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2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-33. Residency requirements compliance; enrollment; proof; construction.

(A) A pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if a parent or legal guardian of the pupil is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within this State while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.
(B) A school district shall accept an application for enrollment and course registration by electronic means for a pupil who meets the requirements prescribed in subsection (A), including enrollment in a specific school or program within the school district.
(C)(1) The parent or legal guardian of a pupil who meets the requirement prescribed in subsection (A) shall provide proof of residence to the school district after arrival. The parent or legal guardian may use the address of any of the following as proof of residence for the purposes of this subsection:
(a) a temporary on-base billeting facility;
(b) a purchased or leased home or apartment; or
(c) any federal government housing or off-base military housing, including off-base military housing that may be provided through a public-private venture.
(2) In determining what documentation may be considered acceptable for complying with the provisions of item (1), a district shall consider that traditional forms of documentation, such as utility bills or tax bills, would not be available for newly relocated military personnel.
(D) The provisions of this section apply notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 59-63-30, 59-63-31, 59-63-32, or another provision of law.
(E) Any ambiguity in construing the provisions of this section must be resolved in favor of enrolling the pupil.
(F) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Active military duty" means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and the State Military Reserve on active duty orders.
(2) "Military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other installation.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 40 (H.3797), Section 2, eff May 16, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 40, Section 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act'."
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-72. Use of state funds to support interscholastic athletic associations; female wrestling teams.

A public school district supported by state funds shall not use any funds or permit any school within the district to use any funds to join, affiliate with, pay dues or fees to, or in any way financially support any interscholastic athletic association, body, or entity unless the constitution, rules or policies of the association, body, or entity recognizes, sanctions, and regulates interscholastic competition of wrestling teams composed exclusively of female students.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 193 (H.4608), Section 4, eff May 16, 2022.
Editor's Note
2022 Act No. 193, Sections 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'Save Women's Sports Act'.
"SECTION 2. (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly to maintain opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their strength, skills, and athletic abilities, and to provide them with opportunities to obtain recognition and accolades, college scholarships, and numerous other long-term benefits that result from participating and competing in athletic endeavors.
"(B) The General Assembly finds that:
"(1) maintaining the fairness for women's athletic opportunities is an important state interest; and
"(2) requiring the designation of separate sex specific athletic teams or sports is necessary to maintain fairness for women's athletic opportunities."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-85. Sunscreen use in public schools.

(A) As used in this section:
(1) "School" means a public or charter school.
(2) "Sunscreen" means a topical, non-aerosol product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of limiting ultraviolet light-induced skin damage. Sunscreen does not include prescription medication.
(B) Public schools shall not prohibit the possession or personal use of sunscreen.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 21 (S.256), Section 1, eff May 16, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-217. Barring enrollment of student; grounds; notice and hearing; duration of bar.

(A) In determining whether or not a student meets the standards of conduct and behavior promulgated by the board of trustees necessary for first time enrollment and attendance in a school in the district, the board shall consider nonschool records, the student's disciplinary records in any school in which the student was previously enrolled as these records relate to the adjudication of delinquency in any jurisdiction, within or without this State, of violations or activities which constitute violent crimes under Section 16-1-60, adjudications for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the unlawful use or possession of weapons, or the unlawful sale of drugs whether or not considered to be drug trafficking. Based on this consideration of the student's record, the board may bar his enrollment in the schools of the district.
(B) If the board bars a student from enrolling pursuant to this section, notice must be provided to the student's parent or legal guardian and the student is entitled to a hearing and all other procedural rights afforded under state law to a student subject to expulsion.
(C) The bar to enrollment allowed by this section applies for a maximum of one year. After the bar is lifted, a student may reapply for enrollment and the board shall order the student enrolled if he otherwise meets enrollment criteria.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 506, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 117, Section 2.
Editor's Note
2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:
"Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-220. Suspension of pupils by administrator.

Any district board may confer upon any administrator the authority to suspend a pupil from a teacher's class or from the school not in excess of ten days for any one offense and for not more than thirty days in any one school year but no such administrator may suspend a pupil from school during the last ten days of a year if the suspension will make the pupil ineligible to receive credit for the school year without the approval of the school board unless the presence of the pupil constitutes an actual threat to a class or a school or a hearing is granted within twenty-four hours of the suspension.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-772; 1973 (58) 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-230. Notices of suspensions; conferences with parents or guardian.

When a pupil is suspended from a class or a school, the administrator shall notify, in writing, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil, giving the reason for such suspension and setting a time and place when the administrator shall be available for a conference with the parents or guardian. The conference shall be set within three days of the date of the suspension. After the conference the parents or legal guardian may appeal the suspension to the board of trustees or to its authorized agent.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-773; 1973 (58) 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-235. Expulsion of student determined to have brought firearm to school.

