General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
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1 1A.1. (SDE-EIA: X-Local Financial Support) There shall be no required local match for Education Improvement Act funds
2 appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X. This shall not impact or alter the requirements of Section 59-21-1030, level of financial effort per
3 pupil required of each school district; application for waiver. The inflationary increase required for local financial effort as defined in
4 Section 59-21-1030 for FY 1997-98 1998-99 is 3.2% 2.2%.
5 1A.2. (SDE-EIA: X-Prohibition on Appropriation Transfers) The amounts appropriated herein for aid to subdivisions or allocations
6 to school districts shall not be transferred or reduced and must be expended in accordance with the intent of the appropriation.
7 1A.3. (SDE-EIA: X-Revenue Shortfall) A minimum of one-half of one percent of the total estimated EIA revenue must be
8 appropriated for School Building Aid. In the event that an official EIA revenue shortfall is declared, the appropriation for EIA School
9 Building Aid shall be reduced by the amount necessary to offset the shortfall. Should EIA School Building Aid not be sufficient, each
10 remaining EIA program shall be reduced on a pro rata basis as necessary to compensate for the total revenue shortfall. Funds appropriated
11 for EIA teacher salaries and related fringe benefits in Part IA, Section 1 X.C.1. are exempt from such reduction.
12 1A.4. (SDE-EIA: XF-School Building Aid Allocation) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.F. School Building Aid shall be
13 transferred to a special trust fund established by the Comptroller General. Funds appropriated shall be distributed to the school districts of
14 the State for use in accordance with Section 59-21-350 of the Code of Laws of 1976. Funds shall be allocated to eligible school districts
15 on a per pupil basis. The allocation must be based on the 135 day count of average daily membership for the second preceding fiscal year.
16 1A.5. (SDE-EIA: XA-Adult Education/Literacy) From the EIA funds provided in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. for adult education,
17 $150,000 must be used to provide for ten pilot projects for rural literacy development. In addition, each county shall receive $50,000 for
18 use by the school districts for adult literacy for service delivery to adult-nonreaders and those reading at or below the eighth grade level.
19 The school districts may provide this service or may contract to have this service provided. In multi-district counties, the districts must
20 agree on the method of service delivery for the entire county and select one district to serve as the fiscal agent.
21 1A.6. (SDE-EIA: XA-Advanced Placement) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. for Advanced Placement, no more
22 than $500,000 must be made available on a flat rate per class basis to schools offering "singleton" Advanced Placement classes with a
23 student/teacher ratio equal to or less than ten to one. The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines for the distribution of these
24 "singleton" funds. The remaining AP funds must be distributed to the school districts of the state based upon the 135 day count of AP
25 students served. AP funds may be used to defray the testing costs of the International Baccalaureate Program which are incurred by school
26 districts at the same per-test reimbursement rate provided for Advanced Placement examinations. High schools may receive funding for
27 the allowable costs associated with ninth and tenth grade students taking Advanced Placement courses.
28 1A.7. (SDE-EIA: XA-Distribution) The money appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X. Education Improvement Program, A. Raise
29 Academic Standards-Credits HS Diploma shall be distributed to the school districts of the state based upon the 135 day count of Average
30 Daily Membership.
31 1A.8. (SDE-EIA: XA-Gifted & Talented) Notwithstanding the provisions for Section 59-29-170, ten percent (10%) of the total state
32 dollars appropriated annually for gifted and talented programs shall be set aside for serving artistically gifted and talented students in
33 grades 3-12. The State Department of Education shall allocate to districts a proportionate share of the ten percent (10%) based on the
34 preceding year's total average daily membership in grades 3-12. School districts shall service students identified as artistically gifted and
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1 talented in one or more of the following visual and performing arts areas: dance, drama, music and visual arts areas. Districts may utilize
2 their proportionate share of the ten percent (10%) for the purpose of contracting with other entities to provide services to students
3 identified as artistically gifted and talented if personnel or facilities are not available in the school district for that service. The remaining
4 ninety percent (90%) of the state dollars appropriated for gifted and talented programs shall be expended in accordance with Section 59-
5 29-170. Each district receiving funds for the gifted and talented program shall include an accelerated component as a part of its
6 academically gifted and talented program. EIA-Gifted and Talented funds may be carried forward and expended for the same purpose in
7 the current fiscal year.
