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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-10. Establishment of school; faculty qualifications.

(A) There is established the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities to provide training for exceptional artistically talented students and serve as a research and resource center for all students and teachers in South Carolina. The school is dedicated to serving talented students in South Carolina who show exceptional talent, promise, aptitude, and interest in creative writing, dance, music, theater, and the visual arts. This residential school shall provide intensive pre- professional and professional instruction in the arts and a strong academic and humanities program which will lead to a high school diploma and college credits.
(B)(1) The arts instructional program must be comprised of faculty who hold advanced degrees in recognized arts fields including, but not limited to, dance, music, theater or drama, visual arts, and creative writing, and previously have taught students in a pre-professional and professional arts instructional program setting or are practicing master artists whose professional expertise can be demonstrated by their training and accomplishments as recognized by state or national arts organizations and affiliations. As an alternative to traditional certification, the faculty for pre-professional and professional instruction shall participate annually in master artists professional development programs. These programs must be modeled from national research-based professional development standards for instructional and practicing master artists. Pursuant to this chapter, the school's board of directors shall adopt policies and regulations governing development of the arts instructional program. The school's annual accountability report must include information on the arts instructional program and faculty participation.
(2) The academic program must be comprised of faculty who hold one or more degrees in the specific subject to be taught and who must have achieved traditional state certification in the area of instruction and may have national board teacher certification. State and national teacher certification must be maintained pursuant to state law and regulations.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-20. Board of directors.

The school is governed by a board of directors composed of seventeen members, as follows:
(1) one member from each congressional district, appointed by the Governor;
(2) six members from the State at large, appointed by the Governor;
(3) the Chairman of the Education Oversight Committee or his designee who serves ex officio;
(4) the State Superintendent of Education or his designee who serves ex officio;
(5) the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education or his designee who serves ex officio; and
(6) the chairman of the school's foundation board or his designee who serves ex officio.
Members appointed by the Governor serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Members receive mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.
In making the appointments, the Governor shall seek to obtain the most qualified persons from business, industry, and the educational and arts communities.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 4, eff May 25, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment in the introductory paragraph substituted "sixteen" for "not more than fifteen"; in item (2) substituted "six" for "four"; in item (3) substituted "Education Oversight Committee or his designee" for "Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural Affairs"; in items (4) and (5) added "or his designee"; rewrote item (6); in the second undesignated paragraph at the end of the second sentence deleted ", except that of those first appointed, the members representing the First, Second, and Third Congressional Districts and two at large members serve for terms or two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify"; and deleted the final undesignated paragraph providing for renovating or building appropriate facilities for the school.
The 2012 amendment substituted "seventeen" for "sixteen" in the first paragraph.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-30. Curriculum of study.

The board shall establish and approve the curriculum of study. The curriculum must include intensive, in-depth, pre-professional instruction in the arts as well as a broad based innovative academic and humanities program which constitutes the Southern Association and the state department approved courses of study and requirements for graduation. The program also must include advanced academic studies.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-40. Admissions; criteria, standards, procedures.

The school shall admit students in accordance with the admission criteria, standards, and procedures as established and approved by the board. To be eligible for admission to the school, an applicant must be a legal resident of South Carolina unless a special exemption is established to accept out-of-state or international exchange students. Students must be identified as artistically talented and possess a high level of commitment, motivation, and maturity. The board shall assure, as far as possible and without jeopardizing admission standards, that an equal number of students are admitted from each of the state's congressional districts. Out-of-state or international exchange students admitted to the school shall pay tuition as determined by the board.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment at the end of the second sentence deleted "or until the Governor and board change the requirement" and added the fifth sentence requiring out-of-state or international exchange students to pay tuition.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-50. President.

The chief administrative officer of the school is the president, who is appointed by the board, serves at its will and pleasure, and administers all affairs of the school, subject to policies and regulations adopted by the board. The president's position is exempt from the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act in Section 8-17-330. The school's vice presidents serve at the will and pleasure of the president. The president or his designee serves as secretary of the board of directors and reports at all board meetings. The president shall report annually to the board on the status of the school, its needs, and recommendations to carry the school forward to fulfill its mission.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "president" for "executive director" throughout and added the second and third sentences relating to the president's position.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-60. Policies and regulations.

