S.C. Const. art. XI, § 1
There shall be a State Board of Education composed of one member from each of the judicial circuits of the State. The members shall be elected by the legislative delegations of the several counties within each circuit for terms and with such powers and duties as may be provided by law and shall be rotated among the several counties. One additional member shall be appointed by the Governor. The members of the Board shall serve such terms and the Board shall have such powers and duties as the General Assembly shall specify by law.
(1972 (57) 3193; 1973 (58) 44.)
The present provisions of this section are somewhat similar to former Section 2 of Article XI as it existed prior to the 1973 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art X, Section 2.