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A240, R117, S782
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Matthews and Davis
Document Path: LC-0236HDB23.docx
Introduced in the Senate on May 4, 2023
Introduced in the House on June 7, 2023
Last Amended on January 30, 2024
Currently residing in the Senate
Governor's Action: March 11, 2024, Signed
Summary: Jasper County School District
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 5/4/2023 | Senate | Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10) |
| 5/11/2023 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 1) |
| 5/23/2023 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 43) |
| 6/7/2023 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 17) |
| 6/7/2023 | House | Referred to Jasper Delegation (House Journal-page 17) |
| 1/25/2024 | House | Delegation report: Favorable Jasper Delegation (House Journal-page 12) |
| 1/26/2024 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 1/30/2024 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 21) |
| 1/30/2024 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 21) |
| 1/30/2024 | House | Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22) |
| 1/31/2024 | House | Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 18) |
| 2/6/2024 | Senate | Concurred in House amendment and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 17) |
| 3/7/2024 | Ratified R 117 | |
| 3/11/2024 | Signed By Governor | |
| 3/14/2024 | Effective date 03/11/24 | |
| 7/23/2024 | Act No. 240 |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
05/04/2023
05/04/2023-A
01/25/2024
01/26/2024
01/30/2024
(A240, R117, S782)
AN ACT TO DELINEATE THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THESE DISTRICTS, AND TO REPEAL SECTION 2 OF ACT 476 OF 1998 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS OF THE JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Jasper County School Board, reapportioned
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding another provision of law:
(A) The nine single-member districts from which each of the members of the Jasper County School District Board of Trustees must be elected beginning with the 2024 General Election are as shown on the Jasper County School District map designated as S-53-00-23 and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(B) The demographic information for each of the nine single-member districts shown on the Jasper County School District map is as follows:
District Pop. Dev. %Dev. Hisp. %Hisp. NH White %NH White
1 3,127 31 1.00% 703 22.48% 1,531 48.96%
2 3,108 12 0.39% 808 26.00% 863 27.77%
3 3,160 64 2.07% 629 19.91% 931 29.46%
4 3,069 -27 -0.87% 233 7.59% 1,507 49.10%
5 3,128 32 1.03% 324 10.36% 1,243 39.74%
6 2,926 -170 -5.49% 82 2.80% 2,713 92.72%
7 3,135 39 1.26% 483 15.41% 1,769 56.43%
8 3,152 56 1.81% 1,052 33.38% 1,296 41.12%
9 3,059 -37 -1.20% 726 23.73% 974 31.84%
Total 27,864 5,040 12,827
District NH Blk %NH Blk VAP %VAP HVAP %HVAP
1 789 25.23% 2,374 75.92% 430 18.11%
2 1,325 42.63% 2,243 72.17% 465 20.73%
3 1,555 49.21% 2,419 76.55% 414 17.11%
4 1,254 40.86% 2,410 78.53% 144 5.98%
5 1,444 46.16% 2,441 78.04% 210 8.60%
6 61 2.08% 2,876 98.29% 66 2.29%
7 779 24.85% 2,651 84.56% 365 13.77%
8 711 22.56% 2,463 78.14% 666 27.04%
9 1,251 40.90% 2,298 75.12% 444 19.32%
Total 9,169 22,175 3,204
District WVAP %WVAP BVAP %BVAP
1 1,293 54.47% 574 24.18%
2 694 30.94% 1,002 44.67%
3 786 32.49% 1,187 49.07%
4 1,251 51.91% 959 39.79%
5 1,053 43.14% 1,082 44.33%
6 2,708 94.16% 44 1.53%
7 1,583 59.71% 611 23.05%
8 1,195 48.52% 525 21.32%
9 824 35.86% 963 41.91%
Total 11,387 6,947
Repeal
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Act 476 of 1998 is repealed.
Construction
SECTION 3. Nothing in this act may be construed so as to repeal or alter the staggering of terms of the members of the board pursuant to Section 1 of Act 278 of 1985, as last amended by Act 476 of 1998, or any subsequent court order.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 7th day of March, 2024.
Approved the 11th day of March, 2024.
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