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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-360. County plans of necessary capital improvements or tax relief.

In order to guide the Board in passing upon requests for the use of grants, the county boards of education of the respective counties shall prepare a survey of necessary capital improvements or a plan for tax relief on school indebtedness within the operating unit. Such surveys shall show existing facilities, desirable consolidations, the new construction and new facilities necessary and desirable for the efficient operation of the public schools of the county and a plan of tax reduction in the school district or operating unit by use of such funds in retiring any outstanding indebtedness for school facilities. The Board may, in its discretion, deny all applications for the use of funds of the public school building fund from any county until such time as an acceptable and reasonably satisfactory plan, looking particularly to efficiency through consolidations of school districts, has been submitted by the county board of education and all applications from school districts or operating units shall conform to the plan of the county board of education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-278; 1952 Code Section 21-278; 1951 (47) 546.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-370. Applications for funds.

In order to avail itself of funds to its credit, a school district shall make application to the Board in such form as the Board may require, including therein a complete and full description of the purpose for which funds are to be applied, together with any information that may be required by the Board to evaluate the proposed use of funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-279; 1952 Code Section 21-279; 1951 (47) 546; 1953 (48) 181; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-380. Remittance and disbursement of funds.

When an application of a school district as provided in Section 59-21-370 has been approved by the Board, funds shall be remitted, as may be required from time to time, to the treasurer of the county of which the school district is a part. The county treasurer shall place the sum so received in a special fund to be known as "Public School Building Fund for School District No. - - " and shall pay out the money of such fund only on school warrants properly drawn by the authorities of the school district concerned and such money shall be expended in the same manner as provided by law for the expenditure of other school funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-285; 1952 Code Section 21-285; 1951 (47) 546; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-390. Employment of architects and other personnel.

The Board may employ architects, consultants and sufficient personnel to assist the county boards of education in the preparation of the county plans required under Section 59-21-360.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-286; 1952 Code Section 21-286; 1951 (47) 546; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-400. Rules and regulations.

The Board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations in order to ensure that funds derived from the State public school building fund will not be used improvidently or unwisely and that the efficiency of the public school system will be increased by the expenditure of the funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-287; 1952 Code Section 21-287; 1951 (47) 546; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-410. Letting of contracts.

Any construction to be financed from funds received from the State public school building fund, pursuant to the approval of the Board, shall be on public contract, such contract to be let by the trustees of the school district, and the awarding of the necessary contracts shall be in the sole province of the school district concerned. Contracts shall be let on public advertisement thereof, and on such conditions and within such limitations as the Board may approve.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-290; 1952 Code Section 21-290; 1951 (47) 564; 1967 (55) 719.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-430. Use of funds within specified time.

Any funds received pursuant to this section must be expended or contractually committed within forty-eight months of the appropriation provided for school buildings under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. No school district may use the funds allocated for school building purposes for operational, instructional, or any purposes other than those enumerated in Section 59-21-420. Any school district using these funds as herein prohibited is prohibited from receiving any other funds under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 until the school district has reimbursed the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund for the funds allocated for school building purposes it has received pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision G, SubPart 1, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-440. Monthly reporting on approved expenditures and compliance with tax reduction requirement.

The State Department of Education shall provide a monthly report to the State Board of Education, the Education Oversight Committee, The Committee on Financing Excellence, and the Education-Business Partnership on approved expenditures and compliance with the tax reduction requirement.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 9(F); 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-450. Allocation of unexpended funds or operating surplus in Education Improvement Act fund to school building aid program.

Any unexpended funds or operating surplus in the Education Improvement Act Fund in any fiscal year must be allocated to the school building aid program.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 6; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 15I.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-520. Supervision and expansion of special education program by State Department of Education.

The special education program shall be under the supervision of the State Department of Education. The State Superintendent of Education shall expand the services of the State Department of Education to include through the Division of Instruction a more extensive program of special education for physically and educable mentally handicapped children in the various school districts of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.1; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-530. State Superintendent authorized to employ additional personnel; salaries.

The State Superintendent of Education may employ on the staff of the State Department of Education additional personnel, if such be necessary, of suitable professional qualifications, whose duties shall be, under the direction of the State Superintendent of Education, to help develop and supervise the special education program authorized in this article. The State Superintendent of Education is authorized to pay the salary of such additional personnel from the appropriation to the State Department of Education for the hard of hearing and speech program.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.2; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-550. Qualifications of teachers.

