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South Carolina Statutes, Title 59

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Title 59, Education

106 chapters · 2,049 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 592,049 Ch 53, Title 59, Chapter 53153 Ch 63, Title 59, Chapter 6396 Ch 25, Title 59, Chapter 2565 Ch 67, Title 59, Chapter 6764 Ch 119, Title 59, Chapter 11959 Ch 1, Title 59, Chapter 158 Ch 21, Title 59, Chapter 2152 Ch 19, Title 59, Chapter 1949 Ch 29, Title 59, Chapter 2949 Ch 150, Title 59, Chapter 15049 Ch 101, Title 59, Chapter 10144 Ch 125, Title 59, Chapter 12543 Ch 31, Title 59, Chapter 3142 Ch 71, Title 59, Chapter 7141

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-65-90 Rules and regulations
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The State Board of Education shall establish regulations defining lawful and unlawful absences beyond those specifically named in this article and additional regulations as are necessary for the orderly enrollment of pupils so as to provide for uniform dates of entrance. These re…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-66-20 School safety coordinator grant program; funding; requirements
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(A) The General Assembly annually shall provide funds in the general appropriations act to be awarded to school districts which choose to employ safety coordinators in accordance with this section. State funds may be awarded for not more than one safety coordinator for each count…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-66-30 Public middle schools and high schools to be equipped with metal detector; training; regulations
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(A) Using funds appropriated by the General Assembly, each public middle, junior high, and high school in the State must be equipped with one hand-held metal detector. (B) In consultation and cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General and the State Law Enforcement Divisi…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-66-40 School safety task force; reporting requirement; termination
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(A)(1) There is created a school safety task force to: (a) examine the various funding streams for school-based mental health services and determine how these streams may best be utilized in order to provide more accessible and efficient delivery of mental health programs; (b) ex…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-10 "School bus" defined

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When used in this article, "school bus" shall be construed to mean every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-100 Seating space; aisle; seats; number and location of pupils

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Sufficient seating space must be provided so far as practicable for each passenger transported inside each school bus, an aisle in the school bus must not be less than twelve inches in width and all seats must be securely fastened to the floor or body of the vehicle. All students…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-105 Maximum ride time; routing

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(A) A student may not ride continuously on a state-owned school bus for more than ninety minutes. With the approval of the Department of Education, the ninety-minute maximum ride time may be exceeded when the area's geography requires longer than average highway travel because of…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-108 Training and certification of drivers

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(A)(1) Only a person who has been certified by the State Board of Education may drive a school bus, as defined in Section 59-67-10, when transporting preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school. (2) When transporting public school students, a driver operating a b…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-110 Front entrance-exit; emergency exit

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Every school bus shall be provided with a front entrance-exit on the right side of the vehicle and a rear emergency exit or door, conspicuously marked on the inside "emergency door" and equipped with a fastening device capable of being quickly released in emergency but entirely s…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-120 Tampering with governors prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any person, other than authorized mechanics, to tamper with governors on school buses operated in this State. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined the sum of one hundred …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-130 Inspection of road conditions on bus routes; reporting hazards

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Prior to the opening of school each year, each school superintendent shall be responsible for inspecting the road conditions of all designated bus routes including school property and all conditions deemed to be hazardous shall be reported, in writing, to the State-employed count…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-140 Inspection of road conditions on bus routes; duties of drivers

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During the school year, each school bus driver shall report, in writing, to the proper school official any hazardous road conditions on his routes. The school official shall forward such reports to the county transportation supervisor who shall follow the procedure required of hi…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-150 Qualifications of bus driver; drinking or smoking on bus

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The driver of each school bus must be an experienced driver of good moral habits, and neither he nor any pupil nor any other person shall use alcoholic liquors or smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco or other substance in such vehicle during the time he is operating the same…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-160 Physical examination of school bus driver

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A school bus driver shall have a physical examination that meets the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), 49 C.F.R. 391.41, and meets the certification requirements of this section, certified by a medical examiner as defined in 49 C.F.R. 390.5, be…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-180 General supervision of bus by driver

