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SC Code § 59-26-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 26 - Training, Certification And Evaluation Of Public Educators|Section 59-26-110. Youth suicide prevention teacher training.

 (A) Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, the Department of Education shall require two hours of training in youth suicide awareness and prevention as a requirement for the renewal of credentials of individuals employed in a middle school or high school as defined in Section 59-1-150. The required training shall count toward the one hundred twenty renewal credits specified in Department of Education regulations for renewal of credentials.  (B)(1) The department shall develop guidelines suitable for training and materials that may be used by schools and districts; however districts may approve materials to be used in providing training for employees.  (2) The training required in this section may be accomplished through self-review of suicide prevention materials that meet guidelines developed by the Department of Education.  (C) No person shall have a cause of action for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the implementation of the provisions of this section or resulting from any training, or lack of training, required by this section unless the loss or damage was caused by wilful or wanton misconduct. The training, or lack of training, required by the provisions of this section must not be construed to impose any specific duty of care.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 170, Section 2, eff May 14, 2012.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 170, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as the 'Jason Flatt Act'."
SC Code § 59-27-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 27 - Interstate Agreement On Qualification|Section 59-27-20. Designated State official.

 The "designated State official" for this State shall be the State Superintendent of Education. He shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article 3 of the agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the State Board of Education.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-400.1; 1973 (58) 397.
SC Code § 59-27-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 27 - Interstate Agreement On Qualification|Section 59-27-30. Copies of contract required to be on file.

 True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this State pursuant to the agreement shall be kept on file in the office of the State Superintendent of Education and in the office of the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-400.2; 1973 (58) 397.
SC Code § 59-28-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-100. Citation of chapter.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Parental Involvement in Their Children's Education Act".  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-110. Purpose.

 It is the purpose of the General Assembly in this chapter to:  (1) heighten awareness of the importance of parents' involvement in the education of their children throughout their schooling;  (2) encourage the establishment and maintenance of parent-friendly school settings; and  (3) emphasize that when parents and schools work as partners, a child's academic success can best be assured.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-120. State agency involvement.

 The Governor shall require state agencies that serve families and children to collaborate and establish networks with schools to heighten awareness of the importance of parental influence on the academic success of their children and to encourage and assist parents to become more involved in their children's education.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-130. Parental involvement plans; recognition of improvement; establishing criteria for staff training.

 The State Board of Education shall:  (1) require school and district long-range improvement plans required in Section 59-139-10 to include parental involvement goals, objectives, and an evaluation component;  (2) recognize districts and schools where parental involvement significantly increases beyond stated goals and objectives; and  (3) establish criteria for staff training on school initiatives and activities shown by research to increase parental involvement in their children's education.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-140. Design of parental involvement and best practices training programs; incorporation into teacher and principal preparation programs.

 The State Superintendent of Education shall:  (1) design parental involvement and best practices training programs in conjunction with higher education institutions and the pre-K through grade 12 education community, including parental program coordinators, which shall include:  (a) practices that are responsive to racial, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity, and are appropriate to various grade-level needs;  (b) establishment and maintenance of parent-friendly school settings;  (c) awareness of community resources that strengthen families and assist students to succeed; and  (d) other topics appropriate for fostering partnerships between parent and teacher;  (2) work collaboratively with the Commission on Higher Education to incorporate parental involvement training into teacher preparation and principal preparation programs consistent with the training provided in item (1) of this section.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-150. State Superintendent of Education activities to promote parental involvement.

 The State Superintendent of Education shall:  (1) promote parental involvement as a priority for all levels from pre-K through grade 12, with particular emphasis at the middle and high school levels where parental involvement is currently least visible;  (2) designate a Department of Education staff position whose specific role is to coordinate statewide initiatives to support school and district parental involvement;  (3) collect and disseminate to districts and schools practices shown by research to be effective in increasing parental involvement at all grade levels;  (4) provide parental involvement staff development training for district and school liaisons, as needed;  (5) provide technical assistance relating to parental involvement training to districts and schools;  (6) sponsor statewide conferences on best practices;  (7) identify, recommend, and implement ways to integrate programs and funding for maximum benefit to enhance parental involvement;  (8) enroll the Department of Education as a state member of national organizations which promote proven parental involvement frameworks, models, and practices and provide related services to state and local members;  (9) promote and encourage local school districts to join national parental involvement organizations; and  (10) monitor and evaluate parental involvement programs statewide by designing a statewide system which will determine program effectiveness and identify best practices and report evaluation findings and implications to the General Assembly, State Board of Education, and Education Oversight Committee.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-160. Local school board of trustees activities.