8 1A.9. (SDE-EIA: XA-Gifted & Talented/CHE 8th Grade Advisement) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. Gifted
9 and Talented, $402,250 shall be used by the Commission on Higher Education to be expended on the eighth grade advisement program.
10 Information on the significance of the SAT and the courses recommended by the College Board as necessary to prepare for the SAT
11 shall be provided to students planning to attend a four-year college or university. For those students planning to attend a technical
12 college, program information shall be provided on the school-to-work curriculum and applied academic programs. The Commission
13 on Higher Education must provide a report on the effectiveness of the advisement program to the Select Committee by October 1 of the
14 current year.
15 1A.10. (SDE-EIA: XS-Gifted & Talented/Governor's School for Arts) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.S. for
16 Gifted and Talented Program, $135,000 must be provided to the Governor's School for the Arts for training teachers, administrators and
17 supervisory personnel to work effectively in the identification, program development and evaluation of artistically talented students and for
18 the Outreach Program. The Governor's School for the Arts shall report to the Select Committee on the effectiveness of the training and
19 Outreach programs annually by October 1.
20 1A.11. (SDE-EIA: XA-Gifted & Talented/Jr. Academy of Science) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. Gifted &
21 Talented, $5,000 $75,165 must be provided to the Junior Academy of Science. The Department of Education must provide a report on the
22 effectiveness of the Academy to the EIA Select Committee by October 1.
23 1A.12. (SDE-EIA: XA-Handicapped Student Services) The money appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. for Handicapped Student
24 Services shall be used only for educational services for trainable mentally handicapped pupils and profoundly mentally handicapped pupils.
25 1A.13. (SDE-EIA: XA-Junior Scholars) The State Board of Education, through the Department of Education, must provide a report
26 on the effectiveness of the Junior Scholars programs as appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.A. to the EIA Select Committee by
27 October 1.
28 1A.14. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance from the prior fiscal year in the EIA
29 appropriations in Part IA, Section 1 X.B. for Academic Assistance may be carried forward to the current fiscal year by school districts to
30 be expended to operate programs in accordance with their Academic Assistance long range plans. The Department of Education shall
31 begin provide the Select Committee, no later than August 1, 1998 with a plan for an in-depth review and evaluation of district and
32 school strategic plans; to examine the alignment of the instructional activities and benchmarks established to reach those goals; examine
33 the alignment of the instructional activities and strategies undertaken by the districts and schools with their plans; and their use of academic
34 development funds. The review shall serve as a basis for providing technical assistance to schools and school districts and
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1 recommendations for needed changes in the law. The first report on the on-going evaluation shall be provided to the Select Committee no
2 later than June 30, 1998. The Select Committee shall contract for the evaluation and provide a report on the findings to the General
3 Assembly no later than September 1, 1999.
4 1A.15. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Curriculum Development) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.B. for Act 135 of
5 1993 Other Operating must be used by the Department of Education to provide schools and school districts with technical assistance on
6 curriculum development, including implementing the Curriculum Frameworks grade-by-grade academic standards, and instructional
7 improvement in keeping with the intent of Act 135 of 1993 (59-139-05 and 59-139-10 of the SC Code of Laws) as provided in regulations
8 promulgated by the State Board of Education. Reports on the use of these funds will be provided to the Senate Education Committee
9 and the House Education and Public Works Committee by September 1, 1998 on fiscal year 1997-98 expenditures and by September 1,
10 1999 on fiscal year 1998-99 expenditures.
11 1A.16. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Early Child Development) A portion of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1
12 X.B. for Academic Assistance 4-12 may be used to support components for the K-3 academic assistance if such change promotes better
13 coordination of state and federal funds provided for programs for these students. Districts requesting this waiver from the State Board of
14 Education must demonstrate how the use of these funds is in keeping with their long range plan and how the needs of the students in grades
15 4-12 will be met.
