Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTIONS to read:
/ SECTION __. Prior to any vote by the Charleston School District on the closure of any school in the District, the Board of Trustees of the Charleston School District must hold a public hearing on the proposed school closure at the school under consideration for closure. At this public hearing the Board of Trustees must provide its reasons for proposing the school closure and must allow for public input into the proposed school closure.
SECTION __. If any section, subsection, item, subitem, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, item, subitem, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, items, subitems, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.