Title 59, Education

(A) In order to promote the quality of charter school outcomes and oversight, the Department of Education shall establish and implement policies, procedures, and practices to ensure quality authorizing, good governance and accountability that clearly define the roles and responsi…

(A) An approved charter application constitutes an agreement between the charter school and the authorizer. (B) A contract between the charter school and the authorizer must be executed and must reflect all provisions outlined in the application as well as the roles, powers, resp…

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Online, virtual, or computer instruction" means delivery of academic instruction over the internet using electronic devices to students who are not required to be at a specific physical location to receive instruction. (2) "Synchronous instructio…

(A)(1) An applicant shall submit a letter of intent at least ninety days before submitting an application to the authorizer or authorizers from which it is seeking authorization and within the same school year to which it intends to apply. A copy of the letter must also be submit…

(A) A member of the governing board of an authorizer or a charter school who is indicted in any court for any crime, or has waived the indictment if permitted by law, may be suspended by the Governor, who shall appoint another in his stead until he is acquitted or the charges are…

An authorizer may conditionally authorize a charter school before the applicant has secured its space, equipment, facilities, and personnel if the applicant indicates such authority is necessary for it to meet the requirements of this chapter. Conditional authorization does not g…

An appeal of any final decision made by an authorizer pursuant to this chapter must be made to the Administrative Law Court.

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meanings: (a) "School child" shall mean any person between the ages of six and twenty whose domicile is with his or her parent within t…

Subject to the terms and provisions of this chapter every school child in the State who has not yet finished or graduated from high school and who desires to attend a private school located within the State shall be eligible for and entitled to receive a State scholarship grant i…

The State scholarship grants provided for in Section 59-41-20 shall be payable from funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the payment thereof.

It shall be a prerequisite to the grant above permitted that the local school district in which the school child resides make available a grant of local funds to such school child and to that end the trustees of each school district within the State are hereby authorized to appro…

The total of the annual scholarship grant provided for each child by this chapter shall not exceed the actual cost of tuition at the private school attended by the child.

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations, consistent with the terms of this chapter, for the receiving and processing of applications for scholarship grants, the payment of grants and the administration of this chapte…

It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain, attempt to obtain, expend or attempt to expend, any scholarship funds provided by this chapter for any purpose other than in payment of, or reimbursement for, the tuition cost of the child to whom such scholarship has been awarded at…

Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed three years or by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars, or by both, in the discretion of the court.

If any portion of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or its application to other persons and circumstances.

Any district board of trustees may raise and allocate funds for adult education, utilize buildings, equipment and other school facilities of the district for such purpose, and hire teachers, establish and maintain classes for adults in such subjects as the State Board of Educatio…

(A) The State Board of Education may: (1) make and enforce regulations for the organization, conduct, and supervision of adult basic and adult secondary (GED, alternate testing, and high school diploma) education; (2) determine the qualifications of teachers and issue teaching ce…

Before January 1, 2015, the State Board of Education shall select one or more tests or test batteries that an eligible candidate successfully may complete to receive a high school equivalency diploma. The test batteries approved by the State Board must have demonstrated the appro…

The adult education program of any school district may be supported either in whole or in part by either Federal, State, county or school district funds or by any combination thereof and may be supplemented by funds provided from other sources.

This chapter may be cited as the Community Education Act of 1976.

The General Assembly finds that in recognition of the fact that the school, as the prime educational institution of the community, is most effective when it involves the people of that community in a process designed to fulfill their education needs, and since community education…

For the purpose of this chapter "community education" is a process by which public facilities are utilized as community centers operated in conjunction with governmental agencies and community service organizations to provide educational, recreational, cultural, social, health an…

The State Department of Education shall promote the implementation and operation of community education programs throughout the State of South Carolina.

A nine member state community education advisory council, representing recreation, health, cultural, social services, community services, education, business-industry, aged and minority groups, shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education, for the purpose of promot…

The board of trustees of each school district of the State is hereby authorized to, but not obligated to, coordinate a community education program in its district. Each participating board shall provide the general supervision of the program.

No type of home-study school shall be established or permitted to operate in this State without first securing the approval of the State Board of Education. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than …

This chapter may be cited as the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children".

(A) The Governor of this State may execute a compact, in substantially the form set out in Section 59-46-50. The General Assembly signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact when the compact has been enacted into law by any ten of the compact states, includi…

The State Superintendent of Education shall serve as the Compact Commissioner of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children on behalf of this State.

In accordance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, there is created the South Carolina Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, referred to in this section as "council". (A) The council consists o…

The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in the compact in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN ARTIC…

The Board of Commissioners of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind shall consist of eleven members appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Each congressional district must be represented by one board m…

The board of commissioners shall draw the annual appropriations as made by the General Assembly for the support and maintenance of said school and shall annually report to the General Assembly an exact statement of their various acts and doings during the past year, showing exact…

(1) The board of commissioners of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is hereby empowered to employ campus police to police the buildings and grounds of the school. Such campus police shall work under the supervision of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division…

(A) Teaching or clinical staff employed by the school who attend advanced training paid for by the school may be required to enter a contract with the school to remain in the employment of the school for a minimum of one year beyond completion of the training. If an employee brea…

The board shall receive no compensation for its services. It shall be allowed actual expenses, to be paid by the superintendent of the school.

The board of commissioners is vested with the supervision and control of the affairs and government of said school, with power to regulate salaries of officers and teachers, to establish conditions, forms and regulations for the admission of pupils therein and to prescribe such r…

The board of commissioners shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary from their number and shall meet annually at the institution and at such other times and places as the chairman of the board shall direct.

The president of the school shall be elected by the board of commissioners and shall be the immediate executive head of the school. He shall be responsible to the board of commissioners.

The president shall nominate all his subordinate officers and teachers, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners. He shall be the official medium of communication between the board and the subordinate officers and employees, shall make all regulations of internal pol…

All deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and visually impaired persons of the State who are eligible, each case to be decided by the board of commissioners, must be admitted to the benefits of the school.

The whole or part of the expenses of the several applicants shall be paid, according to the opinion which the commissioners may form as to the pecuniary condition of the applicants. In case there are more applicants than would exhaust the annual appropriation, the commissioners s…

Pursuant to the authority of Section 59-47-80, the board of commissioners shall establish a maintenance fee schedule to be charged students attending the school. Such schedule may, in the discretion of the board, be graduated in accordance with the financial resources and income …

There is established a special school of science and mathematics for the purpose of fostering educational development of high school juniors and seniors in this State who are academically talented in the areas of science and mathematics and who show promise of exceptional develop…

(A)(1) The school is under the management and control of a board of trustees consisting of eleven members, as follows: (a) one member from each congressional district appointed by the Governor; (b) two members from this State at large appointed by the Governor; (c) the State Supe…