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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission › Section 59-57-20. Meetings.

The Commission may meet at such times and in such places as the majority of the members deem most desirable. Meetings shall be called by the chairman of the Commission; provided, that in the event the chairman is unable or unwilling to call a meeting, the Commission can be called into session on the written request and signatures of three members.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-722; 1965 (54) 269.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission › Section 59-57-30. Purpose.

The commission shall encourage higher education in the respective counties and adjacent areas and establish within the area facilities to offer standard freshman and sophomore college courses and other courses as considered desirable.
The commission shall also furnish and operate recreational facilities and programs in conjunction with its other purposes and may make the facilities available to the public.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-723; 1965 (54) 269; 1984 Act No. 270, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission › Section 59-57-40. Powers and duties; liability of counties.

To carry out its purpose and objective the Commission, with the approval of a majority of its members, may enter into contracts, make binding agreements, negotiate with educators and educational institutions and, generally, take such actions in its name as are necessary to secure for the respective counties and adjacent areas the educational facilities described in Section 59-57-30; provided, that the counties shall not be bound nor held liable for any acts of omission or commission of the Commission, nor by any provision of any contract or agreement, expressed or implied, except upon the written approval and consent of a majority of the legislative delegations from the respective counties.
The Commission may borrow funds in anticipation of taxes, appropriations, grants or gifts with the prior written approval of a majority of the legislative delegation from each county. The Commission may accept grants, gifts or donations and may hold title to real and personal property.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-724; 1965 (54) 269.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission › Section 59-57-50. Educational advisory committee.

To facilitate its work, the Commission may appoint from the respective counties, and from such adjacent areas as deemed appropriate, an educational advisory committee consisting of not less than ten nor more than fifteen members, which shall meet and consult with the Commission from time to time, as may be required. All members of the educational advisory committee shall serve without compensation or fees.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-725; 1965 (54) 269.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 57 - Western Carolina Higher Education Commission › Section 59-57-60. Records; annual report.

The Commission shall keep accurate and detailed records of its meetings and actions and shall, as soon after June thirtieth of each year as is feasible, submit a written report to the legislative delegation from each county which shall include an accounting of all funds the Commission may have received and disbursed in the twelve months preceding that date.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-726; 1965 (54) 269.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-40. Authority and powers of commission; promulgation of rules and regulations.

The commission is the sole authority for licensing nonpublic educational institutions established in South Carolina and for those established elsewhere which want to operate in or confer degrees in this State. The commission may promulgate those regulations as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(1) The commission may license nonpublic educational institutions meeting the necessary standards and shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. These standards must include, but are not limited to, course or program offerings, adequate facilities, financial stability, competent personnel, educational resources, refund policies, and legitimate operating practices.
(2) The commission shall formulate the criteria and standards for the approval of nonpublic educational institutions. Only those institutions meeting such standards may be licensed. The commissioner shall maintain a list of institutions that have been licensed according to this chapter.
(3) The commission shall formulate the standards for the approval of salesmen, agents, or representatives of institutions and issue permits to those applicants meeting such standards.
(4) The commissioner shall enforce all regulations for licensing nonpublic educational institutions. The commissioner may place an institution on probation. The commission shall revoke or suspend the license of any institution failing to comply with the minimum requirements for licensure.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-50. Licenses required; effect of changes in licensed institution; applications; term of license.

(A) No nonpublic educational institution established in South Carolina or offering a course or program in South Carolina has the authority to operate, to solicit students for enrollment, or to confer degrees or other educational credentials unless a license is first secured from the commission. The commission shall approve through licensure the location of and programs offered by the institution. The commission shall promulgate regulations to amend a license for and changes in location and for additional or amended courses or programs. The commission shall not license any institution to offer a degree if the commission determines that the degree adversely affects the goals of the commission's plan to improve access and equity minority affairs programs in public institutions of higher education. The commission shall promulgate regulations to make the determination.
(B) After a license is issued, it is the institution's responsibility to notify immediately the commissioner of significant changes in either the course or program offerings, facilities, finances, or personnel.
(C) In the event of the sale of an institution, the license is not transferable. The new owner must comply with all the requirements of this chapter.
(D) Applications for licenses must be filed in the manner prescribed by the commission. The applications must be signed by the applicants and must contain that information as may be required.
(E) Licenses are restricted to the courses or programs of instruction specifically indicated on the license. Additional courses or programs of instruction may be approved during the effective period of the license if a supplementary approval application is submitted and the license is amended.
(F) Licenses for nondegree-granting institutions shall normally be granted for twelve months, renewable annually from date of issue, or other date in excess of twelve months set by the commission to stagger the renewal dates of all institutions. The commission may issue licenses to nondegree-granting institutions for less than twelve months as circumstances justify. Licenses and renewal of licenses for degree-granting institutions may be granted for periods not to exceed five years. Renewal is contingent upon filing appropriate applications for renewal with the commissioner. The institution and its courses or programs, facilities, faculty, and all other operations must meet the requirements for an original license at the effective date of the renewal.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-60. Use of "college" or "university" in name.

