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SC Code § 59-51-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School|Section 59-51-20. Services provided by School; duties.

 The school shall:  (1) serve as an alternative school cooperating with other agencies and organizations;  (2) provide training for persons interested in continuing their elementary or high school education or in taking refresher courses preparatory to college, with emphasis on personal development, vocational efficiency, and effective citizenship;  (3) disseminate information concerning practices that have proven to be effective in working with its students; and  (4) cooperate with the vocational rehabilitation department in providing personal and social adjustment and prevocational and vocational courses for persons with disabilities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-522; 1957 (50) 36; 1972 (57) 2405; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-51-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School|Section 59-51-30. Board of trustees; composition; election; officers; filling of vacancies; quorum.

 The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is under the management and control of a board of twelve trustees, all of whom must be elected by the General Assembly. The trustees so elected must be citizens of the State who are interested in the aims and ambitions of the school. Members of the board shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. In case a vacancy occurs on the board for any reason other than expiration of a term when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly, at which time a successor must be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. Elections to fill vacancies which are caused for any reason other than expiration of a term may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year the vacancy is filled. A quorum of the board is seven members.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-523; 1957 (50) 36; 1969 (56) 660; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1; 2018 Act No. 194 (S.857), Section 2, eff May 15, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 194, Section 2, amended the section, revising the composition of the board by eliminating two ex officio seats and eliminating the board offices of secretary and treasurer.
SC Code § 59-51-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School|Section 59-51-35. Mandatory training for board of trustees.

 (A) All members of the board of trustees shall complete successfully a training program on the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board member including, but not limited to, topics on policy development, personnel, school leadership and board relations, at-risk programs, finance, school law, ethics, and community relations, as determined by the board of trustees. Training also must be provided regarding how to best serve the at-risk students in their care.  (B) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected as members of the board of trustees after July 1, 2018, also must complete the training prescribed in subsection (A).  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 194 (S.857), Section 1, eff May 15, 2018.
SC Code § 59-51-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School|Section 59-51-40. Powers and duties of board.

 The board of trustees is a body politic, under the name and style of the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School. It shall have a seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its name it may contract for, purchase, and hold property for the purposes provided for in this chapter. It may take any property or money given or conveyed by deed, devised, or bequeathed to the school, and hold it for its benefit and use. The conditions of the gifts or conveyances in no case may be inconsistent with the purposes of the school, and the board may not by the acceptance thereof incur any obligation on the part of the State. It shall securely invest all funds and keep all property which may come into its possession. It may sue and be sued in its name and may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-524; 1957 (50) 36; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-51-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School|Section 59-51-50. Director; personnel; courses of study; operation and management.

 The board of trustees shall employ a director who shall serve under conditions as prescribed by the board. The director shall recommend and employ all personnel, as approved by the board of trustees, and shall define their duties. The director shall prescribe the courses of study and make all rules and regulations for the government of the school, within board policy, and is responsible for its operation and management within the limitations of appropriations provided by the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-525; 1957 (50) 36; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-53-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-10. State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education created; members; terms; rules and regulations; contracts.

 There is hereby created the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education (board) as a continuing body and agency and instrumentality of the State. The board shall consist of eleven members, appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until successors are appointed and qualify. One member must be appointed from each congressional district, with the advice and consent of the legislative delegations of the congressional district involved, and be a resident thereof. There must be four at-large members appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education and one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs. The initial terms of office of board members representing congressional districts are for a period of years corresponding to the numerical designation of their respective districts. The initial terms of office of the first at-large members of the board are for three and six years determined by lot and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education is three years and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs is six years. In addition, the State Superintendent of Education and the Secretary of Commerce shall serve as ex officio members of the board. The chairman must be elected by the board. In case a vacancy shall occur a member must be appointed in the same manner for the remainder of the unexpired term. The board shall enter into contracts and make regulations, including policies and guidelines, as considered necessary to fulfill the intent of Sections 59-5-61, 59-43-20, 59-53-10, 59-53-20, 59-53-40, 59-53-50, 59-53-57, 59-54-10 through 59-54-60, subject to the approval of the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.11; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654 Section 1; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1571; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 5, eff May 25, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment substituted "eleven" for "ten" in the second sentence.
SC Code § 59-53-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-30. Open admissions; tuition and fees; literacy and vocational programs; parallel programs.

