Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 103, Title 59 is amended by adding:
"Section 59-103-22. The University of Charleston, South Carolina, as provided for in this chapter is hereby designated a 'research institution' as provided in Section 59-103-15 (B)(1), and as such is eligible to participate in South Carolina Research Centers of Economic Excellence as provided in Title 2, Chapter 75. The University of Charleston, South Carolina, shall submit a mission statement corresponding with its designation as a research institution before January 1, 2015, and this mission statement must be approved by the Commission on Higher Education before April 1, 2015. The University of Charleston, South Carolina, shall not duplicate any degree programs offered in the Charleston region. The provisions of this section do not alter the designation of the College of Charleston as a four year liberal arts college. The University of Charleston, South Carolina, and the College of Charleston must each be established as separate budget sections in the annual appropriations bill."
SECTION 2. Section 2-75-5 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-75-5.
(A) This chapter is known and may be
cited as the 'South Carolina Research Centers of Economic
Excellence Act'.
(B) The General
Assembly finds that:
(1)
it is in the public interest to create incentives for the
senior research universities of South Carolina consisting of
Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina,
the University of Charleston, South Carolina, and the
University of South Carolina to raise capital from the private
sector to fund endowments for professorships in research areas
targeted to create well-paying jobs and enhanced economic
opportunities for the people of South Carolina;
(2)
these endowed professorships should be used to recruit and
maintain leading scientists and engineers at the senior research
universities of South Carolina for the purposes of developing
and leveraging the research capabilities of the universities for
the creation of well-paying jobs and enhanced economic
opportunities in knowledge-based industries for all South
Carolinians;
(3)
in communities across the United States in which better
paying jobs and enhanced economic development in knowledge-based
industries has flourished, the local or state government has
created incentives and made a long-term commitment to public and
private funding for a significant number of endowments for
professorships in targeted knowledge-based industries;
(4)
the South Carolina Education Lottery provides a source of
funding and an incentive for the senior research universities to
raise, in dollar-for-dollar matching amounts, sums from nonstate
sources sufficient to create endowed professorships;
(5)
these endowed professorships should be awarded to the
senior research universities through a competitive application
process, provided that the competitive process must encourage
the senior research universities to submit cooperative
applications with one another as well as in cooperation with
other institutions of higher education;
and
(6)
these endowed professorships, funded equally from the
South Carolina Education Lottery and from other nonstate
sources, provide a foundation for the creation of centers of
economic excellence; and
(7)
these endowed professorships and senior research
universities shall seek collaboration and develop partnerships
with similarly focused programs at the state's technical
colleges to meet the workforce demands of South Carolina's
growing economy."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
/ TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-103-22 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AS A RESEARCH INSTITUTION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH CENTERS OF ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE, TO REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY SHALL SUBMIT A CORRESPONDING MISSION STATEMENT TO THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL APPROVE THE MISSION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO CERTAIN DEADLINES, TO PROVIDE THE UNIVERSITY SHALL NOT DUPLICATE ANY DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE CHARLESTON REGION, TO PROVIDE THAT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SHALL REMAIN A FOUR-YEAR LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, AND TO PROVIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON MUST EACH BE ESTABLISHED AS SEPARATE BUDGET SECTIONS IN THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-2-75, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH CENTERS OF ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE ACT, SO AS TO ADD THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO THE SENIOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN INCENTIVES AND PROVIDED WITH CERTAIN POWERS RELATING TO RAISING CAPITAL FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO FUND CERTAIN ENDOWMENTS RELATED TO RESEARCH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHALL NOT DUPLICATE ANY DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE CHARLESTON REGION. /