No person shall be employed as a teacher in the special education program in the State unless such person holds a valid teacher's certificate issued by the State Department of Education and, in addition, possesses such special qualifications as the State Board of Education may require, or holds a comparable certificate in special education as may be developed by the State Board of Education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.4; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-560. Annual surveys and determination of eligibility for special education services by local school authorities.

(1) County superintendents of education, with the cooperation of school boards and other school officials in the various counties of the State and with the special assistance of the county attendance teachers, shall make an annual survey to determine the number of physically and mentally handicapped children in the respective counties and school districts and shall report results of such survey to the State Superintendent of Education in such manner as the State Superintendent of Education may require.
(2) It is the responsibility of the local school authorities, with the assistance of the State Department of Education, to determine by tests and special examination what pupils are eligible for special education services. No handicapped child shall be considered eligible for special education services except upon a certified diagnosis of a defect by competent and appropriate professional authorities acceptable to the State Department of Education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.5; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-570. Districts may operate programs singly or jointly; eligibility of district for State aid.

A school district may operate a special education program for children eligible for such services under the provisions of this article and rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, either as a district or jointly with other districts.
When proper facilities have been provided and when application has been made to and approved by the State Department of Education, the district will become eligible for State aid as provided in this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.6; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-580. Rules, regulations, and policies of State Board of Education.

The State Board of Education is directed to establish rules, regulations and policies:
(1) For screening, classifying and determining, by use of standardization tests and such psychological and medical services as may be necessary, by qualified personnel, the eligibility of pupils to receive the benefits under the provisions of this article;
(2) For determining certification requirements and special qualifications of teachers;
(3) For outlining the manner and procedure by which applications for aid and plans for operation may be made and approved; and
(4) For other matters not specified herein when necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.7; 1954 (48) 1479; 1958 (50) 1877.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-590. Confidentiality of data on handicapped children.

Names of handicapped children served under this article shall be submitted to the State Department of Education only according to the policies and procedures prescribed by the United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare established to protect the confidentiality of data on handicapped children receiving education or related services at public expense.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 692, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-600. Distribution of funds for educational services to mentally handicapped pupils.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-21-540, and in order to insure adequate educational services for trainable mentally handicapped pupils and profoundly mentally handicapped pupils in South Carolina school districts, the State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Education Oversight Committee, through the State Department of Education shall develop a Regulation for distribution of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 6, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-710. State aid authorized for employment of school psychologists.

The State Superintendent of Education is hereby authorized and directed to pay State aid to any county or school district in South Carolina employing a school psychologist under conditions as set forth in this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.21; 1962 (52) 1896.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-720. Psychologists shall have certificates.

All school psychologists employed by the counties or school districts shall have a valid certificate issued by the State Board of Education according to regulations established by the Board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.22; 1962 (52) 1896.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-730. Payment of State aid; amount.

State aid for school psychologists shall be paid from the appropriation for State aid for teachers salaries. The amount of State aid for each psychologist employed shall be determined by the application of the same laws, rules and regulations as pertain to the existing State scale for paying teachers' salaries.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.23; 1962 (52) 1896.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-740. Eligibility for State aid; amount of State aid for which school may otherwise qualify not affected.

Any county or school district shall be eligible for State aid for a school psychologist employed for each five thousand pupils enrolled; provided, that each county shall be eligible for State aid for at least one school psychologist. Provided, further, that any district or county may combine with any other school district or county in order to meet the minimum enrollment requirement and for the purpose of securing the services of a school psychologist. When school districts or counties are acting jointly in this respect, State aid shall be paid to the operating units in proportion to the enrollment in these units; provided, further, payments of State aid under the provisions of this article shall have no bearing on the amount of State aid for which a school may otherwise qualify regardless of the fact that pupils with whom the psychologist works may already have been counted for other purposes of State aid.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.24; 1962 (52) 1896.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-750. Psychologist employed by State Department of Education.

The State Superintendent of Education shall employ a school psychologist in the State Department of Education in order to properly supervise the work of school psychologists employed by the counties and school districts and also to be available to help counties and school districts unable to employ a school psychologist.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.25; 1962 (52) 1896.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-1010. Disposition and allocation of revenues; special vote required to amend or repeal this section.