The board of directors shall adopt policies and promulgate regulations necessary for the operation and management of the school.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "shall" for "may" and added "promulgate".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 50 - South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts And Humanities › Section 59-50-70. Foundation and endowment fund.

The board shall establish a foundation and maintain an endowment fund for the school.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 447, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 84, Section 1, eff May 26, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-10. Wil Lou Gray School established; location.

The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is established and must be located in Lexington County on the property formerly occupied by the Army Air Force and known as the Columbia Air Base, which property the State received by quitclaim deed in September 1947 for the joint use of the Opportunity School and the South Carolina Trade School.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-521; 1957 (50) 36; 1976 Act No. 526 Section 2; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-20. Services provided by School; duties.

The school shall:
(1) serve as an alternative school cooperating with other agencies and organizations;
(2) provide training for persons interested in continuing their elementary or high school education or in taking refresher courses preparatory to college, with emphasis on personal development, vocational efficiency, and effective citizenship;
(3) disseminate information concerning practices that have proven to be effective in working with its students; and
(4) cooperate with the vocational rehabilitation department in providing personal and social adjustment and prevocational and vocational courses for persons with disabilities.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-522; 1957 (50) 36; 1972 (57) 2405; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-30. Board of trustees; composition; election; officers; filling of vacancies; quorum.

The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School is under the management and control of a board of twelve trustees, all of whom must be elected by the General Assembly. The trustees so elected must be citizens of the State who are interested in the aims and ambitions of the school. Members of the board shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. In case a vacancy occurs on the board for any reason other than expiration of a term when the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly, at which time a successor must be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. Elections to fill vacancies which are caused for any reason other than expiration of a term may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year the vacancy is filled. A quorum of the board is seven members.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-523; 1957 (50) 36; 1969 (56) 660; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1; 2018 Act No. 194 (S.857), Section 2, eff May 15, 2018.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 194, Section 2, amended the section, revising the composition of the board by eliminating two ex officio seats and eliminating the board offices of secretary and treasurer.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-35. Mandatory training for board of trustees.

(A) All members of the board of trustees shall complete successfully a training program on the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board member including, but not limited to, topics on policy development, personnel, school leadership and board relations, at-risk programs, finance, school law, ethics, and community relations, as determined by the board of trustees. Training also must be provided regarding how to best serve the at-risk students in their care.
(B) Within one year of taking office, all persons elected as members of the board of trustees after July 1, 2018, also must complete the training prescribed in subsection (A).
HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 194 (S.857), Section 1, eff May 15, 2018.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-40. Powers and duties of board.

The board of trustees is a body politic, under the name and style of the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School. It shall have a seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its name it may contract for, purchase, and hold property for the purposes provided for in this chapter. It may take any property or money given or conveyed by deed, devised, or bequeathed to the school, and hold it for its benefit and use. The conditions of the gifts or conveyances in no case may be inconsistent with the purposes of the school, and the board may not by the acceptance thereof incur any obligation on the part of the State. It shall securely invest all funds and keep all property which may come into its possession. It may sue and be sued in its name and may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-524; 1957 (50) 36; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 51 - The Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School › Section 59-51-50. Director; personnel; courses of study; operation and management.

The board of trustees shall employ a director who shall serve under conditions as prescribed by the board. The director shall recommend and employ all personnel, as approved by the board of trustees, and shall define their duties. The director shall prescribe the courses of study and make all rules and regulations for the government of the school, within board policy, and is responsible for its operation and management within the limitations of appropriations provided by the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-525; 1957 (50) 36; 1992 Act No. 299, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-10. State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education created; members; terms; rules and regulations; contracts.

There is hereby created the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education (board) as a continuing body and agency and instrumentality of the State. The board shall consist of eleven members, appointed by the Governor for terms of six years and until successors are appointed and qualify. One member must be appointed from each congressional district, with the advice and consent of the legislative delegations of the congressional district involved, and be a resident thereof. There must be four at-large members appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education and one of whom must be experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs. The initial terms of office of board members representing congressional districts are for a period of years corresponding to the numerical designation of their respective districts. The initial terms of office of the first at-large members of the board are for three and six years determined by lot and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of secondary vocational education and adult basic and adult secondary education is three years and the initial term of the at-large member experienced in the policy development of federal job training programs is six years. In addition, the State Superintendent of Education and the Secretary of Commerce shall serve as ex officio members of the board. The chairman must be elected by the board. In case a vacancy shall occur a member must be appointed in the same manner for the remainder of the unexpired term. The board shall enter into contracts and make regulations, including policies and guidelines, as considered necessary to fulfill the intent of Sections 59-5-61, 59-43-20, 59-53-10, 59-53-20, 59-53-40, 59-53-50, 59-53-57, 59-54-10 through 59-54-60, subject to the approval of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.11; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654 Section 1; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1571; 1994 Act No. 361, Section 8; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 5, eff May 25, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment substituted "eleven" for "ten" in the second sentence.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-30. Open admissions; tuition and fees; literacy and vocational programs; parallel programs.

