South Carolina H 3877: Cullen Patrick Buchanan

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2025-2026 Bill 3877 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 29, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3877

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Introduced

April 29, 2025

H. 3877

Introduced 
by Reps. Gilliam, Rankin and Willis 

L. Printed 4/29/25--S.

Read the first time April 29, 2025

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A bill

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:

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 2016 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-59-56-15 S-59-56-25 prepared by 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:

 35

 District

 Pop

 Dev.

 %Dev.

 NH_WHT

 %NH_WHT

 NH_BLK

 %NH_BLK

 36

 1

 2,994

 34

 1.15%

 1,371

 45.79%

 1,514

 50.57%

 37

 2

 2,955

 5

 0.17%

 1,046

 35.40%

 1,839

 62.23%

 38

 3

 2,952

 8

 0.27%

 2,275

 77.07%

 556

 18.83%

 39

 4

 2,916

 44

 1.49%

 2,444

 83.81%

 385

 13.20%

 40

 5

 2,928

 32

 1.08%

 2,118

 72.34%

 684

 23.36%

 1

 6

 3,033

 73

 2.47%

 2,501

 82.46%

 438

 14.44%

 2

 7

 2,948

 12

 0.41%

 1,937

 65.71%

 877

 29.75%

 3

 Total

 20,726

 13,692

 6,293

 50.57%

 5

 District

 VAP

 NHWVAP

 %NHWVAP

 NHBVAP

 %NHBVAP

 AllOth

 AllOthVAP

 6

 1

 2,223

 1,125

 50.61%

 1,021

 45.93%

 109

 77

 7

 2

 2,238

 806

 36.01%

 1,390

 62.11%

 70

 42

 8

 3

 2,285

 1,797

 78.64%

 399

 17.46%

 121

 89

 9

 4

 2,517

 2,131

 84.66%

 307

 12.20%

 87

 79

 10

 5

 2,210

 1,641

 74.25%

 492

 22.26%

 126

 77

 11

 6

 2,358

 1,965

 83.33%

 329

 13.95%

 94

 64

 12

 7

 2,357

 1,625

 68.94%

 656

 27.83%

 134

 76

 13

 Total

 16,188

 11,090

 4,594

 28.38%

 741

 504

 15

 District

 Pop.

 Dev.

 %Dev.

 Hisp

 %Hisp

 NH Wht

 %NH Wht

 16

 1

 2,742

 -83

 -2.94%

 63

 2.30%

 1,143

 41.68%

 17

 2

 2,695

 -130

 -4.60%

 55

 2.04%

 957

 35.51%

 18

 3

 2,885

 60

 2.12%

 100

 3.47%

 2,157

 74.77%

 19

 4

 2,917

 92

 3.26%

 81

 2.78%

 2,199

 75.39%

 20

 5

 2,794

 -31

 -1.10%

 136

 4.87%

 1,924

 68.86%

 21

 6

 2,843

 18

 0.64%

 138

 4.85%

 2,255

 79.32%

 22

 7

 2,902

 77

 2.73%

 78

 2.69%

 2,039

 70.26%

 23

 Total

 19,778

 651

 12,674

 25

 District

 NH Blk

 %NH Blk

 VAP

 %VAP

 HVAP

 %HVAP

 26

 1

 1,429

 52.12%

 2,054

 74.91%

 34

 1.66%

 27

 2

 1,599

 59.33%

 2,108

 78.22%

 39

 1.85%

 28

 3

 537

 18.61%

 2,224

 77.09%

 59

 2.65%

 29

 4

 559

 19.16%

 2,540

 87.08%

 65

 2.56%

 30

 5

 652

 23.34%

 2,137

 76.49%

 80

 3.74%

 31

 6

 361

 12.70%

 2,148

 75.55%

 76

 3.54%

 32

 7

 698

 24.05%

 2,456

 84.63%

 62

 2.52%

 33

 Total

 5,835

 15,667

 415

 1

 District

 WVAP

 %WVAP

 BVAP

 %BVAP

 2

 1

 927

 45.13%

 1,022

 49.76%

 3

 2

 766

 36.34%

 1,235

 58.59%

 4

 3

 1,729

 77.74%

 368

 16.55%

 5

 4

 1,926

 75.83%

 482

 18.98%

 6

 5

 1,527

 71.46%

 464

 21.71%

 7

 6

 1,748

 81.38%

 261

 12.15%

 8

 7

 1,766

 71.91%

 571

 23.25%

 9

 Total

 10,389

 4,403

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.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by t