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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. § 59-19-85 School board meetings; livestream access
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(A) Each public school governing body, including the governing bodies of charter schools and special schools, must make reasonable efforts to ensure the entirety of all meetings subject to the provisions of the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act are open and accessible to …
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-90 General powers and duties of school trustees
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The board of trustees shall also: (1) Provide schoolhouses. Provide suitable schoolhouses in its district and make them comfortable, paying due regard to any schoolhouse already built or site procured, as well as to all other circumstances proper to be considered so as best to pr…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-93 Adoption of procurement code by school district; suspension of distribution of funds for noncompliance
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Distributions of funds to a school district pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be suspended after June 30, 1985, unless the school district has adopted and filed with the Division of General Services of the State Department of Administration a p…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-95 Implementation of student promotion policy
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The governing body of every school district of this State shall implement a student promotion policy which at least meets the minimum criteria established by the State Board of Education under Section 59-5-65 of the 1976 Code.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-19-97 Evaluation system for continuing contract teachers

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The teacher's evaluation system for continuing contract teachers, mandated by Act 187 of 1979, must be fully implemented in all school districts by school year 1984-85. A formal evaluation of continuing contract teachers must take place not less than every three years. Nothing in…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-10 Short title

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "South Carolina Education Finance Act of 1977".

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-20 Definitions

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Foundation program" means the program proposed to establish substantially equitable current operation funding levels for programs for South Carolina's public school students, regardless of their geographic location, after the students are transported…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-23 Index of taxpaying ability calculation

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When an appeal of the assessed value of property assessed pursuant to Section 12-43-220(a) extends for more than two years and the amount in dispute is more than thirty percent of the total of assessed value of property in the school district in which the property under appeal is…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-25 Index of taxpaying ability as applied to area in which a tax increment financing plan is in effect

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For the purposes of computing the 'index of taxpaying ability' pursuant to item (3) of Section 3 of Act 163 of 1977 (South Carolina Education Finance Act) for any area in which tax increment financing plan is in effect the value to be used shall be the original assessed value plu…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-30 Declaration of legislative purpose

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It is the purpose of the General Assembly in this chapter: (1) To guarantee to each student in the public schools of South Carolina the availability of at least minimum educational programs and services appropriate to his needs, and which are substantially equal to those availabl…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-40 Determination of annual allocations

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The annual allocation to each school district for the operation of the foundation program as it relates to the school district shall be determined as follows: (1) Computation of the basic amount to be included for current operation in the foundation program: (a) Each school distr…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-41 Inclusion of children admitted to residential institutions of the Department of Mental Health

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law: All school districts providing educational services to children admitted or committed to residential institutions of the Office of Mental Health are authorized to count children admitted or committed to residential institutions of the O…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-50 State contribution level requirements; salary schedules

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(1) Notwithstanding the computations prescribed in Section 59-20-40, the level of state contributions to each district shall not be reduced to a per-pupil level of foundation program funds below that per-pupil level of state funding of programs for the fiscal years prior to imple…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-55 Proficiency requirements for teachers

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Beginning July 1, 1986, and thereafter, employment may be provided only to teachers who demonstrate minimum knowledge proficiency by meeting one of the criteria outlined in Section 59-20-50(4)(b). The criteria do not have to be met by teachers having twenty-five years or more of …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-60 Spending priority; audits; evaluations and reports; statewide testing programs; innovation initiatives; school improvement councils; Education Finance Review Committee

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(1) School districts shall give first spending priority of funds allocated under this chapter to full implementation of the defined minimum program. (2) The State Board of Education shall audit the programmatic and fiscal aspects of this chapter, including the degree to which a s…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-65 Furnishing by State Board of Education of services and training activities to support school improvement councils

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The State Board of Education, acting through the existing School Council Assistance Project at the University of South Carolina, shall provide services and training activities to support school improvement councils and their efforts in preparing an annual school improvement repor…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-70 Exemption from statutory provisions relating to fiscal accountability of state agencies, departments, and institutions

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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any school district which complies with the provisions of Section 59-20-60 is exempted from the provisions of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 1 relating to the fiscal accountability of state agencies, departments and institutions.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-80 School budgets must be made public; itemization of salaries

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each school board of trustees in this State shall annually make available to the general public its budget for that year, which budget shall include an itemized list of the average salaries paid to the superintendents, supervisors, admi…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-90 School district fiscal practices of concern, actions authorized

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(A) The State Department of Education shall work with district superintendents and finance officers to develop and adopt a statewide program with guidelines for: (1) identifying fiscal practices and budgetary conditions that, if uncorrected, could compromise the fiscal integrity …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-95 Fiscal practices of local education agencies of concern, actions authorized

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(A) For purposes of this section, "LEA" means a state agency that is also a Local Education Agency. (B) The State Auditor shall adopt the statewide program created by the State Department of Education in Section 59-20-90, and shall use it to identify fiscal practices and budgetar…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-10 "School" defined

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For the purpose of this article, a "school" is defined as a division of the school system consisting of pupils composed of one or more grade groups, organized as one unit with one or more teachers to give instructions of a defined type, and housed in a school plant of one or more…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-100 Effect of time spent in graduate school on computation of years of teaching experience

