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SC Code § 59-101-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-160. Degrees of Columbia Bible College.

 The board of trustees of Columbia Bible College, formerly named the Columbia Bible School, may confer such degrees as it shall determine. A diploma from the Columbia Bible College may entitle the holder to be accredited by the State Board of Education in like manner as diplomas are now accredited from other schools and colleges.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-12; 1952 Code Section 22-12; 1942 Code Section 5398; 1935 (39) 130.
SC Code § 59-101-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-170. Liability insurance.

 All institutions of higher learning in the State are authorized to procure liability insurance in amounts deemed reasonable and necessary by their respective boards of trustees for the benefit and protection of employees who may be liable to third persons who are injured or killed or whose property is damaged as a result of negligence of the employee in the performance of his or her regularly assigned duties. Provided, that such insurance shall not include physicians' and dentists' professional (malpractice) liability insurance coverage.  The premiums on all insurance contracts as herein authorized shall be paid from funds of the institution concerned and shall be considered a part of the general expense of that institution.  Actions brought for damages or injury covered by the insurance authorized by this section shall be brought directly against the individuals insured by such policies and neither the State nor the particular institution concerned shall be a party to such action nor shall any provision of this section be construed as a waiver of the State's general immunity from liability and suit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-14; 1968 (55) 2855.
SC Code § 59-101-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-180. Sale and disposal of real property; disposal of proceeds.

 The governing body for each state-supported college and university 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 Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and the governing body for the college or university. The proceeds of such sales are to be disposed of as follows:  (1) if the property was acquired as a gift, or through tuition, student fees 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: 1962 Code Section 22-14.1; 1968 (55) 2855; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 10B.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 59-101-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-185. Governing boards of state institutions of higher learning authorized to maintain financial management and accounting systems.

 Authority to maintain financial management and accounting systems is delegated to the Board of Trustees or Board of Visitors of the following state institutions of higher learning: The University of South Carolina, Clemson University, The Medical University of South Carolina, The Citadel, Winthrop University, South Carolina State University, Francis Marion University, The College of Charleston, Lander University, and Coastal Carolina University. Such systems shall provide financial information to the Comptroller General's Statewide Accounting and Reporting System (STARS) in the format and level of detail as prescribed by the Comptroller General.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 466, Part II, Section 8; 2000 Act No. 254, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-101-187 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-187. Events recognizing academic and research excellence; funding sources.

 Pursuant to a written policy adopted by the governing board of a public institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, the institution may expend funds from the sources listed in this section for events which recognize academic and research excellence and noteworthy accomplishments of members of the faculty and staff, students, and distinguished guests of the institution. Sources of the funds for these expenditures include only:  (1) revenues derived from athletics or other student contests;  (2) the activities of student organizations;  (3) the operations of canteens and bookstores; and  (4) approved private practice plans and all nonappropriated state funds.  The expenditures of funds from these sources pursuant to the written policy of the board for the purposes stated in this section are considered to meet the public purpose test for the expenditure of public funds. A copy of the written policy adopted by the board must be forwarded to the Commission on Higher Education.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 70, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-190. Deans' Committee on Medical Education.

 There is created a Deans' Committee on Medical Education consisting of nine members as follows:  (1) President, University of South Carolina or his designee;  (2) President, Medical University of South Carolina or his designee;  (3) Dean or acting dean, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina;  (4) Dean or acting dean, School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina;  (5) two members appointed by the Commission on Higher Education, one of whom must be a physician with experience in medical education and one of whom must be a representative of the business community;  (6) three members of the Area Health Education Consortium medical education director's committee, who shall represent graduate medical education, to be appointed by the Commission on Higher Education.  The terms of the members selected under items (5) and (6) above shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. In making these appointments, the Commission on Higher Education, to the extent possible, shall ensure geographic representation of all regions of the State. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of original appointment.  The Deans' Committee on Medical Education may also contain nonvoting members invited to attend meetings by the committee on an ad hoc basis. The chairmanship of the deans' committee shall alternate between the Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of South Carolina and the Dean of the College of Medicine of the Medical University of South Carolina. The term of the chairman shall be two years, and the committee at its first meeting after the effective date of this provision shall determine by majority vote the person who will first serve as chairman. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly during each year.  The purpose of the committee is to ensure and coordinate the development and implementation of a strategic plan for effective and efficient medical education, research, and related clinical service programs to best meet the needs of the State of South Carolina. Adoption of the strategic plan shall require at least one vote of a member representing USC and MUSC and a total of at least seven votes of the entire committee. Any strategic plan approved by the deans' committee also must be approved by the Commission on Higher Education if it contains any proposal for the consolidation, elimination, or change of medical education programs.  The committee shall report to the Commission on Higher Education through the commission's Committee on Academic Affairs. The deans' committee shall provide oversight of the Area Health Education Consortium and the consortium of teaching hospitals by reviewing and approving its strategic plan and budget. The Commission on Higher Education shall furnish adequate meeting space and professional and secretarial assistance for the committee.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 709, Part II, Section 6; 2000 Act No. 323, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-195. Maximum compensation of medical school physicians and employees.

