H 4986 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H 4986 Concurrent Resolution, By Townsend, Allison and Stille
A Concurrent Resolution to establish a joint legislative committee to study
the governance, structure, and operation of higher education in South Carolina
and to provide for the manner in which the report of the committee due no
later than January 1, 1996, shall be compiled and submitted which shall
include regional hearings.
03/29/94 House Introduced HJ-7
03/29/94 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-8
04/21/94 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Education and Public Works HJ-3
05/10/94 House Debate adjourned HJ-142
05/18/94 House Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 19, 1994 HJ-53
06/02/94 House Debate adjourned HJ-54
COMMITTEE REPORT
April 21, 1994
H. 4986
Introduced by REPS. Townsend, Stille and Allison
S. Printed 4/21/94--H.
Read the first time March 29, 1994.
THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLIC
WORKS
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4986), to
establish a Joint Legislative Committee to study the governance,
structure, and operation of higher education in South Carolina, etc.,
respectfully
REPORT:
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and
recommend that the same do pass with amendment:
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by striking item (A) which
begins on line 15, page 2, and inserting:
/(A) Four members of the committee shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives from that body and four
members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
from that body. At least one member of the committee appointed by the
Speaker of the House from that body and at least one member of the
committee appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from
that body shall be an African-American, and at least one other member
of the committee appointed by the Speaker of the House from that body
and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from that body must be a
female. A chairman shall be elected from among the membership of the
committee. The committee shall be convened no later than August 1,
1994./
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, by striking item (D)
which begins on line 11, page 3, and inserting:
/(D) The committee shall conclude its work and issue its final report
by June 1, 1995. The final report shall be submitted to the House
Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Education
Committee, and upon submission of its final report, the committee shall
be dissolved./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
OLIN R. PHILLIPS, for Committee.
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO ESTABLISH A JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO STUDY
THE GOVERNANCE, STRUCTURE, AND OPERATION OF
HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO PROVIDE
FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE DUE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 1996, SHALL
BE COMPILED AND SUBMITTED WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
REGIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
Whereas, the connection is clear between higher education and
economic growth, between higher education and social progress,
between higher education and a responsible citizenry; and
Whereas, South Carolina has the goal of a partnership of higher
education, business, industry, and government to promote the growth of
professional and technical manpower, to provide the research necessary
for full development of resources, and to speed the economic progress
of the State; and
Whereas, concern over the diminished flow of public monies to colleges
and universities at an unprecedented time of social and economic change
may cause colleges and universities to slip into mediocrity or worse; and
Whereas, the balance between regulation and coordination of higher
education in South Carolina must be evaluated within the parameters of
governance, programming, and funding; and
Whereas, colleges and universities must scrutinize spending priorities as
rigorously as businesses have been forced to do so that consumers of
higher education obtain the greatest value for their dollar; and
Whereas, the Commission on Higher Education, with the unanimous
consent of the Advisory Council on Planning, which includes all senior
institutional presidents and the executive director of the State Board for
Technical and Comprehensive Education, recommended a
comprehensive review of the status of higher education, the
commission's activities, and the attainment of state goals for higher
education. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That a joint legislative committee to study the governance and operation
of higher education in South Carolina and the institutional structures of
higher education is established as follows:
(A) Four members of the committee shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives from that body and four members shall
be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from that body.
A chairman shall be elected from among the membership of the
committee. The committee shall be convened no later than August 1,
1994.
(B) The committee shall conduct a comprehensive review of the current
governance structure of higher education including statewide
coordinating and oversight measures currently sustained. The
committee shall examine national trends and reform efforts in higher
education governance structures, including the advantages and
disadvantages of increasing or decreasing the oversight role of state
level governance of higher education. In the course of the study the
committee shall examine the lines of authority and the relationship
between the respective boards of trustees and the Commission on Higher
Education.
Furthermore, the committee shall investigate how higher education
opportunities are currently provided to South Carolina students by
examining the structures of higher education institutions at all levels.
Such issues, among others, which the committee shall study by
institution are:
(1) the rate of the expansion of institutional roles and missions
compared to the state's needs;
(2) the expenditure and distribution of all educational resources;
(3) any factors that skew institutional perspectives such as issues
related athletics, tenure tracking, and expansion efforts;
(4) the degree of emphasis on research, teaching, and service; and (5) the effects of the priorities set forth by colleges and universities.
Additionally, the committee shall solicit topics of inquiry from all
public and private institutions in the State and the Commission on
Higher Education.
(C) The Commission on Higher Education and the staff of the public
institutions of higher education shall cooperate fully with the committee
including providing staff support and other in-kind resources as
requested by the committee.
(D) The committee shall conclude its work by June 30, 1995, with a
preliminary report of its findings. Regional public hearings shall be held
on the findings by October 15, 1995. A final report shall be submitted
to the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate
Education Committee by January 1, 1996, at which time the committee
shall be dissolved.
(E) Members of the committee shall receive the usual mileage,
subsistence, and per diem paid by law to members of the General
Assembly to be paid from approved accounts of both houses.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the
Commission on Higher Education, the boards of trustees of the public
colleges and universities of this State, the State Board for Technical and
Comprehensive Education, the Council of College Presidents, the
Council of Independent Colleges, and the Business Advisory
Committee.
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