MAY 07, 1982
As to whether the State Board of Education has the authority to approve, by contract with a school district, an educational program for that school district which varies from the ‘Defined Minimum Program’ (DMP) and, if so, the effect of the Education Finance Act of 1977 (Finance Act) (§ 59-20-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended) upon such a variance when the cost of providing a contractually approved educational program is less that the cost of providing the DMP.
Requested by: The Honorable Charlie G. Williams, State Superintendent of Education, State of South Carolina
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