The district board must expel for no less than one year a student who is determined to have brought a firearm to a school or any setting under the jurisdiction of a local board of trustees. The expulsion must follow the procedures established pursuant to Section 59-63-240. The one-year expulsion is subject to modification by the district superintendent of education on a case-by-case basis. Students expelled pursuant to this section are not precluded from receiving educational services in an alternative setting. Each local board of trustees is to establish a policy which requires the student to be referred to the local county office of the Department of Juvenile Justice or its representative.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 39, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-240. Expulsion for remainder of year; hearings.

The board may expel for the remainder of the school year a pupil for any of the reasons listed in Section 59-63-210. If procedures for expulsion are initiated, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil shall be notified in writing of the time and the place of a hearing either before the board or a person or committee designated by the board. At the hearing the parents or legal guardian shall have the right to legal counsel and to all other regular legal rights including the right to question all witnesses. If the hearing is held by any authority other than the board of trustees, the right to appeal the decision to the board is reserved to either party. The hearing shall take place within fifteen days of the written notification at a time and place designated by the board and a decision shall be rendered within ten days of the hearing. The pupil may be suspended from school and all school activities during the time of the expulsion procedures. The action of the board may be appealed to the proper court. The board may permanently expel any incorrigible pupil.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-774; 1973 (58) 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-250. Transfer of pupils.

The board or a designated administrator may transfer a pupil to another school in lieu of suspension or expulsion but only after a conference or hearing with the parents or legal guardian. The parents or legal guardian may appeal a transfer made by an administrator to the board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-775; 1973 (58) 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-275. Student hazing prohibited; definitions.

(A) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Student" means a person enrolled in a public education institution.
(2) "Superior student" means a student who has attended a state university, college, or other public education institution longer than another student or who has an official position giving authority over another student.
(3) "Subordinate student" means a person who attends a public education institution who is not defined as a "superior student" in item (2).
(4) "Hazing" means the wrongful striking, laying open hand upon, threatening with violence, or offering to do bodily harm by a superior student to a subordinate student with intent to punish or injure the subordinate student, or other unauthorized treatment by the superior student of a subordinate student of a tyrannical, abusive, shameful, insulting, or humiliating nature.
(B) Hazing at all public education institutions is prohibited. When an investigation has disclosed substantial evidence that a student has committed an act or acts of hazing, the student may be dismissed, expelled, suspended, or punished as the principal considers appropriate.
(C) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 3 of Title 16.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 310, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-280. "Paging device" defined; adoption of policies addressing student possession.

(A) For purposes of this section, "paging device" means a telecommunications, to include mobile telephones, device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor.
(B) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that addresses student possession of paging devices as defined in subsection (A). This policy must be included in the district's written student conduct standards. If the policy includes confiscation of a paging device, as defined in subsection (A), it should also provide for the return of the device to the owner.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 24, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 230, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-320. Reporting form.

By December 31, 1990, the State Department of Education, after consultation with the State Law Enforcement Division, shall develop a standard school crime reporting form which must be used by all school districts in the State. The form must define what constitutes criminal activity required to be reported and must include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) types and frequency of criminal incident;
(2) crimes against the person, including:
(a) description of crime;
(b) age and sex of offender and whether the offender is a student. If the offender is a student, whether he attended the school where the crime occurred or a different school, and whether he was under school suspension or expulsion at the time of the offense;
(c) age and sex of the victim and whether the victim is a student. If the victim is a student, whether he attended the school where the crime occurred or a different school. If the victim is not a student, whether he was employed at the school and, if so, in what capacity;
(d) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the incident occurred;
(e) the cost of the crime to the school and to the victim;
(f) what action was taken by the school administration;
(3) crimes against property, including:
(a) description of the crime;
(b) where, at what time, and under what circumstances the crime occurred;
(c) the cost of the crime to the school and to the victim;
(d) what action was taken by the school administration.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-330. Quarterly and annual reports.

On forms prepared and supplied by the State Department of Education, each school district in the State shall report school-related crime quarterly to the State Department of Education. The department shall compile the information received from the districts and annually, not later than January thirty-first of the year following the districts' final quarterly reports of the school year, make a report to the General Assembly on the findings. In addition, the State Department of Education shall, upon receipt, forward all information concerning school-related crime to the Attorney General's Office. This information shall be used by the Attorney General in the supervision of the prosecution of school crime.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 579, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-333. School crime requirements to conform to federal "No Child Left Behind Act".

The State Department of Education shall conform the requirements of Sections 59-63-310 through 59-63-340 on school crime so as to fulfill the provisions of the 'No Child Left Behind Act of 2001' (20 U.S.C. Section 7912) which includes reports on persistently dangerous schools and on the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of violence and drug-related offenses resulting in suspensions and expulsions in elementary and secondary schools. A summary of the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 63 of Title 59 required to be included in the school's student handbook each year must be revised to conform with the requirements of this section.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 89, Section 6, eff July 23, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-335. Failure of school administrator to report criminal conduct; liability.

