Title 59, Education

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.

Not less frequently than annually the commission shall make a written report of the activities of the commission and file a copy with the Secretary of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation.

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…

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 …

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 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 fo…

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, unle…

The bonds and all interest to become due thereon shall have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60 of the 1976 Code.

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians and fiduciaries to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds.

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 imp…

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 t…

The Aiken County Commission for Technical Education established pursuant to Act 926 of 1962 is renamed the Aiken County Commission for Technical and Comprehensive Education.

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 s…

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…

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 …

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 bo…

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…

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.

(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) o…

There is created, as an administrative agency of Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, the Midlands Technical College Commission. The commission is composed of thirteen members who must be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years as follows: seven members must be…

The commission shall promote the objects of the state technical and vocational education and training and shall: (1) adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) adopt bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable; (3) acq…

(A) As used in this section, "Northeast Campus" means the commission's real property and facilities located near the South Carolina Research Authority and Northwoods Golf Course properties and bounded in part by Pisgah Church Road, Powell Road, and Gateway Plantation Road, and "E…

The participating counties shall appropriate and contribute annually to the commission sufficient funds to enable it to defray costs for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of its facilities and to make payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by Richland, Lexing…

The commission shall keep full and accurate account of its activities, receipts, and expenditures, and within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be filed with…

The commission shall make a written report of its activities at least annually and file a copy with the secretaries of the Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield County Legislative Delegations and county councils.

If the commission stops operating a facility for vocational and technical education, the respective counties shall participate in any funds derived from the sale of the land, equipment, and facilities in proportion to their total contributions to the payment of the indebtedness i…

This subarticle may be cited as the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority Act.

As used in this subarticle, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Authority" means the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. (2) "Board" means the governing body of the authority. (3) "Commission" means the Midlands Technical College Commission. (4…

(A) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. The authority is declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by it of any power conferred in this subarticle is the performance of an e…

(A) In addition to the powers contained elsewhere in this subarticle, the board has all power necessary, useful, or appropriate to operate and administer the authority, to effectuate the purposes of the authority, and to perform its other functions including, but not limited to, …

(A) The authority must comply with the provisions of Chapter 47 of Title 2; provided, however, only State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, approval is required for leases and lease purchase agreements, including ground lease a…

(A) The authority may issue bonds in the same manner and for the same purposes, including the purposes of the authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Revenue Bond Act, as provided in Chapter 147, Title 59. (B) The issuance by the authority of any bonds, note…

The authority shall submit an annual report on the development and use of the Enterprise Campus to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Governor, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Department of Administration, the Chair of the Ways and Me…

The authority in performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property or upon any of its activities or operations or the income from them, or any taxes or assessments upon a…

The State of South Carolina accepts the provisions of an act of Congress entitled: "To Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Education; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such Education in Agriculture and the Trades and Industries; to Provide for Coo…

The State Board of Career and Technology Training may cooperate with any local or state agency for the advancement of agricultural and industrial education.

The State Treasurer is created and appointed custodian of funds coming to the State from the United States under the provisions of the act referred to in Section 59-53-1810 and is responsible on his bond for the correct and proper handling of the funds. Monies appropriated by the…

There must be appropriated annually, out of the State Treasury, for the promotion of career and technology education in agriculture, engineering or industrial technology, and family and consumer science subjects, a sum not less than the amount which may be apportioned to the Stat…

Monies appropriated pursuant to Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 must be paid out upon the order of the State Board of Education, duly countersigned and approved by the secretary of the State Board of Education, and itemized vouchers must be filed with the Comptroller General as…

(A) The State Board of Education may use the funds appropriated by Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 for the payment of the salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of career and technology subjects, for the purchase of supplies and equipment to be used by career and techn…

(A) The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations governing the expenditures of monies appropriated by Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 and shall make the regulations known to the various school districts of the State so they may know the conditions under which they are e…

For the purpose of developing and maintaining career and technology education facilities and programs to serve an area not exclusively within the boundaries of a single school district, the school districts serving this area are empowered to affiliate with each other under the te…

The affiliation agreement must provide: (1) for the affiliating school districts to appoint a liaison committee which shall recommend organizational and administrative procedures and measures to assure adequate accounting procedures; (2) procedures by which career and technology …

(A) A group of two or more school districts of the State, without regard to county lines, may join to create career and technology school boards (board) to construct, operate, govern, supervise, manage, and control career and technology schools. However, the provisions of this se…

The career and technology school does not constitute a separate school district but is a joint project for the establishment of a career and technology school by the cooperating school districts. The career and technology school must be funded by the respective district boards, a…

The boards must be empowered to operate, govern, supervise, manage, control, direct, acquire, construct, maintain, improve, and extend the facilities of the schools. The boards shall have the powers to: (1) have perpetual succession; (2) sue and be sued; (3) adopt, use, and alter…