Institutions of the South Carolina Technical Education System shall maintain open admissions policies unless determined to be economically unfeasible by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and establish and maintain low tuition and fees in order to provide access to post-secondary education and insure that such educational opportunities shall not be denied to anyone.
Upon request and justification and with the approval of the State Board of Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to contract with local school districts to offer adult literacy courses and programs and secondary-level vocational courses and programs.
Upon request and justification and with the approval of the Commission on Higher Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to offer two-year college parallel programs. The Commission on Higher Education shall approve all criteria for college parallel courses.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.13; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-40. Coordination with Commission on Higher Education and others; budget; college parallel courses and associate degree programs.

The Board and local area commissions shall insure effective coordination with the public schools, other state agencies, literary councils, and private and nonprofit training organizations to maximize opportunities to best meet local education and training needs. The Board shall maintain effective coordination with the Commission on Higher Education and other educational boards and state agencies.
The Board is required to submit to the Commission on Higher Education a budget and enrollment documentation for all existing and proposed college parallel courses or associate degree programs with college transfer credit by institutional location for review and comment prior to submission of the Board's total state budget request to the Governor.
All college parallel courses or associate degree programs are subject to the approval or termination by the Commission on Higher Education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.14; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 4; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-51. Board to establish statewide policies and procedures; appeal by area commission.

The Board shall establish statewide policies and procedures necessary to insure educational and financial accountability for operation of the technical education institutions and their programs.
The area commissions shall participate and provide input in the formulation of statewide policies and procedures through joint meetings, distribution of discussion documents and position papers, joint committees, service by area commission members on state board standing committees, and whatever other means which may be necessary or desirable.
The area commissions are delegated primary responsibility for local governance and supervision of the individual institutions in compliance with all state laws by adoption of appropriate local policies and procedures which are consistent with state-level policies and procedures.
Institutional fees and locally appropriated county funds must be retained in accounts held by the area commissions for expenditure under their direction in accordance with all applicable state and other laws.
An area commission has the right to appeal to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority any final decision or action of the Board in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) if differences occur between the state executive director and the local president, the executive director, local president, and state board congressional district member or a designated at-large Board member shall appear before the local area commission to resolve the differences;
(2) if the differences are not resolved as outlined in item (1) the area commission chairman, local president, and state executive director shall appear before the Board to resolve the differences;
(3) if the differences are not resolved by the Board all parties, including the chairman of the Board, shall appear before the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to resolve the differences.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 654, Section 6; 1988 Act No. 676, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-53. Borrowing by area commissions; special fees; disposing of excess real property.

(A) The area commission of any technical education institution under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina technical education system may borrow for capital improvements from a federal or other lending agency an amount not to exceed its ability to repay the loan through the imposition of a special fee. The terms of the loan may not exceed forty years. An area commission may issue covenants, enter into mortgages, and grant liens limiting the sale or use of certain parcels of real or personal property in its possession when required as a condition of accepting a grant, loan, or donation for specified capital improvement projects.
To amortize the loan, a special fee must be imposed within the limits established by the state board, the proceeds of which must be deposited in a special account to be used for payment of the loan in accordance with the terms negotiated by the commission and the lender. No funds other than the revenue from the special fee may be pledged for payment of the loan.
(B) The governing body for each technical college shall review the real property titled in the name of its institution to determine if such property is in excess of the institution's anticipated needs and is available for disposal. All real properties determined to be in excess may be disposed of with the approval of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and the Joint Bond Review Committee. The proceeds of such sales are to be disposed of as follows:
(1) if the property was acquired by gift, or through tuition, student fees, county funds, or earned income, the proceeds may be retained by the selling institution for use in accord with established needs;
(2) if the property was acquired through state appropriations, state capital improvement bonds, or formula funds, the proceeds shall revert to the state general fund.
The responsibility for providing any necessary documentation including, but not limited to, documenting the fund source of any real property proposed for sale rests with each respective institution.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646 Section 6; 1988 Act No. 676, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 10A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-57. State funds; procedures for appropriations.

