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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. § 59-1-10 Short title
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Chapters 1 to 45 and 53 to 73 of this title shall be known and may be cited as "The South Carolina School Code."
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-110 "Private school" defined
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"Private school" means a school established by an agency other than the State or its subdivisions which is primarily supported by other than public funds, and the operation of whose program rests with other than publicly elected or appointed officials.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-120 "Public school" defined
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"Public school" means a school operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials in which the program and activities are under the control of these officials and which is supported by public funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-130 "Teacher" defined
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"Teacher" means any person who is employed either full-time or part-time by any school district either to teach or to supervise teaching.

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-140 "Teacher aide" defined

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"Teacher aide" means a noncertificated person employed by a school district whose assignment consists of and is limited to assisting a certificated teacher.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-150 "Kindergarten," "elementary school," "middle school," "secondary school," "junior high school," and "high school" defined

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For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Kindergarten" means any school which provides either education, instruction, or supervision below the first grade to children who will attain the age of five on or before the first day of November of the school year when they begin school. (…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-160 "School district" defined

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"School district" means any area or territory comprising a legal entity, whose sole purpose is that of providing free school education, whose boundary lines are a matter of public record, and the area of which constitutes a complete tax unit.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-170 "State Board" defined

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"State Board" means State Board of Education.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-180 "State Educational Finance Commission" defined

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"State Educational Finance Commission" means the State Board of Education.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-190 "State Department" defined

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"State Department" means State Department of Education.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-20 Purpose of South Carolina School Code

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The purpose of the South Carolina School Code is to provide for a State system of public education and for the establishment, organization, operation, and support of such State system.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-200 "Scholastic year" defined

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The scholastic year shall begin on the first day of July of each year and end on the thirtieth day of June following.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-210 "Instructional day" and "hours of instruction" defined

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For purposes of this title: (1) "Instructional day" shall include in-person instruction, virtual instruction, self-guided learning, and experiential learning through approved off-campus educational opportunities. (2) "Hours of instruction" requirements shall include in-person ins…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-30 Construction

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If any section or part of the South Carolina School Code is found to be ambiguous or otherwise subject to more than one interpretation, such section or part shall be liberally construed to the extent that the general purpose of the entire Code and of public education may be advan…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-310 Superintendents of education may administer oaths and probate certain papers

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The State Superintendent of Education and the county superintendent of education of the various counties of the State may administer an oath or affirmation to any person and probate any and all papers which may pertain to or be connected with the duties of their respective office…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-320 Display of United States and State flags

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The State Board of Education shall make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the National Flag Code, for the display of the flag of the United States of America and for the display of the flag of the State at public schools. The person at the head of any public schoo…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-325 Patriotic depictions in schools

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(A) No later than January 1, 2023, every public school, to include state agency schools and charter schools, shall display the following depictions in a prominent place: (1) the official motto of the United States, "In God We Trust"; (2) the official mottos of South Carolina, "Du…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-330 Pledge to State flag

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The pledge to the flag of South Carolina shall be as follows: "I salute the flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State, love, loyalty and faith."

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-340 Meetings of boards of trustees and boards of education

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Each county board of education or board of trustees shall meet at least every other month during the regular school session on a regular date and at a regular time to be determined by each board during its organizational meeting. All regular meetings shall be open to the public a…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-350 Compensation of members of boards of trustees and boards of education

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Members of the county board of education or board of trustees may serve without pay. Each member of the board may receive a per diem for attendance at board meetings and may be paid mileage to and from such meetings. No member may receive per diem and mileage unless in actual att…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-360 Audiovisual properties may be loaned

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The State Department of Education is authorized to lend film, filmstrips, recordings or other audiovisual properties to nonpublic institutions of higher learning and to other educational institutions and schools that are eleemosynary in nature.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-370 Closing of educational institutions on general election day

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All State-supported colleges and universities, technical education centers and public schools shall be closed general election day in November of each even-numbered year. This day shall not be considered as one of the regular school days for the year for public schools.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-375 Student identification cards; contact information for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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(A) A public school, including a charter school, that serves any students in the seventh through twelfth grades that issues student identification cards must print on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The school must also …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-380 Tobacco-free school campus policy

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(A) Every local school district in the State shall implement and enforce a written policy prohibiting at all times the use of any tobacco product by any person in school buildings, in school facilities, on school campuses, and in or on any other school property owned or operated …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-390 Courses necessitating wearing of protective eye devices; purchase of devices; protective-corrective devices

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(A) A pupil and teacher in a public school shall wear an industrial quality eye device while participating in the following courses: (1) career and technology or industrial art shops or laboratories involving use of or exposed to: (a) hot molten metals; (b) milling, sawing, turni…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-40 Scope of State system of public education

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The State system of public education shall consist of such school systems, schools, institutions, agencies, services, and types of instruction as may be provided and authorized by law, or by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education within limits prescribed by law.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-400 Sick leave for public school employees

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(A) All full-time employees of public schools accrue sick leave on the basis of one and one-fourth days of sick leave for each month of active service or twelve days for nine months of active service. Sick leave accrued but not used may be accumulated up to ninety days if the emp…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-403 Restoration of sick leave of certain employees who changed employment from school district to State Department of Education

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An amount of sick leave not to exceed sixty days lost by a State Department of Education employee as a result of changing employment from a school district to the State Department of Education is restored if the employee was employed by the State Department of Education after Jun…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-405 Distribution of contraceptives on school grounds prohibited

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No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in or on the school grounds of any public elementary or secondary school. No school district may contract with any contraceptive provider for their distribution in or on the school grounds.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-410 "Teacher Recognition Day."

