Current Status Bill Number:4300 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970604 Primary Sponsor:Pinckney All Sponsors:Pinckney, Neal, Cobb-Hunter, F. Smith, Kelley, Moody-Lawrence, Davenport and Phillips Drafted Document Number:gjk\20840sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Racial enrollment of charter schools established by district, racial composition requirements; Discrimination
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-40-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN MEETING THE RACIAL COMPOSITION REQUIREMENTS, ACTUAL ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS MUST BE ACHIEVED AND A SHOWING OF A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO MEET SUCH RACIAL REQUIREMENTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-40-50(6) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 447 of 1996, is amended to read:
"(6) admit all children eligible to attend public school in a school district who are eligible to apply for admission to a charter school operating in that school district, subject to space limitations. However, under no circumstances may a charter school enrollment differ from the racial composition of the school district by more than ten percent. In meeting this requirement, actual enrollment within the required parameters must be achieved and a showing of a good faith effort to meet such racial requirements is not sufficient. If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building, students shall be accepted by lot, and there is no appeal to the sponsor;"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.