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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3154 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Campsen All Sponsors:Campsen Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11094ac01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Charleston Delegation 97 HLD Subject:Charleston County School Districts, deconsolidation of into seven separate districts, advisory referendum; Elections History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD referred to Charleston Delegation House 20001220 Prefiled, referred to Charleston 97 HLD Delegation Versions of This Bill
TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FAVOR DECONSOLIDATING THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO SEVEN SEPARATE, AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) An advisory referendum shall be held in 2001 on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the Charleston County School District favor deconsolidating the Charleston County School District into seven separate, autonomous school districts. The Charleston County Election Commission shall establish the date in 2001 for the referendum and shall conduct and supervise the advisory referendum in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the advisory referendum, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the advisory referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty days before the advisory referendum.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the district at the advisory referendum shall read as follows:
"Shall the Charleston County School District and the constituent school districts be abolished and seven separate, autonomous school districts be established as follows with all the powers and duties previously exercised by the Charleston County School District and constituent school districts:
(1) East Cooper School District 3/4 formerly constituent school districts No. 1 and No. 2;
(2) James Island School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 3;
(3) North Charleston School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 4;
(4) Johns Island School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 9;
(5) St. Andrews School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 10;
(6) Charleston City School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 20; and
(7) St. Paul's School District 3/4 formerly constituent school district No. 23?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."
(C) The results of the advisory referendum may be considered by the Charleston County Legislative Delegation and the General Assembly when determining whether or not to deconsolidate the Charleston County School District.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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