No individual, school, board, association, corporation, business, institution, or other entity may use the term "college" or "university" or use any other name, title, literature, catalogs, pamphlets, or descriptive matter which implies that it is an institution of higher learning or that it may grant educational credentials or credit or academic or professional degrees, except as follows:
(A) An institution the commission licenses may use the term "college" in its name only if it offers at least one program leading to an associate or higher degree.
(B) An institution may use the term "university" in its name if the institution is:
(1) operating and licensed in South Carolina and using the term " university" in its name before the effective date of this chapter, or
(2) an out-of-state institution that is chartered or licensed in its home state using the term "university" in its name.
Any other institution must petition the commission for approval to use the term "university" in its name.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-70. Fees.

The commission may set reasonable fees for administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, licenses, agent permits, renewals, penalties for late renewals, penalties for failure to provide information as required, penalties for repeat violations, consultants, complaint investigations, and supplementary applications for amendments of the license.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-90. Permit required to solicit or sell courses.

(A) No person representing a nonpublic educational institution shall solicit students or sell any course or program of instruction unless he first secures a permit from the commission. The application for a permit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission.
(B) The permit is valid for one year, and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the commission.
(C) The commission may refuse to issue a permit to the applicant if he has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude under the laws of this or any other state.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-100. Contracts and notes void without license and permit.

All enrollment agreements, contracts, and promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness entered into by nonpublic educational institutions with students or prospective students are void unless the institution holds a valid license, and the agent enrolling the student holds a valid permit as required by this chapter.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-110. Procedure for denial, revocation, or suspension of license; notice; probation.

(A) Before a final proceeding to deny, revoke, or suspend a license or permit, the commission shall give to the person to be affected by the decision notice of facts and conduct which warrant the intended action and an opportunity to show compliance with the minimum requirements for a license or permit. If the commission determines that the violations are habitual, wilful, and therefore likely to reoccur, the commission may proceed with denial or revocation though the institution complies or agrees to comply with the standards for licensure.
(B) In any final agency proceeding to deny a license or permit to any person properly applying for one, or to revoke or suspend the license or permit of any licensee or permit holder, the commission shall give the person to be affected by the intended action notice an opportunity for a hearing as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act.
(C) The commission may give the institution a period of probation if in its judgment any unsatisfactory condition can reasonably be corrected within such time. The commission may also require that an institution delay a new class term.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 284, Section 7.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-120. Appeal of denial, revocation, or suspension of license.

A person aggrieved by the final decision of the commission in refusing to issue a license or permit, or revoking or suspending a license or permit previously granted, is entitled to appeal the commission's order to the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its appellate rules of procedure.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 387, Section 46, eff July 1, 2006.
Editor's Note
2006 Act No. 387, Section 53, provides as follows:
"This act is intended to provide a uniform procedure for contested cases and appeals from administrative agencies and to the extent that a provision of this act conflicts with an existing statute or regulation, the provisions of this act are controlling."
2006 Act No. 387, Section 57, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect on July 1, 2006, and applies to any actions pending on or after the effective date of the act. No pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, or appeal of a final administrative decision exists under the former law as of the effective date of this act, except for appeals of Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and Environmental Quality Control permits that are before the Administrative Law Court on the effective date of this act and petitions for judicial review that are pending before the circuit court. For those actions only, the department shall hear appeals from the administrative law judges and the circuit court shall hear pending petitions for judicial review in accordance with the former law. Thereafter, any appeal of those actions shall proceed as provided in this act for review. For all other actions pending on the effective date of this act, the action proceeds as provided in this act for review."
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment rewrote this section to provide for appeal to the Administrative Law Court.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-130. Remedies for violations.

