction concerning sexual practices outside marriage or practices unrelated to reproduction except within the context of the risk of disease. Abstinence and the risks associated with sexual activity outside of marriage must be strongly emphasized.  (3) "Family life education" means instruction intended to:  (a) develop an understanding of the physical, mental, emotional, social, economic, and psychological aspects of close personal relationships and an understanding of the physiological, psychological, and cultural foundations of human development;  (b) provide instruction that will support the development of responsible personal values and behavior and aid in establishing a strong family life for themselves in the future and emphasize the responsibilities of marriage.  (c) provide instruction as to the laws of this State relating to the sexual conduct of minors, including criminal sexual conduct.  (4) "Pregnancy prevention education" means instruction intended to:  (a) stress the importance of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage;  (b) help students develop skills to enable them to resist peer pressure and abstain from sexual activity;  (c) explain methods of contraception and the risks and benefits of each method. Abortion must not be included as a method of birth control. Instruction explaining the methods of contraception must not be included in any education program for grades kindergarten through fifth. Contraceptive information must be given in the context of future family planning.  (5) "Local school board" means the governing board of public school districts as well as those of other state-supported institutions which provide educational services to students at the elementary and secondary school level. For purposes of this chapter, programs or services provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control in educational settings must be approved by the local school board.  (6) "Board" means the State Board of Education.  (7) "Department" means the State Department of Education.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-32-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-20. Selection or adoption of instruction units by state board required.

 (A) Before August 1, 1988, the board, through the department, shall select or develop an instructional unit with separate components addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, pregnancy prevention education, and sexually transmitted diseases and make the instructional unit available to local school districts. The board, through the department, also shall make available information about other programs developed by other states upon request of a local school district.  (B) In addition to the provisions of subsection (A), before September 1, 2015, the board, through the department, shall select or develop instructional units in sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, with separate units appropriate for each age level from four-year-old kindergarten through twelfth grade.  (C) Before August 1, 2018, and through the cyclical review process, if deemed necessary, the board shall include instruction on prescription opioid abuse prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug epidemic and the connection between opioid abuse and addiction to other drugs, such as heroin, in the health standards. In addition, the board shall make available to districts a list of instructional materials that meet state standards. Districts shall continue to adopt or develop curriculum locally.  (D) At the next cyclical review of the health standards, the board shall continue to revise existing age-appropriate standards and concepts that address mental, emotional, and social health.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3; 2014 Act No. 293 (H.4061), Section 1, eff June 23, 2014; 2018 Act No. 185 (S.302), Section 3, eff May 17, 2018; 2020 Act No. 170 (H.3257), Section 1, eff September 29, 2020.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 293, Section 1, inserted subsection designator (A), and added subsection (B).  2018 Act No. 185, Section 3, added (C), relating to instruction on prescription opioid abuse prevention.  2020 Act No. 170, Section 1, added (D).
SC Code § 59-32-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-40. Staff development.

 As part of their program for staff development, the department and local school boards shall provide appropriate staff development activities for educational personnel participating in the comprehensive health education program. Local school boards are encouraged to coordinate the activities with the department and institutions of higher learning.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-32-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-50. Notice to parents; right to have child exempted from comprehensive health education program classes.

 Pursuant to policies and guidelines adopted by the local school board, public school principals shall develop a method of notifying parents of students in the relevant grades of the content of the instructional materials concerning reproductive health, family life, pregnancy prevention, and of their option to exempt their child from this instruction, and sexually transmitted diseases if instruction in the diseases is presented as a separate component. Notice must be provided sufficiently in advance of a student's enrollment in courses using these instructional materials to allow parents and legal guardians the opportunity to preview the materials and exempt their children.  A public school principal, upon receipt of a statement signed by a student's parent or legal guardian stating that participation by the student in the health education program conflicts with the family's beliefs, shall exempt that student from any portion or all of the units on reproductive health, family life, and pregnancy prevention where any conflicts occur. No student must be penalized as a result of an exemption. School districts shall use procedures to ensure that students exempted from the program by their parents or guardians are not embarrassed by the exemption.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-32-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-60. Department to ensure compliance; annual district report.

 The department shall assure district compliance with this chapter. Each local school board shall consider the programs addressed in this chapter in developing its annual district report.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-32-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-70. Applicability to private schools.

 The provisions of this chapter do not apply to private schools.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-32-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 32 - Comprehensive Health Education Program|Section 59-32-80. Penalty for teachers violation of or refusal to comply with chapter.

 Any teacher violating the provisions of this chapter or who refuses to comply with the curriculum prescribed by the school board as provided by this chapter is subject to dismissal.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3.