S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-390
Every pupil and teacher in any public school participating in any of the following courses:
(a) Vocational or industrial art shops or laboratories involving use of or exposed to:
(c) Any person desiring protective-corrective lenses instead of plano protective devices supplied by the school trustees shall at his own expense procure and equip himself with industrial quality eye protective devices secured from legally authorized dispensers.
The phrase "industrial quality eye protective devices," as used in this section, means devices meeting the standards of the American Standard Safety Code for Head, Eye, and Respiratory Protection, Z2.1-1959, promulgated by the American Standards Association, Incorporated.