2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
CHAPTER 19 - SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Section 59-19-60. Removal of trustees; vacancies.

School district trustees shall be subject to removal from office for cause by the county boards of education, upon notice and after being given an opportunity to be heard by the county board of education. Any such order of removal shall state the grounds thereof, the manner of notice and the hearing accorded the trustee, and any such trustee shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas, as provided in Section 59-19-560. Vacancies occurring in the membership of any board of trustees for any cause shall be filled for the unexpired term by the county board of education in the same manner as provided for full-term appointments.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-225; 1952 Code Section 21-225; 1942 Code Section 5343; 1932 Code Section 5369; Civ. C. '22 Section 2615; Civ. C. '12 Section 1752; Civ. C. '02 Section 1210; 1903 (23) 64; 1904 (23) 528; 1906 (24) 31; 1914 (28) 480, 567; 1915 (29) 106; 1917 (30) 306; 1918 (30) 3; 1919 (31) 209, 212, 653; 1920 (31) 837; 1921 (32) 93; 1922 (32) 768, 784; 1926 (34) 1017; 1927 (35) 244, 259; 1928 (35) 1197; 1930 (36) 1307, 1518, 1960; 1933 (38) 493; 1937 (40) 235, 579; 1961 (52) 416.