S 1218  General Bill, By Matthews
 A BILL TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, AS LAST AMENDED BY ACT 185 OF 2020, TO REDUCE
 THE NUMBER OF JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM
 NINE TO SEVEN; TO STAGGER THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ELECTED IN 2022; AND TO
 ESTABLISH THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.

   03/30/22  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 3)
   03/31/22         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/05/22  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 12)
   04/06/22  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 11)
   04/06/22  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 11)
   04/07/22  House  Introduced and read first time
   04/07/22  House  Referred to Jasper Delegation
   04/07/22         Scrivener's error corrected

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

April 6, 2022

S. 1218

L. Printed 4/6/22--S.    [SEC 4/7/22 12:07 PM]

Read the first time March 30, 2022.

TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, AS LAST AMENDED BY ACT 185 OF 2020, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM NINE TO SEVEN; TO STAGGER THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ELECTED IN 2022; AND TO ESTABLISH THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1 of Act 278 of 1985, as last amended by Act 185 of 2020 is further amended to read:

"Section    1.    (A)    The central authority of Jasper County's education system is the Jasper County Board of Education (board) which is, ex officio, the board of trustees of the Jasper County School District, and all powers and functions vested in school trustees by general or special enactment are vested in the board.

(B)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the The board is composed of nine seven members.

(C)(1)    Except as provided in item (2), board members shall be elected to four-year terms. whose terms shall be four years except that the initial term for Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 shall be two years and four years thereafter.

(2)    In the 2022 General Election all seven seats on the board shall be up for election. The term for board members elected from Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 in the 2022 General Election shall be four years. The term for board members elected from Districts 2, 4, and 6 in the 2022 General Election shall be two years.

(3)    The term for any board member serving on the previously constituted nine-member board shall terminate on the date of the 2022 General Election.

(D)    Each trustee must be a resident elector of the single-member district from which the trustee is elected as designated in Section 2 of this act. A vacancy must be filled by special election as provided in Section 7-13-190.

(E)    Notice of the election must be published by the Jasper County Board of Elections and Voter Registration in a newspaper of general circulation in the district which shall contain appropriate information concerning the election, such as the date of the election, the qualifications of a candidate for election, the method of securing a place on the ballot, all pertinent deadlines, and the authority to whom the candidate's statement of candidacy must be submitted. The notice must be published no earlier than one hundred fifty days, and no later than one hundred twenty days, before the date of the election. The notice published pursuant to this act is additional to any general law requirements of notice of election pursuant to Title 7 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

(F)    To have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate in the general election, a person shall submit to the Jasper County Board of Voter Registration and Elections a statement of candidacy no later than twelve o'clock noon on August first or, if August first falls on a Saturday or Sunday, no later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Section 7-13-352 of the 1976 Code shall govern the process of nomination by statement of candidacy and verification of candidates' qualifications for election."

SECTION    2.    SECTION 2 of Act 476 of 1998 is amended to read:

"SECTION    2.    (A)    The single-member districts of the Jasper County School District shall be as follows:

DISTRICT 1

Area Population

Jasper County

GILLISONVILLE

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 152, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193 611

GRAYS

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 163, 164, 165, 171. . . . . 680

PINELAND

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 283, 284 425

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . .1,716

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -0.290

DISTRICT 2

Area Population

Jasper County

PINELAND

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285 619

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 301, 302, 303, 304, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 344

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 226, 227B. . . . . . 32

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 432, 433, 436, 437, 439, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 495, 496, 497 697

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,692

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -1.685

DISTRICT 3

Area Population

Jasper County

COOSAWHATCHIE

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197. . . . . . . . . . 716

GRAHAMVILLE 2

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 301, 302, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 445, 446, 447, 448, 4491,014

GRAYS

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 120, 121, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 22

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,752

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . ..+1.801

DISTRICT 4

Area Population

Jasper County

COOSAWHATCHIE

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 134, 135, 136, 137, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 178

GILLISONVILLE

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 183, 187, 188, 191, 194, 195, 196, 197 135

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 305, 306, 307, 308, 322, 323, 324, 325 200

