Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EIA, page 325, after line 32, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/1A.__. (SDE-EIA: Adult Charter Pilot Program) From the funds appropriated to the South Carolina Public Charter School District, the district shall create parameters and guidelines for a one-year South Carolina Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program for the 2018-2019 school year, including the funding methodology to the adult charter high school. An adult charter high school granted a pilot program by the South Carolina Public Charter School District shall follow all requirements of the South Carolina Charter Schools Act of 1996 (Section 59-40-10, et. seq.) except as expressly provided for in this proviso. In order to be accepted into the pilot program, a non-profit entity must have a successful model of providing educational services, including industry certifications and job placement services, to adults age twenty-one and older whose education and training opportunities have been limited by educational disadvantages, disabilities, or poverty. An applicant to this pilot program must be a non-profit entity, offer flexible scheduling, complete a majority of the instruction of the school's curriculum in-person, and offer dual credit or industry certification coursework that aligns with the State's workforce development needs. Applicants for the pilot program must commit no less than five hundred thousand dollars toward development of the adult charter high school. An applicant to this pilot program must be sponsored by a two year technical college and maintain a cooperative agreement with its sponsor. Any adult charter high school granted a pilot program by the South Carolina Public Charter School District shall be designated an Alternative Education Campus (AEC). The governing board of an adult charter high school must be composed of at least seven members who are residents of the State of South Carolina. Membership of the board may be governed by the non-profit entity's bylaws and is not subject to the governing board election requirements as defined in Section 59-40-50(9). The adult charter high school shall be allowed to issue high school diplomas to students who have met state requirements for a high school diploma in South Carolina. The South Carolina Public Charter School District shall enter into a contract with the non-profit entity that is granted a pilot program, and the contract shall specify all roles, powers, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each party to the contract pursuant to this proviso and the South Carolina Charter Schools Act of 1996. The South Carolina Public Charter School District is prohibited from providing per pupil funding./
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