 The maximum compensation of any physician or other employee of a medical school of the State of South Carolina shall be approved in advance annually by the President or the Board of Trustees of that medical school. All compensation must be approved by someone other than the recipient thereof. Compensation shall include all remuneration obtained, through a professional service organization or otherwise, with use of state owned facilities, equipment or supplies.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 323, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-197 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-197. Reporting requirement of financial information for medical school receiving state appropriation.

 (A) For purposes of this section "affiliate" means any entity controlled by or under common control with another entity, whether through ownership, interlocking boards or officers, charter, bylaws, or otherwise and including each professional staff office or practice of each medical school receiving an appropriation from the State, and each trust or foundation which has as one of its significant purposes the support of a medical school receiving an appropriation from the State.  (B) Not later than September first of each year, each medical school receiving an appropriation from the State shall provide to the General Assembly a written report setting forth:  (1) for the prior fiscal year the total compensation paid or accrued by the medical school and its affiliates, including cash, fringe benefits, retirement accounts or arrangements, deferred compensation accounts or arrangements, consultant's, director's, and trustee's fees and honoraria, from all sources to or for each officer, dean, department chairman, and each of the fifty most highly compensated physicians employed by or utilizing the facilities of the medical school or its affiliates;  (2) a description of each element of the compensation;  (3) the source of each element of the compensation; and  (4) the number of out-of-state students and the total number of students in each academic program.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 72, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-200. Hazing prohibited; penalties.

 (A) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Student" means a person enrolled in a state university, college, or other public institution of higher learning.  (2) "Superior student" means a student who has attended a state university, college, or other public institution of higher learning longer than another student or who has an official position giving authority over another student.  (3) "Subordinate student" means a person who attends a state university, college, or other public institution of higher learning who is not defined as a "superior student" in item (2).  (4) "Hazing" means the wrongful striking, laying open hand upon, threatening with violence, or offering to do bodily harm by a superior student to a subordinate student with intent to punish or injure the subordinate student, or other unauthorized treatment by the superior student of a subordinate student of a tyrannical, abusive, shameful, insulting, or humiliating nature.  (B) Hazing at all state supported universities, colleges, and public institutions of higher learning is prohibited. When an investigation has disclosed substantial evidence that a student has committed an act or acts of hazing, the student may be dismissed, expelled, suspended, or punished as the president considers appropriate.  (C) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 3 of Title 16.  (D) The provisions of Section 30-4-40(a)(2) and 30-4-70(a)(1) continue to apply to hazing incidents.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 328, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-280. Colleges and universities to emphasize teaching as career opportunity.

 Colleges and universities of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity and those institutions with teacher education programs should make the preparation of teachers a fundamental part of the institution's mission. These colleges and universities should allocate resources appropriate for support of this mission, support of professional development programs for practicing teachers and teacher education faculties to include technology training. Greater attention should be given to attracting diversity in race and ethnicity in faculties and students. Opportunities also should be developed to provide students interested in a teaching career with opportunities to tutor other students. All teacher education programs should strengthen alliances with K-12 education to increase the clinical opportunities for their students and to become more responsive to the needs of practicing teachers. Closer alliances also should be established with the business community and should integrate critical workforce skills into content and methods courses. Teacher education faculties should provide teacher candidates with a variety of effective teaching practices to ensure the state's diverse student population achieve at high levels of learning.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision C, Subpart 1, Section 1(B); 2001 Act No. 39, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-285 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-285. Governing board meeting attendance requirements for board members.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or special provision applicable to a particular institution, a member of the governing board of an institution of higher learning as defined in Section 59-103-5 must attend at least two-thirds of the regular and special meetings of the board during any calendar year or a vacancy in that office is deemed to exist as of January first of the next year which shall be filled in the manner provided by law. The chairman of that board when a violation of this section occurs shall report the violation to the appointing or electing authority within thirty days after the close of the calendar year in which the violation occurred. The member of the governing board who missed such meetings thereby causing the vacancy is ineligible for reelection or reappointment to that board for a period of ten years thereafter.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 250, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-101-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-290. Notification of risk of contracting certain diseases if living on-campus.

