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Part 1B SECTION 3 - H660 - LOTTERY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

2018-2019 Senate Finance

SECTION 3 - H660 - LOTTERY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

3.1. (LEA: Audit) Each state agency receiving lottery funds shall develop and implement procedures to monitor the expenditures of lottery funds in order to ensure that lottery funds are expended in accordance with applicable state laws, rules, and regulations.

For institutions of higher learning, adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds shall be reported to the Commission on Higher Education and the Executive Budget Office by October, 1, ~~2017~~ 2018, and these expenditures are subject to annual verification and audit by the Commission on Higher Education on a rotational schedule not to exceed three years. The annual verification and audit shall be funded from the funds appropriated to or authorized for the Commission on Higher Education and the commission shall not assess a fee or charge institutions of higher learning for performing this function. In addition, the Commission on Higher Education shall provide a report to the Executive Budget Office, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by October first each year summarizing, by institution, how lottery funds were expended in the prior fiscal year, issues and concerns as well as institution responses to those issues and concerns discovered as a result of the commissions verification and/or audit activity during the prior fiscal year, if any.

For the Department of Education, adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds that are allocated to the South Carolina school districts and other recipient institutions according to law and Department of Education guidelines shall be reported to the Executive Budget Office by October 1, ~~2017~~ 2018. In addition, the Department of Education shall provide a report to the Executive Budget Office, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on the amount of lottery funds the department distributed to each entity in the prior fiscal year.

All other state agencies must submit their adopted procedures to monitor expenditures of lottery funds to the Executive Budget Office by October 1, ~~2017~~ 2018.

The Executive Budget Office shall ensure that state agencies receiving lottery funds have procedures in place to monitor expenditures of lottery funds and that the monitoring procedures are operating effectively.

3.2. (LEA: Election Day Sales) For the current fiscal year, Section 59-150-210(E) is suspended.

3.3. (LEA: FY 2017-18 Lottery Funding) There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Account for the following education purposes and programs and funds for these programs and purposes shall be transferred by the Executive Budget Office as directed below. These appropriations must be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds for education.

~~The Executive Budget Office is directed to prepare the subsequent Lottery Expenditure Account detail budget to reflect the appropriations of the Education Lottery Account as provided in this section.~~

All Education Lottery Account revenue shall be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year including any interest earnings, which shall be used to support the appropriations contained below.

~~For Fiscal Year 2017-18, certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for the current fiscal year, including the Fiscal Year 2016-17 certified surplus, are appropriated as follows:~~

~~(1) Commission on Higher Education--LIFE Scholarships as provided in Chapter 149, Title 59 $ 221,843,614;~~

~~(2) Commission on Higher Education--HOPE Scholarships as provided in Section 59-150-370 $ 14,458,578;~~

~~(3) Commission on Higher Education--Palmetto Fellows Scholarships as provided in~~

~~Section 59-104-20 $ 51,927,301;~~

~~(4) Commission on Higher Education and State Board for Technical and Comprehensive~~

~~Education--Tuition Assistance $ 47,342,211;~~

~~(5) Commission on Higher Education--Need-Based Grants $ 17,537,078;~~

~~(6) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--Tuition Grants $ 8,830,008;~~

~~(7) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 609,484;~~

~~(8) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Workforce Scholarship Grants $ 8,000,000;~~

~~(9) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--SREB Program and Assessments $ 349,606;~~

~~(10) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Allied Health $ 3,000,000;~~

~~(11) Commission on Higher Education--Technology-Public Four-Year~~

~~Institutions, Two-Year Institutions, and State Technical Colleges $ 6,500,000;~~

~~(12) South Carolina State University $ 2,500,000;~~

~~(13) Department of Education--Reading Partners $ 400,000;~~

~~(14) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program $ 567,473;~~

~~(15) State Library--Aid to County Libraries $ 1; and~~

~~(16) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Military Education, Training~~

~~and Support Program................................................................................................................ $ 1.~~

