{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-25-320","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-25-320","heading":"State and national criminal records check.","body":"A person who has received a passport certificate issued by the ABCTE must not be hired by a school district in South Carolina without submitting to the State Department of Education, Office of Educator Certification at the time of application a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint card and without having undergone a criminal records check by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and a national criminal records check supported by fingerprints and conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to Section 59-25-115(B) completed within the previous eighteen months.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 25 Teachers","ARTICLE 4 American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c025.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:59:34Z","sha256":"74cce25cdffff27bca16ab0abd6d8c65c76ce0cb5c05f67809e7944f1bfb657e","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-25-310","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-25-330"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}