2017-2018 Bill 3351: Special School of Science and Mathematics - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 3351 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Govan and CobbHunter 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19024wab17.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017 13 Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works 14 15 Summary: Special School of Science and Mathematics 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 12/15/2016 House Prefiled 22 12/15/2016 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 23 1/10/2017 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 170) 24 1/10/2017 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works ( House Journalpage 170) 25 26 View the latest legislative information at the website 27 28 29 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 30 31 12/15/2016 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 594840, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH 12 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SPECIAL SCHOOL 13 OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, AND SECTION 595040, 14 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ADMISSIONS CRITERIA 15 AND STANDARDS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR 16 THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, BOTH SO AS TO PROMOTE 17 INCREASED ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL BY DIVERSE 18 STUDENT POPULATIONS BY PROVIDING THE RACIAL 19 COMPOSITIONS OF THE SCHOOLS’ ENROLLMENTS MUST 20 REFLECT THAT OF THE STATE, DIFFERING FROM THAT 21 STATEWIDE COMPOSITION BY NO MORE THAN TWENTY 22 PERCENT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETENTION BY THE 23 STUDENTS’ DISTRICTS OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE OF 24 ALL STATE AND FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDING 25 ALLOCATED FOR THESE STUDENTS, AND TO MAKE 26 THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE BEGINNING WITH 27 THE 20182019 SCHOOL YEAR. 28 29 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 30 Carolina: 31 32 SECTION 1. Section 594840 of the 1976 Code is amended to 33 read: 34 35 “Section 594840. (A) The school shall admit students in 36 accordance with criteria, standards, and the procedures established 37 by the board. To be eligible to be considered for admission, an 38 applicant must be a legal resident of this State. Eligibility to 39 remain enrolled in the school terminates when a student becomes a 40 nonresident of this State. The board shall ensure, insofar as 41 possible without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal

[3351] 2 1 number of students are admitted from each of the state’s 2 congressional districts. 3 (B) In addition to the requirements of subsection (A) and in the 4 interest of promoting access to the school by diverse student 5 populations, the racial composition of the school enrollment must 6 reflect that of the State, differing from that statewide composition 7 by no more than twenty percent. A student enrolled in the school 8 pursuant to this subsection must be included in the average daily 9 membership of the student’s district of permanent residence for 10 purposes relating to the allocation of all state and federal education 11 funding, and the student’s membership district of permanent 12 residence must receive one hundred percent of the base student 13 cost from the State for this student. For the purposes of this 14 section, ‘membership district of permanent residence’ means the 15 district of the permanent residence of the student and where the 16 student ordinarily would attend public school.” 17 18 SECTION 2. Section 595040 of the 1976 Code, as last amended 19 by Act 84 of 2005, is further amended to read: 20 21 “Section 595040. (A) The school shall admit students in 22 accordance with the admission criteria, standards, and procedures 23 as established and approved by the board. To be eligible for 24 admission to the school, an applicant must be a legal resident of 25 South Carolina unless a special exemption is established to accept 26 outofstate or international exchange students. Students must be 27 identified as artistically talented and possess a high level of 28 commitment, motivation, and maturity. The board shall assure, as 29 far as possible and without jeopardizing admission standards, that 30 an equal number of students are admitted from each of the state’s 31 congressional districts. Outofstate or international exchange 32 students admitted to the school shall pay tuition as determined by 33 the board. 34 (B) In addition to the requirements of subsection (A) and in the 35 interest of promoting access to the school by diverse student 36 populations, t he racial composition of the school enrollment must 37 reflect that of the State, differing from that statewide composition 38 by no more than twenty percent. A student enrolled in the school 39 pursuant to this subsection must be included in the average daily 40 membership of the student’s district of permanent residence for 41 purposes relating to the allocation of all state and federal education 42 funding, and the student’s membership district of permanent 43 residence must receive one hundred percent of the base student

[3351] 3 1 cost from the State for this student. For the purposes of this 2 section, ‘membership district of permanent residence’ means the 3 district of the permanent residence of the student and where the 4 student ordinarily would attend public school.” 5 6 SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval of the Governor 7 and is applicable to students seeking admission for the 20182019 8 School Year. 9 XX 10

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