Bill Text: SC H4948 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: School enrollment and redistricting
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [H4948 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-H4948-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-600 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PEOPLE WHOSE RESIDENCES MOVE FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER DUE TO BOUNDARY REESTABLISHMENTS MAY ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY RESIDED BEFORE THE BOUNDARY REESTABLISHMENT, TO PROVIDE THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEIR RESIDENCE WAS LOCATED BEFORE THE REESTABLISHMENT, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE RIGHTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-600. (A) Upon the reestablishment of a portion or entirety of a county boundary, persons residing on the impacted property may enroll their children residing with them in the district in which that property was previously located, without charge or approval of any school district, as long as the family maintains a residence on that same property. For the purposes of this section, 'children' includes those children who are residing with their legal guardians whose property is impacted by a county boundary reestablishment.
(B) This section only applies to those persons residing on the impacted property and their children who reside with them. Once those persons move from the property or no longer have children living in the residence;ps who are attending or will attend schools in the South Carolina K-12 public education system, then this provision no longer applies to that property. A district may draw down State and federal funding for students enrolled under this section.
(C) This section does not require the former resident of a county to continue enrollment of their children in school in the county in which their property was located before the reestablishment."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
