South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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S. 36

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Young and Gregory
Document Path: l:\s-res\try\004scho.eb.try.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: School Districts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2016  Senate  Prefiled
  12/13/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education
   1/10/2017  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 33)
   1/10/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 33)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2016

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 59 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-45, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THIS STATE MUST BE COMPRISED OF AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE STATE APPROPRIATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 17, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-17-45.    Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a school district of this State must be comprised of at least two thousand five hundred students enrolled in the schools of the district in order to receive state appropriations. This section does not apply to a school district that is the only school district in a county that has less than two thousand five hundred students."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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