Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
Each student transferring or withdrawing shall be given a form
showing name, date of birth, grade placement, and attendance record to present
to the appropriate school official where he or she is enrolling. Appropriate
additional data shall be furnished by the sending school when requested in
writing by the receiving school, as soon as possible, but no later than ten
business days upon receiving the written request, excluding weekends and
recognized state holidays.
I.
Kindergarten; Grades 1-6; 7-8:
A school must transfer a student's disciplinary record of
suspensions and expulsions to the public or private school to which the student
is transferring when requested in writing by the receiving school, as soon as
possible, but no later than ten business days upon receiving the written
request, excluding weekends and recognized state holidays.
Schools must transfer these records within ten business days
upon receiving the written request from the public or private school to which
the student is transferring. Schools may not withhold the transfer of records
to a public or private school for fees owed by the student.
II. Grades 9-12:
A. Accurate accounting records shall be
developed and maintained for student transfers and withdrawals. Comprehensive
transcripts shall be submitted directly to the receiving school when requested
in writing, as soon as possible, but no later than ten business days upon
receiving the written request, excluding weekends and recognized state
holidays. A permanent record of the transferred student shall be retained in
the school from which the student is transferred. The school of record must
transfer a student's disciplinary record of suspensions and expulsions to the
public or private school to which the student is transferring as soon as
possible, but no later than ten business days upon receiving the written
request, excluding weekends and recognized state holidays. Schools may not
withhold the transfer of records to a public or private school for fees owed by
the student.
B. Units earned by a
student in an accredited high school of this state or in a school of another
state which is accredited under the regulations of the board of education of
that state, or the appropriate regional accrediting agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education will be accepted under the same value which would
apply to students in the school to which they transferred.
C. Home school, private school, or
out-of-state non-public school students shall have the opportunity to provide
evidence of work to be considered for credit when transferring to a public
school. The district shall have the right to evaluate evidence provided by the
parent or student before transcribing the credit. If the evaluated evidence is
insufficient, districts shall follow the option(s) defined in their district
policy, which comply with options listed in the SC Uniform Grading Policy. The
receiving school must also use the South Carolina Honors Framework criteria to
evaluate such evidence and shall make the final decision on whether to award
the said weighting. The South Carolina Department of Education advises
districts to adopt a policy for accepting units of credit from home schools,
private schools, or out-of-state nonpublic schools that is consistent with
state regulation.
Statutory Authority: S.C. Code Ann. Section
59-65-90
(1990) and 20 U.S.C. Section 7165(2001)