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The driver of every school bus while the bus is being operated as such shall have general supervision of it and shall not permit or allow any person in the bus to occupy such a position as will interfere with the vision of the driver either to the front, either side or rear of th…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-190 Driver prohibited from leaving bus while engine is running

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No driver or operator of a school bus shall leave the bus while the engine is running.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-20 Regulations of State Board of Education governing design and operation of school buses

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The State Board of Education, by and with the advice of the Department of Public Safety, shall adopt and enforce regulations not inconsistent with Chapter 5 of Title 56 to govern the design and operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owne…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-200 Complete stop to receive or discharge passenger required

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Each school bus must come to a complete stop with clutch disengaged before any passenger is permitted to alight or enter.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-210 School bus passing another school bus unlawful

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It shall be unlawful for any person operating a school bus to pass another school bus unless the lead bus is in a stopped position and the driver of the lead bus has signalled to the operator of the bus in the rear that it is safe to pass. Any person violating the provisions of t…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-220 Filling gasoline tank while engine is running or pupils are on bus prohibited

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No gasoline tank on or in any vehicle used as a school bus shall be filled while the engine is running or, except in an emergency, when there are pupils in the bus.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-230 Driver required to stop before crossing railroad track

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The operator of any school bus shall, before crossing at grade any tracks of any railroad, bring his vehicle to a full and complete stop within not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the rail of the track nearest to the front of such vehicle and shall, after suc…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-240 Other duties of driver; discipline of pupils for misconduct

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The driver of each school bus shall cooperate with the teachers in their work in the school to which he is transporting pupils by being on time in the mornings and waiting in the afternoons until all his pupils are dismissed by the school faculty and safely aboard his bus. He als…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-245 Interference with operation of school bus; penalties

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No person shall wilfully and wrongfully interfere with the operation of a school bus, either public or private, by boarding, restricting movement or using threats, either physical or verbal, to the driver or any passenger while the bus is engaged in the transportation of pupils t…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-250 Posting of copies of relevant statutes

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The trustees of the various school districts shall cause to be posted in each school bus operating within their district at least two copies of Section 59-67-240, and the Superintendent of Education of this State shall furnish a sufficient number of copies of said section to the …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-260 Check of school bus operation by Department of Public Safety

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The Department of Public Safety shall have the operation of school buses spot checked periodically and report all infractions of the laws or misconduct of any kind on the part of the drivers to the chairman of the board of trustees of the school that may be affected thereby.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-270 Inspection of buses

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(A)(1) All publicly owned or leased school buses, including buses owned or leased by a public school district, must be inspected annually in compliance with either the State Department of Education's annual school bus inspection program or the federal Department of Transportation…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-280 Penalties

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The doing of anything prohibited by this article or failing to do anything required by this article shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five nor more than…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-290 Negligence or carelessness of driver not imputable to passengers

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The negligence or carelessness of the driver of any motor-driven vehicle used for the transportation of children to and from school shall not be imputed to the passengers on such vehicle.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-30 Painting and markings of school buses

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Every State-owned school bus while being used in the transportation of school pupils shall be substantially painted with high visibility yellow paint, conforming and similar to National School Bus chrome yellow, and shall display the following markings: (1) Sides - The words "SOU…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-300 Overnight parking; waivers

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State-owned school buses must be parked overnight and during the school day in a location that is central to the area in which the school buses are operated. The Department of Education shall grant a waiver to the requirements of this section if a waiver is requested by the distr…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-40 Applicability of laws and regulations to private school buses

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All school buses owned and operated by a private school or operated under contract for a private school must conform to State laws and regulations of the State Board of Education with respect to painting, lettering on the front and rear of the bus, use of stop arm and warning lig…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-410 Control by State Board of Education of school bus transportation

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The control and management of all school bus transportation in the State shall be vested in the State Board of Education.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-415 Parental responsibility for safe and timely arrival of children to and from bus stop

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Parents or guardians are responsible for the safety, conduct, and the timely arrival of their children to, from, and at the designated school bus stop before the arrival of the school bus for pick up and transport to school and the timely departure of the children after the schoo…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-420 Extent of transportation to be provided

