South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A296, R181, S1412

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Grooms, Campbell and Campsen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\4061sd12.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2012
Introduced in the House on April 17, 2012
Passed by the General Assembly on April 19, 2012
Governor's Action: May 14, 2012, Signed

Summary: Berkeley County Board of Education

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/10/2012  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10)
   4/11/2012          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/11/2012  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 26)
   4/11/2012  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 26)
   4/12/2012  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 14)
   4/17/2012  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 11)
   4/18/2012          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/18/2012  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
   4/18/2012  House   Roll call Yeas-61  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 19)
   4/19/2012  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 19)
    5/8/2012          Ratified R 181
   5/14/2012          Signed By Governor
   5/17/2012          Effective date 05/14/12
    9/5/2012          Act No. 296

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/10/2012
4/10/2012-A
4/11/2012
4/17/2012
4/18/2012


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(A296, R181, S1412)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 518 OF 1982, RELATING TO BERKELEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BERKELEY COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BERKELEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2012, AND TO PROVIDE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THESE NEWLY DRAWN ELECTION DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Election Districts Reapportioned

SECTION    1. Section 3A of Act 518 of 1982, as added by Act 408 of 2002, is amended to read:

"Section 3A.    (1)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with school board elections in 2012, the nine single-member election districts from which members of the Berkeley County Board of Education shall be elected are as shown on the Berkeley County Board of Education map S-15-00-12 as maintained in the Division of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board.

(2)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District        Pop        Dev.    %Dev.        NH-WHT        NH-BLK    %NH-BLK        VAP        %VAP

1        19,959        199        1.01%        13,481            3,095        15.51%            15,032        75.31%

2        20,109        349        1.77%        14,513            2,920        14.52%            15,539        77.27%

3        20,186        426        2.16%        11,146            5,989        29.67%            14,653        72.59%

4        19,954        194        0.98%        12,945            4,224        21.17%            14,198        71.15%

5        20,047        287        1.45%        14,366            3,063        15.28%            14,867        74.16%

6        19,713    -47        -0.24%        17,051            1,734        8.80%            15,049        76.34%

7        18,829    -931        -4.71%        7,161            11,026        58.56%            14,333        76.12%

8        18,945    -815        -4.12%        7,923            9,970        52.63%            14,040        74.11%

9        20,101    341        1.73%        14,967            3,224        16.04%            15,170        75.47%

Total        177,843                        113,553        45,245                        132,881

District        NHWVAP        NHBVAP        %NHBVAP        AllOth        AllOthVAP

1        10,532            2,113            14.06%                3,383            2,387

2        11,477            2,009            12.93%                2,676            2,053

3        8,595            3,937            26.87%                3,051            2,121

4        9,680            2,738            19.28%                2,785            1,780

5        11,017            2,072            13.94%                2,618            1,778

6        13,259            1,178            7.83%                928            612

7        5,691            8,213            57.30%                642            429

8        6,133            7,235            51.53%                1,052            672

9        11,684            2,208            14.56%                1,910            1,278

Total        88,068            31,703                                19,045            13,110

(3)    The boundaries of the school district of Berkeley County are not altered by the provisions of this act. These school district lines are as defined by law and any census blocks which may be divided are done so only for statistical purposes and to establish a population base."

Time Effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2012.

Approved the 14th day of May, 2012.

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