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SC Code § 59-143-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 143 - Children's Education Endowment|Section 59-143-10. Establishment of endowment; stated purposes; allocations.

 (A) There is established the South Carolina Children's Education Endowment. The revenue received pursuant to Section 48-46-40(E)(3) must be deposited by the State Treasurer in a fund separate and distinct from the state general fund entitled the "Children's Education Endowment". All interest or income earned by the fund shall be retained in the fund and used for its stated purposes, which are to provide funding for Public School Facilities Assistance and Higher Education Scholarship Grants. It is the intent of the General Assembly that in creating this endowment that its funds be managed so as to establish and fund these programs permanently.  (B) Upon receipt of monies transferred to the Children's Education Endowment by the State Treasurer, thirty percent of these monies must be allocated to Higher Education Scholarship Grants and seventy percent must be allocated to Public School Facility Assistance. Earnings on each allocation shall accumulate for the benefit of that particular program. The Comptroller General shall record low-level radioactive waste tax revenues collected from the Barnwell waste facility on the accrual basis; however, no expenditure may be made against these accrued revenues until the related cash is deposited with the State. These revenues must be distributed in the manner prescribed by Section 48-48-140.  (C) Funds made available for Need-based Grants and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships through the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation must be no more than the prior year's earned revenue and must be released for use on July first and January first of each fiscal year. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any unspent balance in the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation of the Children's Education Endowment Fund, including interest and low-level radioactive waste tax revenue from previous years' collections, may be made available for Need-based Grants and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships.  (D) Funds made available from the public school facilities program allocation must be no more than the funds earned and received for that allocation through the most recently completed quarter.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 82; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 4B; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 1.C.1, eff July 1, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment designated subsections (A) to (D); and, in subsection (C), added the second sentence relating to disposition of any unspent balance in the Higher Education Scholarship Grants allocation of the Children's Education Endowment Fund.
SC Code § 59-143-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 143 - Children's Education Endowment|Section 59-143-30. Allocation for students attending independent colleges.

 (1) Of the funds made available for higher education scholarship grants from the higher education scholarship grant allocation under Section 59-143-10 of the 1976 Code for any year, a percentage thereof must be allocated for higher education scholarships and grants for students attending South Carolina independent colleges of higher learning in this State. This percentage shall be equivalent to the percentage of the independent colleges' share of the total South Carolina resident undergraduate full-time (FTE) enrollment of all public and independent higher education institutions in South Carolina based on the previous year's data as determined by the Commission on Higher Education and the South Carolina Tuition Grants Commission.  (2) The allocation each year to students at the South Carolina independent colleges under item (1) above shall be used to provide tuition grants under Chapter 113 of Title 59 of the 1976 Code, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships under Section 59-104-20 of the 1976 Code in the manner the General Assembly shall provide in the annual general appropriations act. Of the funds allocated to independent college students, fifty percent shall be awarded for South Carolina Tuition Grants and fifty percent shall be awarded under the Palmetto Fellows Program. The funds allocated for South Carolina Tuition Grants to South Carolina independent colleges students under this subsection shall be included in the annual appropriation to the Commission on Higher Education and transferred annually into the budget of the South Carolina Tuition Grants Commission in the amount prescribed in item (1) above. The funds allocated for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships to South Carolina independent college students under this subsection shall be included in the annual appropriation to the Commission on Higher Education and may only be awarded to eligible students attending South Carolina independent colleges.  (3) Independent colleges for purposes of this subsection means those institutions eligible to participate in the South Carolina Tuition Grants Program as defined by Section 59-113-50.  (4) Public institutions shall receive the remaining allocation each year of the funds made available for higher education scholarship grants under Section 59-143-10. One-half shall be used to provide higher education need-based grants as provided for in this act or otherwise provided for in state law, and one-half shall be used to provide Palmetto Fellows Scholarships under Section 59-104-20 of the 1976 Code in the manner the General Assembly shall provide in the annual general appropriations act.  (5) The maximum amount of funding provided for awards to students attending South Carolina independent colleges from the Children's Education Endowment Fund for South Carolina Tuition Grants and Palmetto Fellows scholarships shall not exceed the percentage funding calculation described under item (1) above.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 20C.
SC Code § 59-144-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-10. Use of Children's Education Endowment Fund.

 Funds available from the Children's Education Endowment Fund, as established in Chapter 143 of this title, must be used for public school facilities assistance as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-20. Legislative purpose.

 For the benefit of the people of the State and the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, it is essential that the school districts of this State be assisted in obtaining adequate school facilities to assist youth in achieving the required levels of learning. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a measure of assistance to the school districts of this State in securing the facilities and structures which are needed to accomplish the goals and purposes of public education, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-30. Funds for permanent school facilities and fixed equipment.