16 1A.17. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Formula Funding & Distribution) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total
17 funding in Part IA, Section 1 X.B. for the 4-12 Academic Assistance component of Act 135 of 1993 shall be based on a derived free and
18 reduced lunch eligibility count for grades 4-12 obtained by applying the state percentage of K-3 students eligible for free and reduced lunch
19 to the 4-12 average daily membership; and funding for individual districts shall be based on two equally weighted factors; the district's
20 derived lunch percentage for grades 4-12 and its four year average for the number of 4-12 students "not meeting" standard on the state's
21 testing programs for the years 1990-1993.
22 1A.18. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Reading Recovery) Of the EIA funds appropriated herein for the Academic Assistance
23 Act 135, $800,000 $900,000 shall be used for the Reading Recovery programs throughout the State. The State Department of Education
24 shall report to the EIA Select Committee on the allocation and expenditure of these funds by October 1.
25 1A.19. (SDE-EIA: XB-Academic Assistance/Remedial Adult Education) Of funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.B. for
26 Academic Assistance an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 must be used for adult education students scoring below the BSAP standard on
27 any portion of the exit examination at a weight of .114 of the base student cost as defined in the Education Finance Act.
28 1A.20. (SDE-EIA: XB - Half Day Program for Four-Year-Olds) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.B. for half-day programs
29 for four-year-olds shall be based on the previous three years' average for students tested as "not ready" on the CSAB, however, no district
30 shall receive less than 90 percent of the amount it received in the prior fiscal year.
31 1A.21. (SDE-EIA: XC-Black History) Funds provided for the development of the Black History curricula may be carried forward
32 into the current fiscal year to be expended for the same purpose.
33 1A.22. (SDE-EIA: XC-Critical Teacher Needs) Funds appropriated for EIA-Critical Teacher needs must be used for courses which
34 support instructional techniques and strategies in keeping with the intent of Act 135 of 1993, the Middle Schools Project, the Preparation
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1 for Technologies Program, Curriculum Frameworks, the grade by grade academic achievement standards, or need established in the
2 school and district long range plans. These funds may be used for courses which support the education of students with disabilities or
3 special needs in the regular classroom. School districts may require and collect a deposit from teachers enrolling in critical teaching needs
4 courses. Upon completion of the course any deposit collected shall be returned to the teacher having made the deposit.
5 1A.23. (SDE-EIA: XC-Critical Teaching Needs/Roper Mountain) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for Critical
6 Teaching Needs, $250,000 shall be disbursed to the Roper Mountain Science Center for summer workshops for public school science
7 teachers. Funds disbursed to the Roper Mountain Science Center may be carried forward.
8 1A.24. (SDE/EIA: XC-School Technology) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for school technology shall be distributed
9 to each school district based on a ratio of district free and reduced lunches for first through third grades to the state total free and reduced
10 lunches for first through third grades.
11 1A.25. (SDE-EIA: XC-Teacher Evaluations, XH-Implementation/EIA Select) The State Department of Education, with the
12 cooperation of the school districts and teacher education institutions, must, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, revise
13 the system for assisting, developing, and evaluating student provisional, annual and continuing contract teachers. The Department of
14 Education is authorized to expend funds provided in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for the Teacher Evaluation System toward the revision of the
15 evaluation system. The Department of Education shall provide a report on its progress in revising the system, to include recommendations
16 to date and a state and local fiscal impact statement, to the EIA Select Committee by September 30 of the current year. The Department of
17 Education is directed to oversee the evaluation of teachers at the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School, the School for the Deaf and the
18 Blind, the John de la Howe School, the Governor's School for Mathematics and Science and the Governor's School for the Arts and
19 Humanities under the ADEPT model.
20 1A.26. (SDE-EIA: XC-Teacher Salaries/SE Average) The projected Southeastern average teacher salary shall be the average of the
21 average teachers salaries of the southeastern states as projected by the Division of Budget and Analyses. For the current school year the
22 projected Southeastern average teacher salary is projected to be $33,547 $34,565. It is the intent of the General Assembly to fully fund or
23 exceed the Southeastern average teacher salary as projected.
