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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-125. Funds to create, oversee, and administer program; suspension of accounts; unused funds; termination of scholarships.

(A) The department shall develop an online electronic system for payment for services authorized by participating parents pursuant to this chapter and the guidelines provided by the department. Parents may not be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.
(B) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds to the department for initial costs to create the program. Thereafter, the department shall deduct an amount from the ESTF to cover the costs of overseeing the accounts and administering the program up to a limit of two percent. Annually, on or before December thirty-first, the department shall notify the respective chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee regarding the amount deducted for administrative costs and an itemization of the costs incurred to administer the program for the previous school year.
(C) The department may contract with qualified vendors to manage accounts and shall establish reasonable fees for private financial management firms participating in the program based upon market rates.
(D) The department may contract with qualified organizations to administer the program or specific functions of the program.
(E) Payments made by the department must remain in force until a parent or scholarship student is proven to have participated in a prohibited activity specified in this chapter, a scholarship student returns to a public school in his resident public school district, or a scholarship student graduates from high school or attains twenty-two years of age, whichever occurs first. A scholarship student who enrolls in his resident public school district is considered to have returned to a public school for the purpose of determining the end of the term.
(F) The department may suspend or deactivate an account for substantial misuse or the scholarship student leaves the program for any reason, at which time any remaining funds must reverts to the ESTF.
(G) Unused funds must be rolled over to the following school year for a scholarship student who applies and continues to meet eligibility requirements to participate in the program.
(H) A scholarship terminates automatically if the student is no longer domiciled in this State, and any money remaining in the account reverts to the ESTF.
(I) Only one account may be established for a scholarship student.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-130. Termination of scholarship student's program; notification.

If a scholarship student's program of academic instruction is terminated for any reason before the end of the semester or school year and the student does not resume instruction within thirty days, then the parent shall notify the department and remaining funds in the account revert to the ESTF.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-135. Limitations on scholarships.

(A) Beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year, the annual number of ESTF students is limited by the following capacity:
(1) in School Year 2024-2025, the program is limited to five thousand scholarship students;
(2) in School Year 2025-2026, the program is limited to ten thousand scholarship students; and
(3) in School Year 2026-2027, and for all subsequent school years, the program is limited to fifteen thousand scholarship students.
(B) In 2027, and every five years thereafter, the department shall conduct an eligibility and use review of the program and shall make recommendations to the General Assembly to improve the program.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-145. Procedures to inform students and their parents of eligibility and approved education service providers; misuse of account funds; records; reporting.

(A) The department shall adopt procedures to inform students and their parents annually of their eligibility for the program.
(B) The department shall adopt procedures to annually inform scholarship students and their parents of the approved education service providers.
(C) The department shall provide to parents of a scholarship student written instructions for the allowable uses of an account and the responsibilities of parents and the duties of the department.
(D) The department may declare that a parent is ineligible for continuation in the program due to substantial misuse of their account funds.
(E) The department may conduct or contract for the auditing of accounts, and shall, at a minimum, conduct random audits of education service providers and scholarship accounts on an annual basis.
(F) The department may refer cases of substantial misuse of funds to law enforcement agencies for investigation.
(G) The department may contract with one or more qualified organizations to administer some or all portions of this program.
(H) The department shall maintain a record of the number of applications received annually for the program, the number of students accepted into the program each year, and the number of students not accepted into the program each year with a corresponding explanation as to why the student was not accepted into the program. The department shall compile this information and provide a report to the General Assembly by December thirty-first of each year.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-155. Copies of student's school records.

The scholarship student's resident school district shall provide a parent and the education service providers designated by the parent with a complete copy of the student's school records, while complying with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(g).
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-160. ESTF Review Panel.

(A) There is created the "ESTF Review Panel" that shall serve as an advisory panel to the department.
(B) The review panel shall consist of ten members, pursuant to the following:
(1) the Governor, or his designee, who shall serve as the chair of the panel;
(2) three members to be appointed by the Governor;
(3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) one member appointed by the President of the Senate;
(5) one member appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee;
(6) one member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee; and
(7) two parents of scholarship students to be appointed by the Governor.
(C) The review panel may advise the department on whether certain expenses meet the requirements to be considered a qualified expense under this chapter when requested by the department. The review panel periodically may make recommendations to the General Assembly about improving the program.
(D) Members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. In making appointments to the panel, the appointing authorities, as appropriate, shall consider legal, financial, accounting, and marketing experience and race, gender, and other demographic factors to ensure nondiscrimination, inclusion, and representation of all segments of the State to the greatest extent possible.
(E) Members may not receive mileage or per diem.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-165. Student transfer policy.