(A) Whenever it appears to the commission that any person is or has been violating any provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder, the commission shall request the Attorney General, the solicitor, or any appropriate official having jurisdiction in the county in which the nonpublic educational institution or its agent is located, to bring a civil action to restrain that person from the violation, and for other appropriate relief. The action may be brought in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person resides, has his principal place of business, or conducts or transacts business. The courts may issue orders and injunctions to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter, and these orders and injunctions must be issued without bond.
(B) If a court finds that any person is wilfully violating or has wilfully violated this chapter, the commission, upon petitioning the court, may recover a civil penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars for each violation. Each degree, diploma, or certificate granted by an institution without the required license is a separate violation and each student enrolled by an agent is a separate violation for purposes of this section.
(C) The commission may bring a civil action against a person who violates the terms of an injunction issued under this section for a civil penalty of not more than fifteen thousand dollars. For purposes of this section, the court of common pleas issuing an injunction shall retain jurisdiction, and the cause may be continued and in these cases the commission may petition for recovery of civil penalties.
(D) For purposes of this section, a wilful violation occurs when the person committing the violation knew or should have known that his conduct was a violation of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 58 - Nonpublic Post-secondary Institution Licensing › Section 59-58-140. Invalidity of one provision not to invalidate remainder of chapter.

If any provision of this chapter is declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, the declaration shall not invalidate the remaining provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 497, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-20. Development of curriculum based on career cluster system; individual graduation plans; role of school districts.

(A) The Department of Education shall develop a curriculum, aligned with state content standards, organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem solving skills. Students must be provided individualized educational, academic, and career-oriented choices and greater exposure to career information and opportunities. This system must promote the involvement and cooperative effort of parents, teachers, and school counselors in assisting students in making these choices, in setting career goals, and in developing individual graduation plans to achieve these goals.
(B) School districts must lay the foundation for the clusters of study system in elementary school by providing career awareness activities. In the middle grades programs must allow students to identify career interests and abilities and align them with clusters of study for the development of individual graduation plans. Finally, high school students must be provided guidance and curricula that will enable them to complete successfully their individual graduation plans, preparing them for a seamless transition to relevant employment, further training, or postsecondary study.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-30. Implementation of chapter; administrative support and staffing.

This chapter must be implemented fully by July 1, 2012, at which time the council created pursuant to Section 59-59-170 shall cease to exist. The Department of Education shall provide administrative support and staffing to the council to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005; 2011 Act No. 58, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
Editor's Note
Section 59-59-170 was repealed by 2014 Act No. 149, Section 3, effective April 7, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
The 2011 amendment substituted "2012" for "2011".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-40. Guidance and counseling model.

During the 2005-06 school year, the Department of Education's guidance and counseling model must provide standards and strategies for school districts to use and follow in developing and implementing a comprehensive guidance and counseling program in their districts. This model must assist school districts and communities with the planning, development, implementation, and assessment of a school guidance and counseling program to support the personal, social, educational, and career development of pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade students.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-50. State models and prototypes for individual graduation plans and curriculum framework of career clusters of study.

(A) Before July 1, 2006, the Department of Education shall develop state models and prototypes for individual graduation plans and the curriculum framework for career clusters of study. These clusters of study may be based upon the national career clusters and may include, but are not limited to:
(1) agriculture, food, and natural resources;
(2) architecture and construction;
(3) arts, audio-video technology, and communications;
(4) business, management, and administration;
(5) education and training;
(6) finance;
(7) health science;
(8) hospitality and tourism;
(9) human services;
(10) information technology;
(11) law, public safety, and security;
(12) manufacturing;
(13) government and public administration;
(14) marketing, sales, and service;
(15) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
(16) transportation, distribution, and logistics.
(B) The Department of Education is to include in the state models and prototypes for individual graduation plans and curriculum framework the flexibility for a student to develop an individualized plan for graduation utilizing courses offered within the clusters at the school of attendance. Any plan of this type is to be approved by the student, parent or guardian, and the school guidance staff.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-55. Model for addressing at-risk students.

The State Board of Education shall develop a state model for addressing at-risk students. This model shall include various programs and curriculum proven to be effective for at-risk students.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-60. Organizing high school curricula around clusters of study and cluster majors.

Before July 1, 2007, school districts shall:
(1) organize high school curricula around a minimum of three clusters of study and cluster majors. The curricula must be designed to provide a well- rounded education for students by fostering artistic creativity, critical thinking, and self-discipline through the teaching of academic content, knowledge, and skills that students will use in the workplace, further education, and life;
(2) promote increased awareness and career counseling by providing access to the South Carolina Occupational Information System for all schools. However, if a school chooses another occupational information system, that system must be approved by the State Department of Education.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-70. Implementation of career development plan for educational professionals in career guidance.

