A Bluffton lawmaker says he plans to pull legislation that would have allowed students to avoid mandatory transfers from one school to another, an idea the school district's incoming superintendent said could cause "a logistical nightmare."

Rep. Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton, said Wednesday that he had intended to help Bluffton parents who were upset because their children will have to move to Hilton Head Island schools as the Beaufort County School District tries to relieve crowding.

The legislation would allow students statewide who have begun at a particular school to continue there even if school officials redraw attendance zones. Students new to an area would be required to attend the school assigned to the newly drawn zone.

But Herbkersman said he got a call Wednesday from school board member David Chase, who represents Sun City Hilton Head, Okatie and the greater Bluffton communities north of U.S. 278, telling him that the bill would have financial and logistical consequences.

Herbkersman said that shortly after he submitted the legislation April 13, state Rep. Ronald Townsend, R-Anderson, who is chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Public Works, also raised concerns about the potential ramifications of the bill.

He also said he initially learned of parents' concerns from Chase. Discussions with Chase and conversations with constituents whose children are facing mandatory transfers prompted him to submit the bill.

Now, however, Herbkersman said he plans to study the impact of the legislation, discuss it with school district administrators and school board members, revise it and possibly resubmit it next year.