 Institutions of the South Carolina Technical Education System shall maintain open admissions policies unless determined to be economically unfeasible by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and establish and maintain low tuition and fees in order to provide access to post-secondary education and insure that such educational opportunities shall not be denied to anyone.  Upon request and justification and with the approval of the State Board of Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to contract with local school districts to offer adult literacy courses and programs and secondary-level vocational courses and programs.  Upon request and justification and with the approval of the Commission on Higher Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to offer two-year college parallel programs. The Commission on Higher Education shall approve all criteria for college parallel courses.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.13; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-53-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-40. Coordination with Commission on Higher Education and others; budget; college parallel courses and associate degree programs.

 The Board and local area commissions shall insure effective coordination with the public schools, other state agencies, literary councils, and private and nonprofit training organizations to maximize opportunities to best meet local education and training needs. The Board shall maintain effective coordination with the Commission on Higher Education and other educational boards and state agencies.  The Board is required to submit to the Commission on Higher Education a budget and enrollment documentation for all existing and proposed college parallel courses or associate degree programs with college transfer credit by institutional location for review and comment prior to submission of the Board's total state budget request to the Governor.  All college parallel courses or associate degree programs are subject to the approval or termination by the Commission on Higher Education.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.14; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 4; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 8.
SC Code § 59-53-51 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-51. Board to establish statewide policies and procedures; appeal by area commission.

 The Board shall establish statewide policies and procedures necessary to insure educational and financial accountability for operation of the technical education institutions and their programs.  The area commissions shall participate and provide input in the formulation of statewide policies and procedures through joint meetings, distribution of discussion documents and position papers, joint committees, service by area commission members on state board standing committees, and whatever other means which may be necessary or desirable.  The area commissions are delegated primary responsibility for local governance and supervision of the individual institutions in compliance with all state laws by adoption of appropriate local policies and procedures which are consistent with state-level policies and procedures.  Institutional fees and locally appropriated county funds must be retained in accounts held by the area commissions for expenditure under their direction in accordance with all applicable state and other laws.  An area commission has the right to appeal to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority any final decision or action of the Board in accordance with the following procedures:  (1) if differences occur between the state executive director and the local president, the executive director, local president, and state board congressional district member or a designated at-large Board member shall appear before the local area commission to resolve the differences;  (2) if the differences are not resolved as outlined in item (1) the area commission chairman, local president, and state executive director shall appear before the Board to resolve the differences;  (3) if the differences are not resolved by the Board all parties, including the chairman of the Board, shall appear before the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to resolve the differences.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 654, Section 6; 1988 Act No. 676, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-53-53 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-53. Borrowing by area commissions; special fees; disposing of excess real property.

 (A) The area commission of any technical education institution under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina technical education system may borrow for capital improvements from a federal or other lending agency an amount not to exceed its ability to repay the loan through the imposition of a special fee. The terms of the loan may not exceed forty years. An area commission may issue covenants, enter into mortgages, and grant liens limiting the sale or use of certain parcels of real or personal property in its possession when required as a condition of accepting a grant, loan, or donation for specified capital improvement projects.  To amortize the loan, a special fee must be imposed within the limits established by the state board, the proceeds of which must be deposited in a special account to be used for payment of the loan in accordance with the terms negotiated by the commission and the lender. No funds other than the revenue from the special fee may be pledged for payment of the loan.  (B) The governing body for each technical college shall review the real property titled in the name of its institution to determine if such property is in excess of the institution's anticipated needs and is available for disposal. All real properties determined to be in excess may be disposed of with the approval of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and the Joint Bond Review Committee. The proceeds of such sales are to be disposed of as follows:  (1) if the property was acquired by gift, or through tuition, student fees, county funds, or earned income, the proceeds may be retained by the selling institution for use in accord with established needs;  (2) if the property was acquired through state appropriations, state capital improvement bonds, or formula funds, the proceeds shall revert to the state general fund.  The responsibility for providing any necessary documentation including, but not limited to, documenting the fund source of any real property proposed for sale rests with each respective institution.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646 Section 6; 1988 Act No. 676, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 10A.
SC Code § 59-53-57 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-57. State funds; procedures for appropriations.

