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COLLETON COUNTY v. SCHOOL DIST.

No. 26240.

371 S.C. 224 (2006)

638 S.E.2d 685

COLLETON COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, Edisto Beach Property Owners Association, Inc., South Carolina Public Interest Foundation, David Cannon, Joseph Mire, Marion Rizer, and Randy White, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLLETON COUNTY, Superintendent Charles W. Gale, Jr., SCAGO Educational Facilities Corporation for Colleton School District, Miles Crosby, Rachel Farris, Redell Fields, P.A. Pournelle, III, and Wayne Shider, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Carpenter, of the Carpenter Law Firm, of Greenville, for Plaintiffs.

Francenia B. Heizer, Robert L. Widener, and Paul D. Harrill, all of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Defendants.

Chief Justice TOAL:

This original jurisdiction case involves a contractual arrangement entered into by the School District of Colleton County ("the School District") and whether this arrangement is illegal in light of the South Carolina Constitution's limits on the amount of debt a public school district may incur. We hold that the arrangement complies with the relevant constitutional provisions and statutes.

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