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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-80. Resolution by State Fiscal Accountability Authority for issuance of state school facilities bonds.

In order to effect the issuance of state school facilities bonds, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of state school facilities bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The authorizing resolution must include:
(1) schedules setting forth the aggregate of all general obligation debt of the State (excluding highway bonds, state institution bonds, tax anticipation notes, and bond anticipation notes) together with certificates of the State Treasurer and State Auditor evidencing compliance with the provisions of paragraph 6(c) of Section 13 of Article X of the South Carolina Constitution;
(2) a schedule showing the aggregate of state school facilities bonds issued, the purposes for which they were issued, the annual payments required to retire the state school facilities bonds, the interest thereon, and the amount of any special funds applicable to the retirement of the outstanding state school facilities bonds;
(3) the amount of state school facilities bonds to be issued; and
(4) a schedule showing future annual principal requirements and estimated annual interest requirements on the state school facilities bonds to be issued.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-90. Terms of state school facilities bonds.

The state school facilities bonds must bear the date and mature at the time that the resolution provides, except that no state school facilities bond may mature more than thirty years from its date of issue. The state school facilities bonds may be in the denominations, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at the place and at the time, and be subject to redemption or repurchase and contain other provisions determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority before their issuance. The bonds may bear interest payable at the times and at the rates as determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-110. Execution and authentication of state school facilities bonds.

All state school facilities bonds issued under this chapter must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer. The Governor and the State Treasurer may sign these obligations by a facsimile of their signatures. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed on, or reproduced upon each of them and each must be attested by the Secretary of State. The delivery of the state school facilities bonds executed and authenticated is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after the execution or authentication.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-120. Payment of principal and interest.

For the payment of the principal and interest on all state school facilities bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter there is pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of South Carolina, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4) of Section 13 of Article X of the South Carolina Constitution, the General Assembly hereby allocates on an annual basis sufficient tax revenues to provide for the punctual payment of the principal and interest on the debt authorized by this chapter.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-130. Sale of state school facilities bonds.

State school facilities bonds must be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of notice of the sale one or more times at least seven days before the sale, in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The state school facilities bonds may be awarded only to the lowest interest cost bidder, but the right is reserved to reject all bids and to readvertise the state school facilities bonds for sale. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the bonds, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sale of the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-140. Proceeds of sale of state school facilities bonds.

The proceeds of the sale of state school facilities bonds must be received by the State Treasurer and applied by the State Treasurer to the purposes for which issued, except that the accrued interest, if any, must be used to discharge in part the first interest to become due on the bonds, but the purchasers of the bonds are not liable for the proper application of the proceeds to the purposes for which they are intended.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 184, Section 8, eff March 15, 2004.
Effect of Amendment
The 2004 amendment substituted "the State Treasurer" for "him" following " applied by", deleted "and the premium, if any, shall be used to discharge the payment of the first installment of principal to become due on such bonds," preceding ", but the purchasers" and substituted "must" for "shall" throughout.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-150. Investment in state school facilities bonds by fiduciaries.

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries to invest any monies in their hands in bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-160. Allocation of proceeds of sale of state school facilities bonds.

The proceeds received from the issuance of state school facilities bonds, after deducting the costs of issuance, must be allocated to the school districts in the same manner and for the same purposes as provided in Section 59-144-100 and the first paragraph of Section 59-144-30.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-170. Responsibilities and duties of State Department of Education and State Board of Education.

The responsibilities and duties of the State Department of Education and State Board of Education shall be as outlined in Sections 59-144-120, 59-144-130, and 59-144-140.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 146 - State School Facilities Bonds Act › Section 59-146-180. Qualification of school districts for funds.

To qualify for the funds under this chapter, each school district shall meet the requirements of this chapter and any guidelines 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: 1999 Act No. 28, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-20. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) "board" means the board of trustees of the university;
(2) "equipment" means items with a useful life of at least fifteen years;
(3) "facilities" means the real and personal property and equipment specified in Section 59-147-20(2) of this chapter whether or not the acquisition or construction thereof is financed from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter;
(4) "revenues" means the revenues derived or to be derived from the operation, sale, lease, or other disposition of the facilities; and
(5) "university" means all research and four-year public institutions of higher education.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-30. Issuance of revenue bonds; purpose.

Subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, by resolution duly adopted, the university may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement of land, buildings, and other improvements to real property and equipment for the purpose of providing facilities serving the needs of the university including, but not limited to:
(1) dormitories, apartment buildings, dwelling houses, bookstores and other university operated stores, laundries, dining halls, cafeterias, parking facilities, student recreational, entertainment and fitness related facilities, inns, conference and other nondegree educational facilities and similar auxiliary facilities of the university and any other facilities which are auxiliary to any of the foregoing excluding, however, athletic department projects which primarily serve varsity athletic teams of the university; and
(2) those academic facilities as may be authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1; 2009 Act No. 2, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 9, 2009).
Effect of Amendment
The 2009 amendment designated item (1) from existing text and added item (2) relating to academic facilities as may be authorized by the General Assembly.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-50. Authorized revenue bonds; terms; negotiability.

