A school district shall allocate to an alternative school program the same per student expenditure to include federal, state, and local funds that would be allocated to the student's school if the student were attending the student's regularly assigned school. This shall include any appropriate special education funding.
Districts or consortia meeting the eligibility requirements for alternative school funding shall receive an annual base funding minimum of $30,000 or up to $200,000 depending on the student population of the district; however, districts forming consortia will have as their base funding an amount equal to the total of the individual district's base funding, not to exceed $350,000. The State Department of Education, for the purposes of establishing base funding, shall group districts according to their average daily membership and assign the amount of base funding that districts in a grouping would receive for eligible programs. Unobligated funds from state appropriations for base funding which become available during a fiscal year may be redistributed on a per pupil basis to eligible programs in countywide districts receiving base funding of less than $100,000; however, this redistributed funding shall not become part of the base funding for the following year. Increases in fiscal year 2000-2001 funding over the fiscal year 1999-2000 recurring and nonrecurring funding shall be used to increase countywide districts' base funding by fifty percent and this new amount shall constitute their base funding.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that, after meeting the funding requirements for base funding, eligible programs, beginning with school year 2000-2001, shall also receive per pupil funding based on the average daily membership of the students served by the program at an Education Finance Act weighting of 1.49 and beginning with school year 2001-2002 a weighting of 1.74. Per pupil funds for the alternative school program shall be distributed through the Education Finance Act formula provided for in Section 59-20-40. Beginning with school year 2002-2003, every district or district consortium shall provide alternative school opportunities for their students in grades 6-12, provided that state funding for alternative school programs is not reduced below the appropriation received in fiscal year 2001-2002.
These funds shall be used for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of alternative schools programs. Funds also may be used to provide for staff development needs pursuant to Section 59-63-1370.
Districts or consortia developing plans for the establishment of an alternative school shall be eligible for a planning grant of no more than $5,000 if criteria established by the State Board of Education are met.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 107, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 59-63-20. Age of attendance.
Section 59-63-30. Qualifications for attendance.
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 59-63-75. 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 59-63-110. Citation of article.
Section 59-63-120. Definitions.
Section 59-63-130. Prohibited conduct; reports by witnesses.
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 59-63-380. 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 59-63-430. 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 59-63-490. 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 59-63-550. 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 59-63-780. 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 59-63-1300. 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.