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SC Code § 59-103-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-50. Advisory Council of Private College Presidents.

 There shall be established, under the auspices of the commission, an Advisory Council of Private College Presidents to counsel with and advise the commission with regard to matters concerning nonpublic colleges and their role in overall programs of higher education in the State. The council shall consist of eight members selected by the South Carolina College Council. Terms of members shall be for two years. A chairman shall be elected by the members. The council shall meet upon the call of the chairman and shall meet at least once annually with the commission. The members of the council serving on this section's effective date may continue to serve until the expiration of their terms.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-15.8:1; 1972 (57) 2627; 1992 Act No. 373, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-55. Representation of four-year colleges on commission councils, advisory groups, committees and task forces.

 Each four-year campus of each state-supported public institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, shall have equal representation on all formal and informal councils, advisory groups, committees, and task forces of the commission. Independent four-year colleges shall have representation on all formal and informal committees and commissions dealing with higher education statewide issues.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part II.A.
SC Code § 59-103-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-60. Recommendations to Governor's Office and General Assembly.

 The commission shall make such recommendations to the Governor's Office and the General Assembly as to policies, programs, curricula, facilities, administration, and financing of all state-supported institutions of higher learning as may be considered desirable. The House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Office of the Governor may refer to the commission for investigation, study, and report any requests of institutions of higher learning for new or additional appropriations for operating and for other purposes and for the establishment of new or expanded programs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-15.9; 1962(52) 1956, 1967(55) 261; 1978 Act No. 410, Section 7; 1995 Act No. 137, Section 3; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-103-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-65. Closure of an institution; reallocation of funds.

 If an institution beginning July 1, 1999, is closed by the commission, the institution shall be treated as a terminated agency under Section 1-20-30 and as such terminated in the manner provided therein. However, any remaining funds shall not revert to the general fund as provided in Section 1-20-30 but instead shall be reallocated to higher education funding through use of the higher education funding formula in the manner the commission shall provide.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 359, Section 8.
SC Code § 59-103-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-70. Reports.

 The Commission shall make reports to the Governor and the General Assembly at least annually on the status and progress of higher education in the State, with such recommendations as may be appropriate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-15.10; 1962 (52) 1956; 1967 (55) 261.
SC Code § 59-103-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-80. Expenses; compensation of Commission members.

 Funds for the necessary technical, administrative and clerical assistance and other expenses of the Commission, including stationery, shall be carried in the annual appropriation act for the State. The members of the Commission shall be allowed such per diem and mileage as authorized by law for members of boards, commissions and committees. The sum appropriated for the use of the Commission shall be expended upon warrants signed by the chairman.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-15.11; 1962 (52) 1956; 1967 (55) 261.
SC Code § 59-103-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-90. Professional staff.

 An executive director must be appointed by the commission to manage and carry out the duties of the commission as prescribed by law and assigned by the commission. The executive director is not subject to the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act of 1982 and may be dismissed without cause.  A professional staff complement shall be established by the executive director who shall ensure that there are persons on the staff who have the professional competence and experience to carry out the duties assigned and to ensure that there are persons on the staff who are familiar with the problems and capabilities of all of the principal types of state-supported institutions in the State. Provision shall be made for persons of high competence and strong professional experience in the areas of academic affairs, public service and extension programs, business and financial affairs, institutional studies and long-range planning, student affairs, research and development, legal affairs, health affairs, institutional development, and for state and federal programs administered by the commission. The hiring of additional staff members to any position for which funds were not specifically appropriated by the General Assembly shall require prior approval by the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 410 Section 6; 1995 Act No. 137, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-103-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-100. Federal and private research grants not to be limited.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit federal and private grants which are made for research and are not connected with teaching programs.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 410, Section 7A.
SC Code § 59-103-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-110. Approval for new construction; exemptions.

 No public institution of higher learning shall be authorized to construct or purchase any new permanent facility at any location other than on a currently approved campus or on property immediately contiguous thereto unless such new location or purchase of improved or unimproved real property has been approved by the commission.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 410, Section 9; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 9.
SC Code § 59-103-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-120. Accreditation and chartering of chiropractic colleges.

