Regulations Table of Contents

This page provides links to the sites and related documents that cover South Carolina public education regulations currently in place. Proposed and approved regulations for each legislative year are located on the State Board of Education's Home Page.

Note: Effective Dates indicate the most recent version of a regulation.

ARTICLE 1 Governance of the State Board of Education—(Deleted)

ARTICLE 2 State Superintendent of Education—(Reserved)

ARTICLE 3 Certification Regulations

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effecitve Date of Regulation
Persons Required to Hold a Teaching Certificate	43-50	6/25/99
Certification Requirements; Approval of Alternative Certification; Authorization for the SBE to Approve Additional Alternative Certification Programs	43-51	5/19/17
Application for Teaching Credential	43-52	5/25/18
Credential Classification Guidelines for Certification Permits	43-53	5/25/18 8/14/18
Renewal of Credentials	43-55	6/27/03
Foreign Applicants	43-56	6/25/99
Prior Work Experience	43-57	5/88
Computing the Experience of Teachers	43-57.1	6/22/01
Teaching Experience Acceptable for Credit	43-57.2	6/22/01
Military Service	43-57.5	1991
Disciplinary Action on Educator Certificates	43-58	5/26/06
Reporting of Terminations of Certain School District Employees	43-58.1	7/23/93
Areas of Certification Specialized Alternative Certification Guidelines South Carolina Certification Fields Guidelines and Requirements for Adding Certification Fields and Endorsements	43-62	5/19/17 3/13/18 8/14/18 10/9/18
Requirements for Career and Technology Education Work-Based Certification	43-63	7/26/02
Requirements for Initial Certification at the Advanced Level	43-64	6/27/14

ARTICLE 4 Textbook Regulations

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effecitve Date of Regulation
Textbook Adoption Regulation	43-70	3/24/00
Free Textbooks	43-71	5/23/08
Disposition of Instructional Materials Samples after State Adoption Process	43-73	5/23/03

ARTICLE 5 Transportation Regulations

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Operation of Public Pupil Transportation Services	43-80	3/27/09

ARTICLE 6 Teacher Training Institutions

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Program Approval Standards For South Carolina Teacher Education Standards	43-90	6/24/16

ARTICLE 7 Test Security

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Test Security	43-100	6/24/16

ARTICLE 8 Correspondence Courses—(Reserved)

ARTICLE 9 Proprietary Schools

(Proprietary Schools were transferred to the Commission on Higher Education, 1991 Act #246.)

ARTICLE 10 Defined Minimum Program

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Accreditation Standards Filed (REPEALED 6/27/14)	43-130	REPEALED 6/27/14

ARTICLE 11 School District Organization—(Repealed)

ARTICLE 12 School Board Operation—(Repealed)

ARTICLE 13 General School Administration

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Appointment (Term) of School Superintendent	43-161	1976
School Superintendent Compensation and Benefits/Expenses (REPEALED 6/27/14)	43-162	REPEALED 6/27/14
Program for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Principal Performance (PADEPP)	43-165.1	5/25/18
Student and School Safety	43-166	3/28/97
Principal Induction Program	43-167	3/24/00
Nutrition Standards for Elementary (K–5) School Food Service Meals and Competitive Foods	43-168	2/27/09
Food Service Management Company Contracts	43-169	6/24/11

ARTICLE 14 Fiscal Management

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Disbursement of Funds for Pressing Repairs, Renovations and Construction	43-171.1	6/85
Accounting and Reporting	43-172	4/25/97
Section 4(1)(c) Pupils to be Counted in Only One Pupil Classification	43-176	1/84

ARTICLE 15 Business Management

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Displaying the Flag	43-188	6/27/14

ARTICLE 16 Facility Expansion Program—(Repealed)

ARTICLE 17 Personnel

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Teacher Grants (REPEALED 6/27/14)	43-201.1	REPEALED 6/27/14
Administrative and Professional Personnel Qualifications, Duties and Workloads	43-205	5/26/17
Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT)	43-205.1	6/28/13
Professional Personnel Resignation	43-206	1976
Health Examination	43-207	2/84
Support Personnel/Paraprofessional Personnel Positions, Qualifications and Duties	43-209	11/28/03
School Resources Officers	43-210	5/26/17

ARTICLE 18 Negotiations—(Reserved)

ARTICLE 19 Instructional Program

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Gifted and Talented	43-220	6/28/13
Defined Program for the Palmetto Unified School District (PUSD)	43-229	6/27/14
Defined Program K–5	43-231	6/27/97
Defined Program 6–8	43-232	5/25/18
Defined Program, Grades 9–12 and Graduation Requirements	43-234	5/25/18
Employability Credential for Students with Disabilities	43-235	5/25/18
Career or Technology Centers/Comprehensive High Schools	43-236	5/26/17
Adult Education Program	43-237.1	6/27/14
Health Education	43-238	7/24/92
Summer School Programs	43-240	6/28/02
Medical Homebound Instruction	43-241	6/27/03
Driver Training	43-242	6/26/98
Special Education, Education of Students with Disabilities	43-243	5/27/16
Criteria for Entry into Programs of Special Education for Students with Disabilities	43-243.1	9/23/11
Utilization of Generic Teacher Certification	43-243.4	REPEALED 6/27/14
Interscholastic Activities	43-244	7/80
Interscholastic Activities: Academic Requirements for Participation	43-244.1	5/88
Instruction at a Place Other Than School	43-246	5/89
South Carolina Virtual School Program	43-248	6/27/14
Advanced Placement	43-258.1	5/26/17
Adult Education	43-259	6/26/15
Use and Dissemination of Test Results	43-260	REPEALED 6/26/15
District and School Planning	43-261	6/24/16
Assessment Program	43-262	6/24/16
End-Of-Course Tests	43-262.4	REPEALED AND MERGED INTO 43-262 6/26/15
Half-Day Child Development Programs	43-264.1	6/27/03
Parenting/Family Literacy	43-265	6/23/00
Early Childhood Assistance Programs - Grade K–3	43-267	6/24/94
Academic Assistance Programs - Grade 4–12	43-268	6/24/94

ARTICLE 20 Students

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
School Admission	43-272	6/27/14
Review Process for Homeless Children and Unaccompanied Youth	43-272.2	1/26/07
Transfers and Withdrawals	43-273	5/25/18
Student Attendance (Absences and Excuses)	43-274	6/27/14
At-Risk Students	43-274.1	5/26/17
Minimum Standards of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Enforcement Procedures to be Implemented by Local School Districts	43-279	5/26/17

ARTICLE 21 General Public Relations—(Repealed)

ARTICLE 22 Organizational Relations—(Reserved)

ARTICLE 23 Educational Agency Relations

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Accreditation Criteria	43-300	6/27/14
Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program	43-302	3/28/03
Flexibility Through Deregulation Program	43-303	6/25/04
Alignment of Assessment and Accountability with the No Child Left Behind Act	43-307	6/24/16

ARTICLE 24 Audiovisual Library Services—(Repealed)

ARTICLE 25 Teacher Training Programs in Mathematics, Science, Reading and Computer Education

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Operation and Funding of Teacher Training Courses in Mathematics, Science, Reading and Computer Education	43-500	REPEALED 6/27/14

ARTICLE 26 Charter Schools

Regulation Title	Legal Citation	Effective Date of Regulation
Procedures and Standards for Review of Charter School Application	43-601	6/26/15