H 3975 General Bill, By Breeland, J. Brown, T. Brown, A.W. Byrd, Cave, Clyburn, 
Cobb-Hunter, Gourdine, Govan, J. Hines, M. Hines, Howard, Inabinett, Lloyd, 
Mack, McMahand, Moody-Lawrence, Parks, Pinckney, Scott, F. Smith, Trotter and 
Whipper
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 59-63-455 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF
 ANY SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING ACADEMIC
 MAGNET, MILITARY MAGNET, MONTESSORI, PROGRESSIVE, AND AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS, MAY
 NOT DIFFER FROM THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AS A WHOLE BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.

   04/10/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-92
   04/10/97  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-93

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-455 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF ANY SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING ACADEMIC MAGNET, MILITARY MAGNET, MONTESSORI, PROGRESSIVE, AND AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS, MAY NOT DIFFER FROM THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-63-455. The racial composition of the enrollment of any specialized schools established by a school district, including academic magnet, military magnet, montessori, progressive, and autonomous schools, may not differ from the racial composition of the enrollment of the school district as a whole by more than ten percent."

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