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EXPLANATION: Delete Denmark Tech Study Committee and Transfer proviso and insert a new proviso with just a study committee.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 521, paragraph 117.156, lines 5 - 35 and page 522, lines 1-3 by striking the proviso in its entirety.
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 117, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 522, after line 12, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ (GP: Denmark Committee for Study) A
study committee shall be established to develop a plan to
determine the feasibility of Denmark Technical College
continuing as a technical college or returning to its original
mission of an area trade school.
The study committee shall be
comprised of the following:
(1)
A member appointed by the Chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee;
(2)
A member appointed by the Chairman of the House
Education and Public Works Committee;
(3)
A member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee;
(4)
A member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate
Education Committee;
(5)
The Executive Director of the State Board for
Technical and Comprehensive Education or his designee;
(6)
The Superintendent of Education or her
designee;
(7)
The Chairman of the Bamberg County Council or his
designee;
(8)
The Mayor of the City of Denmark or his designee;
and
(9)
The President of the Denmark Technical College
National Alumni Association.
(10) The Chairman of the South
Carolina Legislative Black Caucus or his designee
(11)The President of Denmark Technical College
(12) Two members appointed by the President of Denmark
Technical College who represent the vocational and academic
departments of the college.
The study committee shall submit a written report of its
findings and recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee,
the House Ways and Means Committee, the Department of Education
and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education by
June 1, 2020./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.