During the 2006-07 school year, the department shall begin implementing a career development plan for educational professionals in career guidance that provides awareness, training, release time, and preparatory instruction. The plan must include strategies for certified school counselors effectively to involve parents, guardians, or individuals appointed by the parent or guardian to serve as their designee in the career guidance process and in the development of the individual graduation plans. The plan also must include innovative approaches to recruit, train, and certify professionals needed to carry out the career development plan.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-80. Integrating career awareness programs into curricula for first through fifth grades.

During the 2006-07 school year, the department's school guidance and counseling program model along with career awareness and exploration activities must be integrated into the curricula for students in the first through fifth grades.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-90. Counseling and career awareness programs on clusters of study for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades; selection of preferred cluster of study; development of graduation plan.

Beginning with the 2006-07 school year, counseling and career awareness programs on clusters of study must be provided to students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, and they must receive career interest inventories and information to assist them in the career decision-making process. Before the end of the second semester of the eighth grade, eighth grade students in consultation with their parents, guardians, or individuals appointed by the parents or guardians to serve as their designee shall select a preferred cluster of study and develop an individual graduation plan, as provided for in Section 59-59-140.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-100. Providing services of career specialist; qualification of specialist; career specialists currently employed by tech prep consortia.

(A) By the 2006-07 school year, middle schools and by 2007-08 high schools shall provide students with the services of a career specialist who has obtained a bachelor's degree and who has successfully completed the national Career Development Facilitator (CDF) certification training or certified guidance counselor having completed the Career Development Facilitator certification training. This career specialist shall work under the supervision of a certified guidance counselor. By the 2007-08 school year, each middle and high school shall have a student-to-guidance personnel ratio of three hundred to one. Guidance personnel include certified school guidance counselors and career specialists.
(B) Career specialists currently employed by the sixteen tech prep consortia and their performance responsibilities related to the delivery of tech prep or school-to-work activities must be supervised by the State Department of Education's Office of Career and Technology Education in conjunction with the immediate site supervisor of the tech prep consortia.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-105. Duties of career specialists.

An individual employed by school districts to provide career services pursuant to Section 59-59-100 shall work to ensure the coordination, accountability, and delivery of career awareness, development, and exploration to students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. To ensure the implementation and delivery of this chapter, this individual shall:
(1) coordinate and present professional development workshops in career development and guidance for teachers, school counselors, and work-based constituents;
(2) assist schools in promoting the goals of quality career development of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade;
(3) assist school counselors and students in identifying and accessing career information and resource material;
(4) provide educators, parents, and students with information on career and technology education programs offered in the district;
(5) support students in the exploration of career clusters and the selection of an area of academic focus within a cluster of study;
(6) learn and become familiar with ways to improve and promote career development opportunities within the district;
(7) attend continuing education programs on the certified career development facilitator curriculum sponsored by the State;
(8) assist with the selection, administration, and evaluation of career interest inventories;
(9) assist with the implementation of the district's student career plan or individual graduation plan;
(10) assist schools in planning and developing parent information on career development;
(11) coordinate with school counselors and administration career events, career classes, and career programming;
(12) coordinate community resources and citizens representing diverse occupations in career development activities for parents and students; and
(13) assist with the usage of computer assisted career guidance systems.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-110. Implementation of career guidance program model in high school; counseling of students; declaration of area of academic focus within cluster of study.

During the 2007-08 school year, each public high school shall implement a career guidance program model or prototype as developed or approved by the State Department of Education. At least annually after that, certified school guidance counselors and career specialists, under their supervision, shall counsel students during the ninth and tenth grades to further define their career cluster goals and individual graduation plans, and before the end of the second semester of the tenth grade, tenth grade students shall have declared an area of academic focus within a cluster of study. Throughout high school, students must be provided guidance activities and career awareness programs that combine counseling on career options and experiential learning with academic planning to assist students in fulfilling their individual graduation plans. In order to maximize the number of clusters offered, a school district is to ensure that each high school within the district offers a variety of clusters. A student may transfer to a high school offering that student's career cluster if not offered by the high school in his attendance zone.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-120. Limitation of activities of guidance counselors and career specialists.

School guidance counselors and career specialists shall limit their activities to guidance and counseling and may not perform administrative tasks.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-130. Implementation of principles of "High Schools that Work" organizational model.

By the 2009-10 school year, each high school shall implement the principles of the "High Schools that Work" organizational model or have obtained approval from the Department of Education for another cluster or major organizational model.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-140. Individual graduation plans.