 Funds made available through this chapter must be used for permanent school instructional facilities and fixed equipment including the costs for construction, improvement, enlargement, or renovation of public school facilities. The district may use its fiscal year 1996-97 allocation for payment of debt service provided that the debt service relates to school facilities as defined herein. In subsequent years, after all construction and renovation needs identified in a district's school facilities improvement plan have been met, the district may request to use its allocation for payment of debt service provided the debt service relates to school facilities as defined herein.  As used in this chapter, "school facilities" only includes facilities necessary for instructional and related purposes including, but not limited to, classrooms, libraries, media centers, laboratories, cafeterias, physical education spaces, related interior and exterior facilities, and the conduit, wiring, and powering of hardware installations for classroom computers or for area network systems. "School facilities" does not include unimproved real property, centralized district administration facilities, portable classrooms, or other facilities, including those normally identified with interscholastic sports activities. However, for fiscal year 1996-97 only, "school facilities" includes portable classrooms. As used in this chapter, fixed equipment means a fixture as defined in Section 36-9-313(1)(a).  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-40. Accumulation of annual allotments.

 From annual allotments made to the various districts, a school district may accumulate its allotments for up to seventy-two months to meet the facilities' needs identified in its capital improvement plan.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-100. Allocation of funds to school districts.

 (A) Funds made available under this chapter must be allocated annually to the school districts in the following manner:  (1) thirty-five percent of the funds allocated annually to the several school districts for facilities' needs must be allocated on a per pupil basis using the weighted pupil units of each district for the preceding year;  (2) thirty-five percent must be allocated according to the preceding year's Education Finance Act (EFA) formula;  (3) fifteen percent of the funds allocated annually to the several school districts for facilities' needs must be distributed based on a standardized assessment of the districts' needs for facilities using a uniform estimate of costs as established in Section 59-144-120. Individual district allotments must be based on the district facilities need relative to the state total facilities need;  (4) fifteen percent of the funds allocated annually to the school districts must be distributed based on equalized effort defined as the prior five years' average expenditures for capital projects and debt service, including lease-purchase obligations, for school instructional facilities divided by the average assessed value of all property subject to ad valorem school taxation and adjusted to reflect an equalized per pupil mill value. Individual district allotments must be based on a district's equalized effort relative to the state total equalized effort. The amount included for lease-purchase obligations shall not include the costs of utilities or operation and maintenance of the leased facility;  (5) a district's annual allotment must be the sum of the four amounts calculated as provided in this section. Funds from a district's allotment shall be made available as needed once approval is received from the State Board of Education pursuant to Chapter 23 of this title.  (B) The Department of Juvenile Justice, the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, the John de la Howe School, and the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind also shall be annually allocated funds from the Children's Education Endowment Fund for facilities' needs on a per pupil basis using weighted pupil units for one hundred percent of their allocations. For purposes of these allocations only, all pupils of these schools are considered K-12 pupils.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-120. State Board of Education responsibilities.

 The State Board of Education responsibilities in regard to this chapter include:  (1) developing policies, guidelines, and standards for a uniform assessment of facilities' needs and standardized cost allowances for estimating the cost in meeting these needs in order to provide for a systematic reporting of each district's needs to be used in calculating the allotment of funds under Section 59-144-100. Any standardized cost allowances must take into account regional variances that are beyond the control of individual districts. Facilities' needs include, but are not limited to, facility need capacity and condition, space requirements, program standards, and pupil growth. Costs allowances shall be developed to include such measures as costs per square foot, costs per pupil, or costs per teaching unit with such costs adjusted annually to reflect changes in the cost of labor and materials. These standards and cost allowances are to be used only for providing a uniform reporting of districts' needs for formula allotment purposes and are not intended to limit district options in determining the most appropriate manner in which to meet individual district needs; and  (2) adopting policies, standards, and regulations to ensure the accuracy of district reporting required under this chapter and the use of funds disbursed under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-130. Report to General Assembly.

 Every three years by December first beginning with the year 1998, the State Board of Education shall report to the General Assembly the projected five-year school facilities improvement requirements reported by the school districts, the needs identified since the last report, and those previously identified needs addressed since the last report.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-140. Department of Education responsibilities.

 The Department of Education's responsibilities shall include:  (1) providing staffing assistance to the State Board of Education in the development of policies, guidelines, standards, and regulations implementing this chapter; and  (2) ensuring compliance with state standards and requirements, inspecting construction projects for education facilities, and approving completed construction pursuant to Chapter 23 of this title for projects financed in whole or in part with funds allocated under this chapter. To assist with the inspection of construction projects, the State Board of Education may designate selected local units of administration which have staff qualified to conduct the inspections to act on behalf of the Department of Education.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-150. Qualification for funds.