(A) The revenue derived from Sections 12-36-2620(1) and 12-36-2630(1) must be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the state public school building fund for the purposes provided for in Article 3 of Chapter 21 of Title 59 and any sum above that amount must be placed to the credit of the general fund of the State and must be used for school purposes only.
(B) The revenue derived from Sections 12-36-2620(2), 12-36-2630(2), and 12-36-2640(2) must be deposited by the State Treasurer in the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund as a fund separate and distinct from the general fund of the State. All unappropriated money in this fund and earning on investments from this fund must remain part of the separate fund and must not be deposited in the general fund except as provided for in this section. Money from this fund may be spent only for elementary and secondary school purposes. Any change in the management or use of this fund for other than elementary and secondary education is permitted only by a two-thirds vote provided in this section.
(C)(1) Upon implementation of the provisions of this section by law, the law may not be amended or repealed except by special vote provided in this section.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, a special vote means an affirmative two-thirds vote of the total membership of the Senate and an affirmative two-thirds vote of the total membership of the House of Representatives.
All monies appropriated from the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund which are disbursed by the State Department of Education must be appropriated in one division of the section in the annual general appropriations act making appropriations for the State Department of Education.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 612, Section 74C.
Validity
For the validity of (B) and (C) of this section, see Pinckney v. Peeler, 862 S.E.2d 906 (S.C. 2021).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-1020. Department of Education to monitor and audit disbursements; reversion of unexpended appropriations.

The State Department of Education shall carefully monitor and audit the disbursement of monies from the South Carolina Education Improvement Act Fund. Any line item appropriation not fully expended for any program under the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 reverts to the fund.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 612, Section 74C.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-1030. Level of financial effort per pupil required of each school district; application for waiver.

Except as provided in this section, school district boards of trustees or any other appropriate governing body of a school district shall maintain at least the level of per pupil financial effort established as provided in fiscal year 1983-84. Beginning in 1985-86, local financial effort for noncapital programs must be adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
Thereafter, school district boards of trustees or other governing bodies of school districts shall maintain at least the level of financial effort per pupil for noncapital programs as in the prior year adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The county auditor shall establish a millage rate so that the level of financial effort per pupil for noncapital programs adjusted for an inflation factor estimated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office is maintained as a minimum effort. No school district which has not complied with this section may receive funds from the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund. School district boards of trustees may apply for a waiver to the State Board of Education from the requirements of this section if:
(1) the district has experienced a loss in revenue because of reduction in assessed valuation of property or has had a significant increase in one hundred thirty-five average daily membership;
(2) the district has experienced insignificant growth in revenue collections from the previous year;
(3) the district has demonstrated for one year that it has achieved operating efficiencies and all education requirements are being met;
(4) a midyear revenue shortfall results in a reduction of funds appropriated in accordance with Chapter 20 of Title 59 (The Education Finance Act). A decline in the measured academic achievement of the students must immediately cause the State Board of Education to void all waivers provided under this section and make the district ineligible to apply for any waivers under this section for two consecutive years. If the decline in student achievement occurs, the district shall revert to the minimum effort requirement, adjusted for the prior years inflation factor. Waiver (4) does not apply to funds needed to meet the Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers in South Carolina. A school district is eligible for an annual renewal of the waiver provided the district meets one of the above criteria and meets the minimum effort requirement of the previous year and at least the minimum required effort of the Education Finance Act.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 612, Section 74C.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-1040. Compensation and employer contributions; funding.

The compensation and employer contributions of any new personnel employed for the purpose of implementing specific provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly from funds derived from increased revenue provided for in the Education Improvement Act of 1984 Fund. This may not be construed to preclude any school district from providing additional compensation and employee contributions for the purpose of implementing specific provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. School district employees are not entitled to receive any across-the-board pay increases or employer contributions provided for other state employees in the annual general appropriation act unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly in that act.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 612, Section 74C.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 21 - State Aid For Schools › Section 59-21-1210. Campus incentive program established; funding.

The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall develop and implement a campus incentive program to reward faculty members who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Funds for the campus incentive program must be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 59A; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-210. Construction, improvement, and renovation of public schools; compliance with the South Carolina School Facilities Planning and Construction Guide; committee members; submission of plans.

(A) All construction, improvement, and renovation of public school buildings and property on or after the effective date of this section shall comply with the latest applicable standards and specifications set forth in the South Carolina School Facilities Planning and Construction Guide as published by the South Carolina Department of Education.
This guide must be reviewed and updated on an annual basis by a committee appointed by the South Carolina Department of Education. The committee shall consist of a minimum of two architects and one engineer who are all registered in South Carolina and experienced in K-12 design, one K-12 school administrator, one representative of the K-12 construction industry, the State Fire Marshal or his designee, a representative of the Traffic Engineering Division of the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and two representatives of the South Carolina Department of Education. In addition, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee or his designee and the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee or his designee shall also serve as members of the committee, ex officio.
(B) All construction, improvement, and renovation of public school buildings and property on or after the effective date of this section must have plans and specifications submitted to the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee. Approval of the plans and specifications by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee must be received before public bidding before the construction can begin. Plans and specifications must be coordinated with county officials such as traffic engineers and zoning administrators.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-220. Inspections; certificate of approval.

