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Committee Report

March 28, 2024

 

S. 1025

 

Introduced by Senators Young, Massey, Setzler and Hutto

 

L. Printed 03/28/24--H.

Read the first time March 05, 2024

 

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The AIKEN delegation

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1025) to amend Act 588 of 1986, as amended, relating to the establishment of single-member election districts for the School Board of Aiken County, so as to reapportion, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

 

MELISSA OREMUS for the Delegation.

 

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A bill

 

TO AMEND ACT 588 OF 1986, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE DISTRICTS BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2024, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS MAY BE FOUND, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 1A of Act 588 of 1986, as last amended by Act 299 of 2014, is further amended to read:

 

    Section 1A. Beginning with the election conducted in 2014 2024 the nine defined single-member election districts from which each member of the School Board of Aiken County must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-03-00-14 24 as and maintained byon file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control BoardRevenue and Fiscal Affairs.

 

SECTION 2.  Section 1B of Act 588 of 1986, as last amended by Act 299 of 2014, is further amended to read:

 

    Section 1B. The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

 

34	District	Pop	Dev.	%Dev.	NH_WHT	%NH_WHT	NH_BLK	%NH_BLK
35	1	18,041	-43	-0.24%	11,175	61.94%	5,715	31.68%
36	2	18,449	365	2.02%	12,044	65.28%	4,916	26.65%
37	3	18,268	184	1.02%	11,165	61.12%	5,391	29.51%
38	4	17,911	-173	-0.96%	12,622	70.47%	3,776	21.08%
39	5	17,871	-213	-1.18%	13,168	73.68%	3,430	19.19%
40	6	18,244	160	0.88%	13,577	74.42%	3,303	18.10%

1	7	17,771	-313	-1.73%	6,496	36.55%	10,430	58.69%
2	8	18,170	86	0.48%	14,188	78.08%	2,606	14.34%
3	9	18,033	-51	-0.28%	15,490	85.90%	1,590	8.82%
4	Total	162,758			109,925		41,157

 

6	District	VAP	NHWVAP	%NHWVAP	NHBVAP	%NHBVAP	AllOth	AllOthVAP
7	1	13,618	8,738	64.17%	4,106	30.15%	1,151	774
8	2	14,423	9,858	68.35%	3,614	25.06%	1,489	951
9	3	13,770	8,796	63.88%	3,856	28.00%	1,712	1,118
10	4	13,850	10,202	73.66%	2,627	18.97%	1,513	1,021
11	5	13,240	10,077	76.11%	2,356	17.79%	1,273	807
12	6	14,217	10,901	76.68%	2,367	16.65%	1,364	949
13	7	13,275	5,262	39.64%	7,467	56.25%	845	546
14	8	14,318	11,491	80.26%	1,856	12.96%	1,376	971
15	9	14,638	12,855	87.82%	1,110	7.58%	953	673
16	Total	125,349	88,180		29,359		11,676	7,810

 

18	District	Pop.	Dev.	%Dev.	Hisp.	%Hisp.	NH White	%NH White
19	1	18,605	-418	-2.20%	1,335	7.18%	11,746	63.13%
20	2	18,508	-515	-2.71%	1,342	7.25%	11,998	64.83%
21	3	19,426	403	2.12%	2,025	10.42%	10,919	56.21%
22	4	19,125	102	0.54%	1,488	7.78%	12,421	64.95%
23	5	19,603	580	3.05%	1,582	8.07%	13,471	68.72%
24	6	19,009	-14	-0.07%	1,272	6.69%	12,865	67.68%
25	7	18,531	-492	-2.59%	1,013	5.47%	6,552	35.36%
26	8	18,499	-524	-2.75%	928	5.02%	13,351	72.17%
27	9	19,902	879	4.62%	767	3.85%	15,873	79.76%
28	Total	171,208			11,752		109,196

 

30	District	NHBLK	%NHBLK	VAP	%VAP	HVAP	%HVAP
31	1	4,889	26.28%	14,633	78.65%	923	6.31%
32	2	4,400	23.77%	14,851	80.24%	876	5.90%
33	3	5,567	28.66%	14,792	76.15%	1,213	8.20%
34	4	4,262	22.29%	15,192	79.44%	1,000	6.58%
35	5	3,554	18.13%	15,127	77.17%	1,023	6.76%

1	6	3,992	21.00%	14,586	76.73%	787	5.40%
2	7	10,199	55.04%	14,308	77.21%	680	4.75%
3	8	3,120	16.87%	14,907	80.58%	655	4.39%
4	9	2,278	11.45%	16,493	82.87%	529	3.21%
5	Total	42,261		134,889		7,686

 

7	District	NHWVAP	%NHWVAP	NHBVAP	%NHBVAP
8	1	9,522	65.07%	3,711	25.36%
9	2	10,072	67.82%	3,317	22.34%
10	3	8,808	59.55%	4,109	27.78%
11	4	10,343	68.08%	3,119	20.53%
12	5	10,682	70.62%	2,681	17.72%
13	6	10,429	71.50%	2,710	18.58%
14	7	5,451	38.10%	7,601	53.12%
15	8	11,258	75.52%	2,206	14.80%
16	9	13,578	82.33%	1,648	9.99%
17	Total	90,143		31,102

 

SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose the Aiken County Public School District. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of the Aiken County Public School District.

 

SECTION 4.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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