 (A) A public institution of higher learning shall notify incoming students, or the parent or guardian of an incoming student under the age of eighteen, of the risk of contracting meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B if living in on-campus student housing.  (B) A public institution of higher learning shall include vaccination against meningococcal disease and Hepatitis B as recommended immunization in health and medical information provided to students or prospective students and parents or guardians.  (C) A private institution of higher learning may elect to be governed by this section and at any time may, in its sole discretion, remove itself from such governance.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 317, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-101-335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-335. Authorization to establish penalties and bonds for traffic and parking violations; availability of schedule of penalties and bonds for such offenses.

 The governing boards of all state-supported colleges, universities, and technical schools shall be authorized to establish penalties and bonds for traffic and parking violations occurring on property which is owned, leased, supervised, or otherwise controlled by the institution. A schedule of penalties and bonds for such offenses shall be available for inspection during normal business hours at the institution at a location designated by the board.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 81.
SC Code § 59-101-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-340. Allocation of funds appropriated for the "Cutting Edge: Research Investment Initiative".

 Twenty-five percent of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the "Cutting Edge: Research Investment Initiative" must be allocated to the state's senior public colleges. If the number of quality proposals for funding submitted by the senior colleges does not require the full allocation, the balance of the allocation must be distributed by the Commission on Higher Education to the state's public universities.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 44.
SC Code § 59-101-345 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-345. Authority to reallocate funds between Palmetto Fellows Program and need-based grants; priority to students in custody of Department of Social Services.

 In instances where the equal division of the appropriated funds between need-based grants and the Palmetto Fellows Program exceeds the capacity to make awards in either program, the Commission on Higher Education has the authority to reallocate the remaining funds between the two programs. Public and independent higher education institutions must give first priority for need-based grants to children and young adults in the custody of the State Department of Social Services. Institutions and the Commission on Higher Education shall accept written verification from the Department of Social Services that the child or young adult is in the custody of the Department of Social Services, and must provide the maximum amount allowed by law for that need-based grant.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part II.E.
SC Code § 59-101-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-360. Certain revenue from tax on catalog sales creditable to Mail Order Sales Tax Fund; disposition.

 (A) Sales tax revenue derived pursuant to Section 12-36-2620 from the tax on catalog sales which exceeds the total of revenue from such sales in fiscal year 1991-92 must be credited by the State Treasurer to the Mail Order Sales Tax Fund, which is separate and distinct from the general fund of the State. Revenues in this fund may not be used to supplant general fund appropriations for higher education, and must be appropriated according to the distribution formulas provided in subsections (B), (C), and (D).  (B) The first one hundred million dollars credited to the Mail Order Sales Tax Fund must be distributed as follows:  (1) sixty-five percent for higher education formula funding;  (2) five percent to public higher education institutions with teacher education programs according to a formula developed by the Commission on Higher Education;  (3) twenty percent to the Education Improvement Act Fund;  (4) ten percent for tuition grants as provided pursuant to Chapter 113 of this title.  (C) Amounts in excess of one hundred million dollars credited to the Mail Order Sales Tax Fund must be distributed as provided in subsection (B) with the exception of item (4) thereof, in which case the ten percent distribution must be for K-12 public school construction.  (D) At any time the higher education funding formula is fully funded, further distribution of that sixty-five percent share must be distributed as follows:  (1) sixty-five percent for K-12 public school construction;  (2) thirty-three and one-third percent for public higher education dedicated to academic equipment;  (3) one and two-thirds percent to the higher education tuition grants program under Chapter 113 of this title.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 501, Part II, Section 35A; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 78A.
SC Code § 59-101-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 101 - Colleges And Institutions Of Higher Learning Generally|Section 59-101-370. New technical college construction projects; matching state funds.

 Technical education colleges receiving funds for new construction projects, not including funds provided for deferred maintenance or renovations, pursuant to authorizations for state capital improvement bonds shall match the state funds provided with at least twenty percent nonstate funds toward the total costs of the project identified in the bond authorization. This match requirement does not apply to any project that received A&E funding prior to July 1, 1995.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 111, Section 4.