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The State of South Carolina
OFFCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHARLIE CONDON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
January 6, 2003
The Honorable Ronald P. Townsend
pChairman, Anderson County Legislative Delegation
Room 429, Blatt Building
Columbia, SC
By Delivery
Dear Representative Townsend:
As you asked, the previous informal opinion of December 20, 2002 that I sent you is being
reissued as, follows, as a formal opinion of this Office.
You have requested an opinion regarding the State Board of Education's adoption of a
L uniform start date(s) for public schools. The provisions at issue read as follows:
S. C. Code Ann. §59-5-71 as added by Act 356, Part I, §C, 2002 S.C. Acts 3826
The General Assembly declares that it is in the best interest of the students
of South Carolina for a uniform beginning date for the annual school term to be
developed and adopted by the State Board of Education. the State Board of
Education is directed to establish a task force . . . [which] shall make
recommendations to the board, including but not limited to, the desirability of and
if agreed upon a suggested uniform beginning date for the annual school term. The
task force shall report its findings to the State Board. . no later than October 15,
2002.
Proviso 1.2 of the Appropriations Act for the Department ofEducation (Act 289, Part IB, § 1-
H63, Provisol.75):
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