The provisions of the chapter do not restrict a school district's ability to enact or enforce a district's student transfer policy.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 8 - Education Scholarship Trust Fund › Section 59-8-170. Immediate participation in a sport by a transfer scholarship student.

A scholarship student transferring from one public school to another public school pursuant to this program is not subject to any prohibition by the South Carolina High School League on a transfer student from participating in a sport immediately upon transfer.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), Section 1, eff June 3, 2023.
Editor's Note
2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-10. Standards established; status reports to parents; decrease in student to physical education teacher ratio.

(A) The goal of this article is to provide every elementary student with the equivalent of thirty minutes of physical activity daily. Beginning in the 2006-07 school year, students in kindergarten through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of one hundred fifty minutes a week of physical education and physical activity. In 2006-07, a minimum of sixty minutes a week must be provided in physical education, and as Section 59-10-20 is phased in, the minimum time for physical education must be increased to ninety minutes a week. The certified physical education teacher to student ratio is designed to provide students in kindergarten through fifth grade with scheduled physical education either every day or on alternate days throughout the school year and must be based on the South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards. The student to teacher ratio in a physical education class may not exceed the average student to teacher ratio of 28 to 1. An individual student's fitness status must be reported to his parent or guardian during a student's fifth grade, eighth grade, and high school physical education courses. The physical activity must be planned and coordinated by the Physical Education Activity Director pursuant to Section 59-10-30.
(B) A student may be exempted from these physical education and activity requirements required by subsection (A) by seeking a waiver as outlined in Section 59-29-80(B).
(C) During each year of implementation of the reduced student to physical education teacher ratio, each district shall report to the State Department of Education by June fifteenth, the number of minutes of physical education instruction and the minutes of additional physical activity students receive daily with a total for the week. The report must be listed by elementary school and by individual class and grade level. The State Department of Education shall provide a summary of this information to the General Assembly by December first of each year of implementation.
(D) The implementation of decreased student to teacher ratio and increased instruction in physical education pursuant to Section 59-10-20 is not intended to replace or reduce time dedicated to instruction in the arts taught by certified arts specialists.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-20. Student to certified physical education teacher ratios.

(A) Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 700 to 1.
(B) Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 600 to 1.
(C) Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, the student to certified physical education teacher ratio in the elementary schools of the State must be 500 to 1.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-30. Physical Education Activity directors; dance instruction; volunteers.

(A) Each elementary school shall designate a physical education teacher to serve as its Physical Education Activity Director. The Physical Education Activity Director shall plan and coordinate opportunities for additional physical activity for students that exceed the designated weekly student physical education instruction times that may include, but not be limited to, before, during, and after school dance instruction, fitness trail programs, intramural programs, bicycling programs, walking programs, recess, and activities designed to promote physical activity opportunities in the classroom.
(B) In schools having dance education specialists, instruction based on the South Carolina Dance Curriculum Standards and the dance components of the South Carolina Physical Education Standards may be used to satisfy one-fourth of the required physical education minutes.
(C) Noncertified or adult volunteers may assist in implementing or supervising these structured physical activities if approved by the district superintendent. If volunteers are used, appropriate liability insurance must be provided. The director annually shall submit to the principal a report outlining the additional physical activities for students.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-40. Professional development.

Appropriate professional development must be provided to teachers and volunteers on the importance of physical activity for young children and the relationship of activity and good nutrition to academic performance and healthy lifestyles.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-50. Administration of South Carolina Physical Education Assessments; scoring effectiveness.

(A) Each public school in this State shall administer the South Carolina Physical Education Assessment. Assessment of students in second grade, fifth grade, eighth grade, and high school must be used to assess the effectiveness of the school's physical education program and its adherence to the South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards. The State Department of Education shall develop a procedure for calculating a district and school physical education program effectiveness score. The district and school physical education effectiveness score must be reported to the education community through the district and school report card.
(B) The physical education teachers in a school that receives an unsatisfactory program effectiveness score pursuant to subsection (A), will be provided professional development activities designed to assist the school in improving its programs' effectiveness.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-60. Age appropriate equipment.

Each district shall make every effort to ensure that the schools in its district have age appropriate equipment and facilities to implement the physical education curriculum standards.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-210. Funding for licensed nurses for elementary schools.

Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, the General Assembly, annually in the General Appropriations Act, shall appropriate funds to the Department of Education to provide licensed nurses for elementary public schools. The State Department of Education shall make these funds available through a grant program and shall distribute the funds to the local school districts on a per school basis.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-220. Adoption of universal precautions for bloodborne disease exposure; notice.

By January 1, 2012, each school district shall adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on universal precautions for bloodborne disease exposure and shall communicate written notice of these procedures to each school within the district. The notice must provide information regarding education and training in the areas of infection control, universal precautions, and disinfection and sterilization techniques.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 34, Section 2, eff June 7, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-310. Establishment of school food service meals and competitive foods; district policies; exemptions.

(A) In an effort to promote optimal healthy eating patterns and academic success, the State Board of Education by policy shall establish requirements for all school food service meals and competitive foods provided in kindergarten through twelfth grade during the academic school year, which must meet or may exceed, the nutritional requirements established by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The nutritional requirements must be continuously updated to reflect the current United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service standards. A school district board of trustees may adopt a more restrictive policy. This policy does not restrict the food that a parent or guardian may provide for student consumption at school.
(B) School fundraisers must be exempted from the requirements in this section; however, nothing in this section shall restrict or prohibit the department from establishing policy with regard to school fundraisers, as authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005; 2016 Act No. 258 (S.484), Section 1, eff June 5, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 258, Section 1, rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-320. Coordinated school health models; implementation; evaluation of effectiveness.

(A) The State Department of Education shall make available to each school district a coordinated school health model designed to address health issues of children. The program must provide for coordinating the following eight components: safe and healthy environment, physical education, health education, staff wellness, health services, guidance and health, nutrition services, and parent and community involvement. The Department of Education shall notify each school district of the availability of professional development opportunities and provide technical assistance for implementing the coordinated school health model.
(B) The Department of Education shall develop or adopt an assessment program to evaluate district and school health education programs. At a minimum, the assessment must be designed to determine program effectiveness and adherence to South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards. The State Department of Education shall begin piloting health education assessments in the 2006-07 school year with implementation in the 2008-09 school year.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-330. Coordinated School Health Advisory Council (CSHAC); development of health wellness plan; health and nutrition policies.

(A) Each school district shall establish and maintain a Coordinated School Health Advisory Council (CSHAC) to assess, plan, implement, and monitor district and school health policies and programs, including the development of a district wellness policy to begin implementation in the 2006-07 school year. The council must be composed of members of the community, school representatives, students, parents, district food service employees, and school board members.
(B) Each district, in collaboration with the CSHAC, shall develop a school health improvement plan that addresses strategies for improving student nutrition, health, and physical activity and includes the district's wellness policy. The school health improvement plan must report compliance with the requirements contained in Section 59-10-310. The district health improvement plan goals and progress toward those goals must be included in the district's strategic plan required pursuant to Section 59-20-60.
(C) Each school board of trustees shall establish health and nutrition policies for its elementary schools designed to limit vending sales and sales of foods and beverages of minimal nutritional value at any time during the school day except in the case of medical emergency and special occasions celebrated during school hours. However, this policy does not restrict the food that a parent or guardian may provide for his child's consumption at school. A school district board of trustees may adopt a more restrictive policy.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005; 2016 Act No. 258 (S.484), Section 2, eff June 5, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 258, Section 2, in (B), added the second sentence, relating to compliance reporting.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-340. Snacks in vending machines.

Each district's Coordinated School Health Advisory Council established pursuant to Section 59-10-330 shall determine which snacks may be sold in vending machines in elementary schools.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-350. Length of lunch period; factors.

Each elementary school shall provide students a minimum of twenty minutes to eat lunch once they have received their food. In determining the total length of the lunch period, time to and from the cafeteria, time to go through the line, and time to bus trays at the end of lunch must be considered.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-370. Funding for implementation of chapter.

Each phase of implementation of this chapter is contingent upon the appropriation of adequate funding as documented by the fiscal impact statement provided by the Office of State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. There is no mandatory financial obligation to school districts if state funding is not appropriated for each phase of implementation as provided for in the fiscal impact statement of the Office of the State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 10 - Physical Education, School Health Services, And Nutritional Standards › Section 59-10-380. Food or beverage items sold as fundraiser.

Nothing in this article may be construed to prohibit or limit the sale or distribution of any food or beverage item through fundraisers by students, teachers, or groups when the items are intended for sale off the school campus.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 102, Section 3, eff June 1, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 11 - Compact For Education › Section 59-11-20. South Carolina Education Council established; members of Educational Commission representing this State.

