H 5195 General Bill, By R.L. Brown, Gilliard and Tinkler
Summary: Charleston County School District
    A BILL TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THOSE PROCEDURES WHICH THE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST FOLLOW TO CLOSE A RURAL SCHOOL, TO DEFINE "RURAL SCHOOL", TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO DOCUMENT THAT ANY SUCH CLOSING MUST RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT TRANSLATED INTO AN ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE REDUCTION THAT MUST BE REFLECTED BEGINNING FOR THE FIRST PROPERTY TAX YEAR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO CONDUCT THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, TO SPECIFY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO TRAVEL TIME AND ADDITIONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES AND THE OVERALL BENEFIT TO STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICT FROM CLOSING THE SCHOOL, TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THESE ISSUES BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ON THE CLOSING AND REQUIRE THIS REPORT, ON COMPLETION, TO BE FORWARDED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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04/12/16	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 56)
04/12/16	House	Referred to Charleston Delegation (House Journal-page 56)
05/03/16	House	Committee report: Favorable Charleston Delegation (House Journal-page 27)
05/04/16	House	Amended (House Journal-page 8)
05/04/16	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 8)
05/04/16	House	Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 9)
05/05/16	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 139)
05/05/16		Scrivener's error corrected
05/05/16	Senate	Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 4)
05/06/16		Scrivener's error corrected