South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 3159

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pendarvis, Felder and Bennett
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19364wab19.docx

Introduced in the House on January 8, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Children attending school in district where they own property of more than 300 dollars

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2018  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
    1/3/2019          Scrivener's error corrected
    1/8/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 111)
    1/8/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 111)
   1/22/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
   1/31/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bennett

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2018
1/3/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-63-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROVISION ALLOWING CHILDREN TO QUALIFY TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY OWN PROPERTY WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING WITH THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, A STUDENT MAY NOT SO QUALIFY UNLESS HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THAT DISTRICT BY QUALIFYING UNDER THESE PROVISIONS DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-63-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-63-30.    (A)    Children within the ages prescribed by Section 59-63-20 shall be entitled to may attend the public schools of any school district, without charge, only if qualified under the following provisions of this section:

(a1)    Such the child resides with its parent or legal guardian;

(b2)    the parent or legal guardian, with whom the child resides, is a resident of such the school district; or

(c3)    the child owns real estate in the district having an assessed value of three hundred dollars or more; and

(d4)    the child has maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in accordance with scholastic standards of achievement prescribed by the trustees pursuant to Section 59-19-90; and

(e5)    the child has not been guilty of infraction of the rules of conduct promulgated by the trustees of such the school district pursuant to Section 59-19-90.

(B)    Effective beginning with the 2019-2020 School Year, a student may not qualify to attend a public school in a district under the provisions of subsection (A)(3) unless he attended school in that district under those provisions during the 2018-2019 School Year."

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

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