South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 476 OF 1998, RELATING TO JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF JASPER COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2014, 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:

SECTION    1.    Section 2 of Act 476 of 1998 is amended to read:

"Section 2.    (A)    The single member districts of Jasper County School District shall be as follows:

DISTRICT 1

Area                                                                                        Population

Jasper County

GILLISONVILLE

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    152, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162,

166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172,

173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178,

179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185,

186, 189, 190, 192, 193    611

GRAYS

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,

107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,

113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,

119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126,

127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132,

133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,

139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144,

145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150,

151, 163, 164, 165, 171    680

PINELAND

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206,

207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212,

213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218,

219, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246,

247, 250, 251, 283, 284    425

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,716

PERCENT VARIATION    -0.290

DISTRICT 2

Area                                                                                        Population

Jasper County

PINELAND

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,

226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231,

232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237,

238, 239, 240, 241, 248, 249,

252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257,

258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263,

264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269,

270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275,

276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281,

282, 285    619

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    301, 302, 303, 304, 309, 310,

311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316,

317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 326,

327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332,

333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338    344

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    226, 227B    32

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406,

407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412,

413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418,

419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424,

425, 426, 427, 430, 432, 433,

436, 437, 439, 448, 449, 450,

451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456,

457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462,

463, 464, 466, 467, 495, 496,

497    697

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,692

PERCENT VARIATION    -1.685

DISTRICT 3

Area    Population

Jasper County

COOSAWHATCHIE

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,

107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,

113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,

119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124,

125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,

131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 140,

141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,

147, 148, 161, 162, 163, 164,

165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170,

171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176,

177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182,

183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188,

189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194,

195, 196, 197    716

GRAHAMVILLE 2

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    301, 302, 312, 313, 314, 315,

316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321,

322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,

328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 401,

402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407,

408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413,

414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419,

420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425,

426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431,

433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438,

439, 440, 445, 446, 447, 448,

449    1,014

GRAYS

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    120, 121, 153, 154, 155, 156,

157    22

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,752

PERCENT VARIATION    .+1.801

DISTRICT 4

Area    Population

Jasper County

COOSAWHATCHIE

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    134, 135, 136, 137, 149, 150,

151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156,

157, 158, 159, 160    178

GILLISONVILLE

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    183, 187, 188, 191, 194, 195,

196, 197    135

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    305, 306, 307, 308, 322, 323,

324, 325    200

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207,

208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213A,

213B, 213C, 214, 215, 216, 217,

218, 219, 220, 221, 222A, 222B,

223, 224, 225, 227A, 228, 229A,

229B, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234,

235, 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 239A,

239B, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244,

245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250,

251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256,

257, 258, 259, 303, 304, 305,

306, 307, 308, 309A, 309B, 310,

342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346,

347, 348, 349, 350A, 350B,351A,

351B, 352A, 352B, 359, 360, 361,

362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367,

368, 369, 370, 371    1,259

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,772

PERCENT VARIATION    +2.963

DISTRICT 5

Area    Population

Jasper County

GRAHAMVILLE 1

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    501, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546,

547, 548, 549, 550, 558, 559,

618, 619    369

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352,

353, 354    199

RIDGELAND 2    1,194

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    438    0

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,762

PERCENT VARIATION    +2.382

DISTRICT 6

Area    Population

Jasper County

HARDEEVILLE 1

Tract 9503.00

Blocks:    201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206,

207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212,

213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218,

219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224,

225, 226C, 227B, 228, 229, 230,

235B, 236, 237B, 238, 239B, 259    269     HARDEEVILLE 2    1,189

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks:    428, 429, 431, 434, 435, 440,

