South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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S. 1047

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hutto
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22095zw18.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2018
Introduced in the House on May 1, 2018
Last Amended on April 26, 2018
Currently residing in the House Orangeburg Delegation

Summary: Orangeburg County School District Consolidation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/22/2018  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 7)
   2/23/2018          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/26/2018  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/26/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/26/2018  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/27/2018          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/27/2018  Senate  Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 3)
    5/1/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 62)
    5/1/2018  House   Referred to Orangeburg Delegation (House Journal-page 62)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/22/2018
2/22/2018-A
2/23/2018
4/26/2018
4/27/2018

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April 26, 2018

S. 1047

Introduced by Senator Hutto

L. Printed 4/26/18--S.    [SEC 4/27/18 12:22 PM]

Read the first time February 22, 2018.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND AN ACT OF 2017, BEARING RATIFICATION NUMBER 127, RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY INTO ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE GOVERNED BY A NINE MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE ELECTION DISTRICTS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2 of an Act of 2017 bearing ratification number 127 is amended to read:

"SECTION    2.    The school district must be governed by a board of trustees of nine members, one of whom must be elected from each of the same seven defined single-member election districts as are members of the Orangeburg County Council. These seven board members' numeric district designations shall match that of the corresponding county council district from which the consolidated school district board member is elected, and a consolidated school district board member also must be a resident of the election district from which he is elected. In addition to the seven members elected from the single-member districts described above, two additional members must be elected from Orangeburg County at large. These at-large board members shall hold seats bearing designations eight and nine. The board member holding at-large seat eight must be a resident of Orangeburg County Council District One, Two, Three, or Four, and the board member holding at-large seat nine must be a resident of Orangeburg County Council District Five, Six, or Seven. Beginning in 2018, members of the board must be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election. Members of the board must be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the nine members of the board elected in 2018, the members elected from election districts one, three, five, seven, and at-large seat nine shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2022, when their successors elected at the 2022 election qualify and take office. The members elected from election districts two, four, six, and at-large seat eight shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2020, when their successors elected at the 2020 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, election district in which he resides and from which he seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information that the county election commission requires. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board 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 elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commission shall publish notices of the elections pursuant to Section 7-13-35. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method contained in Section 5-15-61. The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election pursuant to Section 59-19-315.

(A)    The school district must be governed by a board of trustees of nine members, one of whom must be elected from each district as outlined in this section. A member of the board must be a resident of the election district from which he is elected. Beginning in 2018, members of the board must be elected at nonpartisan elections to be conducted at the same time as the general election. Members of the board must be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the nine members of the board elected in 2018, the members elected from election districts two, four, six, and eight shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2020, when their successors elected at the 2020 election qualify and take office, and the members elected from election districts one, three, five, seven, and nine shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2022, when their successors elected at the 2022 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, election district in which he resides and from which he seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information that the county election commission requires. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board 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 elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commission shall publish notices of the elections pursuant to Section 7-13-35. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method contained in Section 5-15-61. The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election pursuant to Section 59-19-315.

(B)(1)    Beginning with the Orangeburg County School District elections in 2018, the nine single-member election districts from which members of the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees map S-75-00-18A as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

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

District    Pop        Dev.        %Dev.    NH_Wht    %NH_Wht        NH_Blk    %NH_Blk

*1        9,848    -430        -4.18%        5,684            57.72%        3,805        38.64%

2        10,527    249        2.42%        5,692            54.07%        4,450        42.27%

*3        9,859    -419        -4.08%        5,449            55.27%        3,981        40.38%

4        10,607    329        3.20%        3,389            31.95%        6,589        62.12%

*5        10,486    208        2.02%        1,509            14.39%        8,591        81.93%

6        10,455    177        1.72%        1,306            12.49%        8,660        82.83%

*7        10,598    320        3.11%        1,764            16.64%        8,564        80.81%

8        9,799        -479        -4.66%        3,114            31.78%        6,375        65.06%

*9        10,322    44        0.43%        3,299            31.96%        6,606        64.00%

TOTAL    92,501                            31,206            33.74%        57,621        62.29%

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth AllOthVAP

*1        7,379        4,404            59.68%        2,726        36.94%        359            249

2        8,089        4,527            55.96%        3,282        40.57%        385            280

*3        7,456        4,334            58.13%        2,829        37.94%        429            293

4        8,042        2,812            34.97%        4,775        59.38%        629            455

*5        8,082        1,266            15.66%        6,531        80.81%        386            285

6        7,812        1,141            14.61%        6,325        80.97%        489            346

*7        8,748        1,447            16.54%        7,118        81.37%        270            183

8        7,573        2,700            35.65%        4,667        61.63%        310            206

*9        7,881        2,783            35.31%        4,813        61.07%        417            285

TOTAL 71,062    25,414            35.76%        43.066        60.60%    3,674        2,582

*Denotes: 4-year Term

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

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