South Carolina § 59-29-200 - Pupil-teacher ratios.
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§ 59-29-200. Pupil-teacher ratios.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984, no school district with a student population in excess of 9,000 shall receive any remediation funds appropriated hereunder unless each language arts and mathematics class in grades seven through twelve has in 1984-85 a pupil-teacher ratio of thirty students per teacher or less, in 1985-86 a pupil-teacher ratio of twenty-eight students per teacher or less, and in 1986-87, and thereafter, a pupil-teacher ratio of twenty-five to one or less.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, SECTION 9, Division II, Subdivision B, SubPart 5, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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