H*4145(Rat #0260, Act #0252 of 2016)  General Bill, By White, Clemmons, 
Goldfinch, Yow, W.J. McLeod, Horne, Murphy, Erickson, Duckworth, Gagnon, 
Gambrell, Hardwick, Jordan, Long, Lowe, Pitts, Sandifer, Thayer, Willis, Loftis, 
Alexander, Johnson, Whipper, M.S. McLeod, Mitchell, Henegan, Anderson, Rivers and 
R.L. Brown
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 13-1-2030 SO AS TO CREATE THE "COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT"
 TO MEET CERTAIN CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE NEEDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS
 OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND TO ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL. -
 ratified title

   05/06/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 43)
   05/06/15  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
                     (House Journal-page 43)
   05/14/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis
   05/21/15  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways
                     and Means (House Journal-page 28)
   05/26/15         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/27/15  House  Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-28-15
                     (House Journal-page 37)
   05/28/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander
   05/28/15  House  Debate adjourned until Tues., 6-2-15
                     (House Journal-page 20)
   06/02/15  House  Debate adjourned until Wed., 6-3-15
                     (House Journal-page 46)
   06/04/15  House  Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 9)
   06/03/15  House  Debate adjourned until Thur., 6-3-15
   06/16/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
   06/17/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper
   01/12/16  House  Debate adjourned until Wed., 1-20-16
                     (House Journal-page 128)
   01/20/16  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). White, Atwater, HA
                     Crawford, Ridgeway, Duckworth, Johnson,
                     Sandifer, Whitmire,Neal, Knight, Williams,
                     Daning, Pitts, Gagnon, King, Clyburn, Hosey,
                     Corely, Wells, Felder, Hiott, Norman, Spires,
                     McKnight, Forrester, GR Smith, MS McLeod
   01/21/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.S.McLeod
   01/27/16  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     Mitchell, Henegan, Anderson, Rivers, R.L.Brown
   01/27/16  House  Amended (House Journal-page 24)
   01/27/16  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 24)
   01/27/16  House  Roll call Yeas-106  Nays-5 (House Journal-page 66)
   01/28/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   01/28/16  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 25)
   01/28/16  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   01/28/16  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 8)
   03/23/16  Senate Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 2)
   03/23/16  Senate Committed to Committee on Education
                     (Senate Journal-page 2)
   05/25/16  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education (Senate Journal-page 5)
   05/26/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/31/16  Senate Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted
                     (Senate Journal-page 53)
   05/31/16  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 53)
   05/31/16  Senate Roll call Ayes-44  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 53)
   06/01/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   06/01/16  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 29)
   06/01/16  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 29)
   06/01/16  Senate Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 29)
   06/01/16         Scrivener's error corrected
   06/02/16  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
                     (House Journal-page 36)
   06/02/16  House  Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 36)
   06/02/16         Ratified R 260
   06/08/16         Signed By Governor
   06/14/16         Effective date 06/08/16
   06/14/16         Act No. 252

H. 4145

(A252, R260, H4145)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 13-1-2030 SO AS TO CREATE THE "COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT" TO MEET CERTAIN CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE NEEDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND TO ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

"Coordinating Council of Workforce Development" created

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 13 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 13-1-2030.    (A)    There is established the 'Coordinating Council of Workforce Development' which is created to engage in discussions, collaboration, and information sharing concerning the state's ability to prepare and train workers to meet current and future workforce needs. The coordinating council shall be comprised of the following members:

(1)    the Secretary of the Department of Commerce or his designee;

(2)    the State Superintendent of Education or his designee;

(3)    the Executive Director of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education or his designee;

(4)    the Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce or his designee;

(5)    the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education or his designee;

(6)    the president or provost of a research university who shall be selected by the presidents of the research universities;

(7)    the president or provost of a four-year college or university who shall be selected by the presidents of the four-year universities;

(8)    the president of a technical college who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education;

(9)    a person appointed by the Superintendent of Education who has particularized expertise regarding Chapter 59, Title 59, the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act; and

(10)    a representative from the business community appointed by the President of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

(B)(1)    The coordinating council shall:

(a)    develop and implement procedures for sharing information and coordinating efforts among stakeholders to prepare the state's current and emerging workforce to meet the needs of the state's economy. The primary workforce focus of the council shall be on persons over age twenty-one;

(b)    make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning matters related to workforce development that exceed the council members' agencies' scope of authority to implement and legislation is required;

(c)    recommend, to the General Assembly, programs intended to increase student access to and incentivize workforce training within state training programs or through programs offered by businesses through scholarships, grants, loans, tax credits, or other programs documented to be effective in addressing current and future workforce needs;

(d)    develop a method for identifying and addressing long-term workforce needs;

(e)    conduct an ongoing inventory of existing workforce programs to identify duplications among and within the programs and identify ineffective programs. The council may make recommendations concerning the appropriate actions necessary to eliminate duplication, improvements to ineffective programs so that the programs can achieve the desired result, or the elimination of programs that no longer meet workforce needs; and

(f)    submit an annual progress report to the Governor and the General Assembly, by July first of each fiscal year, concerning the actions taken by the council during the previous fiscal year, and any recommendations for legislation or agency action. The council may submit additional reports on an ongoing basis as deemed necessary by the council chairman.

(2)    The coordinating council may create subcommittees or advisory groups comprised of community or state or local government stakeholders to assist the council in carrying out the council's duties as contained in item (1).

(C)    The Secretary of the Department of Commerce or his designee to the coordinating council shall be the coordinating council's chairman.    (D)    The Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Commerce, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide staff for the coordinating council."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2016.

Approved the 8th day of June, 2016.