H*3747(Rat #0474, Act #0387 of 1982)  General Bill, By F.X. Archibald and 
R.L. Helmly
 A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
 59-73-160 so as to authorize tuition fees to be charged to students who reside
 on military bases or federal establishments and who attend the public schools
 of this State if the Federal Government reduces the amount of Federal Impact
 Aid provided to the school district concerned, and to establish the amount and
 conditions of such tuition fees.

   03/24/82  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-1788
   03/24/82  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-1788
   04/21/82  House  Committee report: Favorable Education and Public
                     Works HJ-2252
   04/27/82  House  Read second time HJ-2627
   04/28/82  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2640
   04/28/82  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   04/28/82  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-14
   05/19/82  Senate Committee report: Favorable Finance SJ-32
   05/20/82  Senate Read second time SJ-23
   05/21/82  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-2
   05/26/82  House  Ratified R 474 HJ-3590
   06/02/82         Signed By Governor
   06/02/82         Effective date 06/02/82
   06/02/82         Act No. 387
   06/15/82         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-73-160 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE TUITION FEES TO BE CHARGED TO STUDENTS WHO RESIDE ON MILITARY BASES OR FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND WHO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL IMPACT AID PROVIDED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONCERNED, AND TO ESTABLISH THE AMOUNT AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH TUITION FEES.

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

Tuition fees authorized

Section 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-73-160. If the federal government is any year ceases to provide federal impact aid or reduces the amount of federal impact aid to those school districts of this State which provide public school education for children who reside on a military base or on another federal establishment in the district wherein local property taxes are not levied, the governing body of the district in that year shall be authorized to charge a tuition fee to such students who attend schools of the district. The amount of the tuition fee shall be set by the governing body of the district and shall be approved by the State Board of Education.

The tuition fee per child shall be the same regardless of the school attended and the aggregate amount of the tuition fees charged in any one year shall not exceed the amount of the loss in federal impact aid from the previous year plus or minus a cost-of-living adjustment on the amount of impact aid provided in the previous year which shall be equal to the rise or fall in the consumer price index as it existed at the end of the previous year. If tuition fees are imposed in any year and the federal impact aid cut is later reinstated and paid after the tuition fees have been collected, such fees shall be refunded in full.

The State Board of Education shall be authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section and the appropriate officials of the school district shall be authorized to refuse admittance to any child who has not paid the tuition fee required herein.

For purposes of this section:

(a) `Consumer price index' means the average over a twelve-month period of the consumer index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor.

(b) `Year' means fiscal year of the school district concerned."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.