H*4520 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H*4520 Concurrent Resolution, By J.T. McElveen, Alexander, J.J. Bailey,
R.A. Barber, Boan, A.W. Byrd, T.L. Farr, J.G. Felder, J.L. Harris, Harvin,
J.H. Hodges, W.S. Houck, Jennings, Kennedy, H.H. Keyserling, C.V. Marchbanks,
D.E. Martin, J.G. Mattos, D.E. McTeer, Phillips, T.F. Rogers, J.J. Snow,
C.Y. Waites, L.S. Whipper and Wilkes
A Concurrent Resolution to establish a committee to study issues relating to
middle, junior high, and high school students who likely will not attend
college or will drop out of school, including considerations pertaining to
apprentice programs, mentorship programs, community service and business
approaches, the tech-prep program, post-secondary options programs, and
incentives for graduating from high school.
03/04/92 House Introduced HJ-48
03/04/92 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-48
04/09/92 House Recalled from Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-87
04/15/92 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-44
04/16/92 Senate Introduced SJ-12
04/16/92 Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-15
04/22/92 Senate Committee report: Favorable Education SJ-9
04/29/92 Senate Amended and adopted SJ-346
04/29/92 Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-347
05/05/92 House Concurred in amendment HJ-43
ADOPTED BY THE SENATE
April 29, 1992
H. 4520
Introduced by REPS. McElveen, Mattos, J. Bailey, Farr, Keyserling,
Whipper, Jennings, Waites, Houck, D. Martin, Snow, Phillips, T.C.
Alexander, Barber, Rogers, Byrd, Wilkes, Harvin, Felder, J. Harris,
Hodges, McTeer, Boan, Marchbanks and Kennedy
S. Printed 4/29/92--S.
Read the first time April 16, 1992.
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING
TO MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WHO LIKELY WILL NOT ATTEND COLLEGE OR WILL DROP
OUT OF SCHOOL, INCLUDING CONSIDERATIONS PERTAINING
TO APPRENTICE PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS,
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND BUSINESS APPROACHES, THE
TECH-PREP PROGRAM, POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS
PROGRAMS, AND INCENTIVES FOR GRADUATING FROM HIGH
SCHOOL.
Amend Title To Conform
Whereas, South Carolina will not be able to grow and its citizens prosper
unless its students are adequately educated to confront the challenges of
a rapidly changing world; and
Whereas, almost one-third of South Carolina students drop out of high
school and the majority of students do not pursue post-secondary
education; and
Whereas, the education of those students who take general curriculum
courses in high school too often leave them inadequately prepared to
enter the job market upon leaving high school or to be productive
citizens; and
Whereas, these students are frequently called the "forgotten
half" because, while almost every other developed country in the
world provides meaningful joint education and work-related experiences
to encourage responsible citizenship and to develop work skills, the
United States does not specifically address these students' education
needs which results in one of the highest dropout rates, highest youth
unemployment rates, highest youth crime rates, and highest
children-in-poverty rates among developed countries. South Carolina
unfortunately ranks even worse than the United States in some of these
categories; and
Whereas, accountability measures established by the Education Finance
Act and Education Improvement Act and continued by the Target 2000
Act have certain provisions that provide programs and funding for these
types of students; and
Whereas, as the requirements of employment become more and more
sophisticated, South Carolina must do a better job of working with
noncollege bound high school students to make sure they are prepared
for today's workplace; and
Whereas, South Carolina's broad goal in education must be to challenge
every student to achieve his highest level of ability while assuring at the
same time that every child is educated sufficiently to become a
productive member of society. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That a committee is created to study issues relating to middle, junior
high, and high school students who likely will not attend college or will
drop out of school, including as areas of study such critical issues as
early career counseling of these students, the Tech-Prep program,
mentorship programs including the Learning Web Program, the new
Oregon and Kentucky reform legislation, post-secondary options
programs, the German, Dutch, and Swedish apprenticeship programs,
the experience based career education and cooperative education
programs, Job Corps program, school-within-a-school business
academies, community service, and incentives for graduating from high
school.