State funds for the South Carolina Technical Education System must be appropriated to the board by the General Assembly and funds budgeted for the technical institutions must be allocated in a uniform and equitable manner. Monies appropriated for special schools must be retained at the state level and expended upon recommendation of the board. The board and all institutions under its direction shall use prescribed statewide accounting and budgeting systems which shall account for all revenues and expenditures regardless of sources of funds and purposes for which expended. The systems shall include provisions to identify specific revenues with the specific expenditures to which they relate when the fund source so requires.
The board and institutions are eligible to receive state funds for capital facilities. Prior to the withdrawal of authorized funds from the State Treasurer, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall obtain and transmit to the State Treasurer a certificate from the appropriate official at the technical institution stating that a minimum of twenty percent of each project cost has been provided by the local support area. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to Denmark and Beaufort Technical Colleges.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 654 Section 6; 1986 Act No. 394, Section 10; 1988 Act No. 638, Section 10; 1998 Act No. 284, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-70. Branches of University of South Carolina.

All four-year and three-year branches of the University of South Carolina shall continue to exist as branches of the University of South Carolina and three-year branches may add the fourth year upon approval of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.17; 1972 (57) 2469; 1976 Act No. 654, Section 7.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-80. Transfer of control and management of certain area trade schools from State Board of Education to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.

Effective July 1, 1969, the control and management of the area trade schools now located in Lexington, Bamberg and Beaufort Counties shall be transferred from the State Board of Education to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, as successor to the Advisory Committee for Technical Training. The Board shall merge and/or consolidate the trade schools into its system of local technical education centers in such manner as, in its opinion, will best serve the educational objectives of the technical training program; provided, that high school level vocational programs shall continue to be offered to students in the high schools of the area.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704; 1969 (56) 444.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-90. Applications for Federal funds.

Applications for Federal funds for technical training or for financing construction of technical training centers shall be made by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and by the Governor on behalf of the State as a coapplicant along with the Board when such applications are required by the funding agency.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-704.1; 1971 (57) 123.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-100. Expenditure of net funds derived from auxiliary enterprises in institutions under supervision of Board; limitations.

All net funds derived from auxiliary enterprises in any institution under the supervision of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall be expended by the institution subject to the following limitations: up to twenty percent of the net funds/or $1,000 whichever is greater may be expended specifically for promotional use and at least eighty percent of the net funds shall be expended for the institution's operational expenses. Provided, further, That promotional expenditures shall be in keeping with policies and guidelines developed by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 466, Part II, Section 16.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-150. Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds that additional facilities and improvements will be required from time to time for certain technical education colleges and centers in the State which will be of benefit to those in attendance at such institutions and which are properly payable from the special student fee authorized by this article, and it has been determined to empower the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education acting for such institutions to provide such facilities and improvements through the procedures provided for in this article.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-151. Definitions.

As used in this article:
(1) "Board" shall mean the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
(2) "Bonds" shall mean the special obligation bonds of the particular technical education college or center for whom bonds are issued.
(3) "Bond reserve fund" shall mean each special fund to be established which shall be in the custody of the State Treasurer and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued for any college in the event that payments otherwise required for the debt service fund shall be insufficient to meet the payment of such principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. Moneys in the bond reserve fund may also be used to pay costs of plant improvements for such college in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-53-164 of this article.
(4) "College" shall mean each of the technical education colleges or centers.
(5) "Debt service fund" shall mean each fund to be established for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued for any college.
(6) "Plant improvements" shall mean the construction of and improvements to the buildings and equipment constituting facilities for any college.
(7) "Special student fee" shall mean the fee authorized to be established by the board at any college to provide funds for the repayment of bonds issued for such college.
(8) "Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate" shall mean the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-152. Board may construct or acquire plant improvements.

The board may construct or acquire plant improvements at any college, and thereafter utilize, operate and maintain them, if such undertakings have received the prior approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-153. Bond issues.

