South Carolina H 3920: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, SHALL POST AT LEAST FIVE SIGNS THAT PROVIDE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND RELATED INFORMATION FOR REPORTING INCIDENTS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION; AND TO PROVIDE DETAILS CONCERNING THE CONTENT, PLACEMENT, AND APPEARANCE OF THE SIGNS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-910, RELATING TO A TOLL-FREE NUMBER FOR THE REFERRAL OF INCIDENTS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES MAY MAINTAIN, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN SUCH A SERVICE AND TO INCLUDE CHILD EXPLOITATION AMONG THE CATEGORIES OF REPORTABLE INCIDENTS FOR WHICH THE SERVICE IS INTENDED.

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2025-2026 Bill 3920 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 29, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3920

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND 
HONOR ELLEN WOODSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ITS LONG HISTORY OF BETTERING THE 
EDUCATION OF STUDENTS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND TO CONGRATULATE PRINCIPAL SHAWN 
MCCAIN, THE STUDENTS, AND THE FACULTY UPON THE OCCASION OF THE SCHOOL'S ONE 
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, born in 1838, 
Ellen Permelia Charles Woodside was the third of eight children born to Israel 
Charles and Pamelia Sullivan Charles. At the age of nineteen, Ellen Charles 
married Dr. John Lawrence Woodside, and together they reared thirteen children. 
During the Civil War, when Dr. Woodside was away, Mrs. Woodside regularly 
treated patients who needed medical help; and

Whereas, the project of 
building Ellen Woodside High School began several years before its construction 
started when bonds were sold to raise funds for the new high school. The school 
district acquired a bond of thirteen thousand dollars for building the school, 
which was less than half of the funds needed. Mr. John T. Woodside, a son of 
Ellen and John Woodside, donated five acres of his home place acreage for the 
school's site and offered to pay one-half the cost of the first new school 
building, and construction began; and

Whereas, before 
construction was completed, classes were held in the Community Hall over the 
Woodside Store, and Mr. W. C. Hall served as principal with a faculty of three 
teachers. Near the close of the first school year, about April 1925, the 
building was ready for school purposes. When the trustees realized that funds 
for the building were five thousand two hundred dollars short, three of them 
signed personal notes from the Bank of Woodville for enough money to pay off 
the debt; and

Whereas, the new two-story 
Ellen Woodside High School grew from three teachers, including the principal, 
in 1925 to seven full-time teachers ten years later. Through the years the 
school provided night classes for World War II veterans, a community cannery 
for canning vegetables, and a potato house for storing vegetables in the winter 
months; and

Whereas, when the 
original Ellen Woodside High School building was destroyed, a more modern 
one-story building replaced it on the original school site. When the new 
Woodmont High School was built in Moonville in 1966, combining students from 
Ellen Woodside and Piedmont High schools, the former high school became the 
community elementary school; and

Whereas, Ellen Woodside 
Elementary School continues to serve the needs of the community as Ellen 
Woodside herself did. Ellen Woodside Elementary has been celebrated with 
several honors and awards including a Palmetto Silver Award, Duke Energy Award, 
an Exemplary Writing School Award, as well as being designated a Safe Kids 
School. The school is also home to five National Board-certified teachers; and

Whereas, the Ellen 
Woodside Elementary School serves the needs of inquiring students preparing to 
become productive citizens and our future leaders. Events such as author 
visits, character education programs, intramural sports, safety patrols, and 
school musicals engage and inspire young learners. An automated media center 
with over 15,000 books, an outdoor garden classroom, and STEAM lab ensure 
students have access to information and resources that invigorate young minds. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize 
and honor Ellen Woodside Elementary School for its long history of bettering 
the education of students in Greenville County and congratulate Principal Shawn 
McCain, the students, and the faculty upon the occasion of the school's one 
hundredth anniversary.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Principal Shawn McCain.

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