South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 1003

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts and Cromer
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20655sd06.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2006
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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   1/10/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-36
   1/10/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-36

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/10/2006

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-63-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF A CHILD ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPOSED OF AN AREA WHICH IS LESS THAN AN ENTIRE COUNTY MUST HAVE REGISTERED AT LEAST ONE MOTOR VEHICLE IN THEIR NAME IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED WITH AN ADDRESS ON THE REGISTRATION CARD WHICH IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-63-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-63-30.    (A)    Children within the ages prescribed by Section 59-63-20 shall be are entitled to attend the public schools of any a school district, without charge, only if qualified under the following provisions of this section:

(a1)    Such the child resides with its parent or legal guardian;

(b2)    the parent or legal guardian, with whom the child resides, is a resident of such that school district; or

(c3)    the child owns real estate in the district having an assessed value of three hundred dollars or more; and

(d4)    the child has maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in accordance with scholastic standards of achievement prescribed by the trustees pursuant to Section 59-19-90; and

(e5)    the child has not been guilty of infraction of the rules of conduct promulgated by the trustees of such the school district pursuant to Section 59-19-90.

(B)    In addition to the above requirements of this section, the parents or legal guardians of a child enrolled in a public school of a school district composed of an area which is less than an entire county must have registered at least one motor vehicle in their name in the county where the school is located with an address on the registration card which is within the boundaries of that school district."

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

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