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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3602 Ratification Number:457 Act Number:327 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010220 Primary Sponsor:Townsend All Sponsors:Townsend and Harrell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20231sd01.doc Companion Bill Number:362 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20020606 Date of Last Amendment:20020606 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20020624 Subject:Education Oversight Committee, Superintendent of Education or designee added as ex officio nonvoting member History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20020708 Act No. A327 ------ 20020624 Signed by Governor ------ 20020606 Ratified R457 House 20020606 Conference Committee Report 98 HCC adopted, enrolled for ratification House 20020606 Conference Committee Report adopted 98 HCC Senate 20010530 Appointed Senator to Committee of 98 HCC Short Conference, replacing Senator Setzler House 20010529 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Walker appointed Reps. to Committee of Lloyd Conference Townsend Senate 20010524 Conference powers granted, 88 SCC Ravenel appointed Senators to Committee Setzler of Conference Matthews Senate 20010524 Insists upon amendment House 20010516 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment ------ 20010510 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20010509 Read third time, returned to House with amendment Senate 20010508 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20010508 Committee amendment adopted Senate 20010503 Committee report: Favorable with 04 SED amendment Senate 20010424 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee House 20010419 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010418 Read second time House 20010411 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW ------ 20010222 Companion Bill No. 362 House 20010220 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 11, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 3, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 8, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 10, 2001 - Word format Revised on June 6, 2002 - Word format
(A327, R457, H3602)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-6-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SO AS TO ADD THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION OR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DESIGNEE AS AN EX OFFICIO NONVOTING MEMBER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Superintendent of Education added as nonvoting member
SECTION 1. Section 59-6-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 400 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-6-10. (A) In order to assist in, recommend, and supervise implementation of programs and expenditure of funds for the Education Accountability Act and the Education Improvement Act of 1984, the Education Oversight Committee is to serve as the oversight committee for these acts. The Education Oversight Committee shall:
(1) review and monitor the implementation and evaluation of the Education Accountability Act and Education Improvement Act programs and funding;
(2) make programmatic and funding recommendations to the General Assembly;
(3) report annually to the General Assembly, State Board of Education, and the public on the progress of the programs;
(4) recommend Education Accountability Act and EIA program changes to state agencies and other entities as it considers necessary.
Each state agency and entity responsible for implementing the Education Accountability Act and the Education Improvement Act funded programs shall submit to the Education Oversight Committee programs and expenditure reports and budget requests as needed and in a manner prescribed by the Education Oversight Committee.
The committee consists of the following persons:
(1) Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee;
(2) President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his designee;
(3) Chairman of the Education and Public Works Committee of the House of Representatives or his designee;
(4) Chairman of the Education Committee of the Senate or his designee;
(5) Governor or his designee;
(6) Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives or his designee;
(7) Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate or his designee;
(8) State Superintendent of Education or the superintendent's designee who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member;
(9) five members representing business and industry who must have experience in business, management, or policy to be appointed as follows: one by the Governor, one by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House, one by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and one by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee; and
(10) five members representing public education teachers and principals to be appointed as follows: one by the Governor, one by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the House, one by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and one by the Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee.
Initial appointment must be made by July 31, 1998, at which time the Governor or his designee shall call the first meeting. At the initial meeting, a chairman elected from the members representing the business and industry appointees and a vice chairman representing the education members shall be elected by a majority vote of the committee. The members appointed pursuant to items (1) through (8) may serve notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-13-770. Their terms of office on the committee must be coterminous with their terms of office as Governor, Superintendent of Education, or members of the General Assembly.
(B) The terms of office of the members of the Education Oversight Committee, except for the legislative members, Governor, and State Superintendent of Education, are four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify except of those first appointed the terms must be staggered as follows:
(1) initial terms of two years shall be served by the two members of the business and industry community appointed by the chairmen of the Education Committees;
(2) initial terms of three years shall be served by the members of the education community appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House; and
(3) all other voting members shall serve initial four-year terms. The terms of chairman and vice chairman shall be two years. At the end of each two-year term, an election must be held for the chairmanship and vice chairmanship by majority vote of the members attending with quorum present. No member shall serve more than four consecutive years as chairman or vice chairman.
Members of the committee shall meet no less than once a quarter and annually shall submit their findings and recommendations to the General Assembly before March first of each fiscal year. The staff positions of the Education Oversight Committee and the people presently in those positions initially shall be transferred to the Education Oversight Committee as administrative staff to carry out its functions."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 6th day of June, 2002.
Approved the 24th day of June, 2002.
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