S.C. Code Ann. § 59-101-830: Annual security report.

(A)(1) Beginning with the 2027-2028 School Year, each institution of higher learning shall submit its annual security report required by federal law and the summary analysis described in subsection (B) to the Commission on Higher Education or the State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education, as appropriate, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division no later than October thirty-first of each year. The annual security report and the summary analysis described in subsection (B) shall cover the time period of January first through December thirty-first of the preceding calendar year.

(2) Each institution, the Commission on Higher Education, the State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education, and the State Law Enforcement Division shall make reports required pursuant to this section available on their websites and provide a summary to the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Education Committee no later than December first each year.

(B) Each institution shall compile and report a summary analysis as required in Section 59-101-830(A), to include the number of criminal reports alleging homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle larceny, and arson reported to have occurred on property owned, leased, or controlled by the institution. The annual summary analysis shall, to the extent possible, report whether the alleged victim and alleged offender were affiliated with the institution at the time the crime was reported.

(C) Upon a request by the Speaker of the House, the Chairman of House Education and Public Works, the President of the Senate, or the Chairman of Senate Education for interim campus safety or crime reporting data, the institution must provide the requested data within thirty calendar days after receipt of the request.

(D) Nothing in this section may be construed to require disclosure of personally identifiable information or information that would compromise an ongoing criminal investigation.

(E) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit, modify, or otherwise affect the duties of institutions of higher learning or relieve any institution from complying with all applicable federal reporting and disclosure requirements.