24 Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for Teacher Salaries must be used to increase salaries of those teachers eligible pursuant
25 to Section 59-20-50 (b), to include classroom teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational and
26 physical therapists, school nurses, orientation/mobility instructors and audiologists in the school districts of the state.
27 1A.27. (SDE-EIA: XC-Teacher Salaries/State Agencies) Each state agency which does not contain a school district but has
28 instructional personnel shall receive an allocation from the line item " Alloc. EIA - TEACHER/OTHER PAY" in Part IA, Section 1 X.K.
29 for teachers salaries based on the following formula: Each state agency shall receive such funds as are necessary to adjust the pay of all
30 instructional personnel to the appropriate salary provided by the salary schedules of the school district in which the agency is located.
31 Instructional personnel may include all positions which would be eligible for EIA supplements in a public school district, and may at the
32 discretion of the state agency, be defined to cover curriculum development specialists, educational testing psychologists, psychological and
33 guidance counselors, and principals.
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1 The funds appropriated herein in the line item " Alloc. EIA - Teacher/Other Pay" must be distributed to the agencies by the Budget and
2 Control Board.
3 1A.28. (SDE-EIA: XC-Tech Prep) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for the Tech Prep Program, $75,000 shall be
4 used by the State Department of Education, through the Tech Prep Consortia, to provide for professional development in applied
5 techniques and integration of curriculum, and professional development in career guidance for teachers and guidance counselors and
6 training mentors. In addition, $500,000 shall be allocated for Career Counseling Specialists in the Tech Prep Consortia. Of the funds
7 appropriated in the prior fiscal year, unexpended funds may be carried forward to the current fiscal year and expended for the same
8 purposes.
9 1A.29. (SDE-EIA: XD-Principal Salary Supplements) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.D. for salary supplements for
10 principals and accompanying employer contributions must be distributed to school districts based on average daily membership (ADM).
11 Each school district shall distribute the funds as salary supplements in addition to existing compensation equally among principals and
12 assistant principals employed by the district.
13 1A.30. (SDE-EIA: XE-School Incentive Grants) Funds appropriated for EIA School Incentive Grants in the previous fiscal year may
14 be carried forward and expended during the current fiscal year by the school districts that earned School Incentive Awards during the prior
15 fiscal year.
16 1A.31. (SDE-EIA: XG-Impaired School Districts) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.G. for Impaired School Districts, shall
17 be used to provide grants to assist school districts in correcting education deficiencies as identified through the application of criteria
18 adopted by the State Board of Education for evaluating the quality of education in school districts. First priority for this funding shall be
19 an allocation of funds to those school districts whose education deficiencies led to the designation of "In Greatest Need of Technical
20 Assistance". Provided that the needs of such designated school districts have been met, any remaining or unallocated current year funds
21 may be used to assist other school districts whose education deficiencies led to the lesser designation of "In Need of Technical Assistance".
22 In all cases, no portion of the allocated funds may be used by the school district for administration purposes. Funds appropriated for
23 Impaired School Districts/In Need of Technical Assistance and allocated to the school districts in the prior fiscal year may be retained and
24 expended by the school districts for the same purpose during the current year.
25 1A.32. (SDE-EIA: XH-Evaluation/EIA Programs) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.H. for EIA Implementation,
26 Other Operating Expenses, $349,124 may only be used by the State Department of Education to support its contracted program
27 evaluations and the conduct of the State Board of Education's annual assessment of EIA-funded education reforms and the related report,
28 pursuant to Section 59-6-12. The remaining $250,000 appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.H. for EIA Implementation, Other Operating
29 Expenses shall be used to support the continuation of program and policy evaluations and studies and to support the state's participation in
30 the Middle Grades Project, at no less than $100,000, the middle grade reading, science, and math resource and career exploration
31 project of the sixth grade class at Kingstree Elementary School at no more than $25,000 and Professional Development Schools for
32 prospective teachers. Provided further, for the current fiscal year, $100,000 shall be provided to the South Carolina Educational Policy
33 Center for a collaborative project among the University of South Carolina, the Department of Education and the EIA Select Committee for
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1 the purpose of providing for the technical aspects of establishing a more thorough accountability system for public schools, school
2 districts, and the K-12 education system.