Revenue bonds may be issued in one or more series at such prices, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective date, may bear interest at such fixed or variable rate or rates, may be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be in such form, either coupon or registered and either certified or uncertified, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption before maturity, with or without premium, and may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide. Except as otherwise specified in the authorizing resolution, the bonds shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-70. Signature of bonds.

The bonds must be signed in the corporate name of the university by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting chairman of the board of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the acting secretary of the board. Any interest coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the facsimile signatures of these officers. The bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the coupons have ceased to hold office at the time of the issue or at the time of the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-90. Required filing of obligation with State Treasurer.

The board or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments, and all pertinent data.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-100. Effect of authorizing resolution to issue bonds; enforceability of contract.

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with Section 59-147-40 and of the covenants and agreements constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the university and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and are enforceable by the holder or holders by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 147 - Higher Education Revenue Bond Act › Section 59-147-110. Sources of revenue or funds for payment of bonds; liability of signers.

The bonds must be made payable solely from all or such portion of the revenues as the university in its discretion may designate pursuant to the authorizing resolution and also from any other available funds of the university designated by the university pursuant to the authorizing resolution except funds of the university derived from appropriations received from the General Assembly and any tuition funds pledged to the repayment of state institution bonds. The use of academic fees must be approved by the university's board. The bonds are not general obligations of the State. Neither the members of the board nor any person signing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds. No bonds may be issued pursuant to this chapter unless an identified source or sources of revenue are designated for the repayment of the bonds.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 302, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-20. Residency requirements for eligibility; recipients of Palmetto Fellows Scholarships.

(A) To be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, a student must be considered a resident of this State as provided in this chapter.
(B) A student attending such a public or independent institution of this State and who is seeking a LIFE Scholarship as a freshman meets the residency requirements of this chapter if he meets the requirements of Section 59-149-50(A) in regard to high school or home school graduation requirements and is classified as a resident of South Carolina for in-state tuition purposes under Chapter 112 of this title at the time of enrollment at the institution.
(C) Students receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship are not eligible for a LIFE Scholarship under this chapter.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-30. Full-time enrollment requirement.

Full-time enrollment as defined in Title IV of the Federal Higher Education Act is a requirement for eligibility. The student must be admitted, enrolled, and classified as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-40. Scholarships not to exceed cost of attendance.

These LIFE Scholarships in combination with all other grants and scholarships shall not exceed the cost of attendance at the particular institutions referenced in Section 59-149-10.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-60. Duration of scholarship.

The student may receive a LIFE Scholarship for not more than ten semesters for a five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year degree program, four semesters for a two-year degree program, or six semesters for a three-year degree program.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 3B.3; 2021 Act No. 36 (H.3017), Section 2, eff May 6, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2021 Act No. 36, Section 2, substituted "four semesters for a two-year degree program, or six semesters for a three-year degree program" for "or four semesters for a two-year degree program".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-70. Default on education loan.

The student must not be in default on a Federal Title IV or State of South Carolina educational loan, nor owe a refund on a Federal Title IV or State of South Carolina student financial aid program. If the student has repaid the defaulted loan or refund in full, he is eligible to obtain a LIFE Scholarship in the future.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-80. Transfer to other eligible institution.

Students transferring from one eligible public or independent institution of this State to another are eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, if they continue to meet all eligibility requirements.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-90. Adjudication of delinquency or for drug or alcohol offenses; additional degrees.

(A) Students must not have been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies or any second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related offenses under the laws of this or any other state or under the laws of the United States in order to be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, except that a high school or college student otherwise qualified who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a second or subsequent alcohol or drug-related misdemeanor offense nevertheless shall be eligible or continue to be eligible for such scholarships after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea.
(B) Regardless of the number of hours attempted, once the student has earned a bachelor's degree, he is ineligible for a LIFE Scholarship to seek another degree.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 73; 2000 Act No. 289, Section 2; 2007 Act No. 103, Section 21, eff July 1, 2007.
Effect of Amendment
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), added "second or subsequent" in two places.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-100. Scholarship eligibility for study-abroad or out-of-state program; summer school.

Students enrolled in an eligible public or independent institution qualify for a LIFE Scholarship, even though they may not be physically present in South Carolina during all or part of the school term for which the LIFE Scholarship applies. The student's institution must approve for credit a study-abroad or out-of-state program. Summer school may be substituted for one fall or spring semester in any year in a planned program of study.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-110. Effect of credits exempted or earned prior to high school graduation on semester limits; continuing education or remedial courses.

(A) Any credit hours attempted or earned before high school graduation, hours exempted by examination, or advanced placement credit hours do not count against the semester limits as provided in Section 59-149-60.
(B) No LIFE Scholarship funds may be applied to the costs of continuing education or remedial courses.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-120. Funding to be carried forward.

