{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-67-520","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-67-520","heading":"Transportation of handicapped persons.","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 59-33-50, 59-67-420 and 59-67-510, the State Department of Education shall have the responsibility for transporting handicapped persons of lawful school age to and from the nearest school in which a handicapped pupil has been duly assigned. Additionally, when a school district is providing classes for handicapped persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years at the same location where classes and programs are provided for handicapped persons under age five and over age twenty-one, and when a cost reduction will result, the Department may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the facility whereby certain handicapped persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years may be transported on buses not owned by the Department and certain handicapped persons under age five and over age twenty-one may be transported on Department owned buses.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 67 Transportation of Pupils; School Buses","ARTICLE 3 Transportation by State or State Aid for Transportation"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c067.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:02:29Z","sha256":"42c345954fe50a22643be13901c482faca2a3d62d9b05ed978f351ed11a33d67","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-67-515","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-67-530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}