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SC Code § 59-65-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-80. Enrollment or attendance of expelled or suspended child not authorized.

 Nothing herein shall be construed as granting authority to require enrollment or attendance of a child who has been or may be expelled or suspended by the board of trustees of the district or any other person acting with authority from the board of trustees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-757.7; 1967 (55) 181.
SC Code § 59-65-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-90. Rules and regulations.

 The State Board of Education shall establish regulations defining lawful and unlawful absences beyond those specifically named in this article and additional regulations as are necessary for the orderly enrollment of pupils so as to provide for uniform dates of entrance. These regulations shall require: (1) that school officials shall immediately intervene to encourage the student's future attendance when the student has three consecutive unlawful absences or a total of five unlawful absences and (2) that the district board of trustees or its designee shall promptly approve or disapprove any student absence in excess of ten days. As used in this section, "intervene" means to identify the reasons for the child's continued absence and to develop a plan in conjunction with the student and his parent or guardian to improve his future attendance.  Provided, However, That nothing within this section shall interfere with the Board's authority to at any time refer a child to a truancy prevention program or to the court pursuant to Section 59-65-50.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-757.8; 1967 (55) 181; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 2, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-65-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-210. State appropriation for attendance supervisor program.

 For each county which has indicated a desire for the service of an attendance supervisor or supervisors there shall be appropriated annually for the ensuing fiscal year a sum sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses of an attendance supervisor or supervisors for each county, one such supervisor for each ten thousand children, or fraction thereof, enrolled in each county as of the closing date of the school year immediately preceding the commencing of each such fiscal year. This sum shall be the State's portion of the attendance supervisor program. Nothing in this article shall limit the number of attendance supervisors that a county or a school district may employ at its own expense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-761; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-220. Election of attendance supervisors.

 In each county desiring the services of an attendance supervisor, such supervisor shall, if his salary and expenses are to be paid by the State, be elected on or before July first of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, by the members of the county board of education whose terms of office run concurrently with or extend beyond the period of employment of such supervisor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-762; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-230. Certification of attendance supervisors by State Board of Education.

 Attendance supervisors shall be certified by the State Board of Education. Qualifications for the certification of attendance supervisors shall be determined by the State Board of Education in the same manner as the Board now determines qualifications for all other teachers, provided, that such certification requirements shall not adversely affect attendance supervisors who were employed prior to the passage of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-763; 1955 (49) 78; 1957 (50) 404; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-240. Census of children not enrolled in public schools; list submitted to attendance supervisor.

 Within thirty days after the opening date of each school year of each public school district in the State in which a public school is being operated, the trustees or other governing board thereof shall make or cause to be made a complete census of all children of school age therein, that is, between the years of seven and sixteen years, inclusive, who have not enrolled in such school district or in some other district during the thirty-day enrollment period. The names, ages, places of residence and names of the parents or guardians of such children of school age not enrolled shall be forthwith filed with the county superintendent of education, who shall thereupon consolidate all of such names of children in alphabetical order into one list and certify the list to the attendance supervisor of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-764; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-250. Cooperation between attendance supervisors and county and district agencies and the like.

 The county attendance supervisor whose salary shall be paid from State funds and such other attendance supervisors as may be employed by the county or school districts therein shall cooperate with the social and civic organizations and agencies of the county or district, as well as with the trustees of the several school districts in the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-765; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-260. Duties of attendance supervisor relating to nonattending children.

 The attendance supervisor shall, upon receiving the list of nonattending children from the county superintendent of education, contact as rapidly as possible the parents or guardians of such nonattending children with the object in mind of interesting nonattending children in school work, and influencing them by means of persuasion to attend school regularly. All principals shall report to such attendance supervisor on continuous absences which appear to be unwarranted, and the attendance supervisor shall make an earnest effort to have enrolled and keep enrolled all children of school age in the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-766; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-270. Procurement of books, clothing, and shoes for nonattending children.

 In the event that any nonattending children reported to the attendance supervisor shall be unable to procure books, that fact shall be reported to the trustees and county superintendent of education, and steps shall be taken immediately to provide the necessary books and working material. In the event that such nonattending children shall not have suitable clothing or shoes, and the parents or guardians of such children are financially unable to provide the same, such condition shall be reported by the attendance supervisor to the social and civic organizations of such county for such action in the premises as to such social and civic organizations shall seem meet and proper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-767; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-280. Acceptance of cash, clothing, shoes, books, and similar articles from organizations and county or community agencies.

