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TO AMEND SECTION 59-63-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROVISION ALLOWING CHILDREN TO QUALIFY TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY OWN PROPERTY WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING WITH THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, A STUDENT MAY NOT SO QUALIFY UNLESS HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THAT DISTRICT BY QUALIFYING UNDER THESE PROVISIONS DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR.
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 entitled to may attend the public schools of any 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 the 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) Effective beginning with the 2019-2020 School Year, a student may not qualify to attend a public school in a district under the provisions of subsection (A)(2) unless he attended school in that district under those provisions during the 2018-2019 School Year."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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