(A230, R134, S1025)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 588 OF 1986, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE-MEMBER ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE DISTRICTS BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2024, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS MAY BE FOUND, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Election districts

SECTION 1.    Section 1A of Act 588 of 1986, as last amended by Act 299 of 2014, is further amended to read:

Section 1A. Beginning with the election conducted in 2024 the nine defined single-member election districts from which each member of the School Board of Aiken County must be elected by the qualified electors of that district are as shown on the official map designated as S-03-00-24 and maintained on file with the Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

Demographic information

SECTION 2.    Section 1B of Act 588 of 1986, as last amended by Act 299 of 2014, is further amended to read:

Section 1B. The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:

District    Pop.    Dev.    %Dev.    Hisp.    %Hisp.    NH White    %NH White

1    18,605    -418    -2.20%    1,335    7.18%    11,746    63.13%

2    18,508    -515    -2.71%    1,342    7.25%    11,998    64.83%

3    19,426    403    2.12%    2,025    10.42%    10,919    56.21%

4    19,125    102    0.54%    1,488    7.78%    12,421    64.95%

5    19,603    580    3.05%    1,582    8.07%    13,471    68.72%

6    19,009    -14    -0.07%    1,272    6.69%    12,865    67.68%

7    18,531    -492    -2.59%    1,013    5.47%    6,552    35.36%

8    18,499    -524    -2.75%    928    5.02%    13,351    72.17%

9    19,902    879    4.62%    767    3.85%    15,873    79.76%

Total    171,208            11,752        109,196

District    NHBLK    %NHBLK    VAP    %VAP    HVAP    %HVAP

1    4,889    26.28%    14,633    78.65%    923    6.31%

2    4,400    23.77%    14,851    80.24%    876    5.90%

3    5,567    28.66%    14,792    76.15%    1,213    8.20%

4    4,262    22.29%    15,192    79.44%    1,000    6.58%

5    3,554    18.13%    15,127    77.17%    1,023    6.76%

6    3,992    21.00%    14,586    76.73%    787    5.40%

7    10,199    55.04%    14,308    77.21%    680    4.75%

8    3,120    16.87%    14,907    80.58%    655    4.39%

9    2,278    11.45%    16,493    82.87%    529    3.21%

Total    42,261        134,889        7,686

District    NHWVAP    %NHWVAP    NHBVAP    %NHBVAP

1    9,522    65.07%    3,711    25.36%

2    10,072    67.82%    3,317    22.34%

3    8,808    59.55%    4,109    27.78%

4    10,343    68.08%    3,119    20.53%

5    10,682    70.62%    2,681    17.72%

6    10,429    71.50%    2,710    18.58%

7    5,451    38.10%    7,601    53.12%

8    11,258    75.52%    2,206    14.80%

9    13,578    82.33%    1,648    9.99%

Total    90,143        31,102

Exterior boundaries

SECTION 3.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the map referenced in this act alters only the boundaries of the single-member election districts that compose the Aiken County Public School District. It does not alter the exterior boundaries of the Aiken County Public School District.

Time effective

SECTION 4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2024.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2024.

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