3 1A.33. (SDE-EIA: XK-CHE/Teacher Recruitment) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. for the Teacher Recruitment
4 Program, the S. C. Commission on Higher Education shall distribute a total of $1,065,408$1,089,803 to the S.C. Center for Teacher
5 Recruitment for a state teacher recruitment program, of which $200,000 must be used for specific programs to recruit minority teachers,
6 and shall distribute $206,000 to Benedict College and $261,000$271,440 to S.C. State University to be used only for the operation of a
7 minority teacher recruitment program and therefore shall not be used for the operation of their established general education programs.
8 The S.C. Commission on Higher Education shall ensure that all funds are used to promote teacher recruitment on a statewide basis, shall
9 ensure the continued coordination of efforts among the three teacher recruitment projects, shall review the use of funds and shall have prior
10 program and budget approval. The S. C. State University program, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education, shall extend
11 beyond the geographic area it currently serves. Annually, the Commission on Higher Education shall evaluate the effectiveness of each of
12 the teacher recruitment projects and shall report its findings and its program and budget recommendations to the House and Senate
13 Education Committees and the Education Improvement Act Select Committee by December 1.
14 1A.34. (SDE-EIA: XK-DAODAS/DARE) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. Other State Agencies and Entities for
15 the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, $150,000 $200,000 must be transferred to the State Law Enforcement
16 Division for the operation of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and for the training of DARE officers in the fifth grade
17 classes of public schools in the state, and $25,000 shall be used by the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services to provide
18 matching funds for local governments and school districts for the DARE program. A report on the effectiveness of the DARE program
19 must be provided by the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services to the EIA Select Committee by October 1.
20 1A.35. (SDE-EIA: XK-Disbursements/Other Entities) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2-7-66 and 11-3-50, S.C. Code of
21 Laws, it is the intent of the General Assembly that funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. Other State Agencies and Entities shall be
22 disbursed on a quarterly basis by the Department of Revenue and Taxation directly to the state agencies and entities referenced except for
23 the Teacher Loan Program, Centers of Excellence, the EIA Select Committee and School Technology, which shall receive their full
24 appropriation at the start of the fiscal year from available revenue. The Comptroller General's Office is authorized to make necessary
25 appropriation reductions in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. to prevent duplicate appropriations. If the Education Improvement Act appropriations
26 in the agency and entity respective sections of the General Appropriations Act at the start of the fiscal year do not agree with the
27 appropriations in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. Other State Agencies and Entities, the "other funds" appropriations in the respective agency and
28 entity sections of the General Appropriations Act will be adjusted by the Comptroller General's Office to conform to the appropriations in
29 Part IA, Section 1 X.K. Other State Agencies and Entities.
30 1A.36. (SDE-EIA: XK-Status Offenders/John De La Howe) The funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.K. for the Status
31 Offender Program shall be distributed to John De La Howe School to expand residential programs to include court ordered status
32 offenders. Components of such a program shall include collaboration between the home school district and the residential school and
33 treatment or related services to the families of students in placement.
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1 1A.37. (SDE-EIA: XK-Student Loan Pgm/Teaching Loans & Governor Scholarships) Of the EIA funds provided in Part IA, Section
2 1 X.K. for the Student Loan Program sufficient funding shall be made available under the Governor's Teaching Scholarship Program for
3 renewal loans only. Students receiving these scholarships are eligible for the accelerated payback method provided for in Section 59-26-
4 20(k). Any funds in the Governor's Teaching Scholarship program which are not committed as of July 1 of the current fiscal year may be
5 used to fund student loans provided for in Section 59-26-20(k).
6 1A.38. (SDE-EIA: XL-Arts in Education) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.L. Arts Curricula shall be used to assist
7 districts that have not received funding for arts education during the four year pilot program; to sustain arts education initiatives that began
8 during the final year of the pilot program; and to support arts education curriculum in the visual and performing arts which incorporates
9 strengths from the Arts in Education pilot sites. These funds shall be distributed under a competitive grants program.
