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SC Code § 59-56-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 56 - Beaufort-jasper Higher Education Commission|Section 59-56-10. Beaufort-Jasper Higher Education Commission; membership; terms of office; vacancies; chairman and secretary; meetings.

 (A) There is created the Beaufort-Jasper Higher Education Commission. The commission is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor. Seven must be residents of Beaufort County, and two must be residents of Jasper County. The appointments for Beaufort County members must be based upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Beaufort County Legislative Delegation. The appointments for Jasper County members must be based upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the Jasper County Legislative Delegation.  (B) The members of the commission serve for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. The commission shall elect a chairman and a secretary from its membership to serve for two years and organize further as it may desire.  (C) The commission may meet at times it considers necessary, the meetings to be called by the chairman or upon the written request of four of its members. A member who misses three consecutive unexcused meetings is considered to have resigned his office, and a vacancy exists.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 514, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-56-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 56 - Beaufort-jasper Higher Education Commission|Section 59-56-20. Powers and duties of commission.

 (A) The commission may:  (1) upon the approval of a majority of its members, enter into contracts with institutions of higher learning upon terms and conditions mutually acceptable to the commission and the institution for the establishment and operation of educational centers to be branches of the institution at Beaufort or Jasper County, or both;  (2) obligate itself for the expenditure of a sum for the purposes of this chapter in an amount not to exceed that which is appropriate by law;  (3) bind itself for the furnishing of suitable facilities and accommodations for the educational center when by written prior agreement, it has obtained permission for its furnishing from the authority, agency, or board having control of the accommodations;  (4) accept gifts appropriate to carry out this chapter;  (5) hold title to real and personal property;  (6) borrow funds and receive grants.  (B) The commission shall appoint a group of not less than five nor more than fifteen interested persons from Beaufort and Jasper Counties and the surrounding area known as the Beaufort-Jasper Higher Education Advisory Board. This board may act in an advisory capacity to the commission. Three of the persons appointed must be appointed only upon the recommendation of a majority of each of the Beaufort and Jasper Counties Legislative Delegations.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 514, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-56-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 56 - Beaufort-jasper Higher Education Commission|Section 59-56-30. Annual written financial report.

 The commission shall submit to the Beaufort and Jasper Counties Legislative Delegations at least once a year a written report in which it must show an accounting of all funds under control of the commission, a statement of all receipts and disbursements not previously reported, and a statement of its estimated financial needs for the ensuing year.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 514, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-57-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-10. Western Carolina Higher Education Commission created; membership; organization.

 There is created the Western Carolina Higher Education Commission composed of ten members, two of whom must be from each of the following counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, and Hampton. The members must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegations from the respective counties. The terms of office are for four years and until their successors have been appointed and qualify. One of the commissioners from each county must be appointed initially for a term of two years.  The commission shall meet as soon as practicable after all appointments have been made and elect officers and adopt rules and procedures as it considers desirable to carry out the duties.  The members shall serve without compensation or fees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-721; 1965 (54) 269; 1984 Act No. 270, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-57-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-20. Meetings.

 The Commission may meet at such times and in such places as the majority of the members deem most desirable. Meetings shall be called by the chairman of the Commission; provided, that in the event the chairman is unable or unwilling to call a meeting, the Commission can be called into session on the written request and signatures of three members.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-722; 1965 (54) 269.
SC Code § 59-57-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-30. Purpose.

 The commission shall encourage higher education in the respective counties and adjacent areas and establish within the area facilities to offer standard freshman and sophomore college courses and other courses as considered desirable.  The commission shall also furnish and operate recreational facilities and programs in conjunction with its other purposes and may make the facilities available to the public.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-723; 1965 (54) 269; 1984 Act No. 270, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-57-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-40. Powers and duties; liability of counties.

 To carry out its purpose and objective the Commission, with the approval of a majority of its members, may enter into contracts, make binding agreements, negotiate with educators and educational institutions and, generally, take such actions in its name as are necessary to secure for the respective counties and adjacent areas the educational facilities described in Section 59-57-30; provided, that the counties shall not be bound nor held liable for any acts of omission or commission of the Commission, nor by any provision of any contract or agreement, expressed or implied, except upon the written approval and consent of a majority of the legislative delegations from the respective counties.  The Commission may borrow funds in anticipation of taxes, appropriations, grants or gifts with the prior written approval of a majority of the legislative delegation from each county. The Commission may accept grants, gifts or donations and may hold title to real and personal property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-724; 1965 (54) 269.
SC Code § 59-57-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-50. Educational advisory committee.