 Each local school board of trustees shall:  (1) consider joining national organizations which promote and provide technical assistance on various proven parental involvement frameworks and models;  (2) incorporate, where possible, proven parental involvement practices into existing policies and efforts;  (3) adopt policies that emphasize the importance, strive to increase and clearly define expectations for effective parental involvement practices in the district schools;  (4) provide for all faculty and staff, no later than the 2002-2003 school year, parental involvement orientation and training through staff development with an emphasis on unique school and district needs and after that, on an ongoing basis as indicated by results of evaluations of district and school parental involvement practices and as required by the State Board of Education;  (5) provide incentives and formal recognition for schools that significantly increase parental involvement as defined by the State Board of Education;  (6) require an annual briefing on district and school parental involvement programs including findings from state and local evaluations on the success of the district and schools' efforts; and  (7) include parental involvement expectations as part of the superintendent's evaluation.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-170. School district superintendent activities.

 (A) Each school district superintendent shall consider:  (1) designating staff to serve as a parent liaison for the district to coordinate parental involvement initiatives and coordinate community and agency collaboration to support parents and families;  (2) requiring each school to designate a faculty contact for parental involvement efforts to work collaboratively with the district coordinator and network with other school faculty contacts;  (3) requiring each school principal to designate space within the school specifically for parents which contains materials and resources on the numerous ways parents and schools can and should partner for a child's academic success; and  (4) encouraging principals to adjust class and school schedules to accommodate parent-teacher conferences at times more convenient to parents and, to the extent possible, accommodate parents in cases where transportation and normal school hours present a hardship.  (B) Each school district superintendent shall:  (1) include parental involvement expectations as part of each principal's evaluation;  (2) include information about parental involvement opportunities and participation in the district's annual report; and  (3) disseminate to all parents of the district the expectations enumerated in Section 59-28-180.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-180. Parent expectations.

 Parent involvement influences student learning and academic performance; therefore, parents are expected to:  (1) uphold high expectations for academic achievement;  (2) expect and communicate expectations for success;  (3) recognize that parental involvement in middle and high school is equally as critical as in elementary school;  (4) ensure attendance and punctuality;  (5) attend parent-teacher conferences;  (6) monitor and check homework;  (7) communicate with the school and teachers;  (8) build partnerships with teachers to promote successful school experiences;  (9) attend, when possible, school events;  (10) model desirable behaviors;  (11) use encouraging words;  (12) stimulate thought and curiosity; and  (13) show support for school expectations and efforts to increase student learning.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-190. Education Oversight Committee survey; public awareness campaign.

 The Education Oversight Committee shall survey parents to determine if state and local efforts are effective in increasing parental involvement. This information shall be used in the public awareness campaign required by the Education Accountability Act to promote the importance of parental involvement. The campaign shall include:  (1) advice for parents on how to help their children be successful in school and the importance of nurturing their children's skills and abilities;  (2) requests to employers, state agencies, entities, community groups, nonprofit organizations, and faith communities that work with children and families to distribute and display parent advice and other pertinent parent information;  (3) promotion of the benefits of increased productivity, loyalty, and sense of community which result from parent-friendly workplace policies;  (4) ideas and encouragement to employers to adopt parent-friendly workplace policies and to provide information on the importance of parents to a child's academic success;  (5) recognition of businesses and employers where parent-friendly policies have been adopted; and  (6) recognition of agencies and faith communities that have supported and increased parental involvement.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-200. Development of informational materials.

 The Education Oversight Committee and the State Superintendent of Education shall develop and publish jointly informational materials for distribution to all public school parents and to teachers. The informational materials for distribution shall include:  (1) an explanation of the grade-level academic content standards and advice on how parents can help their children achieve the standards and the relationship of the standards to the state assessments; and  (2) printed information about the standards and advice relative to parental involvement in their children's education for visible display and use in every public school K-12 classroom.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 254, Section 9, eff March 24, 2006.  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment, at the end of item (1), substituted "state assessments" for "Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests (PACT)".
SC Code § 59-28-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-210. Dissemination of informational materials.

 The Education Oversight Committee shall disseminate the informational materials prepared pursuant to Section 59-28-200 to all districts and schools.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-28-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 28 - Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education|Section 59-28-220. Development of employer tax credit incentives for paid parent-employee release time.

 The Education Oversight Committee, in cooperation with representatives of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Revenue, and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, shall develop recommendations for employer tax credits as incentives to:  (1) provide parent-employee release time for parent-teacher conferences or attendance at their children's academic-related events without loss of pay; and  (2) develop workplace policies which enable parents to improve their literacy, assist their children with academics, and become more involved in their child's education as a result of employers working with local school officials.  Recommendations shall be reported to the Senate Finance and Education Committees, House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee no later than January 1, 2001.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 402, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-29-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-10. Required subjects.