 To qualify for funds under this chapter, each school district shall meet the provisions of this chapter and any regulations promulgated hereunder. Funds must be withheld from districts when inappropriate reporting of facilities' needs is found or when inappropriate use of funds is documented.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-144-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 144 - Public School Facilities Assistance|Section 59-144-160. Recommendations to General Assembly.

 By December 1, 1998, the State Board of Education shall recommend to the General Assembly changes to be made to this chapter regarding program objectives, appropriate funding levels, and funding allotment formulas.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 463, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-145-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 145 - Single-gender College|Section 59-145-10. Single-gender education at college level beneficial to both sexes; public policy of State to support establishment and maintenance of single-gender programs of higher learning.

 The General Assembly finds that some students, both male and female, benefit from attending a single-gender college. For these students, the opportunity to attend a single-gender college is a valuable experience, likely to lead to better academic and professional achievements. The General Assembly therefore adopts the findings of fact in U.S. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 44 F.3d 1229, 1232, 1238 (4th Cir. 1995) that "single-gender education at the college level is beneficial to both sexes". Further, in that single-gender education is both beneficial and justifiable, the General Assembly finds that providing opportunities for students to attend a single-gender college fulfills an important and legitimate state objective, and therefore declares and stipulates that it is the public policy of the State to support the establishment and maintenance of single-gender programs of higher learning for both sexes. Single-gender offerings to both men and women need not be identical in form and detail, but should be designed to produce substantively comparable outcomes.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 95A; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 12(A) and (C).
SC Code § 59-145-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 145 - Single-gender College|Section 59-145-20. Funding for single-gender offerings.

 The General Assembly shall annually provide such funding as may be necessary, under the auspices of the Commission on Higher Education, to establish and maintain approved single-gender offerings, provided that the commission shall not be authorized to require any change to a court approved single-gender education program which would hinder the program's ability to produce a substantively comparable outcome.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 95B; 1996 Act No. 359, Section 12(B) and (C).
SC Code § 59-146-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "State School Facilities Bond Act".  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-20. Purpose of chapter to assist school districts to provide educational facilities.

 It is declared that, for the benefit of the people of the State, the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and the improvement of their health and living conditions, it is essential that this and future generations of youth be given the full opportunity to learn and to develop their intellectual and mental capacities; that it is essential that school districts of this State be provided with adequate educational facilities and appropriate additional means to assist the youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities; and that it is the purpose of this chapter to provide a measure of assistance to enable school districts in this State to provide the facilities and structures which are needed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-30. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Department" means the State Department of Education.  (2) "School district" means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district under the provisions of Chapter 17, Title 59.  (3) "School facilities" means only those facilities defined as 'school facilities' in Section 59-144-30.  (4) "State board" means the State Board of Education.  (5) "State school facilities bonds" means general obligation bonds of the State of South Carolina issued under the authority of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-40. School facilities bonds.

 In order to obtain funds for allocation to school districts for school facilities, there shall be issued from time to time state school facilities bonds under the conditions prescribed by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-50. Maximum principal amount of state school facilities bonds; expiration of authority to issue bonds.

 The maximum principal amount of state school facilities bonds that may be issued pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed seven hundred fifty million dollars except that this limitation shall not apply to any state school facilities bonds issued for the purpose of refunding prior issues of state school facilities bonds. The General Assembly directs the Department of Education to allocate seven hundred fifty million dollars pursuant to Section 59-144-100 and to inform each school district of its individual allocation. Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly that not more than two hundred fifty million dollars of state school facilities bonds shall be issued in fiscal year 1999-2000, except that no bonds issued in fiscal year 1999-2000 may be released until after January 1, 2000. The authority to issue bonds under this chapter shall expire four years from the effective date of this chapter. The four-year limitation, however, does not apply to bonds issued to retire bond anticipation notes.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-60. State Board of Education notification to State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

 The State Board of Education, by resolution, shall notify the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of the following:  (1) the amount then required for allocation to local school districts for school facilities for the next fiscal year;  (2) a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time during which the sum requested will be expended;  (3) a debt service table showing the annual principal and interest requirements for all state school facilities bonds then outstanding; and  (4) the total amount of all state school facilities bonds issued.  This notification shall be presented to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority by March first of each year.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-146-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act|Section 59-146-70. Issuance of state school facilities bonds by State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

 Following the receipt of the notification presented pursuant to Section 59-146-60, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall, by resolution duly adopted, effect the issuance of state school facilities bonds, or pending the issuance thereof, effect the issuance of bond anticipation notes pursuant to Chapter 17 of Title 11.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.