An individual graduation plan is a student specific educational plan detailing the courses necessary for the student to prepare for graduation and to successfully transition into the workforce or postsecondary education. An individual graduation plan must:
(1) align career goals and a student's course of study;
(2) be based on the student's selected cluster of study and an academic focus within that cluster;
(3) include core academic subjects, which must include, but are not limited to, English, math, science, and social studies to ensure that requirements for graduation will be met;
(4) include experience-based, career-oriented learning experiences including, but not limited to, internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-op education, and service learning;
(5) be flexible to allow change in the course of study but be sufficiently structured to meet graduation requirements and admission to postsecondary education;
(6) incorporate provisions of a student's individual education plan, when appropriate; and
(7) be approved by a certified school guidance counselor and the student's parents, guardians, or individuals appointed by the parents or guardians to serve as their designee.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-150. Regulations for identifying at-risk students; model programs.

By July 2007, the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations outlining specific objective criteria for districts to use in the identification of students at risk for being poorly prepared for the next level of study or for dropping out of school. The criteria must include diagnostic assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses in the core academic areas. The process for identifying these students must be closely monitored by the State Department of Education in collaboration with school districts to ensure that students are being properly identified and provided timely, appropriate guidance and assistance and to ensure that no group is disproportionately represented. The regulations also must include evidence-based model programs for at-risk students designed to ensure that these students have an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma. By the 2007-08 school year, each high school of the State shall implement one or more of these programs to ensure that these students receive the opportunity to complete the necessary requirements to graduate with a state high school diploma and build skills to prepare them to enter the job market successfully. The regulation also must include an evaluation of model programs in place in each high school to ensure the programs are providing students an opportunity to graduate with a state high school diploma.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-160. Parental participation; annual parent counseling conferences.

Parental participation is an integral component of the clusters of study system. Beginning with students in the sixth grade and continuing through high school, schools must schedule annual parent counseling conferences to assist parents, guardians, or individuals appointed by the parents or guardians and their children in making career choices and creating individual graduation plans. These conferences must include, but are not limited to, assisting the student in identifying career interests and goals, selecting a cluster of study and an academic focus, and developing an individual graduation plan. In order to protect the interests of every student, a mediation process that includes parent advocates must be developed, explained, and made available for conferences upon request of the parent or student.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-175. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section, titled South Carolina Education and Economic Development Coordinating Council, had the following history: 2017 Act No. 35 (H.3220), Section 1, eff May 10, 2017; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 69, eff January 31, 2019. Repealed by 2022 Act No. 194, Section 3, eff May 16, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-190. Assistance in planning and promoting career information and employment options.

(A) The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, in collaboration with the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education, shall assist the Department of Education, in planning and promoting the career information and employment options and preparation programs provided for in this chapter by:
(1) identifying potential employers to participate in the career-oriented learning programs;
(2) serving as a contact point for employees seeking career information and training;
(3) providing labor market information including, but not limited to, supply and demand;
(4) promoting increased career awareness and career counseling through the management and promotion of the South Carolina Occupational Information System;
(5) collaborating with local agencies and businesses to stimulate funds; and
(6) cooperating in the creation and coordination of workforce education programs.
(B) The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce shall assist in providing a link between employers in South Carolina and youth seeking employment.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005; 2014 Act No. 149 (H.3410), Section 2, eff April 7, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 149, Section 2, in subsection (A), deleted at the end the reference to the establishment of regional education centers.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-200. Training of teachers and guidance counselors; review of performance.

Beginning with the 2006-07 academic year, colleges of education shall include in their training of teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators the following: career guidance, the use of the cluster of study curriculum framework and individual graduation plans, learning styles, the elements of the Career Guidance Model of the South Carolina Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program Model, contextual teaching, cooperative learning, and character education. The State Board of Education shall develop performance-based standards in these areas and include them as criteria for teacher program approval. By the 2009-10 school year, the teacher evaluation system established in Chapter 26, Title 59, and the principal's evaluation system established in Section 59-24-40 must include a review of performance in career exploration and guidance. The department also shall develop programs to train educators in contextual teaching.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-210. Review of articulation agreements between school districts and institutions of higher learning.

