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Section 59-1-10. Short title. - Chapters 1 to 45 and 53 to 73 of this...
Section 59-1-20. Purpose of South Carolina School Code. - The purpose of the South Carolina School Code is to...
Section 59-1-30. Construction. - If any section or part of the South Carolina School...
Section 59-1-40. Scope of State system of public education. - The State system of public education shall consist of such...
Section 59-1-50. Educational achievement goals for high school graduates and students. - (A) The General Assembly declares that the principles outlined in...
Section 59-1-110. "Private school" defined. - "Private school" means a school established by an agency other...
Section 59-1-120. "Public school" defined. - "Public school" means a school operated by publicly elected or...
Section 59-1-130. "Teacher" defined. - "Teacher" means any person who is employed either full-time or...
Section 59-1-140. "Teacher aide" defined. - "Teacher aide" means a noncertificated person employed by a school...
Section 59-1-150. "Kindergarten," "elementary school," "middle school," "secondary school," "junior high school," and "high school" defined. - For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Kindergarten" means any...
Section 59-1-160. "School district" defined. - "School district" means any area or territory comprising a legal...
Section 59-1-170. "State Board" defined. - "State Board" means State Board of Education. HISTORY: 1962 Code...
Section 59-1-180. "State Educational Finance Commission" defined. - "State Educational Finance Commission" means the State Board of Education....
Section 59-1-190. "State Department" defined. - "State Department" means State Department of Education. HISTORY: 1962 Code...
Section 59-1-200. "Scholastic year" defined. - The scholastic year shall begin on the first day of...
Section 59-1-310. Superintendents of education may administer oaths and probate certain papers. - The State Superintendent of Education and the county superintendent of...
Section 59-1-320. Display of United States and State flags. - The State Board of Education shall make such rules and...
Section 59-1-325. Patriotic depictions in schools. - Section effective July 1, 2023. (A) No later than January...
Section 59-1-330. Pledge to State flag. - The pledge to the flag of South Carolina shall be...
Section 59-1-340. Meetings of boards of trustees and boards of education. - Each county board of education or board of trustees shall...
Section 59-1-350. Compensation of members of boards of trustees and boards of education. - Members of the county board of education or board of...
Section 59-1-360. Audiovisual properties may be loaned. - The State Department of Education is authorized to lend film,...
Section 59-1-370. Closing of educational institutions on general election day. - All State-supported colleges and universities, technical education centers and public...
Section 59-1-375. Student identification cards; contact information for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. - (A) A public school, including a charter school, that serves...
Section 59-1-380. Mandatory tobacco and alternative nicotine product-free local school board policy. - (A) By August 1, 2019, every local school district in...
Section 59-1-390. Courses necessitating wearing of protective eye devices; purchase of devices; protective-corrective devices. - (A) A pupil and teacher in a public school shall...
Section 59-1-400. Sick leave for public school employees. - (A) All full-time employees of public schools accrue sick leave...
Section 59-1-403. Restoration of sick leave of certain employees who changed employment from school district to State Department of Education. - An amount of sick leave not to exceed sixty days...
Section 59-1-405. Distribution of contraceptives on school grounds prohibited. - No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in...
Section 59-1-410. "Teacher Recognition Day." - "Teacher Recognition Day" in South Carolina shall be observed annually...
Section 59-1-425. Beginning and length of school term; make-up days; waiver; instructional days. - (A) A local school district board of trustees of the...
Section 59-1-435. Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act. - (A) This section may be cited as the "Religious Viewpoints...
Section 59-1-441. Policy to permit student to deliver message. - (A) The governing body of a school board or school...
Section 59-1-442. Policy to permit opening or closing message at school-sponsored athletic events. - (A) The governing body of a school board or school...
Section 59-1-443. Schools shall provide minute of mandatory silence at beginning of each school day. - All schools shall provide for a minute of mandatory silence...
Section 59-1-445. Violations of mandatory test security; penalties; investigations. - (1) It is unlawful for anyone knowingly and wilfully to...
Section 59-1-447. Regulations for mandatory test security procedures. - The State Board of Education shall by regulation establish detailed...
Section 59-1-448. Use of appropriated funds to raise salaries of principals or career and technology school directors. - Funds appropriated by the General Assembly must not be used...
Section 59-1-449. State Department of Education to report state and local funding requirements to local entities. - The State Department of Education shall report no later than...
Section 59-1-450. Parent education programs. - The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education...
Section 59-1-451. Costs of the Target 2000-School Reform for the Next Decade Act; provisions not mandatory; local school districts not prohibited from implementing similar provisions. - All costs of implementing the provisions of the Target 2000-School...
Section 59-1-452. Public school employee cost savings program. - (A) The Public School Employee Cost Savings Program is established...
Section 59-1-453. Oversight Committee. - For the purposes of the Target 2000-School Reform for the...
Section 59-1-454. Parental involvement program; parent/teacher conferences. - (A) The State Department of Education shall develop a parental...
Section 59-1-455. Time for pledge of allegiance required. - Beginning with the 1991-92 school year, all public school students,...
Section 59-1-460. Excused school attendance for religious instruction. - (A) The school district board of trustees may adopt a...
Section 59-1-465. Youth patriotic societies; public school event addresses. - Section effective July 1, 2023. (A) As used in this...
Section 59-1-470. Distribution of funds for deferred compensation. - Funds appropriated by the General Assembly for a deferred compensation...
Section 59-1-475. Continuing education on domestic violence; adoption as part of curriculum by school districts. - (A) The Department of Education and the South Carolina Coalition...
Section 59-1-480. Lapsed funds; priority of use. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lapsed funds, including unexpended...
Section 59-1-490. Data use and governance policy. - (A) The provisions of this section must be known and...
Section 59-1-495. Committee to review Title 59 and related federal laws. - The General Assembly directs the State Superintendent of Education, the...
Section 59-1-500. Biological gender-based and coeducational school sports teams; birth certificates; remedies. - (A) For purposes of this section, a statement of a...
Section 59-1-510. Guidelines and regulations for recruiting and hiring staff in professional areas. - Effective with the 1984-85 school year, the Department of Education...
Section 59-1-520. Intervention by State Department of Education for non-compliance with EIA or development of affirmative action plan. - Failure by any school district to develop affirmative action plans...
Section 59-1-525. Grant program to enhance teaching of grade specific standards and increase K-5 performance in core academic areas; criteria. - The State Department of Education shall implement a schoolwide grant...