2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
CHAPTER 33 - SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Section 59-33-20. Definitions.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 59-33-20 (2017)

As used in this article:

(a) "Handicapped children" shall mean those who deviate from the normal either psychologically or physiologically to such an extent that special classes, special facilities, or special services are needed for their maximum development, including educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped, emotionally handicapped, hearing handicapped, visually handicapped, orthopedically handicapped, speech handicapped, and those handicapped by learning disabilities as defined in item (1), Section 59-21-510.

(b) "Professional workers" shall mean personnel certified and approved by the Department of Education and shall include, but not be limited to, speech and hearing specialists, mobility instructors, special education interns, special education administrators, supervisors or coordinators devoting full time to special education, and teachers of any class or program defined in this article who meet the requirements of the article.

(c) "Special education services" shall mean, but not be limited to, special classes, special housing, homebound instruction, special rental facilities, braillists and typists for visually handicapped children, transportation, maintenance, instructional materials, therapy, professional consultant services, psychological services, itinerant services and resource services.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-295.12; 1972 (57) 2130.

Editor's Note

Pursuant to the directive in 2016 Act No. 242, Section 2, "article" was substituted for "chapter" in this section.

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