All construction, improvements, and renovation of public school buildings and property must be inspected by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee for compliance with the applicable codes and standards.
A certificate of approval must be obtained from the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee before a building may be occupied.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-230. Waiver from applicable school building regulations; property owner permitted to lease building to school board for use as public school.

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Superintendent of Education is authorized to grant a waiver from applicable school building regulations relating to building square foot requirements for construction of a new public school building or for the conversion of an existing commercial building into a public school facility. As part of the waiver request, districts must supply documentation of the suitability of the property and justification for the waiver request.
(B) The authority granted the State Superintendent of Education under this section is superior to and supersedes provisions of applicable state school building regulations and the authority of a local building official or entity to disapprove the variances granted by the waiver. A provision of fire and life safety standards or specifications must not be waived.
(C) The property owner of a building considered appropriate for conversion to a public school by the State Superintendent of Education may lease its building to a local school board of trustees to be used as a public school within the district.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-240. Inspection of public schools required after waiver of school building regulations granted.

All construction, improvements, and renovation of public school buildings and property for which waivers have been granted pursuant to Section 59-23-230 must be inspected by the State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee before occupancy for compliance with the applicable waivers and standards.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-245. Fixture ratios for middle school and high school stadiums.

(A) Notwithstanding applicable national, state, or local building codes, plumbing codes, school building regulations, or other provisions of law relating to the minimum numbers of required plumbing fixtures for stadiums in middle schools and high schools based on occupancy and use, the minimum number of:
(1) toilets for male restrooms required for a stadium are:
(a) one per two hundred for the first fifteen hundred occupancy;
(b) one per two hundred fifty for the next fifteen hundred occupancy; and
(c) one per five hundred for the remainder occupancy;
(2) toilets for female restrooms required for a stadium are:
(a) one per one hundred for the first one thousand five hundred twenty occupancy;
(b) one per one hundred fifty for the next one thousand five hundred twenty occupancy; and
(c) one per three hundred for the remainder occupancy;
(3) lavatories for male restrooms required for a stadium are one per three hundred; and
(4) lavatories for female restrooms required for a stadium are one per three hundred.
(B) The provisions of this section apply to all middle school stadiums and high school stadiums built or renovated after the effective date of this act and all middle school stadiums and high school stadiums in existence or in the process of being planned, constructed, or renovated on the effective date of this act. However, a stadium that is being renovated but is not replacing existing seating or adding new seating may not be required to add water closets or lavatories to conform to the provisions of this section or any other applicable building code, plumbing code, school building regulations, or another provision of law. For a stadium that is being renovated to replace existing or add new seating, the plumbing fixtures requirements apply only to the number of new seats being added or replaced.
(C) To determine the occupant load of each sex, the total occupant load must be divided in half. To determine the required number of fixtures, the fixture ratio or ratios for each fixture type must be applied to the occupant load of each sex in accordance with subsection (A). Fractional numbers resulting from applying the fixture ratios must be rounded up to the next whole number. For calculations involving multiple occupancies, such fractional numbers for each occupancy first must be summed and then rounded up to the next whole number. However, the total occupant load must not be required to be divided in half where approved statistical data indicates a distribution of the sexes of other than fifty percent of each sex.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 25 (H.3792), Section 1, eff May 9, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-250. Minimum lot requirements prohibited; acquisitions or additions on existing properties.

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a requirement that public schools be constructed on a lot or parcel of certain minimum size is prohibited.
(B) School districts must receive approval from the South Carolina Department of Education prior to property acquisition or additions on existing properties.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff July 16, 2003.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-310. Conveyance of title to school building not necessary for school purposes authorized.

The trustees of any school district may convey, in fee simple, title to any school building within the district which is no longer needed for school purposes upon compliance with the provisions of Section 59-19-250.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-331; 1954 (48) 1468; 1956 (49) 2091; 1965 (54) 678; 1967 (55) 213; 1971 (57) 28; 1972 (57) 2126.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 23 - School Buildings And Other School Property › Section 59-23-320. Certain conveyances or transfers prior to February 25, 1954 validated.