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In computing the years of experience for teachers, each scholastic year a teacher spends doing graduate work shall be counted as one year's teaching experience. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any teacher who is employed full time while attending graduate school…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1010 Disposition and allocation of revenues; special vote required to amend or repeal this section

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(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 …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1020 Department of Education to monitor and audit disbursements; reversion of unexpended appropriations

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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…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1030 Level of financial effort per pupil required of each school district; application for waiver

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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 financia…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1040 Compensation and employer contributions; funding

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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 f…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-110 Allowance for supervision and overhead

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In addition to the State aid for teachers' salaries, each school district or operating unit shall be allowed for supervision and overhead seven and 50⁄100 dollars a school year for each pupil, which allowance shall be based on enrollment. These funds shall be disbursed monthly al…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-120 Allowance for maintenance and operation

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In addition to all other State aid, each school district or operating unit shall be allowed, for maintenance and operation, ten dollars a school year for each pupil. Such allowance shall be based on enrollment. These funds shall be disbursed monthly along with the disbursement of…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1210 Campus incentive program established; funding

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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…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-1220 Guidelines for development of program; campus incentive advisory committee; distribution of funds; regulations

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The campus incentive program must be developed based on the following guidelines: (1) exceptional improvement in or the maintenance of superior student performance, with consideration given to rewarding schools which demonstrate exceptional improvement or maintenance of superior …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-130 Disbursement to counties

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The State Superintendent of Education shall present vouchers monthly to the Comptroller General who shall issue his warrants to the State Treasurer payable to the county treasurers of the respective counties for such amount of state school aid as may be on hand, available for and…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-140 State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow in anticipation of revenue

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The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow in each year in anticipation of the receipt of revenues provided for school aid such sum or sums as may be necessary to pay any portion of the amounts appropriated herein and becoming due to the respective counties of the State…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-150 Reimbursement of district principals, teachers, and instructional supervisors for cost of college courses in field of specialization

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Beginning in fiscal year 1985-86, all school district and state agency school employees required by the State Board of Education to hold State Board of Education certification are eligible for tuition reimbursement at a rate consistent with that charged at public colleges and uni…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-160 State appropriations for school district employer contributions; calculation of allocations to individual school districts

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Beginning with appropriations for school year 1998-99, state funds appropriated by the General Assembly for school district employer contributions must be allocated to individual school districts based on the Education Finance Act formula. State appropriations for school district…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-20 Appropriation for teacher salaries based on term of 190 days

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The General Assembly shall make sufficient appropriation to pay state aid to salaries of all school teachers in the public schools on the basis and for the length of one hundred ninety days in the elementary and secondary schools in the State.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-30 Schools operating times; minimum average daily attendance

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No school in any school district shall continue open a longer period of time than that fixed by (a) the board of trustees in the district in which such school is located or (b) the county board of education in any county which may operate under a county unit plan. No school shall…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-310 Definitions

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For the purpose of this article (a) the term "capital improvement" shall mean the cost of constructing, improving, equipping, renovating and repairing school buildings or other school facilities or the cost of the acquisition of land whereon to construct or establish school facil…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-320 Annual grant for financing needed capital improvements

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In order to assist school districts in financing needed capital improvements, the General Assembly shall annually allocate to the Board a sum equivalent to thirty dollars multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in grades one through twelve of the public schools and, effective…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-330 Obligation to make grants subordinate to State school bonds

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The obligation of the State to make sums available to school districts as provided under Section 59-21-320 shall be subordinate to the pledge made to secure the State school bonds authorized under Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title and the sinking fund created for their retire…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-340 Application of grants

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The Board shall annually apply sums allocated under Section 59-21-320 in the following order: (a) There shall first be reserved and set aside such amount as may be necessary to pay principal and interest payments becoming due that year on State school bonds. (b) The balance remai…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-350 Purposes for which grants may be used

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The sums credited by the Board to each school district, under the provisions of Sections 59-21-340 and 59-71-550, shall remain available to school districts until requisitioned by them for purposes approved by the Board. Such funds shall be available for the following purposes on…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-355 Appropriations to Education Improvement Act building aid; allocation; transfer; trust fund

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(A) The amount appropriated in the annual general appropriations act for the Education Improvement Act building aid, construction, and renovation, after being appropriately adjusted, must be transferred to a special trust fund established by the Comptroller General. These funds s…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-360 County plans of necessary capital improvements or tax relief

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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 s…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-370 Applications for funds

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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…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-380 Remittance and disbursement of funds

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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…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-390 Employment of architects and other personnel

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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.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-40 Partial participation of small schools

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-21-30, if any one- or two-teacher school fails to maintain the minimum schedule therein provided, it shall participate in the benefits of Section 59-21-20 in the proportion that the enrollment and average daily attendance maintained be…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-400 Rules and regulations

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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 f…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-410 Letting of contracts

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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…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-21-420 Funds for renovation, capital improvement, or repair of classrooms, or reduction of millage as to bonds

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(a) Beginning with state Fiscal Year 1984-85, the State shall remit an amount on a per-pupil basis to each school district of the State in the manner and under the conditions that the General Assembly provides for the School Building Aid program of the Education Improvement Progr…