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A296, R181, S1412
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Grooms, Campbell and Campsen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\4061sd12.docx
Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2012
Introduced in the House on April 17, 2012
Passed by the General Assembly on April 19, 2012
Governor's Action: May 14, 2012, Signed
Summary: Berkeley County Board of Education
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/10/2012 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10)
4/11/2012 Scrivener's error corrected
4/11/2012 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 26)
4/11/2012 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day (Senate Journal-page 26)
4/12/2012 Senate Read third time and sent to House
(Senate Journal-page 14)
4/17/2012 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without
reference (House Journal-page 11)
4/18/2012 Scrivener's error corrected
4/18/2012 House Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
4/18/2012 House Roll call Yeas-61 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 19)
4/19/2012 House Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 19)
5/8/2012 Ratified R 181
5/14/2012 Signed By Governor
5/17/2012 Effective date 05/14/12
9/5/2012 Act No. 296
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/10/2012
4/10/2012-A
4/11/2012
4/17/2012
4/18/2012
(A296, R181, S1412)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 518 OF 1982, RELATING TO BERKELEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BERKELEY COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BERKELEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2012, AND TO PROVIDE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Election Districts Reapportioned
SECTION 1. Section 3A of Act 518 of 1982, as added by Act 408 of 2002, is amended to read:
"Section 3A. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with school board elections in 2012, the nine single-member election districts from which members of the Berkeley County Board of Education shall be elected are as shown on the Berkeley County Board of Education map S-15-00-12 as maintained in the Division of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop Dev. %Dev. NH-WHT NH-BLK %NH-BLK VAP %VAP
1 19,959 199 1.01% 13,481 3,095 15.51% 15,032 75.31%
2 20,109 349 1.77% 14,513 2,920 14.52% 15,539 77.27%
3 20,186 426 2.16% 11,146 5,989 29.67% 14,653 72.59%
4 19,954 194 0.98% 12,945 4,224 21.17% 14,198 71.15%
5 20,047 287 1.45% 14,366 3,063 15.28% 14,867 74.16%
6 19,713 -47 -0.24% 17,051 1,734 8.80% 15,049 76.34%
7 18,829 -931 -4.71% 7,161 11,026 58.56% 14,333 76.12%
8 18,945 -815 -4.12% 7,923 9,970 52.63% 14,040 74.11%
9 20,101 341 1.73% 14,967 3,224 16.04% 15,170 75.47%
Total 177,843 113,553 45,245 132,881
District NHWVAP NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth AllOthVAP
1 10,532 2,113 14.06% 3,383 2,387
2 11,477 2,009 12.93% 2,676 2,053
3 8,595 3,937 26.87% 3,051 2,121
4 9,680 2,738 19.28% 2,785 1,780
5 11,017 2,072 13.94% 2,618 1,778
6 13,259 1,178 7.83% 928 612
7 5,691 8,213 57.30% 642 429
8 6,133 7,235 51.53% 1,052 672
9 11,684 2,208 14.56% 1,910 1,278
Total 88,068 31,703 19,045 13,110
(3) The boundaries of the school district of Berkeley County are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."
Time Effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 8th day of May, 2012.
Approved the 14th day of May, 2012.
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