Failure of a school administrator to report criminal conduct as set forth in Section 59-24-60 or failure to report information concerning school-related crime pursuant to Section 59-63-330 shall subject the administrator and the school district to liability for payment of a party's attorney's fees and the costs associated with an action to seek a writ of mandamus to compel the administrator and school district to comply with Section 59-24-60 or 59-63-330.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 435, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-350. Local law enforcement.

Local law enforcement officials are required to contact the Attorney General's "school safety phone line" when any felony, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, crime involving a weapon, or drug offense is committed on school property or at a school-sanctioned or school-sponsored activity or any crime reported pursuant to Section 59-24-60.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1.
Editor's Note
2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:
"Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-360. Attorney General; representation of school districts.

The Attorney General shall monitor all reported school crimes. The Attorney General or his designee may represent the local school district when a criminal case is appealed to an appellate court of competent jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 324, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 435, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-380. School official reporting school-related crimes; immunity.

A person affiliated with a school in an official capacity is granted immunity from criminal prosecution and civil liability when making a report of school-related crime in good faith, to the extent that the exposure to criminal prosecution or civil liability arises from the same report of school-related crime.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 80, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-390. Inclusion of school crime report act summary in student handbooks.

The senior administrator of each school is responsible for including an accurate summary of the provisions of this article and Section 16-3-612 in the school's student handbook each year.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 80, Section 7.
Code Commissioner's Note
Section 16-3-612, referenced in the text of this section was repealed by 2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-410. Enrollment of pupils.

The first two weeks of the opening of any public school in this State shall, for the purposes of this section, be known and designated as enrollment weeks. During these two weeks, all teachers in the free public schools of this State shall receive and enroll such pupils as they present themselves, if otherwise admissible under existing law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-841; 1952 Code Section 21-841; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-420. Effect of transfer on enrollment lists.

In the event that any enrolled pupil ceases to attend the school in which he has been enrolled and desires to attend another public school of this State, the teacher in the school wherein the pupil was last enrolled shall furnish the pupil, upon his application or upon the application of his parent or guardian, a certificate or card, showing the date of the enrollment of such pupil and all other information required by law to be obtained at the time of enrollment. When any pupil applies for admission in any of the public schools of this State subsequent to the two enrollment weeks of the school, he shall, if he has theretofore been enrolled during said year, present to the teacher or superintendent, such certificate or card, and before he shall be so enrolled, the school teacher shall ascertain whether or not he has theretofore been enrolled during that year, and, if it be found that he has, he shall not be included among the enrolled pupils of the school to which he has thus transferred for that year, but a separate list of such pupils shall be kept and maintained and reported on a separate sheet attached to the list of enrolled pupils.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-842; 1952 Code Section 21-842; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-425. Transfer upon violation of restraining order; interscholastic activity eligibility.

A high school student who is the victim of physical abuse, harassment, or stalking by a classmate during school hours or otherwise resulting in a restraining order being granted against the classmate by a court of competent jurisdiction may transfer with the consent of the student's school district to another high school within or out of the district within thirty school days of the restraining order being violated, without any loss of eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities at the school to which the student transfers.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-430. Board shall furnish copies of relevant statutes to teachers.

The State Board of Education shall have printed and furnish to the teachers in the free public schools of this State copies of Sections 59-63-410 and 59-63-420 and shall give such other publicity thereto as may be deemed expedient and advisable.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-843; 1952 Code Section 21-843; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-440. Violations of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430.

Any person wilfully violating the provisions of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars in the discretion of the court. The fines collected under this section shall be credited to the school fund of the county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-844; 1952 Code Section 21-844; 1942 Code Section 5347; 1932 Code Section 5373; 1929 (36) 69.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-450. No may shall be counted in enrollment more than once.

A child must not be counted more than once in the school enrollment of a school district in any one school year. A pupil who enrolls in more than one school in any school year must be counted only in the enrollment of the first school which the pupil legally attends for at least thirty-five days during the school year.
A school officer charged with the duty of enrollment who wilfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-845; 1952 Code Section 21-845; 1942 Code Section 5299; 1932 Code Section 5306; Civ. C. '22 Section 2564; Civ. C. '12 Section 1715; Civ. C. '02 Section 1185; 1896 (22) 150; 1950 (46) 2050; 1973 (58) 690; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 256.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-460. Annual reports.

