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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Young and Gregory
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Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
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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12/13/2016 Senate Prefiled
12/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
1/10/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 33)
1/10/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 33)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 59 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-45, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THIS STATE MUST BE COMPRISED OF AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE STATE APPROPRIATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-17-45. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a school district of this State must be comprised of at least two thousand five hundred students enrolled in the schools of the district in order to receive state appropriations. This section does not apply to a school district that is the only school district in a county that has less than two thousand five hundred students."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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