~~For Fiscal Year 2017-18, net lottery proceeds and investment earnings above the Fiscal Year 2016-17 certified surplus are appropriated pro-rata as follows:~~

~~(1) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 17,500,000;~~

~~(2) State Library--Aid to County Libraries $ 800,000;~~

~~(3) Commission on Higher Education--Carolina Career Clusters Grant (1:1 Match) $ 300,000; and~~

~~(4) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--SPICE Program $ 250,000.~~

~~For Fiscal Year 2017-18, funds certified from unclaimed prizes are appropriated as follows:~~

~~(1) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program $ 5,505,000;~~

~~(2) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services--Gambling Addiction Services $ 50,000;~~

~~(3) Commission on Higher Education--National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as~~

~~provided in .............................................................................................................................. Section 59-111-75 $ 4,634,968;~~

~~(4) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Technology $ 200,000;~~

~~(5) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Bus/Lease $ 800,000;~~

~~(6) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 2,810,032;..................................................................................................................... and~~

~~(7) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Critical Training Equipment $ 3,000,000.~~

If the lottery revenue received from certified unclaimed prizes for Fiscal Year 2017-18 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis.

~~Any unclaimed prize funds available in excess of the Board of Economic Advisors estimate shall be appropriated as follows:~~

~~(1) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 3,000,000;..................................................................................................................... and~~

~~(2) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase remaining balance.~~

Fiscal Year 2017-18 funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Tuition Assistance must be distributed to the technical colleges and two-year institutions as provided in Section 59-150-360. Annually the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education shall develop the Tuition Assistance distribution of funds.

~~The provisions of Section 2-75-30 of the 1976 Code regarding the aggregate amount of funding provided for the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment are suspended for the current fiscal year.~~

The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to temporarily transfer funds between appropriated line items in order to ensure the timely receipt of scholarships and tuition assistance. It is the goal of the General Assembly to fund the Tuition Assistance program at such a level to support at least $996 per student per term for full time students.

Fiscal Year 2017-18 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of the certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and must be used to ensure that all LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships for Fiscal Year 2017-18 are fully funded.

If the lottery revenue received for Fiscal Year 2017-18 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis, except that a reduction must not be applied to the funding of LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships.

The Commission on Higher Education is authorized to use up to $345,000 of the funds appropriated in this provision for LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows scholarships to provide the necessary level of program support for the scholarship award process and to provide for a Scholarship Compliance Auditor.

The Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission is authorized to use up to $70,000 of the funds appropriated in this provision for Tuition Grants to provide the necessary level of program support for the grants award process.

The funds appropriated to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Workforce Pathways Scholarships and Grants shall be used to provide grants for tuition, fees, transportation, or textbook expenses to South Carolina residents enrolled in a career education program that meets all eligibility guidelines promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in consultation with the Department of Education, except that funds shall not be used for continuing education courses that do not lead to a degree or professional certificate. Grants may be awarded from the fund in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars or the total cost of attendance, whichever is less, for students to attend the program of their choice at a South Carolina technical school or professional certification program. By March fifteenth of the academic year provided, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide a report to the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee containing a list of programs, amount of funding spent per program, number of students that received grants, and the grant amount per student.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for institutions of higher learning entitled Technology-Public Four Year Institutions, Two Year Institutions, and State Technical Colleges,(Technology) the commission shall allocate the realized funds on a proportional basis as follows:

~~(1) The Citadel....................................................... $ 265,119;~~

~~(2) University of Charleston................................... $ 554,488;~~

~~(3) Coastal Carolina University.............................. $ 494,175;~~

~~(4) Francis Marion University................................ $ 252,940;~~

~~(5) Lander University............................................. $ 259,785;~~

~~(6) South Carolina State University........................ $ 238,205;~~

~~(7) USC - Aiken Campus....................................... $ 232,679;~~

~~(8) USC - Upstate................................................... $ 315,898;~~