There is hereby established the South Carolina Education Council composed of the members of the Educational Commission of the states representing this State. The Educational Commission representing South Carolina shall be composed of the following: The Governor and four other members who shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years. The Governor shall be chairman unless he shall designate another member to act in his stead. The Council shall meet on the call of the chairman or at the request of a majority of the members, but in any event the Council shall meet not less than three times in each year. The Council may consider any and all matters relating to public educational policy and any matters relating to recommendations of the Educational Commission of the states and the activities of the members in representing this State thereon.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-60.22; 1966 (54) 2676; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 11 - Compact For Education › Section 59-11-30. Bylaws must be filed with Secretary of State.

Pursuant to Article III (I) of the compact, the Commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendment thereto with the Secretary of State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-60.23; 1966 (54) 2676.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-10. Election, term, oath, and bond of county superintendent of education.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county a county superintendent of education for each county, who shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, hold his office for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall, before being commissioned and entering upon the duties of his office, give bond to the State for the use of the county in which he is elected, for educational purposes, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, except as otherwise provided, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governing body of the county, conditioned for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of his office, and he shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in Section 26, article III of the Constitution of this State, which he shall file in the office of the Secretary of State. When commissioned he shall immediately enter upon the discharge of his duties. His failure to qualify within thirty days after notice of his election shall create a vacancy.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-61; 1952 Code Section 21-61; 1942 Code Section 5301; 1932 Code Sections 4398, 5308; Civ. C. '22 Section 2566; Civ. C. '12 Section 1717; Civ. C. '02 Section 1186; 1896 (22) 150; 1903 (23) 58; 1907 (25) 652; 1908 (25) 1350; 1909 (26) 124, 180; 1910 (26) 698, 699, 700; 1911 (27) 62; 1912 (27) 683, 684; 1914 (28) 494, 497, 647; 1915 (29) 185, 515; 1919 (31) 75; 1920 (31) 1068; 1921 (32) 104, 130; 1923 (33) 41; 1924 (33) 1157; 1925 (34) 121, 144; 1927 (35) 254; 1928 (35) 1291; 1929 (36) 1, 7, 33, 227, 267; 1931 (37) 40, 77, 389.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-20. Qualifications of superintendents and administrative officers of county boards of education.

The person appointed as administrative officer to the board of education and the person appointed superintendent of any school district shall meet the qualifications required and possess the superintendent certificate issued by the State Board of Education.
The board of education of any county and the board of trustees of any school district, however, may impose any additional qualifications which it may deem proper. This section shall not affect any person presently serving as county or district superintendent of education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-61.5; 1973 (58) 416.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-30. Commencement of term of office.

The term of office of the county superintendent of education shall run from July first throughout four consecutive scholastic years in each county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-66; 1952 Code Section 21-66; 1942 Code Section 5301; 1932 Code Sections 4398, 5308; Civ. C. '22 Section 2566; Civ. C. '12 Section 1717; Civ. C. '02 Section 1186; 1896 (22) 150; 1903 (23) 58; 1907 (25) 652; 1908 (25) 1350; 1909 (26) 124, 180; 1910 (26) 698, 699, 700; 1911 (27) 62; 1912 (27) 683, 684; 1914 (28) 494, 497, 647; 1915 (29) 185, 515; 1919 (31) 75; 1920 (31) 1068; 1921 (32) 104, 130; 1923 (33) 41; 1924 (33) 1157; 1925 (34) 121, 144; 1927 (35) 254; 1928 (35) 1291; 1929 (36) 1, 7, 33, 227, 267; 1931 (37) 40, 77, 389.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-40. Vacancies in office.

The State Board of Education shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, fill all vacancies in the office of county superintendent of education for the unexpired term.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-67; 1952 Code Section 21-67; 1942 Code Section 5302; 1932 Code Section 5309; Civ. C. '22 Section 2567; Civ. C. '12 Section 1718; Civ. C. '02 Section 1187; 1896 (22) 150; 1932 (37) 1364; 1935 (39) 439, 456.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-50. Office; supplies and equipment.

The governing body of each county shall furnish to the county board of education for the use of the county superintendent of education a comfortable and convenient office and suitable office furniture and shall supply such office with fuel, lights, stationery, postage and such other incidentals as are necessary to the proper transaction of the legitimate business of such office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-69; 1952 Code Section 21-69; 1942 Code Section 5308; 1932 Code Section 5322; Civ. C. '22 Section 2572; Civ. C. '12 Section 1723; Civ. C. '02 Section 1192; 1896 (22) 158.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-60. General duties of county and district superintendents.

