Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 3, LOTTERY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT, page 341, proviso 3.5, after line 9, by inserting:
/( ) Department of Education - Innovation Grants $3,800,000
( ) Education Oversight Committee - After School Pilot Program and Clemson Forest Initiative $1,500,000
( ) Commission on Higher Education - Higher Education Facilities Repair and Renovation Fund $All Remaining./ Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 3, LOTTERY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT, page 345, proviso 3.5, after line 2, by inserting:
/ Of the funds appropriated to the Higher Education Facilities Repair and Renovation Fund, on or before October 31st of current fiscal year, the Commission shall transfer twenty percent to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for distribution among the State's public technical colleges in a manner the board adopts and the remaining eighty percent must be distributed by the Commission to each of the state's remaining public research, comprehensive and two-year branch campuses of the University of South Carolina based on a formula developed by the Commission's Finance and Facilities Committee in cooperation with the Council of Presidents. At minimum, the Committee and Council's formula shall take into consideration an institution's total number of buildings by type, size (as measured by square footage) and age compared to the total number of buildings by type, size (as measured by square footage) and age among all public research, comprehensive and two-year branch campuses of the University of South Carolina.
The funds may only be expended for necessary renovation, repair, and related maintenance, and other critical equipment and system repair and maintenance that are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the institution's physical plant in its support of the institution's educational purpose. Funds must not be used for new construction. /
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