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 1                       SECTION 20
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 3     TO AMEND SECTION 24-25-35 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FUNDING FOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL
 4     PROGRAMS OF PALMETTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
 5     CORRECTIONS, SO AS TO REVISE SUCH FUNDING AND THE MANNER IT IS DETERMINED AND DISTRIBUTED.
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 7     A.  Section 24-25-35 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 497 of 1994, is amended to read:
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 9           "Section 24-25-35.  The Palmetto Unified School District 1 of the South Carolina Department of Corrections shall submit appropriate
10     student membership information to the State Department of Education and the South Carolina Department of Education's appropriation
11     request under the line item "Education Finance Act" shall include sufficient funds for the Palmetto Unified School District 1. The amount
12     to be requested for the Palmetto Unified School District 1 shall be sufficient to produce funds equal to the product of the number of
13     students served by the school district weighted according to the criteria established by the South Carolina Department of Education under
14     the provisions of the South Carolina Education Act of 1977 and the state portion of the appropriated value statewide of the base student
15     costs, adjusted for twelve months operation. The Palmetto Unified School District No. 1 shall comply with the following provisions of
16     subsection (4) of Section 59-20-50, subsections (1), (2), (3)(a), (4)(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Section 59-20-60. The South Carolina
17     Department of Education annually shall determine that these provisions are being met and include its findings in the report mandated in
18     subsection (5)(e) of Section 59-20-60. If the accreditation standards set forth in the Defined Minimum Program for the Palmetto Unified
19     School District No. 1 as approved by the State Board of Education are not met, funds by this section shall be reduced the following fiscal
20     year according to the provisions set forth in the Education Finance Act.  The Palmetto Unified School District 1 of the South Carolina
21     Department of Corrections shall not be eligible for funding under the Education Finance Act of 1977.  Adult education funding shall be
22     distributed to the Palmetto Unified School District 1 by the South Carolina Department of Education in the same manner and formula as
23     for public school districts for those students who are in a K-12 program of the Palmetto Unified School District.   Students under the age
24     of sixteen who are incarcerated at the Department of Corrections and in the Palmetto Unified School District are eligible for adult education
25     funding, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary.  Nothing in this section requires the Department of Corrections to
26     lower the number of full-time equivalent positions.  In the event the director decides that the number of full-time equivalent positions must
27     be reduced, administrative staff positions shall be considered first for this reduction."
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29     B.  This section takes effect July 1, 1998.
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