{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-40-190","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-40-190","heading":"Liability of governing body, sponsor, board and employees; employment of governing body member.","body":"(A) The governing body of a charter school may sue and be sued. The governing body may not levy taxes or issue bonds.\n(B) A sponsor is not liable for any of the debts of the charter school.\n(C) A local school district, sponsor, members of the board or area commission of a sponsor, and employees of a sponsor acting in their official capacity are immune from civil or criminal liability with respect to all activities related to a charter school they sponsor. The governing body of a charter school shall obtain at least the amount of and types of insurance required for this purpose.\n(D) A member of a school governing body may not receive pay as an employee in the same school.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 40 Charter Schools"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c040.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:00:44Z","sha256":"a8340898ae255241b6132420c3ead6d75ca5437242bd78bb055b4429ea2f7315","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-40-180","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-40-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}