(A) By September 2005, the Commission on Higher Education shall convene the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs to address articulation agreements between school districts and public institutions of higher education in South Carolina to provide seamless pathways for adequately prepared students to move from high school directly into institutions of higher education. The committee shall review, revise, and recommend secondary to postsecondary articulation agreements and promote the development of measures to certify equivalency in content and rigor for all courses included in articulation agreements. The advisory committee shall include representatives from the research institutions, four-year comprehensive teaching institutions, two-year regional campuses, and technical colleges. The committee, for purposes pursuant to this chapter, shall include representation from the State Department of Education, and school district administrators, to include curriculum coordinators and guidance personnel.
(B) By July 2006, the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs shall make recommendations to the Commission on Higher Education regarding coursework that is acceptable statewide for dual enrollment to be accepted in transfer within a related course of study. Dual enrollment college courses offered to high school students by two-year and four-year colleges and universities must be equivalent in content and rigor to the equivalent college courses offered to college students and taught by appropriately credentialed faculty. Related policies and procedures established by the Commission on Higher Education for dual enrollment and guidelines for offering dual enrollment coursework and articulation to two-year and four-year colleges and universities for awarding of credit must be followed.
(C) The advisory committee, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall coordinate work to study the content and rigor of high school courses in order to provide a seamless pathway to postsecondary education.
(D) The Commission on Higher Education shall report annually to the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development regarding the committee's progress.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the "Education and Economic Development Coordinating Council" was changed to the "Coordinating Council for Workforce Development", pursuant to the directive in 2022 Act No. 194 (H.4766), Section 2, effective May 16, 2022.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-220. Development of appropriate resources and instructional materials.

With the implementation of the clusters of study system, appropriate resources and instructional materials, aligned with the state's content standards, must be developed or adopted by the State Department of Education and made available to districts.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-230. Promulgation of regulations.

The State Board of Education, with input from the Education and Economic Development Council, shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act › Section 59-59-250. Funding.

Each phase of implementation of this chapter is contingent upon the appropriation of adequate funding as documented by the fiscal impact statement provided by the Office of State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board. There is no mandatory financial obligation to school districts if state funding is not appropriated for each phase of implementation as provided for in the fiscal impact statement of the Office of the State Budget of the State Budget and Control Board.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in this section to the former Budget and Control Board has not been changed pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), until further action by the General Assembly.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-20. Age of attendance.

It is not lawful for any person who is less than five or more than twenty-one years of age to attend any of the public schools of this State, including kindergarten, except that:
(1) Persons over twenty-one years of age may attend night schools;
(2) When a pupil is in the graduating class and becomes twenty-one years of age before graduation, he is permitted to complete the term if otherwise qualified to do so;
(3) Students may enter kindergarten in the public schools of this State if they will attain the age of five on or before September first of the applicable school year or have substantially initiated a public school kindergarten program in another state that has a different attendance age requirement from South Carolina;
(4) Students may not enter the first grade in the public schools of this State unless they will attain the age of six on or before September first of the applicable school year or have substantially initiated a first grade program in another state that has a different attendance age requirement from South Carolina or have attended a public school kindergarten program for one full school year;
(5) The restrictions in this section may be waived by the local board of school trustees in any proper case. However, that if the provisions of items (3) and (4) of this section are not complied with, the school district is not entitled to receive any state aid for any students who fail to meet these requirements;
(6) Four-year-olds may attend optional child development programs and all three-year-old, four-year-old, and five-year-old children with disabilities in accordance with their individual education program, may participate in any public education preschool program, including optional child development programs. Children with disabilities served in four-year-old optional child development programs may be counted for funding under both funding sources.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-752; 1952 Code Section 21-752; 1942 Code Section 5375; 1932 Code Section 5404; Civ. C. '22 Section 2646; Civ. C. '12 Section 1778; Civ. C. '02 Section 1229; 1896 (22) 170; 1917 (30) 51; 1935 (39) 427; 1945 (44) 188; 1978 Act No. 633, Section 4; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 3, Sections 2(B), 3; 1988 Act No. 407, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 52B; 1990 Act No. 322, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 29B; 1993 Act No. 86, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 63 - Pupils Generally › Section 59-63-30. Qualifications for attendance.

Children within the ages prescribed by Section 59-63-20 shall be entitled to attend the public schools of any school district, without charge, only if qualified under the following provisions of this section:
(a) Such child resides with its parent or legal guardian;
(b) The parent or legal guardian, with whom the child resides, is a resident of such school district; or
(c) The child owns real estate in the district having an assessed value of three hundred dollars or more; and
(d) The child has maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in accordance with scholastic standards of achievement prescribed by the trustees pursuant to Section 59-19-90; and
(e) The child has not been guilty of infraction of the rules of conduct promulgated by the trustees of such school district pursuant to Section 59-19-90.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-752.1; 1964 (53) 2171.