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SC Code § 59-151-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-115. Guidelines and procedures.

 (A) Prior to allowing any university employee or student access to the network, the board must adopt guidelines and procedures which, at a minimum, ensure that:  (1) access to the network is limited to specific university employees and specific university students who have direct involvement in one or more formal documented partnerships that meet the requirements of Section 59-151-110(C);  (2) these university employees and university students cease to have access to the network once they are no longer directly involved in such a formal documented partnership; and  (3) the access to the network does not compete with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants.  (B) Prior to allowing any private organization or entity access to the network, the board must adopt guidelines and procedures which, at a minimum, ensure that:  (1) access to the network is limited to specified employees of these private organizations or entities who have direct involvement in one or more formal documented partnerships that meet the requirements of Section 59-151-110(C);  (2) these employees cease to have access to the network once they are no longer directly involved in such a formal documented partnership;  (3) the access to the network does not compete with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants; and  (4) any South Carolina commercial entity has a separate commodity internet connection for its routine operations.  (C) For purposes of this section, occasional and incidental use of the network by persons appropriately granted such access to the network for purposes that are not directly related to the missions of the participating institutions is not considered as competing with the commercial communications or information offerings of private sector participants.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-120. Charter member institutions.

 Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina in Columbia are designated as the three charter member institutions of the South Carolina LightRail Consortium and through the consortium are directed to plan, procure, administer, oversee, and manage all functions associated with the South Carolina LightRail.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-130. Board of directors; membership; executive committee.

 (A) The South Carolina LightRail Consortium must be a joint venture exclusively among the three member universities, with administrative support to be provided by an appropriate department within one or more of the universities to include procurement, accounts payable, accounts receivable, web design and hosting, and similar administrative or technical support functions.  (B) The South Carolina LightRail Consortium must be governed by a board of directors consisting of six members. The board of directors consists of two representatives each from Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina, to be appointed by the respective university presidents and to serve at their pleasure. The consortium must be chaired by a member of the board of directors from each member institution on a rotating basis among all institutions for a term of two years.  (C) Membership on the board is not an office of honor or profit within the meaning of Section 3, Article VI of the Constitution of this State.  (D) The board shall establish rules of procedure governing its operations and also may establish an executive committee of the board to act in the board's stead in the manner authorized by the full board.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-140. Powers and duties of board of directors.

 (A) The South Carolina LightRail Consortium is declared to be an instrumentality of this State and as such its board of directors has all powers and authority conferred upon public boards generally including the power to contract in its own name, to own property, and to sue and be sued.  (B) The board shall ensure that the consortium functions in support of its mission and in the best interests of the State and the participating universities. In support of this task, the board shall:  (1) assist and advise the chairman of the consortium board in matters related to scientific and administrative performance, consortium directions and needs, and government and interinstitutional interactions;  (2) conduct an annual review of consortium status, activities, and plans to evaluate overall performance relative to its mission and strategic plan and to recommend possible changes to the strategic plan or South Carolina LightRail administration;  (3) review and approve an annual budget request for the consortium; and  (4) review the operations of the South Carolina LightRail annually to ensure relevance, to affirm the commitments of the participating institutions, and to confirm continued compliance with the provisions of Section 59-151-115.  (C) Results of the annual review and budget request must be documented in a letter submitted to the presidents of the three universities.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-150. Funding.

 (A) The LightRail Consortium shall receive such funding as may be provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act, supplemental appropriations act, or in other provisions of law. This funding must be provided to its participating universities for purposes of the LightRail. Funds appropriated to Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina in the 2007-2008 general appropriations act for the South Carolina LightRail Consortium shall continue to be used for those purposes consistent with the requirements of this chapter and other applicable provisions of law.  (B) The LightRail Consortium shall manage its own funding provided to it by the member institutions, based on a budget prepared and administered by the chairman of the board, and recommended by the board. The consortium funding appropriated to a particular member institution must be administered individually by that institution, except in those instances when consortium actions, services, or activities require joint budget action. Sufficient annual funding to meet the strategic and operational needs of South Carolina LightRail Consortium is the joint and co-equal responsibility of the member institutions, and the responsibility of each member institution to provide such funding must be determined annually by the board upon agreement of the institutions concerned.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-160. Administration of value of gifts, in-kind services, grants, appropriations, or other financial considerations.