10 1A.39. (SDE-EIA: XL-Continuous Improvement/Innovation) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.L. for Continuous
11 Improvement/ Innovation and allocated to the school districts for innovative initiatives in the prior fiscal year may be retained and
12 expended by the school districts for the same purpose during the current fiscal year.
13 1A.40. (SDE-EIA: XN-Parent Education) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.N. shall be used to fund those sites continuing
14 to operate as Parent Education technical assistance sites in FY 1996-97 at a level not less than eighty-five percent of the amount received
15 in the prior year or according to the Parenting/Family Literacy funding allocations as established in Act 135, which ever is greater.
16 1A.41. (SDE-EIA: XN-Parenting/Family Literacy) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.N. for the Parenting/Family Literacy
17 Programs and allocated to the school districts for parenting projects in the prior fiscal year may be retained and expended by the school
18 districts for the same purpose during the current fiscal year. Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.N. for the
19 Parenting/Family Literacy, $100,000 must be used for the Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Project at Winthrop University and
20 $125,000 must be used for the Accelerated Schools Project at the College of Charleston.
21 1A.42. (SDE-EIA: XN-Parenting/Family Literacy/Child Abuse Awareness & Accelerated Schools) Of the funds appropriated in Part
22 IA, Section 1 X.N. for the Parenting/Family Literacy, $200,000 must be used for the Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Project at
23 Winthrop University and $125,000 must be used for the Accelerated Schools Project at the College of Charleston.
24 1A.43. (SDE-EIA: XN-Parenting/Family Literacy/Cities-In-Schools) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State
25 Department of Education shall transfer $200,000 from the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.N. Parenting/Family Literacy to
26 Cities-In-Schools Communities-In-Schools. These funds are to be utilized to provide technical assistance to local communities in
27 establishing Cities-In-Schools Communities-In-Schools programs statewide. Cities-In-Schools Communities-In-Schools will provide
28 annual reports to the State Department of Education which will include: budget expenditure data, a listing of the communities served and
29 the services provided.
30 1A.44. (SDE-EIA: X-Problem Solving Skills) It is not the intent of the General Assembly that the instruction in higher order thinking
31 skills promote New Age religion or any other religion, faith, or belief.
32 1A.45. (SDE-EIA: XR-Local School Innovation Fund) The funds provided for the Local School Innovation Fund shall be distributed
33 to the school districts on a fifty percent average daily membership and fifty percent EFA basis and shall be expended by the individual
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1 school in accordance with the school's long-range school improvement plan pursuant to Act 135 of 1993. Funds shall be accounted for in
2 accordance with the EIA program or strategy.
3 1A.46. (SDE-EIA: X-Autistic Children Pilot Project) Of the EIA funds appropriated to the Department of Education, $25,000 shall
4 be provided to the Pickens County School District for a pilot project to teach the Lovaas method to autistic children in the Pickens County
5 School District during the 1997-98 school year. The purpose of this pilot is to help mainstream these children back into the classroom and
6 to reduce or eliminate future long term care costs. These funds are located in Part IA, Section 1, Program X.A. Alloc EIA-Hndcap Std
7 Srvc.
8 1A.47. (SDE-EIA: XF-School Building Aid Funds Expenditure) Funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 F. of this Act or in a
9 previous Appropriation Act for school building aid may be expended by the school district without application to the State Department of
10 Education or approval from the State Board of Education. The Department of Education shall require that school districts include in their
11 annual audit a verification of compliance with all applicable State laws associated with the use of these funds.
12 1A.48. (SDE-EIA: XC-National Board Certification Incentive) The funds appropriated in 1 XC for National Board Certification
13 Incentive shall be used for reimbursement of the certification fee and a one time bonus to those teachers who successfully complete the
14 certification process. Teachers who have become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards prior to June 30,
15 1998 in the current year, and under contract to teach in South Carolina through 1998-99 the following school year, are eligible to receive
16 the one-time bonus.
