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State Law - South Carolina is a "May" State
School districts may create a policy allowing students to be released for religious study, or they may choose not to
coordinate with released-time programs and require the students' legal guardians facilitate the process.
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SECTION 59-1-460. Excused school attendance for religious instruction.
(A) The school district board of trustees may adopt a policy that authorizes a student to be excused from school to attend a class in religious instruction conducted by a private entity if:
(1) the student's parent or guardian gives written consent;
(2) the sponsoring entity maintains attendance records and makes them available to the public school the student attends;
(3) transportation to and from the place of instruction, including transportation for students with disabilities, is the complete responsibility of the sponsoring entity, parent, or guardian;
(4) the sponsoring entity makes provisions for and assumes liability for the student who is excused; and
(5) no public funds are expended and no public school personnel are involved in providing the religious instruction.
(B) It is the responsibility of a participating student to make up any missed schoolwork. However, no student may be released from a core academic subject class to attend a religious instruction class. While in attendance in a religious instruction class pursuant to this section, a student is not considered to be absent from school.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 241, SECTION 2.
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| District | Current Step | Signatures |
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| Anderson 05 | Step 10 | 64 |
| Beaufort County School District | Step 10 | 158 |
| Spartanburg 05 | Step 10 | 65 |
| Greenville 01 | Step 8 | 18 |
| York 04 | Step 8 | 113 |
| Oconee 01 | Step 7 | 153 |
| Berkeley 01 | Step 6 | 149 |
| Charleston 01 | Step 6 | 107 |
| Dorchester 02 | Step 6 | 203 |
| Horry 01 | Step 6 | 32 |
| Richland 01 | Step 6 | 52 |
| Richland 02 | Step 6 | 55 |
| Sumter 01 | Step 6 | 78 |
| Aiken 01 | Step 5 | 87 |
| Pickens 01 | Step 5 | 70 |
| Anderson 01 | Step 4 | 54 |
| Cherokee 01 | Step 4 | 52 |
| Florence 01 | Step 4 | 53 |
| Kershaw 01 | Step 4 | 61 |
| Lexington 01 | Step 4 | 118 |
| Lexington 05 | Step 4 | 57 |
| York 03 | Step 4 | 94 |
| Abbeville 60 | Step 1 | 8 |
| Allendale 01 | Step 1 | 2 |
| Anderson 02 | Step 1 | 16 |
| Anderson 03 | Step 1 | 19 |
| Anderson 04 | Step 1 | 17 |
| Barnwell 45 | Step 1 | 15 |
| Calhoun 01 | Step 1 | 4 |
| Chester 01 | Step 1 | 16 |
| Chesterfield 01 | Step 1 | 28 |
| Colleton 01 | Step 1 | 16 |
| Darlington 01 | Step 1 | 26 |
| Dillon 03 | Step 1 | 10 |
| Dillon 04 | Step 1 | 6 |
| Dorchester 04 | Step 1 | 7 |
| Edgefield 01 | Step 1 | 19 |
| Fairfield 01 | Step 1 | 7 |
| Florence 02 | Step 1 | 3 |
| Florence 03 | Step 1 | 6 |
| Florence 05 | Step 1 | 1 |
| Georgetown 01 | Step 1 | 35 |
| Greenwood 50 | Step 1 | 15 |
| Greenwood 52 | Step 1 | 3 |
| Jasper 01 | Step 1 | 6 |
| Lancaster 01 | Step 1 | 33 |
| Laurens 55 | Step 1 | 29 |
| Laurens 56 | Step 1 | 34 |
| Lee 01 | Step 1 | 3 |
| Lexington 02 | Step 1 | 30 |
| Lexington 03 | Step 1 | 13 |
| Lexington 04 | Step 1 | 18 |
| Marion 10 | Step 1 | 7 |
| Marlboro 01 | Step 1 | 13 |
| Mccormick 01 | Step 1 | 5 |
| Newberry 01 | Step 1 | 12 |
| Orangeburg | Step 1 | 15 |
| Saluda 01 | Step 1 | 7 |
| Spartanburg 01 | Step 1 | 26 |
| Spartanburg 02 | Step 1 | 39 |
| Spartanburg 03 | Step 1 | 5 |
| Spartanburg 04 | Step 1 | 10 |
| Spartanburg 06 | Step 1 | 41 |
| Spartanburg 07 | Step 1 | 26 |
| Union 01 | Step 1 | 11 |
| Williamsburg 01 | Step 1 | 5 |
| York 01 | Step 1 | 28 |
| York 02 | Step 1 | 38 |
| Bamberg 03 | Step 0 | 0 |
| Barnwell 48 | Step 0 | 0 |
| Clarendon 06 | Step 0 | 0 |
| Greenwood 51 | Step 0 | 0 |
| Hampton | Step 0 | 0 |