 The attendance supervisor shall accept and receive from the social or civic organizations and agencies of the county or community all cash, clothes, shoes, books, materials and similar articles as may be provided, and shall supply them to the nonattending school children of the county who are unable or whose parents or guardians are unable financially to provide such articles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-768; 1955 (49) 78; 1961 (52) 617.
SC Code § 59-65-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 65 - Attendance Of Pupils|Section 59-65-470. Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School to have access to list of dropouts.

 To enable the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School to inform dropouts of the school's academic and vocational training programs, the school is authorized to contact the attendance supervisors or principals at the various high schools or school districts of this State at reasonable intervals for the purpose of receiving access to the names and addresses of students reported by the supervisors and principals to be dropouts, and the attendance supervisors and principals must supply this information to the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 194, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-66-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 66 - School Safety Coordinators|Section 59-66-30. Public middle schools and high schools to be equipped with metal detector; training; regulations.

 (A) Using funds appropriated by the General Assembly, each public middle, junior high, and high school in the State must be equipped with one hand-held metal detector.  (B) In consultation and cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General and the State Law Enforcement Division, the State Department of Education shall provide training in the use of hand-held metal detectors to school officials who shall use the equipment.  (C) The State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part IV, Section 68.
SC Code § 59-67-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-10. "School bus" defined.

 When used in this article, "school bus" shall be construed to mean every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-791; 1952 Code Section 21-791; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-20. Regulations of State Board of Education governing design and operation of school buses.

 The State Board of Education, by and with the advice of the Department of Public Safety, shall adopt and enforce regulations not inconsistent with Chapter 5 of Title 56 to govern the design and operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owned and operated by any school district or privately owned and operated under contract with any school district in this State and such regulations shall by reference be made a part of any such contract with a school district. Every school district, its officers and employees, and every person employed under contract by a school district shall be subject to such regulations. Any officer or employee of any school district who violates any of such regulations or fails to include the obligation to comply with such regulations in any contract executed by him on behalf of a school district shall be guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment. Any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district who fails to comply with any such regulations shall be guilty of breach of contract and such contract shall be canceled after notice and hearing by the responsible officers of such school district.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-792; 1952 Code Section 21-792; 1949 (46) 466; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1575.
SC Code § 59-67-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-30. Painting and markings of school buses.

 Every State-owned school bus while being used in the transportation of school pupils shall be substantially painted with high visibility yellow paint, conforming and similar to National School Bus chrome yellow, and shall display the following markings:  (1) Sides - The words "SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS" in not less than four inch high letters located directly under the windows.  (2) Back - The words "SCHOOL BUS" in letters not less than eight inches high located between the warning signal lamps.  (3) Front - The words "SCHOOL BUS" in letters not less than eight inches high located between the warning signal lamps.  The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to adopt and to enforce whatever additional regulations regarding the painting and marking of school buses which they may deem necessary and proper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-794; 1952 Code Section 21-794; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 1946 (44) 2583; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2067; 1973 (58) 689.
SC Code § 59-67-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-40. Applicability of laws and regulations to private school buses.

 All school buses owned and operated by a private school or operated under contract for a private school must conform to State laws and regulations of the State Board of Education with respect to painting, lettering on the front and rear of the bus, use of stop arm and warning lights for loading and unloading pupils on the highway, maximum speeds and stopping at railroad crossings.  Buses not complying with these requirements shall be painted a color other than yellow and shall not be entitled to the privileges and protection of a school bus operating on the highways of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-794.1; 1967 (55) 651.
SC Code § 59-67-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-50. Removal of identification marks from former school buses.

 All school buses in this State, when no longer used for school purposes and sold to any person for private or public use, must have all marks of identification showing that these buses were used by schools and school districts removed before private or public use may be made of them. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or imprisonment upon the public works of the county in which the offense is committed for a period of not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-795; 1952 Code Section 21-795; 1942 Code Section 1626-4; 1937 (40) 122.
SC Code § 59-67-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-60. Repainting of former school buses.

 Any person who purchases a used school bus must paint it a color other than yellow before operating such bus on the highway. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-795.1; 1956 (49) 1686.
SC Code § 59-67-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-70. Dual wheels.

 County boards of education may at their discretion require that all replacement or new buses, placed in service in their respective counties, shall be equipped with dual wheels.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-796; 1952 Code Section 21-796; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 1946 (44) 2583.
SC Code § 59-67-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-80. Windshield wiper, brakes, lights, and rear view mirrors.

