Current Status Bill Number:3855 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950323 Primary Sponsor:Townsend All Sponsors:Townsend and Allison Drafted Document Number:GJK\21556SD.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Students with weapons, expulsion of
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House 19950323 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-245 SO AS TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO EXPEL FOR NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR A STUDENT WHO BRINGS A FIREARM TO SCHOOL OR TO ANY SETTING UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD, AND TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES FOR AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH EXPULSION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-245. The district board must expel for no less than one year a student who is determined to have brought a firearm to a school or any setting under the jurisdiction of a local board of trustees. The expulsion must follow the procedures established pursuant to Section 59-63-240. The one-year expulsion is subject to modification by the district superintendent of education on a case-by-case basis. Students expelled pursuant to this section are not precluded from receiving educational services in an alternative setting. Each local board of trustees is to establish a policy which requires the student to be referred to the local county office of the Department of Juvenile Justice or its representatives."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.