441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446,

447, 465, 468, 469, 470, 471,

472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477,

478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483,

484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489,

490, 491, 492, 493, 494    121

Tract 9503.00

Blocks:    101B, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,

107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,

113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,

119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126,

135, 136, 194    79

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,658

PERCENT VARIATION    -3.660

DISTRICT 7

Area    Population

Jasper County

GRAHAMVILLE 1

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606,

607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612,

613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 620,

621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626,

627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632,

633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638,

639, 640, 641, 655, 656, 657,

658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663,

664, 665, 670, 694, 695, 696,

697    739

GRAHAMVILLE 2

Tract 9502.00

Blocks:    311, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337,

338, 339, 340, 341, 353, 354,

355, 356, 357, 358, 432, 441,

442, 443, 444, 450, 451    657

OKATIE        328

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,724

PERCENT VARIATION    +0.174

DISTRICT 8

Area    Population

Jasper County

HARDEEVILLE 1

Tract 9503.00

Blocks:    226A, 226B, 227A, 231, 232, 233A,

233B, 233C, 234A, 234B, 235A, 237A,

239A, 240, 241, 242, 243A, 243B,

244, 245A, 245B, 246, 247, 248,

249, 250, 251, 252A, 252B, 253,

254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260,

261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266,

267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272,

273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 301A,

301B, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306A,

306B, 307A, 307B, 308, 309, 310,

311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316,

317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322,

323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,

329, 330, 331, 332A, 333A, 333B,

333C, 340A, 341A, 341B, 342, 343,

344A, 344B, 345, 346, 414, 415,

416    1,759

DISTRICT TOTAL    1,759

PERCENT VARIATION    +2.208

DISTRICT 9

Area    Population

Jasper County

LEVY.    1,652

DISTRICT TOTAL.    1,652

PERCENT VARIATION    -4.009

(B)    The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the Budget and Control Board shall maintain an official map of the districts established in subsection (A) and shall, upon request, assist the local election officials and the district in implementing the provisions of this act.

(1)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with school board elections in 2014, the nine single-member election districts from which members of the Jasper County Board of Education must be elected are as shown on the Jasper County Board of Education map S-53-00-14 as maintained in the Office 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.        Hisp            %Hisp        NH_WHT

1            2,558            -49                -1.88%        206            8.05%                622

2            2,654            47                1.80%        1,053            39.68%                424

3            2,628            21                0.81%        436            16.59%                733

4            2,619            12                0.46%        249            9.51%            1,474

5            2,592            -15                -0.58%        281            10.84%                914

6            2,567            -40                -1.53%        300            11.69%            1,635

7            2,643            36                1.38%        206            7.79%                880

8            2,569            -38                -1.46%        430            16.74%            1,390

9            2,637            30                1.15%        523            19.83%                850

Total        23,467                                            3,684            15.70%            8,922

District    %NH_WHT        NH_BLK            %NH_BLK        VAP            H18        %H18

1            24.32%            1,710                66.85%        1,924            131        6.81%

2            15.98%            1,098                41.37%        1,847            686        37.14%

3            27.89%            1,437                54.68%        1,865            247        13.24%

4            56.28%            880                33.60%        1,968            148        7.52%

5            35.26%            1,366                52.70%        1,896            176        9.28%

6            63.69%            590                22.98%        1,902            205        10.78%

7            33.30%            1,523                57.62%        1,947            129        6.63%

8            54.11%            701                27.29%        2,040            283        13.87%

9            32.23%            1,205                45.70%        1,940            341        17.58%

Total            38.02%            10,510            44.79%    17,329        2,346        13.54%

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP        NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth    AllOthVAP

1            501            26.04%            1,279            66.48%        20                    13

2            352            19.06%            760            41.15%        79                    49

3            576            30.88%            1,024            54.91%        22                    18

4        1,152            58.54%            656            33.33%        16                    12

5            731            38.55%            961            50.69%        31                    28

6        1,287            67.67%            381            20.03%        42                    29

7            718            36.88%            1,078            55.37%        34                    22

8        1,201            58.87%            517            25.34%        48                    39

9            662            34.12%            897            46.24%        59                    40

Total        7,180            41.43%            7,553            43.59%    351            250

(B)    The boundaries of the school district of Jasper County are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks that may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."

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

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