South Carolina Senate Bill 115

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guardians Of Our Schools Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 66, Title 59 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, The Governing Boards Of Public K-12 Schools May Designate Employees As School Guardians To Provide Armed Protection And Other Related Public Safety Functions On Their Campuses, To Define Related Terminology, And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 23-23-112 So As To Provide The Law Enforcement Council Must Develop A Training Program And Guidelines For School Guardians That Must Be Offered By The Criminal Justice Academy; And By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Exemptions From The Prohibition On Possession Of Firearm On School Property, So As To Exempt School Guardians.

School Safety

Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Sen. Tom Fernandez [R]
Sen. Matthew Leber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	23	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	23	112	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0115&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/115_20241211.htm