This committee shall investigate what is currently being provided to
South Carolina students who are not college-bound, and compare that to
what is being provided to students in leading developed countries and
other states against which South Carolina businesses and industries
compete for economic development. Such items, among others, of
which the committee shall make a comparative study, are:
(1) the use of workplaces in community settings as learning
environments;
(2) the link between successful employment and work
experiences and academic learning through apprenticeship learning
arrangements;
(3) the transition from school to work community responsibility;
(4) the fostering of close relationships between youth and adult
mentors; and
(5) simultaneous experiences as a worker with real responsibility
and a learner.
The committee shall consist of thirty-five members appointed as
provided herein. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Superintendent of
Education, the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, the
Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, and the
Chairman of the Business-Education Subcommittee shall each appoint
three members of the committee. The chairman of the committee must
be elected by the committee and must not be primarily engaged in the
field of education.
The Commissioner of Higher Education, Executive Director of the State
Technical and Comprehensive Education System, and Executive
Director of the Employment Security Commission shall each appoint
two members to the committee. The remaining members of the
committee must be appointed by the Commissioner of Higher Education
from the following professional organizations:
(1) one member appointed upon recommendation of the State
Teacher Forum;
(2) one principal of a public high school of this State appointed
upon recommendation of the Secondary School Principals Association;
(3) one superintendent of a school district of this State appointed
upon recommendation of the South Carolina Administrators
Association;
(4) one member appointed upon recommendation of the South
Carolina Vocational Directors Association;
(5) one member appointed upon recommendation of the South
Carolina Association of Adult Education Directors;
(6) one member appointed upon recommendation of the State
Chamber of Commerce;
(7) one member appointed upon recommendation of the Council
of College Presidents; and
(8) one member appointed upon recommendation of the Council
of Technical College Presidents.
A staff analysis team shall provide support for the committee. This team
shall include the research directors of the Senate Education Committee
and the House Education and Public Works Committee, the research
director of the EIA Select Committee, and the executive director of the
Business-Education Subcommittee. Other state officials or employees
also shall provide help to the committee and the staff analysis team as
is required.
Upon adoption of this resolution, the staff analysis team shall meet and
develop a strategy to secure the appointments for this committee.
Forty-five days after this resolution is adopted, the staff analysis team
shall poll the appointees made by that date to determine a suitable
meeting date. Upon completion of the poll, a date to have the first
meeting to organize the committee must be set. Individuals or
organizations which have not made or recommended appointments by
that date must be reminded of the need to make their appointments or
recommendations and apprised of the first meeting date.
Of the funds allocated to the EIA Select Committee for the evaluation
of education programs and policies, up to $50,000 may be expended for
the studies and work of the committee.
The committee and staff analysis team shall work with such
organizations as the National Alliance of Business in determining which
components of total quality management may effectively apply to
secondary schools in general and particularly to the education of
disadvantaged and students who may drop out of school or not attend
college. The committee shall work with such organizations as the
National Center for Education and the Economy, the National Alliance
for Restructuring Education, and Business Roundtable to determine how
the education processes, employment and training practices, and
community services may need to be redesigned for students aged twelve
to nineteen who typically enter the job market directly after leaving
school or who may drop out of school. The committee shall seek the
assistance of the Southern Regional Education Board and Education
Commission of the States in their study and deliberations of the most
promising and effective options for South Carolina. In its discretion, the
committee may contract with independent entities for any evaluations or
studies deemed appropriate by the committee to carry out its role as
prescribed herein.
By December 15, 1992, the committee shall issue its first interim report
of any findings and policy or funding changes that need to be initiated
as a first phase to redesign the education and related systems or further
carry out this study. By June 15, 1993, the committee shall issue its
second interim report proposing the next phase of needed changes, and
by December 15, 1993, it shall issue its final report. The Select
Committee and Business-Education Subcommittee are responsible for
monitoring the implementation of the committee's recommendations. To
assist in the implementation of this resolution, the committee may create
such advisory committees and subcommittees of its membership as it
considers necessary. All reports of this committee shall be submitted to
the House Education and Public Works Committee, the Senate
Education Committee, the EIA Select Committee, the Business-Education Subcommittee and the Business-Education Partnership.
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