17 1A.49. (SDE-EIA: XC-SC Statewide Systemic Initiative) The funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 1 X.C. for National Science
18 Foundation Grants matching funds shall be used for matching funds for those math Mathematics and science hubs Science Hubs which
19 coordinate training in math support improvements in mathematics and science through resources and professional development in
20 instructional techniques and strategies, use of technology in the classroom, leadership, content in subject areas and assessment. These
21 efforts will be coordinated with programs such as Tech Prep Consortia using applied learning techniques and which assist teachers in
22 using computers in the classroom.
23 1A.50. (SDE-EIA: XF-School Building Aid) Of the funds appropriated in Part IA, Section X.F. for School Building Aid, $500,000
24 shall be allocated on a K-12 per pupil basis to Area Vocational Schools. the local school boards which do not have an index of taxpaying
25 ability. This does not include county boards of education.
26 1A.51. (SDE-EIA: XL-Innovation Projects) DELETED
27 1A.52. (SDE-EIA: X-STAR Diploma) Funds appropriated for the EIA STAR Diploma Scholarship in the prior fiscal year, may be
28 carried forward and expended during the current fiscal year for the same purpose.
29 1A.53. (SDE-EIA: X-Defined Minimum Program Personnel Requirements) Administrative personal service positions required by
30 the Defined Minimum Program for South Carolina School Districts and/or any positions listed in the professional certified staff
31 listing, may be filled by appropriately certified individuals hired under a corporation or a partnership while drawing benefits from the
32 State Retirement System only when the local board of trustees reports the employment to the State Board of Education certifying the
33 need for that particular individual, demonstrating the savings in tax dollars realized, and specifying the length of this employment
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1 which must be less than one year. In an emergency situation, a school district may fill a position on an interim basis not to exceed one
2 year without the individual being associated with a corporation.
3 1A.54. (SDE-EIA: X-Manufacturing Technology Program) DELETED
4 1A.55. (SDE-EIA: XK-School Library Access to Subscription Services) DELETED
5 1A.56. (SDE-EIA: X-State Minimum Salary Schedule-Local Salary Supplement) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
6 pursuant to Section 59-20-50, the State Department of Education is authorized to extend the existing State Minimum Salary Schedule
7 from seventeen to twenty years by one-year increments. Each additional year will be increased by one percent above the previous
8 year.
9 The Department is authorized to delete class grade certificate columns currently on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for which
10 no staff are employed and for which graded certificates are no longer issued.
11 1A.57. (SDE-EIA: X-PSAT/PLAN Reimbursement) DELETED
12 1A.58. (SDE-EIA: X-Historical Works) DELETED
13 1A.59. (SDE-EIA: XA-Adult Education-Corrections) DELETED
14 1A.60. (SDE-EIA: X-Public School District Performance Audit) DELETED
15 1A.61. (SDE-EIA: X-Out-of-District Student Reimbursement) DELETED
16 1A.62. (SDE-EIA: School Technology Fund Carry Forward) Funds transferred from the Budget and Control Board for the K-12
17 school technology initiative may be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year to be used for the same purpose the funds
18 were transferred.
19 1A.63. (SDE-EIA: Student Loans) Of the funds appropriated to the Teacher Loan Program, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the
20 Department of Education with $650,000 to be used for school technology and distributed to each school district based on a ratio of
21 district free and reduced lunches for grades 1-3 to the state total free and reduced lunches for grades 1-3, and the remaining $350,000
22 to be used for performance activities related to identifying gifted and talented students.
23 1A.64. (SDE-EIA: Oversight and Public Information) Of the funds appropriated in Part 1, Section X.O. for Oversight and Public
24 Information, $500,000 shall be used to establish an on-going public information campaign to appraise the public of the status of
25 public schools. The remaining funds are to be used to establish a public education accountability division.
26 1A.65. (SDE-EIA: Regional Service Centers) The amount of General and Education Improvement Act Funds appropriated for
27 regional service centers shall be distributed on an equal basis, not to exceed a total of $200,000, to each center. The center governing
28 boards may expend these funds as appropriate for professional development and curriculum planning assistance in keeping with the
29 intent of the grant and according to any guidelines established by the State Board of Education pending the development of
30 regulations.