South Carolina § 44-26-190 - Department of Education to develop and utilize most current methods of education and training of clients; rights of school-aged clients to appropriate education.

§ 44-26-190. Department of Education to develop and utilize most current methods of education and training of clients; rights of school-aged clients to appropriate education.

(A) The State Department of Education shall seek to develop and utilize the most current and promising methods for the education and training of people with intellectual disability. It shall utilize the assistance, service, and findings of other state and federal agencies.

(B) School-aged clients with intellectual disability have the right to an appropriate education regardless of the degree of retardation or accompanying disabilities as provided in Public Law 94-142, the Education of Handicapped Children Act. Placement of a school-aged person with intellectual disability in a facility of the office does not preclude his attendance in community-based public schools. It is the goal of each intellectual disability facility to effect a move of each resident client from facility-based educational programs to community-based public schools.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, SECTION 1; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 6, eff June 7, 2011.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.