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"Teacher Recognition Day" in South Carolina shall be observed annually during American Education Week.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-425 Beginning and length of school term; make-up days; waiver; instructional days

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(A) A local school district board of trustees of the State has the authority to establish an annual school calendar for teachers, staff, and students. The statutory school term is one hundred ninety days annually and must consist of a minimum of one hundred eighty instructional d…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-435 Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act

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(A) This section may be cited as the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act". (B) As used in this section, "discriminate" means to make a distinction in favor of or against a person on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person belongs, rather than accor…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-441 Policy to permit student to deliver message

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(A) The governing body of a school board or school district may adopt a policy that permits graduating high school students as selected by school policy using objective criteria such as academic standing or the ex-officio function of a student office or position, to deliver a bri…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-442 Policy to permit opening or closing message at school-sponsored athletic events

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(A) The governing body of a school board or school district may adopt a policy that permits either (1) the captains of athletic teams at a high school or their student designees; or (2) a student designated by the members of that team to deliver a brief opening or closing message…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-443 Schools shall provide minute of mandatory silence at beginning of each school day

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All schools shall provide for a minute of mandatory silence at the beginning of each school day.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-445 Violations of mandatory test security; penalties; investigations

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(1) It is unlawful for anyone knowingly and wilfully to violate security procedures regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education for mandatory tests administered by or through the State Board of Education to students or educators, or knowingly and wilfully to: (a) Give…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-447 Regulations for mandatory test security procedures

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The State Board of Education shall by regulation establish detailed mandatory test security procedures.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-448 Use of appropriated funds to raise salaries of principals or career and technology school directors

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Funds appropriated by the General Assembly must not be used to raise the salaries of public school principals or public career and technology school directors to meet the requirements of a regulation promulgated by the State Board of Education establishing a minimum differential …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-449 State Department of Education to report state and local funding requirements to local entities

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The State Department of Education shall report no later than May first in each year to all local government entities having the authority to levy school taxes the amount required in the applicable school districts to provide the state-required minimum effort and an analysis of al…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-450 Parent education programs

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The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education and in consultation with the Education Oversight Committee, shall promulgate regulations for establishing parenting/family literacy programs to support parents in their role as the principal teachers of their presc…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-451 Costs of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act; provisions not mandatory; local school districts not prohibited from implementing similar provisions

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All costs of implementing the provisions of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act (1989 Act No. 194) must be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly. The programs of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act (1989 Act No. …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-452 Public school employee cost savings program

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(A) The Public School Employee Cost Savings Program is established for the purpose of making cash awards to individual school district employees for cost saving ideas which are proven to be workable. The program must be administered by the State Department of Education with the a…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-453 Oversight Committee

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For the purposes of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act (1989 Act No. 194), the Education Oversight Committee, as provided for in Section 59-6-10, shall serve as the oversight committee for the provisions of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-454 Parental involvement program; parent/teacher conferences

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(A) The State Department of Education shall develop a parental involvement program for use in elementary and secondary schools with grades four through eight. The purpose of the program is to improve parental participation in their child's school progress, ensure a smooth transit…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-455 Time for pledge of allegiance required

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Beginning with the 1991-92 school year, all public school students, commencing with grades kindergarten through and including high school, shall during the course of each school day's activities at a specific time which must be designated by the local school say the Pledge of All…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-460 Excused school attendance for religious instruction

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(A) The school district board of trustees may adopt a policy that authorizes a student to be excused from school to attend a class in religious instruction conducted by a private entity if: (1) the student's parent or guardian gives written consent; (2) the sponsoring entity main…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-462 Excused school absences for career and technical student organization experiences

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Each school district shall adopt a policy that authorizes a student to be excused from school absences, not to exceed ten school days per school year, to participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization experience in which student participation and learning outcomes are…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-465 Youth patriotic societies; public school event addresses

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Youth patriotic society" means a youth membership organization with an educational purpose aligned with state standards located in South Carolina and listed herein, intended to promote patriotism and kindred virtues among elementary, middle, and …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-470 Distribution of funds for deferred compensation

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Funds appropriated by the General Assembly for a deferred compensation employer matching contribution must be distributed by the State Department of Education to school districts for the purpose of providing an employer matching contribution for eligible school district employees…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-475 Continuing education on domestic violence; adoption as part of curriculum by school districts

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(A) The Department of Education and the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, with the review and approval of Department of Social Services, shall develop guidelines and materials for continuing education concerning domestic and family violence in…