 One hundred and eighty days from the effective date of this act, the State Commission on Higher Education shall publish a list of the accrediting agency or agencies, which may include itself, approved by it for accreditation of chiropractic colleges or schools doing business in this State. Any chiropractic college or school doing business in this State shall, upon publication of said list of such accrediting agency or agencies, forthwith apply for such accreditation or candidate status and furnish the State Commission on Higher Education documented evidence of such application.  Failure to obtain such accreditation or candidate status within nineteen months after publication of the list of approved agencies shall result in the Commission on Higher Education revoking the status of such college or school as a recognized college or school of chiropractic.  Provided, further, any college of chiropractic applying for a South Carolina charter must furnish the Commission on Higher Education with sufficient evidence that such school will qualify for required accreditation. Upon certification by the Commission on Higher Education to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may issue a charter; provided, further, however, that any college now chartered must attain required licensure before one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act or have its charter revoked upon a finding by the Attorney General that such licensure has not been attained by such date. In addition to other existing criteria, licensure of all chiropractic colleges shall be renewable annually contingent upon supplying semiannual reports as to the progress of accreditation to the Commission on Higher Education and the Commission shall make a determination if such progress is satisfactory.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 307, Section 1; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-103-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-130. Colleges and universities to emphasize teaching as career opportunity.

 The Commission on Higher Education shall adopt guidelines whereby the publicly supported colleges and universities of this State shall emphasize teaching as a career opportunity and provide students interested in a teaching career with opportunities to tutor other students.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision C, Subpart 1, Section 1(D).
SC Code § 59-103-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-140. Contracts with colleges and universities for provision of teacher training programs.

 The Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education, may contract with selected public or private colleges and universities, or groupings of such institutions, to provide centers of excellence in programs designed to train teachers. The Commission shall devise guidelines and procedures by which institutions, or groups of institutions, may apply for such contracts by the Commission. Such guidelines and procedures shall include participation by local schools or school districts in such programs as may be appropriate. Funds for implementing this activity shall be appropriated annually to the Commission on Higher Education which, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall monitor the performance of participating institutions and may or may not elect to renew such contracts to any original college or university.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision C, Subpart 3, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-150. Early retirement plans for faculty of public institutions of higher learning.

 (A) As long as there is no impact on state appropriations and subject to approval by the governing body of the public institution of higher education, the institution may implement an early retirement plan for its faculty to accomplish the following objectives:  (1) reallocate institutional resources;  (2) provide an equitable method to increase the flexibility of the institution to effect cost-saving measures;  (3) foster intellectual renewal;  (4) provide increased opportunities for promotion of a younger faculty;  (5) improve the opportunity to recruit qualified women and minorities.  (B) An early retirement plan may include provisions for institutions to pay:  (1) actuarial costs required by Sections 9-1-1850 and 9-11-60;  (2) health, dental, and life insurance costs;  (3) incentive payments;  (4) the costs of single premium annuity plans to provide supplemental benefits.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 100, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-103-155 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-155. Health care profession education; controlled substances training.

 Any public or private institution of higher education in the State from which a student may earn a degree in a health care profession that allows the person to prescribe controlled substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV in the State shall require for those programs that students complete coursework on the prescription and monitoring of Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances, including coursework on the prescription of Schedule II controlled substances to treat or manage pain, and strategies that can be employed to recognize signs of and reduce the likelihood of patient addiction. These institutions of higher education shall coordinate with the state's Commission on Higher Education, Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Dentistry, and Board of Nursing to develop the curriculum.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 185 (S.302), Section 2, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 59-103-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-160. English Fluency in Higher Learning Act.

 (A) This section may be cited as the English Fluency in Higher Learning Act.  (B) The following words and phrases when used in this section have the meanings given to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Instructional faculty" means every member of a public institution of higher learning whose first language is not English, other than visiting faculty but including graduate teaching assistants, who teaches one or more undergraduate credit courses at a campus of that institution within this State except:  (1) courses that are designed to be taught predominately in a foreign language;  (2) student participatory and activity courses such as clinics, studios, and seminars;  (3) special arrangement courses such as individualized instruction and independent study courses; and  (4) continuing education courses.  (C) Each public institution of higher learning shall establish policies to:  (1) ensure that the instructional faculty whose second language is English possess adequate proficiency in both the written and spoken English language. Student and faculty input is required in establishing these policies.  (2) provide students with a grievance procedure regarding an instructor who is not able to write or speak the English language.  (D)(1) Each institution of higher learning must submit its policy or amendments to the Commission on Higher Education within six months from the effective date of this section. Any amendments to the policy must be promptly forwarded to the commission. The commission shall notify the chairmen of the Senate and House Education Committees of those institutions not submitting plans and any amendment to the commission.  (2) Each institution of higher learning must report annually to the Commission on Higher Education and the chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Education Committees grievances filed by students under the requirement of subsection (C)(2) and the disposition of those grievances.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 27, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-103-162 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-162. South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership; review of activities and board membership; budget recommendations.

 The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education shall review annually the activities of the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, make a budget recommendation to the General Assembly, and coordinate the allocation of funds among each participating institution. The funds appropriated to the University of South Carolina-Columbia for the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership may not be used for any other purpose. The Commission shall review the membership of the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership board to insure appropriate representation of each participating institution.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part II.C.
SC Code § 59-103-165 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-165. Information packages for eighth-grade students regarding higher education; pilot programs.