Each county and district superintendent of education shall assume such responsibilities and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law or by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education or as may be assigned or prescribed by the county board of education or the district board of trustees.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-70; 1952 Code Section 21-70; 1942 Code Section 5303; 1932 Code Section 5310; Civ. C. '22 Section 2568; Civ. C. '12 Section 1719; Civ. C. '02 Section 1188; 1896 (22) 150; 1974 (58) 1927.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-70. Superintendent shall keep record of school district bonds.

All county superintendents of education shall keep a complete and full record in a suitable book of all bonds issued by the respective school districts in the respective counties of this State. The book shall contain the following data: Date of issue of bonds; amount of bonds; maturity of bonds; date of interest of bonds; interest due periods of bonds; and sale price of bonds. The book required to be kept by the county superintendents of education in this State shall be paid for by the respective counties of this State upon order of the county superintendent of education. The county superintendent of education shall keep the book herein required of him on file in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds. Whenever the bonds have been paid, the superintendent of education shall enter in the book herein provided to be kept by him the date of payment. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail or upon the public works of the county for a period of not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-76; 1952 Code Section 21-76; 1942 Code Section 5304; 1932 Code Section 5311; 1924 (33) 998; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-80. Superintendent shall keep register of claims and other matters.

The county superintendent of education shall keep a register of all claims approved by him and of such other matters as the State Superintendent of Education shall require of him, in the form prescribed by the State Superintendent.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-77; 1952 Code Section 21-77; 1942 Code Section 5310; 1932 Code Section 5324; Civ. C. '22 Section 2574; Civ. C. '12 Section 1725; Civ. C. '02 Section 1194; 1896 (22) 158.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-90. Annual report to county treasurer of claims approved.

The county superintendent of education shall, on or before the fifteenth day of July in each year, report to the county treasurer, by school districts, all school claims approved by him for the school year last preceding, and the county treasurer shall thereupon close the school accounts for that year, carrying over any balance to the credit of each school district to the then current fiscal year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-78; 1952 Code Section 21-78; 1942 Code Section 5309; 1932 Code Section 5323; Civ. C. '22 Section 2573; Civ. C. '12 Section 1724; Civ. C. '02 Section 1193; 1896 (22) 158.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-100. Expenses of superintendents.

Unless otherwise provided by law, each county superintendent of education shall receive annually, in addition to his salary, such sums as may be necessary to pay the actual expenses incurred by him in attending meetings called for the purpose of advancing educational interests and in visiting schools in other counties in order to become familiar with their management and mode of teaching.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-81; 1952 Code Section 21-81; 1942 Code Section 5313; 1932 Code Section 5328; Civ. C. '22 Section 2578; Civ. C. '12 Section 1728; Civ. C. '02 Section 1198; 1883 (18) 535; 1891 (20) 1114, 1268, 1391; 1893 (21) 492; 1899 (21) 1057; 1905 (24) 836; 1917 (30) 125; 1927 (35) 32; 1929 (36) 8, 63; 1932 (37) 1307; 1940 (41) 1664.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-110. Procedure for payment of expenses.

Such expenses shall be paid on the warrant of the county board of education. The superintendent's claim for services and expenses shall be presented in the form of an itemized account against the county board of education, verified by affidavit to the effect that said account is just and true, that the service therein named was honestly and faithfully rendered and that the sum therein claimed is rightfully due and remains unpaid. When such account shall have been duly audited and approved by the county board of education, it shall be filed with the county treasurer, who shall pay the same ratably out of the funds apportioned to the several school districts in proportion to the average number of children attending the free public schools in each school district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-82; 1952 Code Section 21-82; 1942 Code Section 5313; 1932 Code Section 5328; Civ. C. '22 Section 2578; Civ. C. '12 Section 1728; Civ. C. '02 Section 1198; 1883 (18) 535; 1891 (20) 1114, 1268, 1391; 1893 (21) 492; 1899 (21) 1057; 1905 (24) 836; 1917 (30) 125; 1927 (35) 32; 1929 (36) 8, 63; 1932 (37) 1307; 1940 (41) 1664.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-120. Annual reports to superintendent.