Any funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Commission on Higher Education or any other agency, department, or institution to provide funding for these LIFE Scholarships may be carried forward from fiscal year to fiscal year.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-130. Promulgation of regulations and procedures; monitoring grades to ensure accountability.

The commission shall promulgate regulations and establish procedures to administer the provisions of this chapter. In addition, the commission must ensure accountability for the scholarship by monitoring the distribution of grades at the institutions which receive these scholarship funds.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-140. Enrollment reports.

All institutions participating in the LIFE Scholarship Program must report their enrollment and other relevant data as solicited by the Commission on Higher Education which may audit these institutions to ensure compliance with this provision.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-150. Appropriation from general fund.

There is automatically appropriated from the general fund of the State whatever amount is necessary to provide to all eligible recipients the LIFE Scholarships authorized by this chapter.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 149 - Legislative Incentives For Future Excellence (life) Scholarships › Section 59-149-160. Additional staff to administer scholarship program authorized.

The Commission on Higher Education is authorized two additional FTEs to administer the LIFE Scholarship Program established by this chapter, the compensation for whom shall be provided from funds appropriated to the commission by the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 418, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act › Section 59-150-30. Lottery Commission created; management performance audit.

(A) There is created a commission to be known as the South Carolina Lottery Commission, which is deemed to be a public commission and an instrumentality of the State. The commission and its employees are subject to the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code, South Carolina Administrative Procedures Act, South Carolina Ethics Reform Act, and South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. Venue for the commission is in Richland County.
(B) Beginning in December 2004 and every three years thereafter, or by the request of five members of the House of Representatives or five members of the Senate, the Legislative Audit Council shall conduct a management performance audit of the commission. The cost of this audit is an operating expense of the commission.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act › Section 59-150-50. Duties of the board.

The board shall:
(1) approve, disapprove, amend, or modify the budget recommended by the executive director for the operation of the commission;
(2) approve, disapprove, amend, or modify the terms of procurements recommended by the executive director;
(3) hear appeals of hearings required by this chapter;
(4) promulgate regulations relating to the categories of lottery games and the conduct of lottery games pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and as specified in this chapter; and
(5) perform other functions specified by this chapter.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act › Section 59-150-75. Authority to enter agreements for sale of multi-state lottery products; sale of tickets and products.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the South Carolina Lottery Commission may enter into a multi-state agreement for the sale of instant game tickets, online game tickets, and related multi- state lottery products including game shows and promotional products. Procedures for ticket sales and validation, prize redemption, and other details of the commission's participation in the multi-state lottery games must be governed by the terms of the agreement entered into by the commission. For purposes of this provision, the lottery games that may be subject to a multi-state participation agreement by the commission are those defined in Section 59-150-20(7). Further, the multi-state tickets and products may be sold only through a licensed lottery retailer, pursuant to Section 59-150-150, or through the commission.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 3H.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act › Section 59-150-80. Executive director; internal auditor.

(A) The board shall appoint and provide for the compensation of an executive director which must not be based upon or a function of profitability or percentage of sales. The executive director must be an employee of the commission who directs the day-to-day operations and management of the commission and is vested with powers and duties specified by the board and by law. The executive director serves at the pleasure of the board.
(B) The board shall hire and provide for the compensation of an internal auditor and necessary staff who must be employees of the commission and who are vested with the powers and duties specified by the board and by law. The internal auditor shall report directly to the board.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 150 - South Carolina Education Lottery Act › Section 59-150-90. Executive director, duties, and powers; prohibited campaign activities.

(A) The executive director of the commission shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities as provided for in this chapter, regulations promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and policies and procedures adopted by the board. It is the duty of the executive director to oversee the initiation, and supervise and administer the operation of the lottery games as defined in Section 59-150-20(7); employ and direct necessary personnel; employ by contract and compensate necessary persons and firms, except that the contract must not be with an entity for the purpose of having that entity undertake the organization and conduct of the lottery; promote or provide for promotion of the lottery and functions related to the commission; prepare a budget for the approval of the board; require bond from a lottery retailer and a lottery vendor in amounts required by the board; report monthly to the board a full and complete statement of lottery revenues and expenses for the preceding thirteen months; and perform other duties generally associated with an executive director of a commission of an entrepreneurial nature.
(B) The executive director for good cause may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a contract entered into as provided by the provisions of this chapter or the regulations, policies, and procedures of the board.
(C) The executive director or his designee may conduct hearings and administer oaths to persons for the purpose of assuring the security or integrity of lottery operations or to determine the qualifications of or compliance by a lottery vendor and a lottery retailer.
(D) The executive director shall not contribute to or make independent expenditures relative to the campaign of a candidate for the General Assembly or a statewide constitutional office; to a political party, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(26); or to a committee, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(6). An executive director who violates this section must be summarily dismissed.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 59, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 34, eff June 10, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), in the last clause of the second sentence substituted "report monthly to the board" for "report monthly to the State Auditor and the board".