 The value of gifts, in-kind services, grants, appropriations, or other financial considerations directed to a single university for the primary purpose of support for South Carolina LightRail Consortium must be administered and accounted for in accordance with the policies of the recipient university. The value of gifts, in-kind services, grants, appropriations, or other financial considerations directed jointly to the three universities through the consortium must be divided into three equal shares, unless otherwise specified by a donor, and must be administered and accounted for by each recipient university in accordance with the policies of that university.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-151-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 151 - South Carolina Lightrail Consortium|Section 59-151-180. Applicability of state law.

 The South Carolina LightRail Consortium is considered a public body and as such is subject to all provisions of state law, including the Freedom of Information Act and state procurement requirements but is exempt from the planning, oversight, and project management regulations of the State Chief Information Officer. The board of the LightRail Consortium each year by February first shall submit to the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee a report specifically identifying each entity with access to the network, the number of persons within each such entity with access to the network, and a brief description of the formal documented partnership in which the persons are involved, and any payment, including without limitations, in-kind payment, that each such organization and entity is making for access to the network.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 330, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 2008).  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 284, Section 11, provides as follows:  "The provisions of this act do not expand, diminish, or otherwise affect the provisions of Chapter 151, Title 59 regarding the South Carolina LightRail Consortium"
SC Code § 59-152-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-10. First Steps to School Readiness initiative established.

 There is established the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness, a comprehensive, results-oriented initiative for improving early childhood development by providing, through local partnerships, public and private funds, and support for high-quality early childhood development and education services for children by providing support for their families' efforts toward enabling their children to reach school ready to succeed.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 6, eff June 18, 2014.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 287, Section 6, inserted "the" following "established", substituted "local partnerships" for "county partnerships", inserted a comma following "private funds" and substituted "ready to succeed" for "ready to learn".
SC Code § 59-152-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-20. Purpose.

 The purpose of the First Steps initiative is to develop, promote, and assist efforts of agencies, private providers, and public and private organizations and entities, at the state level and the community level, to collaborate and cooperate in order to focus and intensify services, assure the most efficient use of all available resources, and eliminate duplication of efforts to serve the needs of young children and their families. First Steps funds must not be used to supplant or replace any other funds being spent on services but must be used to expand, extend, improve, or increase access to services or to enable a community to begin to offer new or previously unavailable services in their community. The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, Office of First Steps to School Readiness, and the local First Steps Partnerships shall ensure that collaborations, the existence and continued development of partnerships, and the sharing and maximizing of resources occur so that the funding of grants and services, as provided in this chapter, may continue.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 7, eff June 18, 2014.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 287, Section 7, in the last sentence, substituted "local First Steps Partnerships" for "County First Steps Partnerships", substituted "shall ensure that collaborations, the existence and continued development" for "shall assure that collaboration, the development", and substituted "resources occur so that the funding of grants and services, as provided in this chapter, may continue" for "resources are occurring before funding for the implementation/management grants, as provided for in this chapter, are made available".
SC Code § 59-152-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-25. Definitions.