 To facilitate its work, the Commission may appoint from the respective counties, and from such adjacent areas as deemed appropriate, an educational advisory committee consisting of not less than ten nor more than fifteen members, which shall meet and consult with the Commission from time to time, as may be required. All members of the educational advisory committee shall serve without compensation or fees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-725; 1965 (54) 269.
SC Code § 59-57-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission|Section 59-57-60. Records; annual report.

 The Commission shall keep accurate and detailed records of its meetings and actions and shall, as soon after June thirtieth of each year as is feasible, submit a written report to the legislative delegation from each county which shall include an accounting of all funds the Commission may have received and disbursed in the twelve months preceding that date.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-726; 1965 (54) 269.
SC Code § 59-58-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-10. Short title.

 This chapter is known as the "South Carolina Nonpublic Post-Secondary Institution License Act".  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-58-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-40. Authority and powers of commission; promulgation of rules and regulations.

 The commission is the sole authority for licensing nonpublic educational institutions established in South Carolina and for those established elsewhere which want to operate in or confer degrees in this State. The commission may promulgate those regulations as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.  (1) The commission may license nonpublic educational institutions meeting the necessary standards and shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. These standards must include, but are not limited to, course or program offerings, adequate facilities, financial stability, competent personnel, educational resources, refund policies, and legitimate operating practices.  (2) The commission shall formulate the criteria and standards for the approval of nonpublic educational institutions. Only those institutions meeting such standards may be licensed. The commissioner shall maintain a list of institutions that have been licensed according to this chapter.  (3) The commission shall formulate the standards for the approval of salesmen, agents, or representatives of institutions and issue permits to those applicants meeting such standards.  (4) The commissioner shall enforce all regulations for licensing nonpublic educational institutions. The commissioner may place an institution on probation. The commission shall revoke or suspend the license of any institution failing to comply with the minimum requirements for licensure.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-58-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-50. Licenses required; effect of changes in licensed institution; applications; term of license.

 (A) No nonpublic educational institution established in South Carolina or offering a course or program in South Carolina has the authority to operate, to solicit students for enrollment, or to confer degrees or other educational credentials unless a license is first secured from the commission. The commission shall approve through licensure the location of and programs offered by the institution. The commission shall promulgate regulations to amend a license for and changes in location and for additional or amended courses or programs. The commission shall not license any institution to offer a degree if the commission determines that the degree adversely affects the goals of the commission's plan to improve access and equity minority affairs programs in public institutions of higher education. The commission shall promulgate regulations to make the determination.  (B) After a license is issued, it is the institution's responsibility to notify immediately the commissioner of significant changes in either the course or program offerings, facilities, finances, or personnel.  (C) In the event of the sale of an institution, the license is not transferable. The new owner must comply with all the requirements of this chapter.  (D) Applications for licenses must be filed in the manner prescribed by the commission. The applications must be signed by the applicants and must contain that information as may be required.  (E) Licenses are restricted to the courses or programs of instruction specifically indicated on the license. Additional courses or programs of instruction may be approved during the effective period of the license if a supplementary approval application is submitted and the license is amended.  (F) Licenses for nondegree-granting institutions shall normally be granted for twelve months, renewable annually from date of issue, or other date in excess of twelve months set by the commission to stagger the renewal dates of all institutions. The commission may issue licenses to nondegree-granting institutions for less than twelve months as circumstances justify. Licenses and renewal of licenses for degree-granting institutions may be granted for periods not to exceed five years. Renewal is contingent upon filing appropriate applications for renewal with the commissioner. The institution and its courses or programs, facilities, faculty, and all other operations must meet the requirements for an original license at the effective date of the renewal.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-58-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-60. Use of "college" or "university" in name.

