Title 59, Education

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

As used in this subarticle: (1) "Authority" means the Trident Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. (2) "Board" means the governing body of the authority. (3) "Commission" means the Trident Technical College Area Commission. (4) "Enterprise Campus" means the real and per…

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

(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 and its permanent improvements and the financing of them are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 47 of Title 2, and the leasing of property and the granting of easements and rights-of- way by the authority are exempt from the provisions of Sections 1-11-55, 1-…

(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 bonds, notes, o…

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 Board shall: (1) be responsible for the state-level development, implementation, coordination, and operation of an adequate and high quality post-high school vocational, technical, and occupational diploma and associate degree courses, programs, and adult short-term training …

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

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 statew…

There is created the Northeastern Technical College Area Commission which is a body politic and corporate and the governing body of the Northeastern Technical College. The commission consists of fifteen members, three of whom must be qualified electors of Chesterfield County, thr…

The superintendent of Dillon County School District 2 is the first to serve on the Northeastern Technical College Area Commission, followed by the superintendent of Dillon County School District 1 and School District 3, in that order. If a superintendent is unable or chooses not …

The area commissions shall: (1) Adopt and use a corporate seal; (2) Adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of their funds as they may deem desirable; (3) Acquire sites and construct and equip thereon appropriate facilities in acco…

The commission shall constitute the administrative agency to administer the program of vocational and technical education in Chesterfield, Dillon, and Marlboro Counties under the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training.

(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 impo…

The commission may do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, may: (1) adopt and use a…

The commission shall keep full and accurate accounts of its acts, receipts, and expenditures, and at least once 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 de…

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 …

There is created the Denmark Technical College Area Commission which shall serve as the governing body of Denmark Technical College. The commission is a body politic and corporate and consists of eight members who must be appointed in the manner pursuant to this section. The eigh…

In the selection of members of the commission and in the selection of members of the governing body of all other technical colleges of this State, members shall be selected based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and the appointing or electing authority shall s…

(A) The commission has the same powers as provided by Article 1, Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code, and in addition must prepare and submit its annual budget for approval to the State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education. (B) Denmark Technical College shall be funde…

The commission must at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures and at least once 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 t…

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.

The area committee for the Florence-Darlington Technical College is a body politic and corporate consisting of ten members who must be qualified electors of Darlington or Florence Counties; with five members from each county. The appointment of the committee members must be made …

The committee shall constitute the administrative agency to administer the program of vocational and technical education in Darlington and Florence Counties under the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training.

The committee may do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, may: (1) Adopt and use a…

(A) The Area Commission of Florence-Darlington Technical College with the approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into one or more ground lease agreements with a private entity whereby the private entity wil…

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 C…

There is created, as a body politic and corporate of Horry and Georgetown Counties, the "Horry-Georgetown Technical College Commission" (the "commission"), consisting of six qualified electors of Horry County and three of Georgetown County. Appointments to the commission from Hor…

The Commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance, and operation of a technical educational center. The counties shall provide the funds necessary to construct and maintain the center, the ownership of which shall revert to the governing bodies of Horry and Georgetown Co…

When funds are appropriated by the General Assembly the Commission is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and witho…

The Commission shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs shall be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies …

Not less frequently than annually the Commission shall make a written report of the activities of the Commission and file a copy with each member of the legislative delegations.

The treasurer of Horry County is hereby authorized to provide from the general funds of the county a revolving loan account to the Horry County Technical Education Commission in an amount not to exceed seventy-five hundred dollars.

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 …

There is created the Technical College of the Lowcountry Area Commission which shall serve as the governing body of the Technical College of the Lowcountry. The commission is a body politic and corporate consisting of seven members who must be appointed in the manner provided in …

Members of the commission must be selected based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and the appointing authority shall strive to assure that the membership is broadly representative of all the citizens of the counties involved.

The commission has the same powers as provided by Article 1, Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code, and in addition must prepare and submit its annual budget for approval to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Beaufort Technical College must be funded in ac…

The commission shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures. A complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant at least once within four months following the close of its fiscal year. Copies of the …

(A) This chapter is known and may be cited as the South Carolina Employment Revitalization Act of 1986. (B) As used in this chapter or Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code, the term "unserved or underserved persons or clients" means persons who have not previously been primary b…

After one year from the effective date of this chapter, each area occupational advisory committee shall make a written progress report to the State Occupational Training Advisory Committee. The report must indicate the progress of area technical college commissions and local scho…

(A) An area occupational training advisory committee is created for each of the service areas presently established by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for the various technical colleges. The purpose of the Area Occupational Training Advisory Committee is…

(A) To assure a coordinated and articulated local delivery of career, technical, and adult basic and adult secondary education and job training, each local technical college commission and local school boards within each service area, as presently established by the State Board f…

Each state agency offering career, technical, occupational, or adult basic and adult secondary education programs shall include in its annual report at least the following: (1) a summary of students or clients served each year and the cost for each student served each year of the…

The school board of any independent or special school district, when authorized by a three-fourths vote of the district so to do, may establish and maintain a department of junior college work to consist of not more than two years' work beyond a four-year high school course.

In any school district in this State whose limits are coextensive with the limits of any city of five thousand inhabitants or more the school board, when authorized to do so by the majority vote of the electors of any such school district voting on the proposition, may establish,…