~~(9) USC - Beaufort Campus................................... $ 172,940;~~

~~(10) USC - Lancaster Campus.................................. $ 129,652;~~

~~(11) USC - Salkehatchie Campus............................. $ 129,652;~~

~~(12) USC - Sumter Campus...................................... $ 129,652;~~

~~(13) USC - Union Campus....................................... $ 129,652;~~

~~(14) Winthrop University......................................... $ 334,496; and~~

~~(15) State Technical Colleges and State Board for~~

~~Technical and Comprehensive Education..... $ 2,860,667.~~

Unless otherwise provided herein, each institution shall use the amount appropriated only for technology repair and related technology maintenance and/or upgrades that are necessary to support an institutions educational purpose.

~~Prior to the utilization of these funds, institutions must certify to the Commission on Higher Education, in a manner it prescribes, the extent to which they have met this requirement.~~

Not later than one hundred twenty days after the close of the fiscal year, the Commission on Higher Education shall report to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the utilization of this provision.

Funds not expended in the prior fiscal year may be carried forward into the current fiscal year and utilized for the same purpose, subject to certification from the Commission on Higher Education they continue to meet the requirement of this provision.

Of the funds appropriated above to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Critical Training Equipment, the State Board shall allocate the realized funds on a proportional basis as follows:

~~(1) Aiken Technical College................................... $ 153,422;~~

~~(2) Central Carolina Technical College................... $ 160,719;~~

~~(3) Denmark Technical College.............................. $ 81,152;~~

~~(4) Florence-Darlington Technical College............. $ 167,588;~~

~~(5) Greenville Technical College............................ $ 262,438;~~

~~(6) Horry-Georgetown Technical College............... $ 207,701;~~

~~(7) Midlands Technical College.............................. $ 215,503;~~

~~(8) Northeastern Technical College........................ $ 125,460;~~

~~(9) Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College........... $ 324,216;~~

~~(10) Piedmont Technical College............................. $ 194,843;~~

~~(11) Spartanburg Community College...................... $ 168,289;~~

~~(12) Technical College of the Lowcountry............... $ 137,227;~~

~~(13) Tri-County Technical College........................... $ 187,241;~~

~~(14) Trident Technical College................................. $ 328,138;~~

~~(15) Williamsburg Technical College....................... $ 117,874; and~~

~~(16) York Technical College.................................... $ 168,189.~~

Funds appropriated within this provision to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Technology and/or Critical Training Equipment may be utilized in whole or in part for repair or replacement of Allied Health related equipment at the discretion of each individual technical college.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Research University STEM Equipment, the commission shall disburse the funds to Clemson University, the University of South Carolina-Columbia, and the Medical University of South Carolina proportionally based on each institutions proportion of general fund appropriation in Part 1A of Act 284 of 2016 as compared to the general fund appropriation in that Act for the three institutions in total.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Carolina Careers Cluster Grant (1:1 match), upon application by an eligible institution as defined in this paragraph, the commission shall equally disburse funds to eligible independent HBCUs domiciled in this State that were each recipients of a single competitive grant from a private sector endowment of not less than $1,000,000 in the immediately preceding fiscal year, the proceeds of which are intended to better prepare students for employment in high paying job clusters across the State. Funds must be spent on students and/or student support services directly related to the private sector grantors initiative and for no other purpose. Prior to disbursement, the commission shall verify that an eligible institution will provide no less than a 1 to 1 match of the funds to be disbursed.

Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for Reading Partners shall be allocated to Reading Partners and must be used to increase the number of reading interventions for students in low performing schools in grades K-5. The Office of Early Learning and Literacy shall specify planning criteria to be submitted by Reading Partners no later than July fifteenth of the current fiscal year. Planning criteria shall include, but is not limited to, pre and post assessment data, parental and family literacy engagement, summer learning support and building school level capacity for intervention. The department shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the House Education Committee by June 15, 2018 on the impact of the program.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Memorial Professorship, the Commission shall disburse the funds to the States only non-profit, four-year comprehensive institution of higher learning that was first established as a college in 1908, provided that the college is SACS accredited and has at least forty percent or more minority enrollment. The college must utilize the funds in support for a memorial professorship(s) for the purpose of helping the college recruit and retain faculty members whose research, teaching and service uniquely contribute to the mission of the college.

Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for SPICE Program, the board shall transfer the funds to Greenville Technical College, upon which the college, from the entirety of the funds allocated to it pursuant to this Act, must dedicate no less than $250,000 annually towards the creation and/or maintenance of a Self-Paced In-Classroom Education (SPICE) program designed to prepare eligible citizens for re-entry into the workforce through gainful employment in skilled and other professions.

3.4. (LEA: Student Unique Identifiers) For the current fiscal year, in order to provide longitudinal data, institutions of higher education and technical colleges accepting lottery funds must retain the student unique identifier or SUNS number assigned to students who attended public high schools in South Carolina. This shall not prohibit institutions of higher education or technical colleges from using additional student identifiers.

3.5. (LEA: Debit Card Transactions) DELETED

3.6. (LEA: FY 2018-19 Lottery Funding) There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Account for the following education purposes and programs and funds for these programs and purposes shall be transferred by the Executive Budget Office as directed below. These appropriations must be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds for education. For cash flow purposes, the Executive Budget Office may facilitate limited transfers from the general deposits of the state for the exclusive purpose of ensuring the timely distribution of scholarships and tuition assistance payments as provided below. Any use of this transfer allowance must include full reimbursement from the Education Lottery Account to the general deposit accounts of the state prior to the close of the fiscal year.

The Executive Budget Office is directed to prepare the subsequent Lottery Expenditure Account detail budget to reflect the appropriations of the Education Lottery Account as provided in this section.

For Fiscal Year 2018-19, certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings totaling $401,000,000 for the current fiscal year are appropriated as follows:

(1) Commission on Higher Education--LIFE Scholarships as provided in Chapter 149, Title 59 $ 230,056,162;

(2) Commission on Higher Education--HOPE Scholarships as provided in Section 59-150-370 $ 15,563,241;

(3) Commission on Higher Education--Palmetto Fellows Scholarships as provided in

Section 59-104-20 $ 55,362,716;

(4) Commission on Higher Education and State Board for Technical and Comprehensive

Education--Tuition Assistance $ 51,100,000;

(5) Commission on Higher Education--Need-Based Grants $ 27,000,000;

(6) Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission--Tuition Grants $ 10,000,000;

(7) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 1,244,492;

(8) Commission on Higher Education--SREB Program and Assessments $ 290,396;

(9) Commission on Higher Education--Technology-Public Four-Year Institutions, Two-Year

Institutions, and State Technical Colleges as provided in Section 59-150-356 $ 7,000,000;

(10) South Carolina State University $ 2,500,000;

(11) Commission on Higher Education--Commission Information Technology Security and

Technology Upgrades $ 270,000; and

(12) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program $ 612,993.

For Fiscal Year 2018-19, Fiscal Year 2017-18 certified surplus totaling $41,000,000, plus Fiscal Year 2016-17 surplus totaling $4,131,526, plus vetoed lottery appropriations that were sustained in Fiscal Year 2017-18 totaling $1,050,000 and available for appropriation in the current year are appropriated as follows, except that $8,800,000 of the total of these otherwise available funds shall not be appropriated in the current fiscal year:

(1) Department of Education--School Safety--Facility and Infrastructure Safety Upgrades $ 4,000,000;

(2) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--High Demand Job Skill

Training Equipment $ 9,850,000;

(3) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--ReadySC Direct Training $ 9,432,046;

(4) Commission on Higher Education--National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as provided

in Section 59-111-75 $ 1,600,642;

(5) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 3,873,838;

(6) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Workforce Pathways Funding

(Non-Pilot Technical Colleges) $ 3,000,000;

(7) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Palmetto Promise Scholarship Pilot $ 3,900,000;

(8) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Horry Georgetown Technical

College--Diesel Mechanical Program $ 375,000;

(9) Commission on Higher Education--USC Union--Parity Funding (One Time) $ 500,000;

(10) Confederate Relic Room Military Museum Commission--Renovations for Educational Exhibits $ 350,000; and

(11) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--Spartanburg Community

College--Cherokee Campus Equipment and Remodel $ 500,000.

