South Carolina § 59-29-30 - Required subjects; Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week.
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§ 59-29-30. Required subjects; Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week.
Each public school of the State shall designate one week during the school year for the observance of Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week. During this week, each district board of trustees shall require the school principal or other designated person to have each class from the sixth grade upward instructed for at least thirty minutes on three days concerning the risks and dangers involved in the use of alcoholic beverages and narcotics. The principal, or such other designated person, shall also have at least one assembly session during the week of not less than forty-five minutes, at which time the subject of the dangerous effect of alcohol and narcotics shall be presented.
The district board of trustees shall each year inform the State Board of Education of the week each public school in its district has designated as Alcohol and Narcotics Education Week, and the State Board of Education shall, through the Department of Education, provide suitable printed materials and other aids for use in the observance of the week.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 21-412.1; 1960 (51) 1671; 1966 (54) 2390; 1973 (58) 651.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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