 No individual, school, board, association, corporation, business, institution, or other entity may use the term "college" or "university" or use any other name, title, literature, catalogs, pamphlets, or descriptive matter which implies that it is an institution of higher learning or that it may grant educational credentials or credit or academic or professional degrees, except as follows:  (A) An institution the commission licenses may use the term "college" in its name only if it offers at least one program leading to an associate or higher degree.  (B) An institution may use the term "university" in its name if the institution is:  (1) operating and licensed in South Carolina and using the term " university" in its name before the effective date of this chapter, or  (2) an out-of-state institution that is chartered or licensed in its home state using the term "university" in its name.  Any other institution must petition the commission for approval to use the term "university" in its name.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-58-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-70. Fees.

 The commission may set reasonable fees for administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, licenses, agent permits, renewals, penalties for late renewals, penalties for failure to provide information as required, penalties for repeat violations, consultants, complaint investigations, and supplementary applications for amendments of the license.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-58-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-90. Permit required to solicit or sell courses.

 (A) No person representing a nonpublic educational institution shall solicit students or sell any course or program of instruction unless he first secures a permit from the commission. The application for a permit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission.  (B) The permit is valid for one year, and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission.  (C) The commission may refuse to issue a permit to the applicant if he has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude under the laws of this or any other state.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-58-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-100. Contracts and notes void without license and permit.

 All enrollment agreements, contracts, and promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness entered into by nonpublic educational institutions with students or prospective students are void unless the institution holds a valid license, and the agent enrolling the student holds a valid permit as required by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-58-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-110. Procedure for denial, revocation, or suspension of license; notice; probation.

 (A) Before a final proceeding to deny, revoke, or suspend a license or permit, the commission shall give to the person to be affected by the decision notice of facts and conduct which warrant the intended action and an opportunity to show compliance with the minimum requirements for a license or permit. If the commission determines that the violations are habitual, wilful, and therefore likely to reoccur, the commission may proceed with denial or revocation though the institution complies or agrees to comply with the standards for licensure.  (B) In any final agency proceeding to deny a license or permit to any person properly applying for one, or to revoke or suspend the license or permit of any licensee or permit holder, the commission shall give the person to be affected by the intended action notice an opportunity for a hearing as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act.  (C) The commission may give the institution a period of probation if in its judgment any unsatisfactory condition can reasonably be corrected within such time. The commission may also require that an institution delay a new class term.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-58-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-120. Appeal of denial, revocation, or suspension of license.

 A person aggrieved by the final decision of the commission in refusing to issue a license or permit, or revoking or suspending a license or permit previously granted, is entitled to appeal the commission's order to the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its appellate rules of procedure.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 46, eff July 1, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:  "This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."  2006 Act No. 387, Section 57, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review."  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeal to the Administrative Law Court.
SC Code § 59-58-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-130. Remedies for violations.

 (A) Whenever it appears to the commission that any person is or has been violating any provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder, the commission shall request the Attorney General, the solicitor, or any appropriate official having jurisdiction in the county in which the nonpublic educational institution or its agent is located, to bring a civil action to restrain that person from the violation, and for other appropriate relief. The action may be brought in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person resides, has his principal place of business, or conducts or transacts business. The courts may issue orders and injunctions to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter, and these orders and injunctions must be issued without bond.  (B) If a court finds that any person is wilfully violating or has wilfully violated this chapter, the commission, upon petitioning the court, may recover a civil penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars for each violation. Each degree, diploma, or certificate granted by an institution without the required license is a separate violation and each student enrolled by an agent is a separate violation for purposes of this section.  (C) The commission may bring a civil action against a person who violates the terms of an injunction issued under this section for a civil penalty of not more than fifteen thousand dollars. For purposes of this section, the court of common pleas issuing an injunction shall retain jurisdiction, and the cause may be continued and in these cases the commission may petition for recovery of civil penalties.  (D) For purposes of this section, a wilful violation occurs when the person committing the violation knew or should have known that his conduct was a violation of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-58-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing|Section 59-58-140. Invalidity of one provision not to invalidate remainder of chapter.

 If any provision of this chapter is declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, the declaration shall not invalidate the remaining provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-59-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act|Section 59-59-10. Citation of chapter.

 This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act".  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.