APR 02, 1979

As to whether or not local legislation relating to school matters is constitutional in view of the ‘no laws for a specific county’ language of Section 7 of Article VIII of the South Carolina Constitution of 1895, as amended, the South Carolina Supreme Court has held that such legislation is permissible because ‘public education is not the duty of the counties, but of the General Assembly.’

Requested by: Honorable Wade R. Crow, Member, House of Representatives.

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