Bill Text: SC H4082 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Dorchester County School District Board of Trustees

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-17 - Act No. 99 [H4082 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4082-Amended.html

INTRODUCED

May 4, 2015

H. 4082

Introduced by Reps. Knight, Jefferson, Murphy, Horne, Whipper, Tinkler and Mack

L. Printed 5/4/15--S.

Read the first time May 4, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 536 OF 1986, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2016, TO DESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS MAY BE FOUND, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1A of Act 536 of 1986, as added by Act 592 of 1992, is amended by deleting Section 1A in its entirety and inserting:

"Section 1A.    (1)    Beginning with school district elections in 2016, the five single-member election districts from which members of the Dorchester County School District Four Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Dorchester County School District Four Board of Trustees map S-35-04-15 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Candidates offering for election to single-member districts 1, 2, and 3 shall stand for election in 2016, and candidates offering for election to single-member districts 4 and 5 shall stand for election in 2018.

(2)    The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop        Dev.    %Dev.    NH_WHT    %NH_WHT    NH_BLK    %NH_BLK

1    3,195        14        0.44%        1,344        42.07%        1,778        55.65%

2    3,206        25        0.79%        1,304        40.67%        1,821        56.80%

3    3,217        36        1.13%        2,047        63.63%        1,060        32.95%

4    3,214        33        1.04%        1,475        45.89%        1,614        50.22%

5    3,072    -109    -3.43%        1,805        58.76%        922        30.01%

Total    15,904                                7,975                        7,195

District    VAP    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP %NHBVAP AllOth    AllOthVAP

1        2,477        1,058            42.71%        1,369            55.27%    73        50

2        2,487        1,019            40.97%        1,411            56.74%    81        57

3        2,512        1,644            65.45%        799            31.81%    110        69

4        2,414        1,142            47.31%        1,192            49.38%    125        80

5        2,376        1,450            61.03%        676            28.45%    345        250

Total    12,266        6,313                            5,447                        734        506"

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

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