South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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Introduced

January 17, 2024

 

S. 972

 

Introduced by Senator Garrett

 

L. Printed 01/17/24--S.                                                                       [SEC 1/18/2024 10:50 AM]

Read the first time January 17, 2024

 

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A bill

 

TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THESE REAPPORTIONED DISTRICTS.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Section 2A of Act 595 of 1994, as last amended by Act 103 of 2015, is further amended to read:

 

    Section 2A. (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law or of this act, beginning with the 2016 2026 school district elections, the nine single single-member election districts from which the nine members of the Greenwood County School District 50 Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Greenwood County School District 50 map S-47-50-15 S-47-50-24 as prepared and maintained on file by the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Greenwood County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

       (2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

 

33

District

Pop.

Dev.

%Dev.

NH_WHT

%NH_WHT

NH_BLK

%NH_BLK

34

1

6,560

19

0.29%

1,900

28.96%

3,294

50.21%

35

2

6,557

16

0.24%

1,866

28.46%

4,254

64.88%

36

3

6,628

87

1.33%

4,500

67.89%

1,860

28.06%

37

4

6,489

-52

-0.79%

1,743

26.86%

3,914

60.32%

38

5

6,511

-30

-0.46%

4,604

70.71%

1,510

23.19%

39

6

6,406

-135

-2.06%

4,882

76.21%

1,116

17.42%

40

7

6,619

78

1.19%

5,724

86.48%

641

9.68%

1

8

6,533

-8

-.012%

4,843

74.13%

1,325

20.28%

2

9

6,569

28

0.43%

4,508

68.63%

1,686

25.67%

3

Total

58,872

 

 

34,570

 

19,600

 

 

5

District

VAP

NHWVAP

%NHWVAP

NHBVAP

%NHBVAP

AllOth

AllOthVAP

6

1

4,701

1,616

34.38%

2,261

48.10%

1,366

824

7

2

4,703

1,519

32.30%

2,894

61.54%

437

290

8

3

5,180

3,535

68.24%

1,453

28.05%

268

192

9

4

4,835

1,365

28.23%

2,951

61.03%

832

519

10

5

4,923

3,644

74.02%

1,053

21.39%

397

226

11

6

4,916

3,896

79.25%

776

15.79%

408

244

12

7

5,216

4,593

88.06%

454

8.70%

254

169

13

8

5,139

3,865

75.21%

1,016

19.77%

365

258

14

9

5,241

3,743

71.42%

1,254

23.93%

375

244

15

Total

44,854

27,776

 

14,112

31.46%

4,702

2,966

 

17

District

Pop.

Dev.

%Dev.

Hisp.

%Hisp.

NH White

%NH White

18

1

6,319

-168

-2.59%

1,194

18.90%

1,534

24.28%

19

2

6,180

-307

-4.73%

541

8.75%

1,783

28.85%

20

3

6,623

136

2.10%

198

2.99%

5,078

76.67%

21

4

6,223

-264

-4.07%

789

12.68%

1,708

27.45%

22

5

6,650

163

2.51%

485

7.29%

4,452

66.95%

23

6

6,693

206

3.18%

473

7.07%

4,641

69.34%

24

7

6,574

87

1.34%

185

2.81%

5,080

77.27%

25

8

6,672

185

2.85%

390

5.85%

4,307

64.55%

26

9

6,448

-39

-0.60%

214

3.32%

3,942

61.14%

27

Total

58,382

 

 

4,469

 

32,525

 

 

29

District

NH BLK

%NH BLK

VAP

%VAP

HVAP

%HVAP

30

1

3,496

55.33%

4,619

73.10%

691

14.96%

31

2

3,695

59.79%

4,614

74.66%

372

8.06%

32

3

1,054

15.91%

5,309

80.16%

120

2.26%

33

4

3,578

57.50%

4,635

74.48%

474

10.23%

34

5

1,517

22.81%

5,206

78.29%

316

6.07%

35

6

1,301

19.44%

5,321

79.50%

278

5.22%

1

7

1,045

15.90%

5,330

81.08%

111

2.08%

2

8

1,650

24.73%

5,575

83.56%

289

5.18%

3

9

2,003

31.06%

5,047

78.27%

153

3.03%

4

Total

19,339

 

45,656

 

2,804

 

 

6

District

NHWVAP

%NHWVAP

NHBVAP

%NHBVAP

7

1

1,270

27.50%

2,599

56.27%

8

2

1,450

31.43%

2,670

57.87%

9

3

4,153

78.23%

851

16.03%

10

4

1,420

30.64%

2,639

56.94%

11

5

3,584

68.84%

1,148

22.05%

12

6

3,816

71.72%

1,029

19.34%

13

7

4,266

80.04%

745

13.98%

14

8

3,688

66.15%

1,364

24.47%

15

9

3,308

65.54%

1,377

27.28%

16

Total

26,955

 

14,422

 

 

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Greenwood County School District 50. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Greenwood County School District 50.

 

SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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