 Every school bus shall be equipped with a power-driven windshield wiper, adequate brakes and efficient lights which shall at all times when in use be in good working order and also with a rear view mirror or mirrors of such dimensions as will enable the driver, from the driver's seat, to see reflected in them not only the occupants of the vehicle but also the road to the left and to the rear of the vehicle for a proper distance adequately to observe traffic in his rear.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-797; 1952 Code Section 21-797; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-90. Gasoline tanks.

 The gasoline tank of every school bus shall be filled, vented and located entirely outside of that part of the school bus utilized for carrying passengers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-798; 1952 Code Section 21-798; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-100. Seating space; aisle; seats; number and location of pupils.

 Sufficient seating space must be provided so far as practicable for each passenger transported inside each school bus, an aisle in the school bus must not be less than twelve inches in width and all seats must be securely fastened to the floor or body of the vehicle. All students must be within the body of the bus at all times while the bus is in motion. Students are not permitted any place outside the bus and may not ride with heads or arms protruding through open windows. The number of students assigned to a school bus must not be greater than the manufacturer certified seating capacity, and all passengers transported must have adequate seating area to comply with the occupant protection performance standards required in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Provided, however, that a limited number of excess passengers on regular routes may be permitted until the bus routes can be adjusted to accommodate the overload but not to exceed twenty school days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-799; 1952 Code Section 21-799; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 1956 (49) 1668; 1974 (58) 2841; 2007 Act No. 79, Section 4, eff June 7, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment, in the second sentence, substituted "students" for "pupils", rewrote the third sentence to eliminate the reference to riding on the running boards, rewrote the fourth sentence relating to seating capacity, in the fifth sentence, substituted "excess passengers on regular routes" for "standees", and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
SC Code § 59-67-105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-105. Maximum ride time; routing.

 (A) A student may not ride continuously on a state-owned school bus for more than ninety minutes. With the approval of the Department of Education, the ninety-minute maximum ride time may be exceeded when the area's geography requires longer than average highway travel because of a circuitous or meandering road network, extremely low population density, or waterway barriers. The ninety-minute maximum ride time may be exceeded when attendance zones are multidistrict or countywide.  (B) The Department of Education annually shall assure that state-owned school buses are routed in the most efficient manner and shall require that they are operated only on adequately maintained and safe public and private accessible highways and streets.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 79, Section 1, eff June 7, 2007.
SC Code § 59-67-108 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-108. Training and certification of drivers.

 (A)(1) Only a person who has been certified by the State Board of Education may drive a school bus, as defined in Section 59-67-10, when transporting preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school.  (2) When transporting public school students, a driver operating a bus owned by the State, a local school agency, or by a private contractor that is in compliance with Section 56-5-2770 and the National School Bus chrome yellow requirements in Section 59-67-30 must possess a School Bus Driver's Certificate-A, as established by the State Board of Education. A driver awarded a school bus driver's certificate pursuant to Section 59-67-470 shall be issued the School Bus Driver's Certificate-A.  (3) When transporting public school students, a driver operating a bus owned by a local school agency or by a private contractor that is not in compliance with either Section 56-5-2770 or the National School Bus chrome yellow requirements in Section 59-67-30 must possess a School Bus Driver's Certificate-B, as established by the State Board of Education. A driver who possesses a School Bus Driver's Certificate-B may not use traffic control devices permitted in Section 56-5-2770.  (B) Any person transporting ten or more preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school, school-related activities, or childcare in a vehicle with enabled traffic control devices must receive training as to the proper operation of these traffic control devices. The State Department of Education shall establish an appropriate level of driver certification.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 79, Section 2, eff June 7, 2007.
SC Code § 59-67-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-110. Front entrance-exit; emergency exit.

 Every school bus shall be provided with a front entrance-exit on the right side of the vehicle and a rear emergency exit or door, conspicuously marked on the inside "emergency door" and equipped with a fastening device capable of being quickly released in emergency but entirely safe from accidental opening upon the application of any pressure from within the bus. Except in the event of an emergency, no person shall be allowed to enter or leave the bus by any other than the front entrance-exit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-800; 1952 Code Section 21-800; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-120. Tampering with governors prohibited.

 It shall be unlawful for any person, other than authorized mechanics, to tamper with governors on school buses operated in this State. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term of thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-801; 1953 (48) 198.
SC Code § 59-67-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-130. Inspection of road conditions on bus routes; reporting hazards.

 Prior to the opening of school each year, each school superintendent shall be responsible for inspecting the road conditions of all designated bus routes including school property and all conditions deemed to be hazardous shall be reported, in writing, to the State-employed county transportation supervisor who shall verify any such hazardous conditions and report them, in writing, to the proper municipal, county, or State official who shall be responsible for taking corrective action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-804; 1974 (58) 2311.