South Carolina H 4664: Greenville County School District, partisan trustee elections

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2025-2026 Bill 4664 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4664

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND ACT 521 OF 1992, RELATING TO THE 
MANNER IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF 
GREENVILLE COUNTY ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PARTISAN TRUSTEE ELECTIONS 
BEGINNING IN 2026.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. SECTION 1 of Act 521 of 1992 is amended to read:

SECTION 1. Beginning with the 1992 2026 election, the 
Board of Trustees of the Greenville County School District consists of twelve 
members who must be elected in nonpartisan partisan elections to be held in the manner hereinafter provided by law. 
One member of the board must be a resident of and elected from each of the 
twelve defined single-member election districts established in Section 2 of 
this act. In the 1992 2026 
election, members of the board must be elected from the odd-numbered districts 
for four-year terms. Thereafter, their successors also 
must be elected for four-year terms. The present members of the board who 
reside in the newly created even-numbered districts shall continue to be 
members of the board representing these respective districts until 1994 at 
which time they or their successors shall be elected for four-year terms In the 2028 election, members of the board must be elected from 
the even-numbered districts for four-year terms. All members of the 
board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify. In the event 
of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than expiration of a 
term, the board shall call a vacancy 
must be filled by special election pursuant to Section 
7-13-190 to fill the unexpired term, so long as the vacancy does not 
occur within ten months of a regular trustee regularly scheduled November general election of an even-numbered year. In this case, the vacancy must 
be filled for the unexpired term or for a full term as appropriate at the next regular regularly scheduled general 
election.

 Each 
member of the board must be elected by the qualified electors of that district. 
Nominations for candidates to be elected in a general or 
special election may be by political party primary, political party convention, 
or petition. Candidates seeking nomination by political party primary or 
convention must file a statement of intention of candidacy, party pledge, and 
any filing fees pursuant to Section 7-11-15, and candidates or nominees must be 
certified as provided in Sections 7-13-40 and 7-13-350, as appropriate. 
Candidates seeking nomination by petition must submit the petition in 
accordance with Section 7-13-351. All persons 
desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with 
the county election commission at least sixty days before the date set for the 
election but not earlier than ninety days before the election. This notice of 
candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate's name, age, 
residence address, voting precinct, period of residence in the election 
district from which election is sought, and other information as the county 
election commission requires.

 The county commissioners of election board of 
voter registration and elections shall conduct and supervise the 
elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws 
of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall 
prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and 
do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of 
ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date 
of the election ninety days preceding the election in a newspaper of general 
circulation published in the district and shall publish a second notice thirty 
days before the election. The costs of the election must be borne by the school 
district.

 The candidate receiving the 
highest number of the votes in each district in the election must be declared 
elected.

 The 
members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office 
one week following certification of their election as provided in Section 
59-19-315 of the 1976 Code.

 Except for those present members 
of the board from the newly created even-numbered districts who shall continue 
to serve until 1994 as provided by this section, the current members of the 
board shall continue to be selected and serve as now provided by law until the 
members elected in the 1992 election qualify and take office, at which time the 
then current terms of the present members of the board shall expire.

SECTION 
2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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