(A) Municipal and county governing bodies shall work with school districts located in their jurisdictions to identify barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school. The municipalities, counties, and districts may develop a plan for the funding of improvements designed to reduce the barriers and hazards identified. The sources of these funds may include federal funding or grants, state funding, or funding from private sources. Nothing in this section shall obligate any agency of federal, state, or local government to provide funding for identified improvements.
(B) Each school district in this State may establish a Safe Routes to School District Coordinating Committee. The coordinating committee shall include parents, children, teachers, administrators, local law enforcement officials, public health officials, interested citizens, and other persons familiar with the transportation needs of the school district. Duties of the coordinating committee may include gathering information about the schools in the district through surveys and traffic counts; organizing incentive-based events and contests to encourage students to try new modes of transportation; and promoting the program through school newsletters, assemblies, web sites, and other means to reach parents and students.
Any school within the district may establish a Safe Routes to School Team. The team shall include parents, children, teachers, administrators, and neighbors of the school. The team may be expanded to include local law enforcement officials, public health officials, and other persons familiar with the transportation needs of the school. The team shall select a representative to serve on the District Coordinating Committee. Duties of the team may include gathering information about their school through surveys and traffic counts; organizing incentive-based events and contests to encourage students to try new modes of transportation; and promoting the program through school newsletters and other means to reach parents and students.
(C) The first Wednesday of October of each year is designated as "Walk or Bicycle with Your Child to School Day" in each school district of this State to promote walking or riding bicycles to school by students, with escorts if necessary, and to identify needed improvements such as sidewalks or safer pedestrian routes not open to vehicular traffic.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 307, Section 2, eff September 8, 2004.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 59-17-10. School districts as bodies politic and corporate.
Section 59-17-20. Alteration or division of school districts.
Section 59-17-50. Consolidation of schools and school districts by county board of education.
Section 59-17-60. Filing order of consolidation.
Section 59-17-70. Effect of consolidation.
Section 59-17-80. Dissolution of school districts in adjoining counties.
Section 59-17-90. Purposes for which school districts may combine.
Section 59-17-100. School districts to provide Department of Education with copies of audit reports.
Section 59-17-120. Reissue of school bonds subject to debt service budget and debt limit.
Section 59-17-135. Character education.
Section 59-17-140. Religion and public schools training for teachers and administrators.
Section 59-17-150. Promotion of walking or bicycling to school safety.
Section 59-17-160. Model fire and safety policy and program guidelines.