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(A) The State, acting through the State Board of Education, assumes no obligation to transport any student to or from school who lives within one and one-half miles of the school he attends, nor to provide transportation services extending within three-tenths of a mile walking di…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-421 Liability in regard to school transportation within hazardous areas

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In relation to expenditures for transportation within hazardous areas as authorized by Section 59-67-420, no school district shall suffer liability for designation of such area as within the authority of Section 59-67-420 or for failure to designate any area as hazardous.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-425 Transportation of children attending kindergarten or child development programs

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Three, four, or five-year old children attending public school-sponsored kindergarten or child development programs must be permitted to ride state-owned buses to the extent funds are made available by the General Assembly or as long as transportation services may be provided at …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-440 Board may borrow from Division of Sinking Funds and Property to effect purchases of school bus equipment

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The State Board of Education is empowered to borrow, and the Division of Sinking Funds and Property is empowered and directed to lend to the State Board of Education, such sums of money as the State Board of Education shall require to enable it to effect purchases of school bus e…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-450 Form of indebtedness; interest; payment

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The indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 59-67-440 shall be in such form and shall bear such rate of interest as may be agreed upon between the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the State Board of Education. For the payment of the indebtedness and the interest to acc…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-460 Contracts for transportation services with private individuals or contractors; State aid

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Any county board of education may at any time contract for any part or all of its transportation services with private individuals or contractors for the furnishing of such services. In any such instance the county board of education shall execute the contracts. The county board …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-470 Bus drivers; selection; eligibility, training and certificates

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The school bus drivers, whether students or adults, shall be selected and employed by the respective boards of trustees of the school districts, subject to the approval of the respective county boards of education. No person under sixteen years of age shall be eligible for consid…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-480 Salaries of drivers of State-owned buses

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Salaries of school bus drivers of State-owned buses shall be fixed annually by the General Assembly.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-490 Proposed routes shall be submitted to Board of Education annually; approval

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The boards of trustees of each district shall make a thorough study of transportation needs each year, and shall submit proposed route descriptions in accordance with the limitations of Section 59-67-420 and approved by county school authorities to the State Board of Education an…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-50 Removal of identification marks from former school buses

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All school buses in this State, when no longer used for school purposes and sold to any person for private or public use, must have all marks of identification showing that these buses were used by schools and school districts removed before private or public use may be made of t…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-500 Routes of buses owned and operated by local school agencies

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The Board shall have no jurisdiction over the routing of buses owned and operated by local school agencies either directly or by contract.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-510 Use of transportation equipment for special events, office of Adjutant General and armed services reserve component functions, and other educational purposes

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County boards of education may permit the use of school bus equipment for transportation in connection with athletic events, boy's and girl's clubs, special events in connection with the schools, official functions by the office of the Adjutant General of South Carolina, and the …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-515 Speed limit for public school buses; exceptions

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No public school bus may be operated in this State in excess of forty-five miles an hour, except when traveling on a highway with a posted maximum speed limit above fifty-five miles an hour, or when traveling to and from special events which necessitate travel on interstate or st…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-520 Transportation of handicapped persons

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 59-33-50, 59-67-420 and 59-67-510, the State Department of Education shall have the responsibility for transporting handicapped persons of lawful school age to and from the nearest school in which a handicapped pupil has been duly assign…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-530 Expenses of operation of State and locally owned buses

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The Board shall be responsible for all expenses of operation of State-owned buses and for the replacement of obsolete equipment. The State shall assume no obligation whatever for the expenses of operating buses owned by local or county school agencies, except as provided in Secti…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-535 Use of boats for transportation of school children from Sandy Island to transport residents

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Boats operated by the State Department of Education for transportation of school children from Sandy Island to mainland schools also may be used to transport, on a space available basis only, any Sandy Island resident. A person requesting boat transportation shall present his res…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-540 Supplies and maintenance of state-owned buses; maintenance and supply stations

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The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for providing all supplies required for the operation of state-owned school buses and for maintaining them in efficient and safe mechanical condition. The department shall be reimbursed periodically by the State Board of Educa…