South Carolina § 14-7-845 Postponement of jury service for students and school employees.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-7-845 — Postponement of jury service for students and school employees.

South Carolina § 14-7-845

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 7JURIES AND JURORS IN CIRCUIT COURTS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-845 (2026).

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(A)If a student selected for jury service during the school term requests, his service must be postponed to a date that does not conflict with the school term. For purposes of this subsection, a student is a person enrolled in high school or an institution of higher learning, including technical college.

(B)If a public or private school employee, a person primarily responsible for the elementary or secondary education of a child in a home or charter school, or a person who is an instructor at an institution of higher learning including a technical college, selected for jury service during the school term requests, his service must be postponed to a date that does not conflict with the school term. For purposes of this subsection, a "school employee" is a person employed as a teacher, cer

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(A) If a student selected for jury service during the school term requests, his service must be postponed to a date that does not conflict with the school term. For purposes of this subsection, a student is a person enrolled in high school or an institution of higher learning, including technical college. (B) If a public or private school employee, a person primarily responsible for the elementary or secondary education of a child in a home or charter school, or a person who is an instructor at an institution of higher learning including a technical college, selected for jury service during the school term requests, his service must be postponed to a date that does not conflict with the school term. For purposes of this subsection, a "school employee" is a person employed as a teacher, certified personnel at the building level, or bus driver by a school, a school system, or a school district offering educational programs to grades K-12 and to institutions of higher learning, including technical colleges. For purposes of this subsection, "school term" means the instructional school year, generally from September first until May thirtieth or not more than one hundred ninety days. (C) A person selected for jury service who requests a postponement pursuant to subsection (A) or (B) must provide evidence of school enrollment or employment, or evidence of educational responsibilities during a home or charter school term coinciding with the dates of jury duty.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 427, SECTION 1, eff April 24, 1990; 1997 Act No. 28, SECTION 1, eff May 21, 1997; 2010 Act No. 187, SECTION 1, eff May 28, 2010.