South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally
Section 59-63-130. Prohibited conduct; reports by witnesses.

(A) A person may not engage in:
(1) harassment, intimidation, or bullying; or
(2) reprisal, retaliation, or false accusation against a victim, witness, or one with reliable information about an act of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
(B) A school employee, student, or volunteer who witnesses, or has reliable information that a student has been subject to harassment, intimidation, or bullying shall report the incident to the appropriate school official.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 353, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 59 - Education

Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally

Section 59-63-20. Age of attendance.

Section 59-63-30. Qualifications for attendance.

Section 59-63-31. Additional qualifications for attendance at public school or particular public school.

Section 59-63-32. Requirements to enroll child in public school; affidavit; penalties for providing false information.

Section 59-63-35. Nonresident military enrollment in South Carolina high school diploma program.

Section 59-63-40. Discrimination on account of race, creed, color, or national origin prohibited.

Section 59-63-45. Reimbursement for attending another school district

Section 59-63-50. Fingerprinting of pupils.

Section 59-63-55. Report required of certain injuries.

Section 59-63-60. School guards required to be safely attired.

Section 59-63-65. Class size reduction; funding; facilities.

Section 59-63-70. High school student participation in independent organized sports teams.

Section 59-63-72. Use of state funds to support interscholastic athletic associations; female wrestling teams.

Section 59-63-75. Concussion protocol for student athletes.

Section 59-63-80. Individual health care plans for students with special health care needs.

Section 59-63-90. Notice of available health-related services and rights.

Section 59-63-95. Epinephrine auto-injectors; obtaining, storing, dispensing, administering, and self-administering; immunity from liability.

Section 59-63-100. Participation in interscholastic activities of public school district by home school, charter school, and Governor's school students.

Section 59-63-110. Citation of article.

Section 59-63-120. Definitions.

Section 59-63-130. Prohibited conduct; reports by witnesses.

Section 59-63-140. Local school districts to adopt policies prohibiting harassment; required components; model policies by State Board of Education; bullying prevention programs.

Section 59-63-150. Availability of civil or criminal redress; immunity of reporting school employee or volunteer.

Section 59-63-210. Grounds for which trustees may expel, suspend, or transfer pupils; petition for readmission; expulsion, suspension, or transfer.

Section 59-63-217. Barring enrollment of student; grounds; notice and hearing; duration of bar.

Section 59-63-220. Suspension of pupils by administrator.

Section 59-63-230. Notices of suspensions; conferences with parents or guardian.

Section 59-63-235. Expulsion of student determined to have brought firearm to school.

Section 59-63-240. Expulsion for remainder of year; hearings.

Section 59-63-250. Transfer of pupils.

Section 59-63-260. Corporal punishment.

Section 59-63-270. Regulation or prohibition of clubs or like activities.

Section 59-63-275. Student hazing prohibited; definitions.

Section 59-63-280. "Paging device" defined; adoption of policies addressing student possession.

Section 59-63-310. Short title.

Section 59-63-320. Reporting form.

Section 59-63-330. Quarterly and annual reports.

Section 59-63-333. School crime requirements to conform to federal "No Child Left Behind Act".

Section 59-63-335. Failure of school administrator to report criminal conduct; liability.

Section 59-63-340. Promulgation of regulations.

Section 59-63-350. Local law enforcement.

Section 59-63-360. Attorney General; representation of school districts.

Section 59-63-370. Student's conviction or delinquency adjudication for certain offenses; notification of senior administrator at student's school; placement of information in permanent school records.

Section 59-63-380. School official reporting school-related crimes; immunity.

Section 59-63-390. Inclusion of school crime report act summary in student handbooks.

Section 59-63-410. Enrollment of pupils.

Section 59-63-420. Effect of transfer on enrollment lists.

Section 59-63-425. Transfer upon violation of restraining order; interscholastic activity eligibility.

Section 59-63-430. Board shall furnish copies of relevant statutes to teachers.

Section 59-63-440. Violations of Sections 59-63-410 to 59-63-430.

Section 59-63-450. No may shall be counted in enrollment more than once.

Section 59-63-460. Annual reports.

Section 59-63-470. Transfer of pupils whose enrollment threatens to disturb peace.

Section 59-63-480. Attendance at schools in adjacent county.

Section 59-63-485. Transfer of students from Fairfield County School District to Chester County School District; provision for payment of funds; State Superintendent of Education to settle disputes.

Section 59-63-490. Transfer to adjoining school district.

Section 59-63-500. Transfer without consent of school district of residence.

Section 59-63-510. County board of education authorized to order transfer.

Section 59-63-520. Consent required for transfer.

Section 59-63-530. Credit on tuition for taxes paid.

Section 59-63-540. Determination of pupil enrollment in primary or secondary schools for purpose of distributing state funds on per pupil basis.

Section 59-63-550. School attendance; boundary clarification.

Section 59-63-710. School lunch division in State Department of Education.

Section 59-63-720. County school lunch supervisors.

Section 59-63-730. Employment and discharge of county school lunch supervisors.

Section 59-63-740. Duties of county school lunch supervisors.

Section 59-63-750. Compensation of school lunch supervisors; office space and equipment.

Section 59-63-760. State's school lunch policy.

Section 59-63-765. School breakfast program.

Section 59-63-770. Funds provided by State Fiscal Accountability Authority in event Federal Government resumes distribution of commodities to schools.

Section 59-63-780. Inability to pay for school lunches; availability of federal funds.

Section 59-63-785. School meal debt collections; exceptions.

Section 59-63-790. School districts to implement breakfast program in each school.

Section 59-63-800. Waiver of school breakfast requirement.

Section 59-63-910. Safety and security drills; guidelines.

Section 59-63-920. School compliance and documentation.

Section 59-63-1110. Consent to search person or his effects.

Section 59-63-1120. Searches by school administrators or officials with or without probable cause.

Section 59-63-1130. Searches by principals or their designees.

Section 59-63-1140. Strip searches prohibited.

Section 59-63-1150. Compliance with case law; training of school administrators.

Section 59-63-1160. Posting of notice; costs of notice to be paid by State; effect of failure to post notice.

Section 59-63-1300. Legislative intent.

Section 59-63-1310. Individual or cooperative programs; funding; sites.

Section 59-63-1320. Referral or placement of students in alternative school programs.

Section 59-63-1330. Discretion of school board.

Section 59-63-1340. Permissible divergence from traditional programs and schools.

Section 59-63-1350. Eligibility for funding.

Section 59-63-1360. Transportation.

Section 59-63-1370. Teachers at alternative school programs; staff development.

Section 59-63-1380. Funding for alternative school programs.

Section 59-63-1390. Regulations; annual review.

Section 59-63-1400. Review; technical assistance.