The teacher or principal of every school shall keep and furnish annually to the trustees of the school district a list of all pupils that have attended the school during the preceding scholastic year, showing the names of the pupils, their respective places of residence and the number of days each pupil has attended. Such list shall be certified to the county board of education by the trustees on or before the first day of August in every year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-846; 1952 Code Section 21-846; 1942 Code Section 5299; 1932 Code Section 5306; Civ. C. '22 Section 2564; Civ. C. '12 Section 1715; Civ. C. '02 Section 1185; 1896 (22) 150.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-470. Transfer of pupils whose enrollment threatens to disturb peace.

Whenever the principal, superintendent, or any other responsible school official in charge of a school in this State has reason to believe that the enrollment of certain pupils in a certain school may threaten to result in riot, civil commotion, or may in any way disturb the peace of the citizens of the community in which the school is located, such school official shall notify the sheriff or other law enforcement officer in the county. On being so notified, the sheriff or other law enforcement officer in the county may remove such pupils from such school and may transfer them, at the direction of the superintendent, to another school in which there appears to be less likelihood of disturbing the peace. Any law enforcement officer is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-846.1; 1956 (49) 1715.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-480. Attendance at schools in adjacent county.

If school children in one county reside closer to schools in an adjacent county, they may attend such schools upon the school authorities of the county of their residence arranging with the school officials of the adjacent county for such admission and upon payment of appropriate charges as herein authorized. The board of trustees in the school district in which the pupils reside shall make written application through its county board of education to the board of trustees of the district in which the school is located for the admission of such children, giving full information as to ages, residence and school attainment, and the board of trustees in the school district, agreeing to accept such pupils, shall give a written statement of agreement. Upon receipt of such application the board of trustees of the school and its county board of education shall determine the monthly per pupil cost of all overhead expenses of the school, which will include all expenses of the school not paid by the State. Upon proper arrangement being made for the payment monthly of such overhead per pupil cost for each such child the same shall be admitted to the schools of the adjacent county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-847; 1952 Code Section 21-847; 1942 Code Section 5348; 1932 Code Section 5374; Civ. C. '22 Section 2620; 1921 (32) 128; 1939 (41) 310; 1953 (48) 348; 1955 (49) 86.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-490. Transfer to adjoining school district.

When it shall so happen that any person is so situated as to be better accommodated at the school of an adjoining school district, whether special or otherwise, the board of trustees of the school district in which such person resides may, with the consent of the board of trustees of the school district in which such school is located, transfer such person for education to the school district in which such school is located, and the trustees of the school district in which the school is located shall receive such person into the school as though he resided within the district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-849; 1952 Code Section 21-849; 1942 Code Section 5346; 1932 Code Section 5372; Civ. C. '22 Section 2619; Civ. C. '12 Section 1756; Civ. C. '02 Section 1214; 1896 (22) 165; 1912 (27) 619; 1919 (31) 63; 1921 (32) 128; 1928 (35) 1195; 1940 (41) 1734; 1941 (42) 206.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-500. Transfer without consent of school district of residence.

The trustees of any school district who knowingly permit the enrollment of pupils who have not been transferred with the consent of the trustees of the district wherein such pupils reside shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-850; 1952 Code Section 21-850; 1942 Code Section 5346; 1932 Code Section 5372; Civ. C. '22 Section 2619; Civ. C. '12 Section 1756; Civ. C. '02 Section 1214; 1896 (22) 165; 1912 (27) 619; 1919 (31) 63; 1921 (32) 128; 1928 (35) 1195; 1940 (41) 1734; 1941 (42) 206.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-510. County board of education authorized to order transfer.

When a transfer of pupils from one district to another is sought and the trustees of the latter district unreasonably or capriciously withhold their consent, the county board of education of the county in which the districts are located shall have the right, after hearing, to make the transfer, but only on condition that each pupil so transferred pay semiannually, in advance, if financially able to do so in the opinion of the board of trustees, as tuition, an amount not less than the per capita expenditure from the special tax for operating the school to which the pupil is to be transferred, together with all other charges paid by patrons of such district for any special course or courses.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-851; 1952 Code Section 21-851; 1942 Code Sections 5346, 5348; 1932 Code Sections 5372, 5374; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2619, 2620; Civ. C. '12 Section 1756; Civ. C. '02 Section 1214; 1896 (22) 165; 1912 (27) 619; 1919 (31) 63; 1921 (32) 128; 1928 (35) 1195; 1939 (41) 310; 1940 (41) 1734; 1941 (42) 206.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-520. Consent required for transfer.

No child shall be transferred to an adjacent district without the prior written consent of such child's parent or legal guardian, or, where such child has neither a parent nor legal guardian, the prior written consent of the State Board of Education. Provided, however, transfers of children to adjacent districts prior to June 22, 1973 shall be rescinded upon the written request as provided herein and any such child for whom a request for retransfer to his former district is made shall be returned to such former district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-852; 1973 (58) 651.