Florence County School District 1 and Florence School District 4
Summary
AN ACT TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT PURSUANT TO THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION'S EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND MANDATORY CONSOLIDATION OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE AND FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR, THE RESULTING CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE KNOWN AS FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE; TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING JULY 1, 2022, FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE MUST BE GOVERNED INITIALLY BY A NINE-MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION; TO ESTABLISH AND REAPPORTION NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM THE COMBINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE AND FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR FROM WHICH, BEGINNING WITH THE 2022 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS, THE GOVERNING BODY OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE MUST BE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EVERY TWO OR FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER AS NECESSARY TO STAGGER THE MEMBERS' TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR A FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE MAP THAT DELINEATES THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS; AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR THESE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS. - ratified title
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced May 3, 2022
Signed May 18, 2022
Floor votes · House May 4, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
0
Amendments
1
May 18, 2022
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
May 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and enrolled
upper
May 5, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar
upper
May 5, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
May 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 4, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (101-1-17)
house
May 3, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Jordan
RRepublican
P
Phillip Lowe
RRepublican
P
Robert Williams
DDemocratic
P
Roger Kirby
DDemocratic
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