 For the purposes of this title:  (A) "Evidence-based program" means a program based on a clear and consistent program model that is designated as such by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees because the program:  (1)(a) is grounded in published, peer-reviewed research that is linked to determined outcomes;  (b) employs well-trained and competent staff to whom the program provides continual professional development that is relevant to the specific model being delivered;  (c) demonstrates strong linkages to other community-based services; and  (d) is operated to ensure program fidelity; or  (2) is commonly recognized by experts in the field as such a program.  (B) "Board of trustees" or "board" means the First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees pursuant to Article 17, Title 63.  (C) "Evidence-informed program" means a program that does not satisfy the criteria of an evidenced-based program model but that the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees determines is supported by research indicating its potential effectiveness.  (D) "Partnership" refers to a local First Steps organization designated as such by the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a nonprofit corporation, and formed to further, within the coverage area, the purpose and goals of the First Steps initiative as stated in Sections 59-152-20 and 59-152-30.  (E) "Preschool child" means a child from the prenatal stage to entry into five-year-old kindergarten.  (F) "Prevalent program investment" means a program administered by a partnership and funded with state grant money, which accounts for at least ten percent of total programmatic spending in First Steps.  (G) "School readiness" means the level of child development necessary to ensure early school success as measured in the following domains: physical health and motor skills; emotional and social competence; language and literacy development; and mathematical thinking and cognitive skills. School readiness is supported by the knowledge and practices of families, caregivers, healthcare providers, educators, and communities.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 1, eff June 18, 2014.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."
SC Code § 59-152-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-30. Goals.

 The goals for South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness are to:  (1) provide parents with access to the support they might seek and want to strengthen their families and to promote the optimal development of their preschool children;  (2) increase comprehensive services so children have reduced risk for major physical, developmental, and learning problems;  (3) promote high-quality preschool programs that provide a healthy environment that will promote normal growth and development;  (4) provide services so all children receive the protection, nutrition, and health care needed to thrive in the early years of life so they arrive at school ready to succeed; and  (5) mobilize communities to focus efforts on providing enhanced services to support families and their young children so as to enable every child to reach school healthy and ready to succeed.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 8, eff June 18, 2014.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 287, Section 8, in paragraph (3), substituted "high-quality" for "high quality", and in paragraphs (4) and (5), substituted "ready to succeed" for "ready to learn".
SC Code § 59-152-32 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-32. Comprehensive long-range initiative.

 (A) In Section 63-11-1720, the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees may carry out its assigned functions by developing a comprehensive long-range initiative for improving early childhood development, increasing school readiness and literacy, establishing results-oriented measures and objectives, and assessing whether services provided by First Steps Partnerships to children and families are meeting the goals and achieving the results established in this chapter. The board shall do the following to fulfill these duties before July 1, 2015:  (1) in consultation with the State Board of Education, and with the advice and consent of that board, adopt a description of school readiness that includes specific:  (a) characteristics and development levels of a ready child that must include, but are not limited to, emerging literacy, numeracy, and physical, social, and emotional competencies;  (b) characteristics of school, educators, and caregivers that the board considers necessary to create an optimal learning environment for the early years of students' lives; and  (c) characteristics of the optimal environment which would lead to the readiness of students and their continued success;  (2) establish specific benchmarks and objectives for use by the board of trustees, local partnership boards, and any agency that administers a program to benefit preschool children. The benchmarks and objectives must be approved by the board and posted on the website of the Office of First Steps;  (3) determine whether state and local programs and activities are effective and contribute to achieving the goals established in Section 59-152-30; and  (4) publish and distribute a list of approved evidence-based and evidence-informed programs.  (B) The board of trustees shall review the school readiness description, benchmarks, and objectives and adopt any revisions it considers appropriate before December 31, 2014, again before December 31, 2019, and every five years afterward.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 2, eff June 18, 2014; 2018 Act No. 152 (H.3591), Section 1, eff April 12, 2018.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 152, Section 1, in (A)(2), added the second sentence.
SC Code § 59-152-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 152 - South Carolina First Steps To School Readiness|Section 59-152-40. Board of Trustees to oversee initiative.

 The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees established in Section 63-11-1720 shall oversee and be accountable for the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 99, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 287 (H.3428), Section 9, eff June 18, 2014.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 152, Section 8, provides as follows:  "SECTION 8. Section 20B. of Act 287 of 2014 [reauthorizing the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act until July 1, 2016] is repealed. Act 99 of 1999, South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Act, as amended by this act, is reauthorized until June 30, 2025."  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 287, Section 9, inserted "and be accountable for".