All conveyances or transfers made prior to February 25, 1954 to trustees even though not elected as formerly provided in this article are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed according to the terms and conditions of such deeds of conveyance.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-336; 1954 (48) 1468; 1972 (57) 2126.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-5. Importance of leadership of principal recognized.

The General Assembly finds that the leadership of the principal is key to the success of a school, and support for ongoing, integrated professional development is integral to better schools and to the improvement of the actual work of teachers and school staff.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-10. Assessment of leadership and management capabilities before appointment as principal.

Beginning with the school year 1999-2000, before permanent appointment as a principal for an elementary school, secondary school, or career and technology center, a person must be assessed for instructional leadership and management capabilities by the Leadership Academy of the South Carolina Department of Education. A district may appoint a person on an interim basis until the assessment is completed. A report of this assessment must be forwarded to the district superintendent and board of trustees. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person currently employed as principal on the effective date of this section or to a person hired as principal before the beginning of school year 1999-2000.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II Section 9(D); 1987 Act No. 85 Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70A; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 4; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 9, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" in the first sentence and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-15. Rights of certified education personnel employed as administrators.

Certified education personnel who are employed as administrators on an annual or multi-year contract will retain their rights as a teacher under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 19 and Article 5 of Chapter 25 of this title but no such rights are granted to the position or salary of administrator. Any such administrator who presently is under a contract granting such rights shall retain that status until the expiration of that contract.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 7.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-20. Requirements for admission to graduate programs in school administration.

Beginning with the school year 1986-87, the Commission on Higher Education, with the assistance of the State Board of Education, shall require all state-supported colleges and universities which offer graduate degrees in school administration to increase the entrance requirements for admission to these graduate programs and shall specifically enumerate what increases are necessary to each college and university offering these programs.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-30. Individual professional development plans.

All school administrators shall develop an on-going individual professional development plan with annual updates which is appropriate for their role or position. This plan shall support both their individual growth and organizational needs. Organizational needs must be defined by the districts' strategic plans or school renewal plans. Individuals completing the assessment for instructional leadership will develop their professional development plan on the basis of that assessment. The Department of Education shall assist school administrators in carrying out their professional development plans by reviewing the school and district plans and providing or brokering programs and services in the areas identified for professional development.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 9(K); 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70B; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-35. Expenditure of funds.

Funding authorized to be expended for assessments of prospective principals and for administrator leadership seminars must be expended for the new leadership assessment and for support of the school administrator professional development planning.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 70C.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-40. Development and adoption of statewide performance standards for principals; annual evaluation of principals; training program for principals receiving unsatisfactory rating.

For the purposes of assisting, developing, and evaluating principals, the State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall adopt criteria and statewide performance standards which shall serve as a foundation for all processes used for assisting, developing, and evaluating principals employed in the school districts of this State. The State Department of Education shall select or cause to be developed and the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the evaluation of the performance of all principals based on those criteria and standards. School districts shall use the standards and procedures adopted by the State Board of Education for the purpose of evaluating all principals at least once every three years. The State Department of Education shall ensure that the criteria and standards are valid and reliable and are appropriately administered. Evaluation results must be provided in writing and a professional development plan established based on the principal's strengths and weaknesses and taking into consideration the school's strategic plan for improvement for the purpose of improving the principal's performance. Any principal whose performance on an evaluation is rated unsatisfactory must be evaluated again within one year. Nothing in this section limits or prohibits school districts from setting additional and more stringent standards for the evaluation of principals. A satisfactory rating on the evaluation is one of several criteria for overall performance evaluation and is not sufficient for reemployment as a principal by a school district.
The State Department of Education shall review the implementation of the principal evaluation in the school districts for the purpose of providing technical assistance and ensuring the evaluations are appropriately administered.
The provisions of this section must be implemented according to the following schedule:
1997-98 school year: Identification of criteria and standards;
1998-99 school year: Development and testing of criteria, standards, and procedures in selected districts;
1999-2000 school year: Statewide implementation.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 523; 1997 Act No. 50, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-50. Continuous professional development programs.

By January 1, 1999, the South Carolina Department of Education's Leadership Academy shall develop, in cooperation with school districts, district consortia, and state-supported institutions of higher education, continuous professional development programs which meet national standards for professional development and focus on the improvement of teaching and learning. By July 1, 1999, programs funded with state funds must meet these standards and must provide training, modeling, and coaching on effective instructional leadership as it pertains to instructional leadership and school-based improvement, including instruction on the importance of school improvement councils and ways administrators may make school improvement councils an active force in school improvement. The training must be developed and conducted in collaboration with the School Council Assistance Project.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 194, Section 27; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-60. Requirement of school officials to contact law enforcement authorities when criminal conduct occurs.

