School Board Areas
Barnwell County School District consists of five school board members. Each school board member is elected by the constituents of the school board area where he or she is residing. Senate Bill 654, which was enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina on July 6, 2023, states the following:
Beginning in 2024, the school district must be governed by a board of trustees of five members, elected in nonpartisan elections from the five single-member election districts as shown on the official Barnwell County School District map designated as S-11-00-23 and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. Each member must be a resident of the single-member district from which he is elected, and only those electors residing in the particular district are eligible to vote for the trustee who will represent the district. Elections for the Barnwell County School District Board of Trustees must be conducted at the same time as the general election and every four years thereafter, except as provided in this act to stagger the members' terms. Members of the Barnwell County School District Board of Trustees must be elected for four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify; however, in order to stagger the members' terms, of the five trustees elected in 2024 the trustees elected from the even-numbered election districts shall serve initial two-year terms, and the successors to these members must be elected in school district elections to be conducted at the same time as the 2026 General Election. The trustees elected in the 2026 School District Elections and their successors shall serve full four-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. The members elected in 2024 from odd-numbered election districts shall serve full four-year terms to expire in November 2028 when their successors elected at the 2028 School District Elections qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation.
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