For Fiscal Year 2018-19, net lottery proceeds and investment earnings above the Fiscal Year 2017-18 certified surplus of $41,000,000 are appropriated pro-rata as follows:

(1) Commission on Higher Education--South Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine Study $ 200,000;

(2) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 1,300,000;

(3) Commission on Higher Education--Technology--Public Four-Year Institutions, Two-Year

Institutions, and State Technical Colleges as provided in Section 59-150-356 $ 1,000,000; and

(4) Commission on Higher Education--Need Based Grants $ 1,000,000.

For Fiscal Year 2018-19, if net lottery proceeds and investment earnings above the Fiscal Year 2017-18 certified surplus of $41,000,000 as appropriated pro-rata above are fully realized and excess funds still remain, the excess funds are appropriated pro-rata as follows:

(1) Commission on Higher Education--Research University STEM Equipment $ 1,000,000;

(2) State Library--Aid to County Libraries $ 1,000,000;

(3) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program $ 450,000;

(4) Commission on Higher Education--Carolina Career Clusters Grant (1:1 Match) $ 300,000;

(5) Department of Education--Reading Partners $ 250,000;

(6) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--SPICE Program $ 250,000; and

(7) Commission on Higher Education--Memorial Professorship $ 50,000.

Appropriations made herein from funding sources that have already been fully realized in a prior fiscal year and have been carried forward into the current fiscal year for appropriation and/or are otherwise already available at the beginning of the current fiscal year shall be distributed by the Executive Budget Office as soon as is practicable after the office has certified the funds availability, but no later than September 1 of the current fiscal year.

For Fiscal Year 2018-19, funds certified from unclaimed prizes totaling $19,000,000 are appropriated as follows:

(1) Commission on Higher Education--Higher Education Excellence Enhancement Program $ 5,459,480;

(2) Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services--Gambling Addiction Services $ 50,000;

(3) Commission on Higher Education--National Guard Tuition Repayment Program as provided

in Section 59-111-75 $ 1,030,488;

(4) School for the Deaf and the Blind--Technology $ 200,000;

(5) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase $ 2,760,032;

(6) Commission on Higher Education--PASCAL $ 1,500,000; and

(7) State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education--

Workforce Scholarship Grants $ 8,000,000.

If the lottery revenue received from certified unclaimed prizes for Fiscal Year 2018-19 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis.

Any unclaimed prize funds available in excess of the Board of Economic Advisors estimate of $19,000,000 shall be appropriated as follows:

(1) Department of Education--School Bus Lease/Purchase............................................................... $ All remaining.

Fiscal Year 2018-19 funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Tuition Assistance must be distributed to the technical colleges and two-year institutions as provided in Section 59-150-360. Annually the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Commission on Higher Education shall develop the Tuition Assistance distribution of funds.

The provisions of Section 2-75-30 of the 1976 Code regarding the aggregate amount of funding provided for the Centers of Excellence Matching Endowment are suspended for the current fiscal year.

Fiscal Year 2018-19 net lottery proceeds and investment earnings in excess of the certified net lottery proceeds and investment earnings for this period are appropriated and must be used to ensure that all LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships for Fiscal Year 2018-19 are fully funded.

If the lottery revenue received for Fiscal Year 2018-19 is less than the amounts appropriated, the projects and programs receiving appropriations for any such year shall have their appropriations reduced on a pro rata basis, except that a reduction must not be applied to the funding of LIFE, HOPE, and Palmetto Fellows Scholarships.

