South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
Chapter 17 - School Districts

Section 59-17-10. School districts as bodies politic and corporate. - Every school district is and shall be a body politic...

Section 59-17-20. Alteration or division of school districts. - Unless otherwise expressly provided, the school districts of the various...

Section 59-17-30. Effect of alteration or division of school districts on bonds or payment for buildings of existing districts. - When any school district laid out under Section 59-17-20 shall...

Section 59-17-40. Alteration or division of school districts; consolidated district for entire county and district formed from two or more counties. - All of the school districts of any county may be...

Section 59-17-50. Consolidation of schools and school districts by county board of education. - A county board of education may consolidate schools and school...

Section 59-17-60. Filing order of consolidation. - When two or more districts are consolidated under the provisions...

Section 59-17-70. Effect of consolidation. - Upon consolidation of any two or more school districts, all...

Section 59-17-80. Dissolution of school districts in adjoining counties. - Any school district formed of parts of two or more...

Section 59-17-90. Purposes for which school districts may combine. - Any two or more school districts in this State may...

Section 59-17-100. School districts to provide Department of Education with copies of audit reports. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each school district of...

Section 59-17-110. Duty of school districts to defend actions or proceedings against their employees. - In the event that any employee of any school district...

Section 59-17-120. Reissue of school bonds subject to debt service budget and debt limit. - Bonds issued by a school district under the bonded indebtedness...

Section 59-17-130. American Sign Language course; development of teacher qualifications and academic standards; satisfaction of foreign language credit requirement. - (A) The board of trustees of a school district may...

Section 59-17-135. Character education. - (A) The General Assembly finds: (1) the schools of South...

Section 59-17-140. Religion and public schools training for teachers and administrators. - (A) Effective July 1, 2001, each school district during annual...

Section 59-17-150. Promotion of walking or bicycling to school safety. - (A) Municipal and county governing bodies shall work with school...

Section 59-17-155. Automated external defibrillator program; immunity from civil liability; state contract for purchase of defibrillators. - (A) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, each school...

Section 59-17-160. Model fire and safety policy and program guidelines. - (A) Prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 School Year,...