Current Status Bill Number:3975 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970410 Primary Sponsor:Breeland All Sponsors:Breeland, M. Hines, Mack, Whipper, Cave, Lloyd, J. Hines, Inabinett, Gourdine, Govan, Moody-Lawrence, Trotter, Byrd, Clyburn, J. Brown, McMahand, Cobb-Hunter, Parks, Scott, F. Smith, Howard, Pinckney and T. Brown Drafted Document Number:gjk\20451sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Racial enrollment of specialized schools established by school district, provisions; Discrimination
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House 19970410 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-455 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF ANY SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING ACADEMIC MAGNET, MILITARY MAGNET, MONTESSORI, PROGRESSIVE, AND AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS, MAY NOT DIFFER FROM THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-455. The racial composition of the enrollment of any specialized schools established by a school district, including academic magnet, military magnet, montessori, progressive, and autonomous schools, may not differ from the racial composition of the enrollment of the school district as a whole by more than ten percent."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.