The funds appropriated to State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Workforce Scholarship/Grants shall be used to provide grants for tuition, fees, transportation, or textbook expenses to South Carolina residents enrolled in a career education program that meets all eligibility guidelines promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in consultation with the Department of Education, except that funds shall not be used for continuing education courses that do not lead to a degree or professional certificate. Grants may be awarded from the fund in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars or the total cost of attendance, whichever is less, for students to attend the program of their choice, including a professional certification program, at a South Carolina public technical college. By March fifteenth of the academic year provided, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide a report to the Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee containing a list of programs, amount of funding spent per program, number of students that received grants, and the grant amount per student.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for institutions of higher learning entitled "Technology-Public Four Year Institutions, Two Year Institutions, and State Technical Colleges,"(Technology) the commission shall allocate the realized funds on a proportional basis as follows:

(1) The Citadel....................................................... $ 267,228;

(2) University of Charleston................................... $ 607,631;

(3) Coastal Carolina University............................. $ 591,366;

(4) Francis Marion University............................... $ 260,984;

(5) Lander University............................................. $ 224,174;

(6) South Carolina State University....................... $ 224,476;

(7) USC - Aiken Campus........................................ $ 243,662;

(8) USC - Upstate................................................... $ 330,928;

(9) USC - Beaufort Campus................................... $ 183,437;

(10) USC - Lancaster Campus................................. $ 145,010;

(11) USC - Salkehatchie Campus............................. $ 145,010;

(12) USC - Sumter Campus...................................... $ 145,010;

(13) USC - Union Campus....................................... $ 145,010;

(14) Winthrop University.......................................... $ 362,400; and

(15) State Technical Colleges and State Board for

Technical and Comprehensive Education..... $ 4,123,674.

Each institution shall use the amount appropriated only for technology repair and related technology maintenance and/or upgrades that are necessary to support an institution's educational purpose.

Prior to the utilization of these funds, institutions must certify to the Commission on Higher Education, in a manner it prescribes, the extent to which they have met this requirement.

Funds appropriated within this provision to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for High Demand Job Skill Training Equipment shall be distributed to each public technical college based on a formula to be developed by the State Boards system office.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education entitled South Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine Study, the Commission shall expend no more than $200,000 to facilitate and/or procure a study regarding the costs and benefits to the State and its residents of establishing a South Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine at, or to be affiliated with, South Carolina State University and/or the Universitys Public Service Activities Division, or a combination of both. The Commission shall study, or cause to be studied, issues related to the demand of South Carolina students for access to Veterinary medicine education versus the supply, or lack thereof, at colleges outside of South Carolina, as well as other matters related to access and affordability for South Carolina resident students interested in pursuing an education in Veterinary medicine, and the income potential versus expense requirements, including operational and facility and other capital costs, of establishing a South Carolina College of Veterinary Medicine at South Carolina State University. The Commission shall seek, or cause to be sought, input and assistance from, at minimum, South Carolina State University, the Southeastern Regional Education Board, the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education, the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and any other state agency of government, including other state institutions of higher learning as the Commission deems appropriate. Any state agency or institution the Commission requests for assistance with this study shall cooperate with the Commission in fulfilling its obligations as required under this provision. The Commission shall report its findings to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Education and Public Works Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on or before March fifteenth of the current fiscal year. Funds not expended by the Commission for this purpose shall accrue to the Commissions account for provision of Need Based Grants.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Research University STEM Equipment, the commission shall disburse the funds to Clemson University, the University of South Carolina-Columbia, and the Medical University of South Carolina proportionally based on each institution's proportion of general fund appropriation in Part 1A of Act 97 of 2017 as compared to the general fund appropriation in that Act for the three institutions in total.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Carolina Careers Cluster Grant (1:1 match), upon application by an eligible institution as defined in this paragraph, the commission shall disburse $200,000 to Voorhees College and $50,000 each to Benedict College and Claflin University provided that each were recipients of a single competitive grant from a private sector endowment of not less than $1,000,000 within the immediately two preceding fiscal years, the proceeds of which are intended to better prepare students for employment in high paying job clusters across the State. Funds must be spent on students and/or student support services directly related to the private sector grantor's initiative and for no other purpose. Prior to disbursement, the commission shall verify that an eligible institution will provide no less than a 1 to 1 match of the funds to be disbursed.

