If the federal government in any year ceases to provide federal impact aid or reduces the amount of federal impact aid to those school districts of this State which provide public school education for children who reside on a military base or on another federal establishment in the district wherein local property taxes are not levied, the governing body of the district in that year shall be authorized to charge a tuition fee to such students who attend schools of the district. The amount of the tuition fee shall be set by the governing body of the district and shall be approved by the State Board of Education.
The tuition fee per child shall be the same regardless of the school attended and the aggregate amount of the tuition fees charged in any one year shall not exceed the amount of the loss in federal impact aid from the previous year plus or minus a cost-of-living adjustment on the amount of impact aid provided in the previous year which shall be equal to the rise or fall in the consumer price index as it existed at the end of the previous year. If tuition fees are imposed in any year and the federal impact aid cut is later reinstated and paid after the tuition fees have been collected, such fees shall be refunded in full.
The State Board of Education shall be authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section and the appropriate officials of the school district shall be authorized to refuse admittance to any child who has not paid the tuition fee required herein.
For purposes of this section:
(a) "Consumer price index" means the average over a twelve-month period of the consumer price index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor.
(b) "Year" means the fiscal year of the school district concerned.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 387, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 59-73-10. Additional county taxes shall be determined by electorate.
Section 59-73-20. School districts declared tax districts.
Section 59-73-30. Levy of annual school district tax.
Section 59-73-40. Petition for and notice of election.
Section 59-73-50. Voting at and conduct of election.
Section 59-73-60. Levy of tax; increase, decrease, or repeal of tax.
Section 59-73-70. Levy constitutes a lien.
Section 59-73-80. Paying out tax collected.
Section 59-73-90. Designation of school by taxpayer.
Section 59-73-100. Reduction of unnecessarily high special school levies.
Section 59-73-110. Reduction of special school levies by boards and legislative delegation.
Section 59-73-120. Discontinuance of special school levies when purpose satisfied.
Section 59-73-130. Tax levy in Saluda County for benefit of Ridge Spring School District No. 2.
Section 59-73-140. Tax levy in Saluda County; collection and credit of taxes.
Section 59-73-160. Tuition fees charged under certain conditions to public school students residing on military base or other federal establishment.