<span style="font-weight: bold;"="">South Carolina General Assembly</span><br="">125th Session, 2023-2024
Bill 1188
<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"="">Indicates Matter Stricken</span><br=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;"="">Indicates New Matter</span>
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-63-240, RELATING TO EXPULSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF YEAR AND 
HEARINGS, SO AS TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN 
NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE PUPIL.
<a name="ew_36ec64f2e"="">B</a>e it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
<a name="bs_num_1_3378d38df"="">S</a>ECTION 1. <a name="dl_f47eab987"="">S</a>ection 59-63-240 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
<a name="cs_T59C63N240_143f743d5"="">S</a>ection 
59-63-240. The board may expel for the remainder of the school year a pupil for 
any of the reasons listed in Section 59-63-210. If procedures for expulsion 
are initiated, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil shall be notified in 
writing of the time and the place of a hearing either before the board or a 
person or committee designated by the board. <span class="scinsert"="">The written 
notification to the parents or legal guardian of the pupil must include their 
right to have legal counsel present at the hearing and all other regular legal 
rights including the right to question all witnesses, contact information for 
legal aid services for those who may qualify for free legal representation, and 
the right to access the investigative file in its entirety, to include all 
documents and videos, prior to the hearing. </span><span class="scstrike"="">At the 
hearing the parents or legal guardian shall have the right to legal counsel and 
to all other regular legal rights including the right to question all 
witnesses. </span>If the hearing is held by any authority other than the board 
of trustees, the right to appeal the decision to the board is reserved to 
either party. The hearing shall take place within fifteen days of the written 
notification at a time and place designated by the board and a decision shall 
be rendered within ten days of the hearing. The pupil may be suspended from 
school and all school activities during the time of the expulsion procedures. 
The action of the board may be appealed to the proper court. The board may 
permanently expel any incorrigible pupil.
<a name="eff_date_section"=""></a><a name="bs_num_2_lastsection"="">S</a>ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.
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