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A87, R68, H3878
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Gilliam, Rankin and Willis
Document Path: LC-0153HDB25.docx
Introduced in the House on January 30, 2025
Introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2025
Currently residing in the Senate
Governor's Action: May 13, 2025, Signed
Summary: Laurens County School District 55
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
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1/30/2025 | House | Introduced and read first time |
1/30/2025 | House | Referred to Laurens Delegation |
4/23/2025 | House | Delegation report: Favorable Laurens Delegation (House Journal-page 39) |
4/24/2025 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 63) |
4/24/2025 | House | Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 63) |
4/29/2025 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 20) |
4/29/2025 | Senate | Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 10) |
5/6/2025 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 32) |
5/7/2025 | Senate | Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 25) |
5/8/2025 | Ratified R 68 | |
5/13/2025 | Signed By Governor | |
5/19/2025 | Effective date 05/13/25 | |
6/5/2025 | Act No. 87 |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/30/2025
04/23/2025
04/29/2025
(A87, R68, H3878)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Districts reapportioned
SECTION 1. Section 1B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 105 of 2015, is further amended to read:
SECTION 1B. (A) One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 55 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.
(B)(1) Beginning with the 2026 school district elections, the seven defined single member election districts, from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 55 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-55-25 and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens 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.
(2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
District Pop. Dev. %Dev. Hisp. %Hisp. NH Wht %NH Wht
1 5,638 204 3.75% 396 7.02% 4,329 76.78%
2 5,480 46 0.85% 294 5.37% 4,037 73.67%
3 5,530 96 1.77% 107 1.93% 4,497 81.32%
4 5,677 243 4.47% 224 3.95% 4,874 85.86%
5 5,141 -293 -5.39% 459 8.93% 1,764 34.31%
6 5,460 26 0.48% 523 9.58% 2,421 44.34%
7 5,135 -299 -5.50% 646 12.58% 3,175 61.83%
Total 38,061 2,649 25,097
District NH Blk %NH Blk VAP %VAP HVAP %HVAP
1 641 11.37% 4,442 78.79% 244 5.49%
2 954 17.41% 4,352 79.42% 185 4.25%
3 759 13.73% 4,473 80.89% 58 1.30%
4 407 7.17% 4,531 79.81% 156 3.44%
5 2,801 54.48% 3,788 73.68% 254 6.71%
6 2,332 42.71% 4,265 78.11% 379 8.89%
7 1,151 22.41% 3,938 76.69% 374 9.50%
Total 9,045 29,789 1,650
District WVAP %WVAP BVAP %BVAP
1 3,542 79.74% 457 10.29%
2 3,304 75.92% 708 16.27%
3 3,705 82.83% 591 13.21%
4 3,954 87.27% 275 6.07%
5 1,402 37.01% 2,054 54.22%
6 1,955 45.84% 1,789 41.95%
7 2,596 65.92% 841 21.36%
Total 20,458 6,715
Exterior boundaries
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single member election districts that compose Laurens County School District 55. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 55.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 8th day of May, 2025.
Approved the 13th day of May, 2025.
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