Funds appropriated to the Department of Education for Reading Partners shall be allocated to Reading Partners and must be used to increase the number of reading interventions for students in low performing schools in grades K-5. The Office of Early Learning and Literacy shall specify planning criteria to be submitted by Reading Partners no later than July 15 of the current fiscal year. Planning criteria shall include, but is not limited to, pre and post assessment data, parental and family literacy engagement, summer learning support and building school level capacity for intervention. The department shall report to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the House Education Committee by June 15, 2019 on the impact of the program.

Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education for Memorial Professorship, the Commission shall disburse the funds to the State's only non-profit, four-year comprehensive institution of higher learning that was first established as a college in 1908, provided that the college is SACS accredited and has at least forty percent or more minority enrollment. The college must utilize the funds in support for a memorial professorship(s) for the purpose of helping the college recruit and retain faculty members whose research, teaching and service uniquely contribute to the mission of the college.

Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for SPICE Program, the board shall transfer the funds to Greenville Technical College, upon which the college, from the entirety of the funds allocated to it pursuant to this Act, must dedicate no less than $250,000 annually towards the creation and/or maintenance of a "Self-Paced In-Classroom Education" (SPICE) program designed to prepare eligible citizens for re-entry into the workforce through gainful employment in skilled and other professions.

Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for Workforce Pathways Funding (Non-Pilot Technical Colleges), the board shall distribute the funds to eligible public technical colleges based on the same formula developed by the board pursuant to the second paragraph of Part 1B, Section 25.7 of this Act, provided that no eligible public technical college receives an allocation greater than $300,000 pursuant to this provision. For purposes of this provision, eligible public technical colleges are limited to colleges that do not receive a special allocation pursuant to the first paragraph of Part 1B, Section 25.7 of this Act.

Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Education for School Safety - Facility and Infrastructure Safety Upgrades, the department shall allocate the funds to school districts for the purpose of funding life safety infrastructure for school facilities projects. For the purpose of this provision, "school facilities" means only facilities necessary for instructional and related supporting purposes including, but not limited to, classrooms, libraries, media centers, laboratories, cafeterias, physical education spaces, related interior and exterior facilities. Eligible school facility projects shall include, but not necessarily be limited to items such as: (a) door locks, (b) security cameras, and (c) metal detectors. For purposes of this provision, school facilities shall not include unimproved real property, centralized district administration facilities, or other facilities, including those normally identified with interscholastic sports activities.

The department shall develop and maintain an application process for school districts to request funding for qualified school projects and establish policies, procedures, and priorities for the making of grants pursuant to this provision. In establishing these procedures, the department shall utilize the school facilities report among other sources. At least twice a year and upon receipt of applications pursuant to the application process adopted by the department, the department shall prioritize the eligible projects with the greatest need and shall submit a list of recommended grant awards to the State Board of Education. Grants shall be awarded upon an affirmative vote of the State Board.

The financial assistance provided to school districts pursuant to this provision must be used for the eligible school facility project. The department is responsible for establishing policies and procedures to ensure that funds are expended in a manner consistent with this provision.

Following the close of the fiscal year, the department shall submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education for the Palmetto Promise Scholarship Pilot, the board shall administer the South Carolina Promise Scholarship program for residents of the plaintiff trial districts in Abbeville County School District et al vs. South Carolina, as determined by the State Department of Education, who are seeking an associates degree, certificate, or diploma from any eligible postsecondary institution under the following terms and conditions:

(1) To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be admitted to a postsecondary institution, must be enrolled in at least six credit hours at the institution, and within six years of his application for the scholarship either must have obtained a high school diploma from an eligible high school or must have obtained a GED while residing in the attendance zone of an eligible high school. A student who previously has received a bachelors degree is not eligible for the scholarship.