Any teacher, principal or superintendent employed in the schools of this State, supported in whole or in part at public expense, shall file within two weeks after the close of the session of such school a full and accurate report as required by law. Any person neglecting, refusing or omitting to file such report when requested by the county superintendent of education shall be liable to the cancellation of his certificate to teach by the State Board of Education and to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars to be imposed at the discretion of the county board of education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-87; 1952 Code Section 21-87; 1942 Code Section 350; 1932 Code Sections 159, 5376; Civ. C. '22 Section 2622; Cr. C. '22 Section 507; 1913 (28) 191.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-130. Private schools required to report to superintendents.

All private schools shall report to the county superintendent of education, upon request therefor of the county wherein such school is located, the number of pupils receiving instruction, the number in regular attendance, the number of teachers employed and such other facts as will show the grade and amount of educational work actually done in such private school. The management of any private school neglecting, refusing or omitting to file such report within two weeks after the close of the regular session shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-89; 1952 Code Section 21-89; 1942 Code Section 5351; 1932 Code Sections 1560, 5377; Civ. C. '22 Section 2623; Cr. C. '22 Section 508; 1913 (28) 191.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-140. Annual reports to State Board of Education.

Each county superintendent of education shall file with the State Board of Education within two months after the close of the scholastic year a full and accurate report of all schools under his supervision, which report shall contain such statistics and such other information as the law and the State Board may require. In any county which does not have a county superintendent of education, the report shall be made by the district superintendent.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-90; 1952 Code Section 21-90; 1942 Code Sections 5352, 5354; 1932 Code Sections 1558, 5378, 5380; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2624, 2626; Cr. C. '22 Section 506; 1913 (28) 191; 1925 (34) 181; 1974 (58) 1927.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 13 - County Superintendents Of Education › Section 59-13-150. Contents of annual reports.

The annual report of the county superintendent of education shall contain the complete statistics of all schools within his county supported in whole or in part from the public funds, as may be required of him by the State Superintendent of Education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-91; 1952 Code Section 21-91; 1942 Code Section 5306; 1932 Code Section 5313; Civ. C. '22 Section 2570; Civ. C. '12 Section 1721; Civ. C. '02 Section 1190; 1896 (22) 150.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 15 - County Boards Of Education › Section 59-15-10. Appointment; qualifications; terms.

There shall be a county board of education in each county which, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be composed of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Senator and at least one half of the members of the House of Representatives from the county, who shall serve terms of four years each commencing on May first in each year preceding the year of a presidential election. Any vacancies on the county boards of education shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired terms. The county superintendents of education shall be ex officio members of the county boards of education in those counties in which the county superintendent of education is elected by the people and in counties in which the county superintendent of education is not elected by the people the seventh member shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as the other six members. No employee of a public school system other than the county superintendent of education shall be eligible to serve as a member of a county board of education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-101; 1952 Code Section 21-101; 1951 (47) 546; 1953 (48) 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 15 - County Boards Of Education › Section 59-15-20. Board constitutes advisory body to county superintendent.

The county board of education shall constitute an advisory body with whom the county superintendent of education shall have the right to consult when he is in doubt as to his official duty.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-102; 1952 Code Section 21-102; 1942 Code Section 5317; 1932 Code Section 5348; Civ. C. '22 Section 2597; Civ. C. '12 Section 1736; Civ. C. '02 Section 1203; 1896 (22) 161.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 15 - County Boards Of Education › Section 59-15-30. Quorum of board.

A majority of the members of the county board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-103; 1952 Code Section 21-101.1; 1951 (47) 546.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 15 - County Boards Of Education › Section 59-15-40. Rule-making power of board.

County boards of education may prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statute law of this State as they may deem necessary or advisable to the proper disposition of matters brought before them. This rule-making power shall specifically include the right, at the discretion of the board, to designate one or more of its members to conduct any hearing in connection with any responsibility of the board and to make a report on this hearing to the board for its determination.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-105; 1956 (49) 1670.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 16 - South Carolina Virtual School Program › Section 59-16-10. Legislative findings.

(A) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) through the use of technology, South Carolina can create educational opportunities for the students of this State that may not exist without such technology; and
(2) using technology to deliver instruction can provide effective alternatives for credit recovery, meeting graduation requirements, resolving scheduling conflicts, delivering curriculum content when there is a shortage of certified personnel, providing a more flexible and individualized instructional pace, and offering low-incidence courses.
(B) It is the purpose of the General Assembly, in this chapter to establish the South Carolina Virtual School Program to ensure consistent high quality education for the students of South Carolina utilizing technology-delivered courses.
HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 26, Section 1, eff May 15, 2007.