South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A101, R40, H3171

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Whipper and Gilliard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22915zw17.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on April 19, 2017
Passed by the General Assembly on April 21, 2017
Governor's Action: May 9, 2017, Signed

Summary: Charleston County School District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2016  House   Prefiled
  12/15/2016  House   Referred to Charleston Delegation
   1/10/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 101)
   1/10/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Charleston Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 101)
    4/6/2017  House   Committee report: Favorable Charleston Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 33)
   4/18/2017  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
   4/18/2017  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 15)
   4/18/2017  House   Roll call Yeas-83  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 15)
   4/19/2017  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 10)
   4/19/2017  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 4)
   4/20/2017  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   4/20/2017  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 13)
   4/21/2017  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 1)
    5/4/2017          Ratified R 40
    5/9/2017          Signed By Governor (Senate Journal-page 6)
   5/12/2017          Effective date 5/9/17
   7/12/2017          Act No. 101

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2016
4/6/2017
4/19/2017


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A101, R40, H3171)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REESTABLISH THE BOUNDARY LINES THAT DEFINE THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CONSTITUENT DISTRICTS; AND TO AMEND ACT 245 OF 1979, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE COOPER RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 4 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REDRAW THE THREE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST RESIDE, TO DESIGNATE A MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REDRAWN AREAS.

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

Charleston County constituent districts' boundaries reestablished

SECTION    1.    Section 2A. of Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 373 of 2008, is further amended by adding an undesignated paragraph at the end to read:

"Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the Charleston County School District's constituent districts are hereby reestablished and depicted on the Charleston County School District map 'S-19-00-17' as prepared and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the Charleston County School District. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction. Students who were enrolled in a Charleston County high school prior to the effective date of this act may elect to stay at their current high school; however, transportation will not be provided for those students who elect to remain at their current high school."

Charleston County Constituent District 4 geographic areas redrawn

SECTION    2.    Act 245 of 1979, as last amended by Act 231 of 1983, is further amended by adding an undesignated paragraph at the end to read:

"Notwithstanding another provision of law, beginning with the next school district elections in Charleston County Constituent District 4, also known as the Cooper River School District Number 4, after the effective date of this act, the three defined geographic areas in which the members of the board of trustees must reside are as shown on the Charleston County Constituent District 4 map 'S-19-04-17' as prepared and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the Charleston County Constituent District 4, the Charleston County School District, and the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction. The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.    %Dev.        NH_Wht    %NH_Wht        NH_Blk    %NH_Blk

1        29,476    -39    -0.13%        6,363        21.59%        20,262        68.74%

2        30,439    924    3.13%        9,419        30.94%        14,624        48.04%

3        28,631    -884    -3.00%        13,171        46.00%        11,114        38.82%

Total        88,546                            28,953        32.70%        46,000        51.95%

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP    AllOth AllOthVAP

1        21,886    5,678            25.94%        14,082        64.34%        2,851    2,126

2        23,015    8,113            35.25%        10,488        45.57%        6,396    4,414

3        21,967    11,343        51.64%        7,612        34.65%        4,346    3,012

Total    66,868        25,134        37.59%        32,182        48.13%        13,593    9,552"

Time effective

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

Ratified the 4th day of May, 2017.

Approved the 9th day of May, 2017.

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