In addition to other provisions required by law or by regulation of the State Board of Education, school administrators must contact law enforcement authorities immediately upon notice that a person is engaging or has engaged in activities on school property or at a school sanctioned or sponsored activity which may result or results in injury or serious threat of injury to the person or to another person or his property as defined in local board policy.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 299, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-65. Principals' Executive Institute (PEI); program design task force; purpose; governing regulations; focus.

The State Department of Education shall establish a Principals' Executive Institute (PEI) with the funds appropriated for that purpose.
(1) A task force appointed by the State Superintendent of Education shall begin on or before July 1, 1999, to design this program so that the first class of participants shall begin during school year 1999-2000. The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the State Department of Education, business leaders, university faculty, district superintendents, school principals, South Carolina Teachers of the Year, representatives from professional organizations, members of the Education Oversight Committee, and appropriate legislative staff.
(2) The purpose of the PEI is to provide professional development to South Carolinas principals in management and school leadership skills.
(3) By January 1, 2000, the State Board of Education shall establish regulations governing the operation of the PEI.
(4) The focus of the first year of the Principals' Executive Institute shall be to serve the twenty-seven principals from impaired schools and other experienced principals as identified by the South Carolina Leadership Academy of the Department of Education and as approved by the local public school districts which employ such principals.
(5) The creation of the Principals' Executive Institute shall not duplicate the State Department of Educations Leadership Academy programs but shall provide intensive, in-depth training in business principles and concepts as they relate to school management and the training and developmental programs for principals mandated under the 1998 Education Accountability Act.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-80. Formal induction program for first year principals.

Beginning with school year 1999-2000, each school district, or consortium of school districts, shall provide school principals serving for the first time as the head building administrators with a formalized induction program in cooperation with the State Department of Education. The State Board of Education must develop regulations for the program based on the criteria and statewide performance standards which are a part of the process for assisting, developing, and evaluating principals employed in the school districts. The program must include an emphasis on the elements of instructional leadership skills, implementation of effective schools research, and analysis of test scores for curricular improvement.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-100. Establishment and funding of school principal incentive program.

The State Board of Education acting with the assistance of the Education Oversight Committee shall cause to be developed and implemented a school principal incentive program to reward school principals who demonstrate superior performance and productivity. Funds for school principal incentive programs must be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriation act.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-110. Guidelines for development of program; promulgation of regulations; distribution of funds to school districts on per principal basis.

The school principal incentive program must be developed based on the following guidelines:
(1) The State Board of Education shall identify incentive criteria in school year 1984-85. The State Board shall cause no more than three programs to be developed or selected in nine school districts in school year 1985-86. Pilot testing of no more than these three programs must occur in nine school districts, designated by the State Board upon the recommendation of the Education Oversight Committee, in school year 1986-87 and by regulation implemented statewide beginning with school year 1987-88.
(2) No school principals shall receive funds under the incentive program unless the individual meets or exceeds all eligibility standards set out in the district's program.
(3) Prior to the 1987-88 school year, the State Board, with the assistance of an advisory committee it appoints, and acting through the State Department of Education, shall establish by regulation an incentive program for rewarding and retaining principals who demonstrate superior performance and productivity.
(4) The incentive program shall include: (a) evaluation for instructional leadership performance as it related to improved student learning and development; (b) evaluation by a team which includes school administrators, teachers, and peers; (c) evidence of self-improvement through advanced training; (d) meaningful participation of school principals in the development of the plan; and (e) working with student teachers whenever possible.
(5) Funds for the school principal incentive program must be distributed to the school districts of the State on a per principal basis. Principal incentive rewards may not exceed five thousand dollars a principal.
The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations that ensure that the districts of the state utilize the funds in an appropriate manner and establish a procedure for redistributing funds from districts that do not require all of their allocations.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 1, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, Section 5; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-120. Apprenticeship for principal.

The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines for selected school districts of this State to implement programs whereby persons who demonstrate outstanding potential as principals in the opinion of the district may be given the opportunity to serve an apprenticeship as a principal in the selected districts.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision D, SubPart 2, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 24 - School Administrators › Section 59-24-130. "Principal" defined.

For purposes of funds appropriated in the annual general appropriations act and program eligibility for the School Principal Incentive Program and the School Administrator Evaluation Program, the term "principal" also includes the administrative head of a career and technology center.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 32; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 10, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology" for "vocational".