South Carolina § 59-18-1100 Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program established; criteria.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 59-18-1100 — Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program established; criteria.

South Carolina § 59-18-1100

Title 59EDUCATION

Ch. 18EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-18-1100 (2026).

Text

The State Board of Education, working with the division and the Department of Education, must establish the Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program to recognize and reward schools for academic achievement and for closing the achievement gap. Awards will be established for schools attaining high levels of absolute performance, for schools attaining high rates of growth, and for schools making substantial progress in closing the achievement gap between disaggregated groups. The award program must base improved performance on longitudinally matched student data and may include such additional criteria as:

(1)student attendance;

(2)teacher attendance;

(3)graduation rates; and (4) other factors promoting or maintaining high levels of achievement and performance. Schools shall be rewarded acc

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The State Board of Education, working with the division and the Department of Education, must establish the Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards Program to recognize and reward schools for academic achievement and for closing the achievement gap. Awards will be established for schools attaining high levels of absolute performance, for schools attaining high rates of growth, and for schools making substantial progress in closing the achievement gap between disaggregated groups. The award program must base improved performance on longitudinally matched student data and may include such additional criteria as: (1) student attendance; (2) teacher attendance; (3) graduation rates; and (4) other factors promoting or maintaining high levels of achievement and performance. Schools shall be rewarded according to specific criteria established by the division. In defining eligibility for a reward for high levels of performance, student performance should exceed expected levels of improvement. The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to ensure districts of the State utilize these funds to improve or maintain exceptional performance according to their school's plans established in Section 59-139-10. Funds may be utilized for professional development support. Special schools for the academically talented are not eligible to receive an award pursuant to the provisions of this section unless they have demonstrated improvement and high absolute achievement for three years immediately preceding.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 400, SECTION 2; 2008 Act No. 282, SECTION 1, eff June 5, 2008. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added "and for closing the achievement gap" at the end of the first sentence, in the second sentence, substituted "growth, and for schools making substantial progress in closing the achievement gap between disaggregated groups" for "improvement", and, in item (3), substituted "graduation" for "student dropout".