The board may issue bonds of any college payable from the special student fee imposed at such college in such amounts as may from time to time be determined by the board to be necessary to meet the cost of plant improvements at such college but only under the following conditions:
(1) The approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, expressed by resolution duly adopted, shall be obtained. Such approval is hereby declared a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article, and no bonds shall be issued without such approval.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this section for any college in excess of four million dollars.
(3) No bonds may be issued unless there is on deposit in the bond reserve fund for such college a sum equal to the lesser of (a) ten percent of the principal of all bonds then outstanding, or (b) the maximum reserve prescribed by the applicable regulations of the United States Treasury Department relating to arbitrage bonds.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5; 1988 Act No. 638, Section 7(B).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-154. Bond issues; full faith and credit of State shall not be pledged.

The faith and credit of the State shall not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds issued pursuant to this article and there shall be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the members of the board nor any other person executing the bonds shall be personally liable thereon.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-155. Bond issues; resolutions by board; limitations.

In order to utilize the authorizations of this article, the board on behalf of any college may adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds for the college within the limitations herein mentioned, and by such resolution shall prescribe the tenor, terms and conditions of the bonds and the obligations of the college incurred in connection with their issuance. The bonds for any college may be issued either as a single issue or from time to time as several separate issues. In the event that the bonds for any college shall be issued as two or more issues, then notwithstanding, all bonds for such college shall be on a parity in all respects inter sese and shall be equally and ratably entitled to payment from the special student fee imposed at the college; provided, that in instances where an area commission is in charge of the operations of any college, the approval of the area commission to the action of the board authorized by this section shall be first obtained.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-156. Bond issues; maturing provisions; interest; redemption.

The bonds shall be issued as serial bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such time and on such occasions and shall be in such denominations as the board shall determine; provided, that the last maturing bonds of any issued shall be expressed to mature not later than forty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue shall fall due not later than three years from their date. The bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest within the limitation of Section 11-9-350 of the 1976 Code, payable on such occasions as the board shall prescribe, and shall be payable in such medium of payment and at such place as such resolutions shall prescribe. Any bonds may be issued with provisions permitting their redemption prior to their stated maturity, at such time and under such conditions as the board shall prescribe. Bonds made subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, within such limitations as the board shall prescribe. All bonds that are subject to redemption shall contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. Any resolution authorizing redeemable bonds shall contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-157. Bond issues; negotiable coupon bonds or fully registered bonds.

The bonds may be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered as to principal on registry books kept for the college by the State Treasurer, and the principal thus made payable to the registered holder, unless the last registered transfer shall have been to bearer, upon such conditions as the board shall prescribe, or the bonds may be issued as fully registered bonds in such form as may be prescribed by the board. If issued as fully registered bonds, it may be provided that they may thereafter be converted into negotiable coupon bonds of the tenor first above described.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-160. Bond issues; executed in name of subject college.

The bonds, and the coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, shall be executed in the name of the college for whom the bonds are issued in such manner and by such person as the board shall from time to time determine, and the seal of the board shall be reproduced, affixed to or impressed on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds shall be authenticated by the facsimile signatures of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The delivery of the bonds and coupons so executed shall be valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after such execution and prior to the delivery thereof.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-161. Bond issues; disposal of bonds.

All bonds shall be disposed of in such manner as the board shall determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, shall be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall be obtained. If the board shall elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at lease one advertisement thereof shall appear either in a financial paper published in New York City, or some newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina, not less than seven days prior to the occasion fixed for the opening of bids.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-162. Proceeds of bonds.

The proceeds of all bonds shall be delivered to the State Treasurer and retained by him in a special fund or funds and applied solely to the purposes for which the bonds shall have been issued. Withdrawals from the fund shall be made on the order or requisition of the board and shall be in such form as the State Treasurer shall prescribe. The State Treasurer may make temporary investments of funds derived from the proceeds of bonds in the manner prescribed by law.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5; 1980 Act No. 517 Part IV, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-163. Bond reserve fund and student fee.

To the end that provision be made for the adequate payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, the board shall be empowered as follows:
(1) To immediately establish a bond reserve fund for the college for whom bonds are to be issued.
(2) To impose a special student fee, in addition to all other fees and charges, upon each person at such college under such conditions as the board shall determine.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-164. When student fee is payable; payment of costs from reserve fund.