 State funds for the South Carolina Technical Education System must be appropriated to the board by the General Assembly and funds budgeted for the technical institutions must be allocated in a uniform and equitable manner. Monies appropriated for special schools must be retained at the state level and expended upon recommendation of the board. The board and all institutions under its direction shall use prescribed statewide accounting and budgeting systems which shall account for all revenues and expenditures regardless of sources of funds and purposes for which expended. The systems shall include provisions to identify specific revenues with the specific expenditures to which they relate when the fund source so requires.  The board and institutions are eligible to receive state funds for capital facilities. Prior to the withdrawal of authorized funds from the State Treasurer, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall obtain and transmit to the State Treasurer a certificate from the appropriate official at the technical institution stating that a minimum of twenty percent of each project cost has been provided by the local support area. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to Denmark and Beaufort Technical Colleges.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 654 Section 6; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 10; 1988 Act No. 638, Section 10; 1998 Act No. 284, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-53-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-70. Branches of University of South Carolina.

 All four-year and three-year branches of the University of South Carolina shall continue to exist as branches of the University of South Carolina and three-year branches may add the fourth year upon approval of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.17; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-53-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-80. Transfer of control and management of certain area trade schools from State Board of Education to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.

 Effective July 1, 1969, the control and management of the area trade schools now located in Lexington, Bamberg and Beaufort Counties shall be transferred from the State Board of Education to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, as successor to the Advisory Committee for Technical Training. The Board shall merge and/or consolidate the trade schools into its system of local technical education centers in such manner as, in its opinion, will best serve the educational objectives of the technical training program; provided, that high school level vocational programs shall continue to be offered to students in the high schools of the area.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704; 1969 (56) 444.
SC Code § 59-53-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-90. Applications for Federal funds.

 Applications for Federal funds for technical training or for financing construction of technical training centers shall be made by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and by the Governor on behalf of the State as a coapplicant along with the Board when such applications are required by the funding agency.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.1; 1971 (57) 123.
SC Code § 59-53-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-100. Expenditure of net funds derived from auxiliary enterprises in institutions under supervision of Board; limitations.

 All net funds derived from auxiliary enterprises in any institution under the supervision of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall be expended by the institution subject to the following limitations: up to twenty percent of the net funds/or $1,000 whichever is greater may be expended specifically for promotional use and at least eighty percent of the net funds shall be expended for the institution's operational expenses. Provided, further, That promotional expenditures shall be in keeping with policies and guidelines developed by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 466, Part II, Section 16.
SC Code § 59-53-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-150. Legislative findings.

 The General Assembly finds that additional facilities and improvements will be required from time to time for certain technical education colleges and centers in the State which will be of benefit to those in attendance at such institutions and which are properly payable from the special student fee authorized by this article, and it has been determined to empower the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education acting for such institutions to provide such facilities and improvements through the procedures provided for in this article.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-53-151 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-151. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Board" shall mean the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.  (2) "Bonds" shall mean the special obligation bonds of the particular technical education college or center for whom bonds are issued.  (3) "Bond reserve fund" shall mean each special fund to be established which shall be in the custody of the State Treasurer and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued for any college in the event that payments otherwise required for the debt service fund shall be insufficient to meet the payment of such principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. Moneys in the bond reserve fund may also be used to pay costs of plant improvements for such college in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-53-164 of this article.  (4) "College" shall mean each of the technical education colleges or centers.  (5) "Debt service fund" shall mean each fund to be established for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for any college.  (6) "Plant improvements" shall mean the construction of and improvements to the buildings and equipment constituting facilities for any college.  (7) "Special student fee" shall mean the fee authorized to be established by the board at any college to provide funds for the repayment of bonds issued for such college.  (8) "Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate" shall mean the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-53-152 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-152. Board may construct or acquire plant improvements.

 The board may construct or acquire plant improvements at any college, and thereafter utilize, operate and maintain them, if such undertakings have received the prior approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-53-153 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training|Section 59-53-153. Bond issues.

 The board may issue bonds of any college payable from the special student fee imposed at such college in such amounts as may from time to time be determined by the board to be necessary to meet the cost of plant improvements at such college but only under the following conditions:  (1) The approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, expressed by resolution duly adopted, shall be obtained. Such approval is hereby declared a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, and no bonds shall be issued without such approval.  (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this section for any college in excess of four million dollars.  (3) No bonds may be issued unless there is on deposit in the bond reserve fund for such college a sum equal to the lesser of (a) ten percent of the principal of all bonds then outstanding, or (b) the maximum reserve prescribed by the applicable regulations of the United States Treasury Department relating to arbitrage bonds.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5; 1988 Act No. 638, Section 7(B).