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Bill 3664

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3664
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010306
Primary Sponsor:                  Scarborough
All Sponsors:                     Scarborough, Altman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20226sd01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Criminal activity on school grounds where 
                                  students are victims and law enforcement 
                                  called; notification required, Crimes


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010306  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ARE SUMMONED TO A SCHOOL TO RESPOND TO REPORTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHERE STUDENTS ARE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SUBJECTING THEM TO POSSIBLE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH, SCHOOL OFFICIALS MUST NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED, THROUGH APPROPRIATE MEDIA OUTLETS, OF THIS SITUATION WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES OF SUMMONING LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT WHERE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ARE REGULARLY MADE BY A SCHOOL TO PARENTS THROUGH SUCH DEVICES AS NEWSLETTERS, A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT ALSO MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT EDITION FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 59-63-75.    (A)    When law enforcement authorities are summoned to a school to investigate or respond to reports of criminal activity where students are potential victims of the criminal activity subjecting them to possible serious bodily injury or death, school officials must notify the public and the parents or guardians of the students involved, through appropriate media outlets, of this situation within thirty minutes of summoning law enforcement authorities. Nothing herein requires individual notification to each parent or guardian, but does not prevent individual notification where appropriate or necessary. Criminal activity to which this section applies includes, but is not limited to, bomb threats, random shootings, or violence directed at students.

    (B)    Where written communications are regularly made by a school to parents through such devices as newsletters, a report of the incident also must be included in the next edition following the incident."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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