South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A293, R387, H4758

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Erickson, Bedingfield, Ballentine, Pinson, Bannister, Herbkersman, E.H. Pitts, Sellers, Taylor, Young and Hodges
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20546sd08.doc

Introduced in the House on February 27, 2008
Introduced in the Senate on May 1, 2008
Last Amended on April 29, 2008
Passed by the General Assembly on June 4, 2008
Governor's Action: June 11, 2008, Signed

Summary: High school student transfers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/27/2008  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-11
   2/27/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-11
   4/22/2008  House   Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-5
   4/24/2008  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hodges
   4/24/2008  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Kennedy, Hardwick, Miller, 
                        Kelly, Williams, Jefferson, Perry, McLeod, Hosey, 
                        Ballentine, Hayes, Whitmire, Govan, Simrill, Lowe, 
                        Young, Erickson, and EH Pitts HJ-66
   4/29/2008  House   Amended HJ-63
   4/29/2008  House   Read second time HJ-67
   4/29/2008  House   Roll call Yeas-72  Nays-34 HJ-67
   4/30/2008  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-46
   4/30/2008  House   Roll call Yeas-76  Nays-22 HJ-50
    5/1/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-9
    5/1/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-9
   5/29/2008  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Education SJ-17
    6/3/2008  Senate  Read second time SJ-30
    6/4/2008  Senate  Read third time and enrolled
    6/5/2008          Ratified R 387
   6/11/2008          Signed By Governor
   6/18/2008          Copies available
   6/18/2008          Effective date 06/11/08
   6/19/2008          Act No. 293

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/27/2008
4/22/2008
4/29/2008
5/29/2008


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

(A293, R387, H4758)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-425 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO IS THE VICTIM OF PHYSICAL ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR STALKING BY A CLASSMATE DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR OTHERWISE RESULTING IN A RESTRAINING ORDER BEING GRANTED AGAINST THE CLASSMATE BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION MAY TRANSFER WITH THE CONSENT OF THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN OR OUT OF THE DISTRICT WITHIN THIRTY SCHOOL DAYS OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER BEING VIOLATED, WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES AT THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE STUDENT TRANSFERS.

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

Student may transfer

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-63-425.    A high school student who is the victim of physical abuse, harassment, or stalking by a classmate during school hours or otherwise resulting in a restraining order being granted against the classmate by a court of competent jurisdiction may transfer with the consent of the student's school district to another high school within or out of the district within thirty school days of the restraining order being violated, without any loss of eligibility to participate in interscholastic activities at the school to which the student transfers."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2008.

Approved the 11th day of June, 2008.

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