 The county board of education and the board of trustees for each school district shall see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, as far as practicable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and instruction in phonics, the elements of agriculture, the history of the United States and of this State, the principles of the Constitutions of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology and hygiene (especially as to the effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics upon the human system), English literature, and such other branches as the state board may from time to time direct.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-411; 1952 Code Section 21-411; 1942 Code Section 5321; 1932 Code Section 5338; Civ. C. '22 Section 2589; Civ. C. '12 Section 1731; Civ. C. '02 Section 1201; 1896 (22) 161; 1942 (42) 1453; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 11.
SC Code § 59-29-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-15. Teaching cursive writing and multiplication tables required.

 (A) In addition to the requirements that writing and arithmetic be subjects of instruction in each school district pursuant to Section 59-29-10, each school district shall:  (1) provide instruction in cursive writing to ensure that students can create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade; and  (2) require students to memorize multiplication tables to ensure that students can effectively multiply numbers by the end of fifth grade.  (B) The State Department of Education shall assist the school districts in identifying the most appropriate means for integrating this requirement into their existing curriculums. Additionally, the department, using procedures followed for other textbook adoptions, shall review and recommend cursive writing instructional materials for inclusion on the approved state textbook adoption list. Schools may select these materials in the same manner that other textbooks are selected from the list.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 275 (H.3905), Section 2, eff June 9, 2014.
SC Code § 59-29-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-20. Required subjects; nature and effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics.

 The nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and special instruction as to their effect upon the human system shall be taught in all the grammar and high schools of this State which receive any State aid whatsoever and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as all other required branches in such schools, as may be required by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-412; 1952 Code Section 21-412; 1942 Code Section 5323; 1941 (42) 263.
SC Code § 59-29-21 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-21. Guidelines for career guidance.

 The State Department of Education is directed to develop guidelines to include career guidance as a part of the general guidance program in the schools of the State.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 194, Section 33.
SC Code § 59-29-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-30. Required subjects; Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week.

 Each public school of the State shall designate one week during the school year for the observance of Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week. During this week, each district board of trustees shall require the school principal or other designated person to have each class from the sixth grade upward instructed for at least thirty minutes on three days concerning the risks and dangers involved in the use of alcoholic beverages and narcotics. The principal, or such other designated person, shall also have at least one assembly session during the week of not less than forty-five minutes, at which time the subject of the dangerous effect of alcohol and narcotics shall be presented.  The district board of trustees shall each year inform the State Board of Education of the week each public school in its district has designated as Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week, and the State Board of Education shall, through the Department of Education, provide suitable printed materials and other aids for use in the observance of the week.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-412.1; 1960 (51) 1671; 1966 (54) 2390; 1973 (58) 651.
SC Code § 59-29-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-35. Home school awareness week; admission opportunities.

 To recognize the many families in South Carolina who educate their children at home as provided by law, each year the first full week in October is designated and shall be recognized as "South Carolina Home School Awareness Week". During "South Carolina Home School Awareness Week", all home school students in this State and their parents or guardians who serve as their children's teacher shall be provided the same admission opportunities to any educational facilities owned by or under the control of this State or any state agency, department, or institution as are provided to public or private school students and their teachers. In addition during Home School Awareness Week, educational facilities, not including public school facilities, owned or under the control of a local political subdivision or entity also shall provide the same admission opportunities as are provided to public or private school students and their teachers.  Only during Home School Awareness Week shall these affected educational facilities provide the same special admission opportunities to home schooled students and their parents or guardians who serve as the students' teachers as they do to public or private school students and their teachers.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 276, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-29-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-40. Required subjects; films depicting nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; special instruction as to their effect.

 Films depicting the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics and special instructions as to their effect upon the human system shall be taught in all the junior high and high schools of this State and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as all other required branches in such schools, as may be required by the State Board of Education. Such films shall be presented at orientation programs of all State-supported institutions of higher learning. The South Carolina Television Center shall make available to such schools and institutions television programs and films with commentary relative to such subject matter and the school shall require each student enrolled therein to view such program or film. The State Board of Education or the college or university officials, as the case may be, shall provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-412.2; 1969 (56) 702.
SC Code § 59-29-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 29 - Subjects Of Instruction|Section 59-29-50. Required subjects; traffic laws.

 The State Department of Education and the trustees of the State institutions of higher learning shall establish and require to be taught in the respective schools under their control a course of instruction on the traffic laws of this State. Such course of instruction shall be by lectures.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-413; 1952 Code Section 21-413; 1942 Code Section 5326; 1934 (38) 1363.