H 4892 {Rat #128} General Bill, By Thayer, West, Chapman, Beach, Cromer and Gagnon
 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 510 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY
 BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE DISTRICTS FROM WHICH BOARD
 MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; AND TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
 ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1, SO AS TO
 REAPPORTION THESE DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

   1/18/2024  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 13)
   1/18/2024  House  Referred to Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 13)
   1/24/2024  House  Delegation report: Favorable Anderson Delegation (House Journal-page 6)
   1/25/2024         Scrivener's error corrected
   1/30/2024  House  Amended (House Journal-page 16)
   1/30/2024  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 16)
   1/30/2024  House  Roll call Yeas-105  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 18)
   1/31/2024  House  Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 18)
   1/31/2024  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/6/2024  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   2/7/2024  Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/7/2024         Ratified R 128
   3/11/2024         Signed By Governor
   3/14/2024         Effective date 03/11/24

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(R128, H4892)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 510 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE DISTRICTS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; AND TO AMEND ACT 509 OF 1982, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THESE DISTRICTS.

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

Anderson County Board of Education

SECTION 1.    Section 1(A) of Act 510 of 1982, as last amended by Act 300 of 2014, is further amended to read:

(A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with vacancies filled at the election conducted in 2024, the nine defined single-member election districts from which each member of the Anderson County Board of Education must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as defined on the official map designated as S-07-00-24 on file with the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

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

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    23,781    1,146    5.06%    704    2.96%    19,256    80.97%

2    23,245    610    2.69%    1,175    5.05%    19,306    83.05%

3    22,852    217    0.96%    1,166    5.10%    18,429    80.65%

4    23,404    769    3.40%    1,291    5.52%    19,275    82.36%

5    22,404    -231    -1.02%    548    2.45%    18,381    82.04%

6    21,609    -1,026    -4.53%    954    4.41%    17,113    79.19%

7    21,734    -901    -3.98%    1,410    6.49%    16,496    75.90%

8    22,500    -135    -0.60%    927    4.12%    16,004    71.13%

9    22,189    -446    -1.97%    1,399    6.30%    8,136    36.67%

Total    203,718            9,574        152,396

District    NH Blk    %NH Blk    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    2,662    11.19%    19,287    81.10%    456    2.36%

2    1,616    6.95%    17,312    74.48%    707    4.08%

3    1,933    8.46%    17,340    75.88%    705    4.07%

4    1,823    7.79%    17,858    76.30%    777    4.35%

5    2,796    12.48%    17,437    77.83%    321    1.84%

6    2,846    13.17%    16,916    78.28%    573    3.39%

7    2,767    12.73%    17,333    79.75%    1,056    6.09%

8    4,507    20.03%    17,904    79.57%    641    3.58%

9    11,908    53.67%    16,587    74.75%    867    5.23%

Total    32,858        157,974        6,103

District    NH WVAP    %NH WVAP    NH BVAP    %NH BVAP

1    18,831    97.64%    1,981    10.27%

2    16,605    95.92%    1,108    6.40%

3    16,635    95.93%    1,342    7.74%

4    17,081    95.65%    1,290    7.22%

5    17,116    98.16%    2,004    11.49%

6    16,343    96.61%    2,050    12.12%

7    16,277    93.91%    1,885    10.88%

8    17,263    96.42%    3,289    18.37%

9    15,720    94.77%    8,507    51.29%

Total    151,871        23,456

Anderson County School District 1

SECTION 2.    Act 509 of 1982, as last amended by Act 300 of 2014, is further amended to read:

Section 13A. (A)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with school trustee elections in 2024, vacancies on the seven-member governing body of Anderson County School District 1 must be filled in the manner provided by law from the seven numbered single-member districts as defined on Anderson County School District 1 map S-07-01-24 as maintained in the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. A candidate must reside in the specific numbered district for which the candidate files for election. Each of the seven members must be elected by the qualified electors of all of Anderson County School District 1 with the winner for each numbered district determined by plurality vote.

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

District    Pop    Dev.    %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    8,559    237    2.85%    589    6.88%    6,648    77.67%

2    8,119    -203    -2.44%    321    3.95%    6,966    85.80%

3    8,311    -11    -0.13%    304    3.66%    6,708    80.71%

4    8,415    93    1.12%    490    5.82%    6,818    81.02%

5    8,591    269    3.23%    396    4.61%    7,184    83.62%

6    8,063    -259    -3.11%    776    9.62%    6,517    80.83%

7    8,198    -124    -1.49%    383    4.67%    6,900    84.17%

Total    58,256            3,259        47,741

District    NH Blk    %NH Blk    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    705    8.24%    6,428    75.10%    358    5.57%

2    502    6.18%    6,023    74.18%    188    3.12%

3    710    8.54%    6,283    75.60%    181    2.88%

4    720    8.56%    6,402    76.08%    314    4.90%

5    609    7.09%    6,382    74.29%    237    3.71%

6    534    6.62%    6,109    75.77%    481    7.87%

7    570    6.95%    6,250    76.24%    215    3.44%

Total    4,350        43,877        1,974

District    NH WVAP    %NH WVAP    NH BVAP    %NH BVAP

1    5,130    79.81%    491    7.64%

2    5,251    87.18%    351    5.83%

3    5,150    81.97%    482    7.67%

4    5,312    82.97%    516    8.06%

5    5,452    85.43%    414    6.49%

6    5,097    83.43%    367    6.01%

7    5,402    86.43%    378    6.05%

Total    36,794        2,999

(3) The boundaries of Anderson County School District 1 are not altered by the provisions of this subsection. 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 3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 7th day of March, 2024.

Approved the 11th day of March, 2024. -- L.

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