School Guard Requirements

2025-2026 Bill 711: School Guard Requirements

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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A169, R148, S711

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senators Johnson, Walker and Zell

Document Path: SEDU-0012KG26.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026

Introduced in the House on March 31, 2026

Last Amended on March 17, 2026

Currently residing in the House

Governor's Action: May 18, 2026, Signed

Summary: School Guard Requirements

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Education

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 26
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Education
(
Senate Journal-page 26
)

3/11/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Education
(
Senate Journal-page 7
)

3/17/2026

Senate

Amended (
Senate Journal-page 22
)

3/25/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 23
)

3/25/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-2 (
Senate Journal-page 23
)

3/26/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 17
)

3/31/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 244
)

3/31/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 244
)

5/5/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 3
)

5/7/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 78
)

5/7/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 78
)

5/7/2026

House

Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day (
House Journal-page 79
)

5/8/2026

House

Read third time and enrolled (
House Journal-page 1
)

5/14/2026

Ratified R 148

5/18/2026

Signed By Governor

5/27/2026

Effective date 05/18/26

5/27/2026

Act No. 169

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2025
03/11/2026
03/17/2026
05/05/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A169, R148, S711)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-63-60, RELATING TO SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS TO DIRECT AND CONTROL TRAFFIC ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS NEAR SCHOOLS TO REDUCE CONGESTION RELATED TO STUDENT DROP-OFF AND PICKUP, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN VISIBILITY GARMENT OR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

School crossing guards, traffic control authority, visibility measures, training

SECTION 1. Section 59-63-60 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

Section 59-63-60. (A) No person charged with the responsibility of assisting school children to cross streets near schools shall engage in such activity unless he is attired with some type of garment or equipment that can be clearly seen by the driver of an approaching motor vehicle.

(B) A person charged with the responsibility to direct and control traffic on public roadways near schools for the purpose of reducing traffic congestion related to student drop-off or pickup shall be attired with some type of garment or equipment that can be clearly seen by the driver of an approaching motor vehicle and shall receive appropriate training pertaining to traffic safety.

(C) The school district official of each school district who is responsible for supervising such personnel shall be responsible for seeing that such persons within his district are furnished with the articles required by this section. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shall provide training to certified law enforcement officers to enable such officers to instruct designated individuals within school districts in the safe direction and control of traffic.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2026.

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