Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.731 Ratification Number:375 Act Number:355 Introducing Body:Senate Subject:To delete provisions relating to school board control of fingerprint records
(A355, R375, S731)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-63-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FINGERPRINTING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO SCHOOL BOARD CONTROL OF FINGERPRINT RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Fingerprints to be recorded
SECTION 1. Section 59-63-50 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by subsection J of Section 9 of Part II of Act 201 of 1985, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-63-50. Each county shall provide to every school in the county the forms and ink pads necessary to record each pupil's fingerprints in kindergarten and grades one through twelve. The State Law Enforcement Division and all local law enforcement agencies are instructed and authorized to assist local school authorities in the fingerprinting of school children in kindergarten and grades one through twelve when the parent of a child requests in writing that his child be fingerprinted for identification purposes for the protection of the child. The fingerprints must be given to the student's parents or guardian. The implementation of this section is a local responsibility and it must be implemented as the local school board determines appropriate."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.