(2) Students applying for the scholarship shall complete the South Carolina Promise Scholarship application and the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) for the current fiscal year.

(3) To continue to receive a South Carolina Promise Scholarship in the current fiscal year, a student must maintain a 2.0 grade point average as determined by the policies established by the board.

(4) Scholarship recipients shall participate in a mentoring program pursuant to policies established by the board. Mentoring must include, but is not limited to:

(a) communicating frequently and consistently throughout program participation;

(b) developing a personalized student success plan, which must include concrete steps towards program completion and job placement and identify and make contingency plans for potential obstacles to program completion;

(d) financial planning.

(5) Subject to funds appropriated by the General Assembly, a South Carolina Promise Scholarship must cover the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, program fees, and books, up to a maximum of two thousand dollars in the fiscal year, at the eligible postsecondary institution attended less all other gift aid. Gift aid which must be credited first.

(6) A South Carolina Promise Scholarship is portable, meaning a student may use it toward covering the cost of any eligible postsecondary institution in the State and it transfers with a student who transfers from one such institution to another such institution.

(7) A South Carolina Promise Scholarship student who has an approved medical or personal leave of absence from an eligible postsecondary institution may continue to receive the scholarship upon resuming his education at an eligible postsecondary institution so long as the student continues to meet all applicable eligibility requirements. The sum of all approved leaves of absence shall not exceed six months. A student must be eligible for the South Carolina Promise Scholarship until the occurrence of the first of the following events:

(a) the student has earned a diploma or associate degree; or

(b) the student has attended an eligible postsecondary institution as a South Carolina Promise Scholarship student for two semesters if the institution is on a semester system, or its equivalent if the institution is on a system other than a semester system. This semester limit may not include an approved leave of absence.

(8) A student with a documented learning disability must be eligible for the South Carolina Promise Scholarship until the occurrence of the first of the following events:

(a) the student has earned a certificate, diploma, or associate degree; or

(b) the sum of the number of years the student has attended an eligible postsecondary institution, exclusive of approved leaves of absence, equals three years from the date of his initial enrollment at an eligible postsecondary institution.

(9) Except for a medical or personal leave of absence, as approved by an eligible postsecondary institution, a South Carolina Promise Scholarship student shall maintain continuous enrollment at an eligible postsecondary institution.

By June thirtieth of the current fiscal year, the board must submit a report to the General Assembly detailing the number of scholarships awarded, the total amount of the scholarships, and the number of semester hours earned by scholarship recipients.

As used in this proviso:

(1) Continuous enrollment means enrollment by a student in the fall and spring semesters of the fiscal year; except enrollment in summer semester or intersession terms is not required.

(2) Eligible high school means a public secondary school, public charter school, private secondary school approved by the State Board of Education, or home school in the plaintiff trial districts in Abbeville County School District et al vs. South Carolina.

(3) Eligible postsecondary institution means public technical education colleges.

(4) Eligible postsecondary program means a curriculum of courses leading to a certificate, diploma, or associate degree at an eligible postsecondary institution. Courses taken at a four-year postsecondary institution prior to admission in, or that fulfill prerequisite requirements for, an eligible postsecondary program may not be considered part of the eligible postsecondary program.

(5) Gift aid means financial aid received from the federal Pell grant, a tuition grant as provided in Chapter 113, Title 59, a LIFE Scholarship as provided in Chapter 149, Title 59, a lottery-funded scholarship as provided in Chapter 150, Title 59, or a combination thereof.

(6) Home school means a high school in a home school created and operated in compliance with the provisions of Sections 59-65-40, 59-65-45, or 59-65-47.

(7) Resident means a person is considered domiciled in this State pursuant to Section 59-112-20.

(8) SBTCE or board means the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.

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