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222A, 222B, 223, 224, 225, 227A, 228, 229A, 229B, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238A, 238B, 239A, 239B, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309A, 309B, 310, 342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350A, 350B, 351A, 351B, 352A, 352B, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 1,259

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,772

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.963

DISTRICT 5

Area Population

Jasper County

GRAHAMVILLE 1

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 501, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 558, 559, 618, 619 . . 369

RIDGELAND 1

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 199

RIDGELAND 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,194

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 438. . . . . . . . 0

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,762

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.382

DISTRICT 6

Area Population

Jasper County

HARDEEVILLE 1

Tract 9503.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226C, 227B, 228, 229, 230, 235B, 236, 237B, 238, 239B, 259 269

HARDEEVILLE 2 . . . . . . . . . . .1,189

TILLMAN

Tract 9501.00

Blocks: 428, 429, 431, 434, 435, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 465, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494. . . . . . . . . . 121

Tract 9503.00

Blocks: 101B, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 135, 136, 194 79

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,658

PERCENT VARIATION . -3.660

DISTRICT 7

Area Population

Jasper County

GRAHAMVILLE 1

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 670, 694, 695, 696, 697 739

GRAHAMVILLE 2

Tract 9502.00

Blocks: 311, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 432, 441, 442, 443, 444, 450, 451. . . . . 657

OKATIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,724

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +0.174

DISTRICT 8

Area Population

Jasper County

HARDEEVILLE 1

Tract 9503.00

Blocks: 226A, 226B, 227A, 231, 232, 233A, 233B, 233C, 234A, 234B, 235A, 237A, 239A, 240, 241, 242, 243A, 243B, 244, 245A, 245B, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252A, 252B, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 301A, 301B, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306A, 306B, 307A, 307B, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332A, 333A, 333B, 333C, 340A, 341A, 341B, 342, 343, 344A, 344B, 345, 346, 414, 415, 416. . . . . . . . . . 1,759

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,759

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . +2.208

DISTRICT 9

Area Population

Jasper County

LEVY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . 1,652

PERCENT VARIATION . . . . . . . . . -4.009

District            Pop.                Dev.        %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.

1            4,023        43            1.08%        998        24.81%

2            3,809        -171        -4.30%    1,135        29.80%

3            3,976        -4        -0.10%        770        19.37%

4            3,991        11            0.28%        300        7.52%

5            4,046        66            1.66%        703        17.38%

6            3,887        -93        -2.34%        304        7.82%

7            4,132        152            3.82%        830        20.09%

Totals    27,864                                    5,040        18.09%

District    NH White    %NH White    NH DOJ Blk    %NH DOJ Blk    VAP    %VAP

1        1,583        39.35%            1,297        32.24%        2,975        73.95%

2        1,102        28.93%            1,445        37.94%        2,823        74.11%

3        1,666        41.90%            1,403        35.29%        3,026        76.11%

4        1,686        42.25%            1,914        47.96%        3,095        77.55%

5        1,358        33.56%            1,896        46.86%        3,159        78.08%

6        3,249        83.59%            218        5.61%        3,698        95.14%

7        2,183        52.83%            996        24.10%        3,399        82.26%

Totals    12,827            46.03%            9,169            32.91%        22,175

District        HVAP    %HVAP     NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHDOJBVAP %NHDOJBVAP

1        583        19.60%            1,324        44.50%        968            32.54%

2        701        24.83%            936        33.16%        1107            39.21%

3        474        15.66%            1,424        47.06%        1,013            33.48%

4        191        6.17%            1,369        44.23%        1,466            47.37%

5        470        14.88%            1,138        36.02%        1,484            46.98%

6        223        6.03%            3,195        86.40%        178            4.81%

7        562        16.53%            2,001        58.87%        731            21.51%

Totals 3,204        14.45%        11,387        51.35%        6,947            31.33%

(B)    The Office of Research and Statistical Services of the Budget and Control Board shall maintain an official map of the districts established in subsection (A) and shall, upon request, assist the local election officials and the district in implementing the provisions of this act. Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with the school district elections conducted in 2022, the election districts for the members of the Board of Trustees of the Jasper County School District are established and delineated on map number S-53-00-22 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C)    The exterior boundaries of the Jasper County School District 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."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.