 The Commission on Higher Education is directed to work with the state's public institutions of higher education, and private institutions of higher education which wish to participate, to develop information packages for eighth grade students and their parents on the options of post-secondary education available in South Carolina, the courses required to attend colleges and universities, and the financial requirements and assistance available for students pursuing additional education after high school.  During 1991-92, the commission shall develop the information packages, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, pilot test the program in a number of school districts. The commission shall report to the Senate Education Committee and the Education and Public Works Committee of the House on the pilot testing.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 271, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-170. Counseling sessions; Education Options Week.

 After pilot testing, the Commission on Higher Education shall work with this state's public institutions of higher education and private higher education institutions wishing to participate, to provide annually for the state's eighth grade students and their parents or guardians small group and one-on-one counseling on required high school courses and post-secondary options, financial requirements, and assistance available for a post-secondary education. These sessions must be held at each of the state's public schools which house an eighth grade class. The counseling may be provided during a week declared to be "Education Options Week" or at another time convenient to the school and the cooperating institution of higher education.  The annual sessions will be phased in over two years and by school year 1993-94 will be in the individual schools in accordance with Sections 59-103-165 through 59-103-190.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 271, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-180. Participation of State Board of Education, State Department of Education, and public schools and districts.

 The State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, and the state's public school districts and schools shall cooperate with the Commission on Higher Education and the institutions of higher education in providing the counseling and shall assist in any manner considered appropriate by them. The schools shall make special efforts to ensure that as many students and parents or guardians as possible are made aware of the opportunity, are urged to attend the sessions, and receive the information.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 271, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-190. Business and industry requested to participate.

 The businesses and industries of this State are requested to provide the opportunity to their employees with children in the eighth grade to attend the counseling sessions and to cooperate with institutions of higher education in presenting at the worksite small group and one-on-one counseling on required high school courses, post-secondary options, financial requirements, and assistance for post-secondary education.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 271, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-103-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 103 - State Commission On Higher Education|Section 59-103-195. Regulation of culinary arts instruction requiring student under 21 to taste alcoholic beverage.

 The State Commission on Higher Education shall have review authority in order to determine the legitimacy and appropriateness of the tasting requirements pursuant to Sections 63-19-2440 and 63-19-2450. The commission shall also establish reasonable rules and restrictions through regulation, as appropriate, with regard to any proposed course of instruction in the culinary arts which any private or public institution desires to offer to students under twenty-one years of age in which the tasting of beer, ale, porter, wine, or other similar malt or fermented beverage or alcoholic liquor is required. Unless approved by the commission, no such course and no student under twenty-one years of age enrolled in such course shall qualify for the exceptions provided under Sections 63-19-2440, 63-19-2450, 61-6-4070, or 61-4-90. A course of instruction on bartending or any similar curriculum does not qualify for exception or approval by the commission under this section.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 1, Section 6.
SC Code § 59-104-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 104 - Initiatives For Research And Academic Excellence|Section 59-104-10. Admission standards; adoption of admission policies.

 (A) In consultation and coordination with the public institutions of higher learning in this State, the State Commission on Higher Education shall ensure that minimal admissions standards are maintained by the institutions.  The commission, with the institutions, shall monitor the effect of compliance with admissions prerequisites that are effective at the institution.  (B) The boards of trustees of each public institution of higher learning, excluding the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, shall adopt admission policies reflecting the desired mix of in-state and out-of-state enrollment appropriate for each institution. Changes in the policies affecting the mix of in-state and out-of-state enrollment must be approved by the board of trustees of the affected institution. The boards shall submit the policies to the commission by July 1, 1989, and any subsequent changes to the policies must be submitted to the commission. These admission policies and standards shall be reviewed by the commission as provided in Section 59-103-45(3). For purposes of this section enrollment must be calculated on a full-time equivalency basis with the equivalent of one full-time student being a student enrolled for thirty credit hours in an academic year. Out-of-state students mean students who are not eligible for in-state rates for tuition and fees under Chapter 112 of Title 59.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 629, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 10.
SC Code § 59-104-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 104 - Initiatives For Research And Academic Excellence|Section 59-104-30. Developmental education plans, studies, and programs.

 Each public institution of higher learning in this State shall develop a plan for developmental education in accord with provisions, procedures, and requirements developed by the Commission on Higher Education. The commission shall conduct a study as well as evaluations and reviews of developmental education in this State. The commission shall develop appropriate methods of funding developmental education programs and courses.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 629, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 10.