South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
Chapter 19 - School Trustees

Section 59-19-10. School district management. - Each school district shall be under the management and control...

Section 59-19-20. Composition of boards of school trustees; terms. - Unless it be specially provided otherwise by law, the boards...

Section 59-19-30. Appointment of members. - The original trustees having been appointed for terms of one,...

Section 59-19-40. Appointment of members; special provisions not superseded by Section 59-19-30. - The provisions of Section 59-19-30 shall neither repeal, supersede nor...

Section 59-19-45. Mandatory orientation for school district boards of trustees and county boards of education; exceptions. - (A) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected...

Section 59-19-50. Appointment and term of trustees for consolidated districts. - When school districts are consolidated, the county board of education...

Section 59-19-60. Removal of trustees; vacancies. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, school district...

Section 59-19-70. Chairman and clerk of board. - The trustees shall, as soon as practicable after the appointment...

Section 59-19-80. Requirements as to purchases and teacher employment. - No teacher or other employee shall be employed or any...

Section 59-19-90. General powers and duties of school trustees. - The board of trustees shall also: (1) Provide schoolhouses. Provide...

Section 59-19-93. Adoption of procurement code by school district; suspension of distribution of funds for noncompliance. - Distributions of funds to a school district pursuant to the...

Section 59-19-95. Implementation of student promotion policy. - The governing body of every school district of this State...

Section 59-19-97. Evaluation system for continuing contract teachers. - The teacher's evaluation system for continuing contract teachers, mandated by...

Section 59-19-100. Circumstances under which educational governing body of county shall have powers and duties of school trustees. - Where the county educational system operates as a unit, the...

Section 59-19-110. Rule-making power. - The boards of trustees of the several school districts may...

Section 59-19-117. District employee background checks. - (A) An individual hired by a local school district board...

Section 59-19-120. Rules and regulations governing use of school buildings. - Each district board of trustees may adopt rules and regulations...

Section 59-19-125. Leasing school property for particular purposes. - Each district board of trustees may lease any school property...

Section 59-19-130. Acquisition of supplies and equipment. - Each district board of trustees shall have the power to...

Section 59-19-140. Rules and regulations governing use of equipment. - Each district board of trustees may adopt rules and regulations...

Section 59-19-150. Maintenance of equipment. - Each district board of trustees shall keep its equipment in...

Section 59-19-160. Gifts to school district; bond as prerequisite to receipt. - The trustees of any school district of this State may...

Section 59-19-170. Acceptance and holding of property by trustees. - The district board of trustees of any school district may...

Section 59-19-180. Purchase of lands by trustees. - Whenever a board of school trustees deems it expedient to...

Section 59-19-190. Purchase of land by trustees; reassignment or disposal of land purchased with state funds. - Whenever a board of trustees deems it expedient to acquire...

Section 59-19-200. Condemnation of lands by trustees. - In case any owner of any lot or parcel of...

Section 59-19-250. Sale or lease of school property by trustees. - The school trustees of the several school districts may sell...

Section 59-19-260. Trustees authorized to insure motor vehicles. - The board of trustees of any school district is hereby...

Section 59-19-270. Trustees may employ medical, technical, and clerical personnel. - Every district board of trustees may employ physicians, dentists, podiatrists,...

Section 59-19-280. Trustees may be members of School Boards Association. - Any member of the board of trustees of any school...

Section 59-19-290. Contracts in excess of apportioned funds void. - All contracts which boards of trustees may make in excess...

Section 59-19-300. Propriety of trustee's receiving pay as teacher. - It shall be unlawful for a school trustee to receive...

Section 59-19-310. Exercising office of trustee after termination of office. - If a trustee of any school district shall attempt to...

Section 59-19-315. Commencement of trustee's term of office. - The term of office of every elected trustee of a...

Section 59-19-320. Trustees may cross bridge or ferry free of charge. - The school trustees shall be allowed to cross all bridges...

Section 59-19-330. Annual report of trustees of certain special and graded school districts. - The trustees of special and graded school districts created by...

Section 59-19-340. Child development programs for three and four-year-old children. - The board of trustees of each school district may establish...

Section 59-19-350. Schools of innovation exempt from applicable state statutes and regulations. - (A)(1) A local school district board of trustees of this...

Section 59-19-510. Right to appeal to county board of education; petition. - Subject to the provisions of Section 59-19-90, any parent or...

Section 59-19-520. Appeal in counties where functions of trustees and board of education have been combined. - In counties where the functions of the boards of trustees...

Section 59-19-530. Hearing; separate hearing for each child in controversies involving children of school age. - The parties shall be entitled to a prompt and fair...

Section 59-19-540. Hearing; appearance of parties and evidence. - At any hearing provided for in Section 59-19-530, the parties...

Section 59-19-550. Order of board of education; service on parties. - After the parties have been heard, the county board of...

Section 59-19-560. Appeal to court of common pleas. - Any party aggrieved by the order of the county board...

Section 59-19-570. Appeal shall not act as supersedeas. - Until the matter in controversy has been finally disposed of,...

Section 59-19-580. Appeal from decision to operate or not to operate school. - Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the...