Laurens County School District 56, the official text

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(A88, R67, H3877)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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

Laurens County School District 56

SECTION 1. Section 2B of Act 779 of 1988, as last amended by Act 104 of 2015, is further amended to read:

SECTION 2B. (A) One member of the Board of Trustees of School District 56 of Laurens County must reside in and be elected from each of the seven defined single member election districts by the electors within each election district as delineated in subsection (B) of this section.

(B)(1) Beginning with the 2026 school district elections, the seven defined single member election districts, from which each member of the Board of Trustees of Laurens County School District 56 must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-59-56-25 and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide a certified copy of the map to the school district and the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. The official map must not be changed except by an act of the General Assembly or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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

District Pop. Dev. %Dev. Hisp. %Hisp. NH Wht %NH Wht

1 2,742 -83 -2.94% 63 2.30% 1,143 41.68%

2 2,695 -130 -4.60% 55 2.04% 957 35.51%

3 2,885 60 2.12% 100 3.47% 2,157 74.77%

4 2,917 92 3.26% 81 2.78% 2,199 75.39%

5 2,794 -31 -1.10% 136 4.87% 1,924 68.86%

6 2,843 18 0.64% 138 4.85% 2,255 79.32%

7 2,902 77 2.73% 78 2.69% 2,039 70.26%

Total 19,778 651 12,674

District NH Blk %NH Blk VAP %VAP HVAP %HVAP

1 1,429 52.12% 2,054 74.91% 34 1.66%

2 1,599 59.33% 2,108 78.22% 39 1.85%

3 537 18.61% 2,224 77.09% 59 2.65%

4 559 19.16% 2,540 87.08% 65 2.56%

5 652 23.34% 2,137 76.49% 80 3.74%

6 361 12.70% 2,148 75.55% 76 3.54%

7 698 24.05% 2,456 84.63% 62 2.52%

Total 5,835 15,667 415

District WVAP %WVAP BVAP %BVAP

1 927 45.13% 1,022 49.76%

2 766 36.34% 1,235 58.59%

3 1,729 77.74% 368 16.55%

4 1,926 75.83% 482 18.98%

5 1,527 71.46% 464 21.71%

6 1,748 81.38% 261 12.15%

7 1,766 71.91% 571 23.25%

Total 10,389 4,403

Exterior boundaries

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose Laurens County School District 56. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of Laurens County School District 56.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2025.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2025.

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