S 0812 General Bill, By S. Martin, Shoopman, Grooms, Bryant, Bright, Davis and 
Rose
 A BILL TO PROVIDE THAT THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT RESIDING IN
 SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY AND ATTENDING SCHOOL IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION
 COUNTY AS A NON-RESIDENT MUST ARRANGE FOR THE STUDENT TO ATTEND A SCHOOL IN
 THE COUNTY RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE CHILD’S COUNTY OF
 RESIDENCE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IN WHICH A CHILD IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY RESIDES MAY NOT
 PREVENT A STUDENT FROM TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SPARTANBURG
 OR UNION COUNTY IF THE RECEIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVES THE TRANSFER.

   05/13/09  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-2
   05/13/09  Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-2
   03/02/10  Senate Committee report: Majority favorable with amend.,
                     minority unfavorable Education SJ-22
   03/10/10  Senate  Minority Report Removed SJ-29
   03/10/10  Senate  Committee Amendment Withdrawn SJ-29
   03/10/10  Senate Amended SJ-29
   03/18/10  Senate Amended SJ-39
   03/22/10         Scrivener's error corrected
   03/23/10  Senate Read second time SJ-7
   03/25/10  Senate Amended SJ-36
   03/25/10  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-36
   04/13/10  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-24
   04/13/10  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-24
   04/21/10  House  Recalled from Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-52
   04/21/10  House  Referred to Spartanburg Delegation HJ-52

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

March 25, 2010

S. 812

Introduced by Senators S. Martin, Shoopman, Grooms, Bryant, Bright, Davis and Rose

S. Printed 3/25/10--S.

Read the first time May 13, 2009.

TO PROVIDE THAT THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT RESIDING IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY AND ATTENDING SCHOOL IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY AS A NON-RESIDENT MUST ARRANGE FOR THE STUDENT TO ATTEND A SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE CHILD'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH A CHILD IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY RESIDES MAY NOT PREVENT A STUDENT FROM TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SPARTANBURG OR UNION COUNTY IF THE RECEIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVES THE TRANSFER.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    (A)    Notwithstanding Section 59-63-480, if a child resides in Spartanburg County, he may attend the schools in Union County if the person responsible for educating the child receives approval for admission from school officials of Union County and payment is made pursuant to Section 59-63-45. If a child resides in Union County, he may attend the schools in Spartanburg County if the person responsible for educating the child receives approval for admission from school officials of Spartanburg County and payment is made pursuant to Section 59-63-45. The person responsible for educating a nonresident child that would like to attend school in either county pursuant to this section shall make written application to the board of trustees of the district in which the school is located for the admission of the child, giving full information as to age, residence, and school attainment. The board of trustees in the school district, agreeing to accept the child, shall give a written statement of agreement. Upon receipt of the application, the board of trustees of the school shall determine the amount of the payment required by Section 59-63-45. The child shall be admitted to the schools of either county upon proper arrangement being made for the payment required by Section 59-63-45.

(B)    The board of trustees in the school district in which the school is located may waive all or a portion of the payment required by Section 59-63-45.

SECTION    2.    (A)    Notwithstanding Section 59-63-490, when a person in Spartanburg County is better accommodated at a school in Union County, or a person in Union County is better accommodated at a school in Spartanburg County, whether special or otherwise, the student may, with the consent of the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located, transfer to the school district in which the school is located, and the trustees of the school district in which the school is located shall receive the person into the school as though he resided within the district.

(B)    When a transfer of pupils from one district to another is sought and the trustees of the latter district unreasonably or capriciously withhold their consent, the board of education in the district in which the pupils reside may, after hearing, make the transfer, but only on condition that each pupil so transferred pay the payment required by Section 59-63-45.