Each special student fee shall be in such amount and shall be payable on such occasions as shall be provided by the schedule or schedules which shall from time to time be promulgated by the board, which is authorized to revise any such schedule from time to time when required by the provisions of this article by any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of any bonds.
A special student fee at any college may, in the discretion of the board, be made effective as of July 1, 1978, notwithstanding that bonds authorized by this article may not be issued for the college until some subsequent date. All moneys received therefrom prior to the issuance of the bonds shall be deposited in the bond reserve fund for the college.
Prior to the issuance of any bonds, moneys in the bond reserve fund may be used to pay costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any plant improvements which may be acquired by the board in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-53-152 and the State Treasurer may honor requisitions of the board drawn for such purposes. Subsequent to the issuance of any bonds pursuant to this article, moneys in the bond reserve fund shall be used only to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, except that if accumulations of the bond reserve fund shall become greater than the amount prescribed by the board in the resolution adopted pursuant to 59-53-155, such excess moneys may with the permission of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority be applied to additional plant improvements.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-165. Board's power regarding resolutions authorizing bond issues.

In the resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds for any college, the board shall be empowered as follows:
(1) To covenant that the bond reserve fund for such college shall be maintained throughout the life of the bonds.
(2) To covenant and agree throughout the life of any bonds issued pursuant to this article that the special student fee for such college shall be imposed, maintained and revised when necessary, in such amount, without limitation as to rate, as shall be sufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds as they become due and to maintain the bond reserve fund to the extent provided for therein.
(3) To establish the debt service fund which shall be maintained in the hands of the State Treasurer.
(4) To covenant that all revenues derived from the special student fee shall be paid into the bond reserve fund or the debt service fund.
(5) To establish appropriate rules requiring the prompt payment of the special student fee.
(6) To covenant as to the use of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
(7) To provide for the terms, forms, registration, exchange, execution and authentication of bonds and for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds.
(8) To covenant for the mandatory redemption of bonds on such terms and conditions as the resolutions authorizing the bonds may prescribe.
(9) To prescribe the procedure by which the terms of the contract with the bondholders may be amended, the number of bonds whose holders must consent thereto and the manner in which the consent shall be given.
(10) To covenant to insure any plant improvements paid for with the proceeds of the bonds against loss by fire, or other casualty.
(11) To prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which all or any bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.
(12) To reserve the right to issue additional bonds, payable from the special student fee to the extent to which the board may hereafter become authorized to issue additional bonds, either pursuant to this section or pursuant to other legislation hereafter enacted, and to prescribe the conditions under which such bonds may be issued.
(13) To make such further covenants and agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to market the bonds.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-166. State Treasurer may accept custody of receipts from special student fee.

The State Treasurer may accept custody of receipts and revenues derived from any special student fee, to deposit them in the applicable debt service fund and in the applicable bond reserve fund and to utilize the proceeds of the debt service fund and the bond reserve fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, as and when they become due and payable. It shall be the duty of the board to make provision for the transmission of the proceeds of each special student fee to the State Treasurer. Moneys in the debt service fund and the bond reserve fund may be invested and reinvested in obligations of the United States or any agency thereof with maturities consonant with the need for funds to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-167. Article not intended to limit any college.

It is not intended by this article to limit any college in the construction of the plant improvements to the sums herein provided. If the college obtains funds from other sources for such purpose it may apply them to the plant improvements.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 646, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-168. Administrative efficiency for State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education; advisory board.

(A) The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education (state board) is granted the authority to employ and administer certain administrative efficiency provisions provided in Sections 11-35-1210, 11-35-1550(2), 11-35-3310, 11-35-4810, 1-7-170, 59-101-620, and 1-11-55(2) of the 1976 Code. The state board shall establish a tiered system for categorizing technical colleges with respect to their financial strength and ability to manage day-to-day operations. Technical colleges, by way of application from their area commissions, may request the state board apply these administrative efficiency provisions to their respective institutions. The state board shall review the technical college's request and determine the proper category for the technical college.
(B) The state board shall establish an advisory board to provide oversight and review of the provisions of this chapter. The state board shall submit an annual report on oversight to the Governor, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee by November fifteenth of each year and shall submit a report every two years to include how changes have benefitted the agency to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Education and Public Works Committee, and the Senate Education Committee.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 74, Pt VI, Section 14, eff August 1, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-210. Creation of District; Commission.

There is created the Tri-County Technical College District, consisting of the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, controlled and managed by a commission known as the Tri-County Technical College Commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-705; 1962 (52) 2210; 2002 Act No. 292, Section 2A.