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A252, R260, H4145
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. White, Clemmons, Goldfinch, Yow, W.J. McLeod, Horne, Murphy, Erickson, Duckworth, Gagnon, Gambrell, Hardwick, Jordan, Long, Lowe, Pitts, Sandifer, Thayer, Willis, Loftis, Alexander, Johnson, Whipper, M.S. McLeod, Mitchell, Henegan, Anderson, Rivers and R.L. Brown
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Introduced in the House on May 6, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2016
Last Amended on June 1, 2016
Passed by the General Assembly on June 2, 2016
Governor's Action: June 8, 2016, Signed
Summary: Coordinating Council for Workforce Development
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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5/6/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 43)
5/6/2015 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 43)
5/14/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis
5/21/2015 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and
Means (House Journal-page 28)
5/26/2015 Scrivener's error corrected
5/27/2015 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-28-15
(House Journal-page 37)
5/28/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander
5/28/2015 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 6-2-15
(House Journal-page 20)
6/2/2015 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 6-3-15
(House Journal-page 46)
6/4/2015 House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 9)
6/3/2015 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 6-3-15
6/16/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
6/17/2015 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper
1/12/2016 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 1-20-16
(House Journal-page 128)
1/20/2016 House Requests for debate-Rep(s). White, Atwater, HA Crawford,
Ridgeway, Duckworth, Johnson, Sandifer, Whitmire,Neal,
Knight, Williams, Daning, Pitts, Gagnon, King,
Clyburn, Hosey, Corely, Wells, Felder, Hiott, Norman,
Spires, McKnight, Forrester, GR Smith, MS McLeod
1/21/2016 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.S.McLeod
1/27/2016 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell,
Henegan, Anderson, Rivers, R.L.Brown
1/27/2016 House Amended (House Journal-page 24)
1/27/2016 House Read second time (House Journal-page 24)
1/27/2016 House Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-5 (House Journal-page 66)
1/28/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
1/28/2016 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 25)
1/28/2016 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
1/28/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
(Senate Journal-page 8)
3/23/2016 Senate Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
(Senate Journal-page 2)
3/23/2016 Senate Committed to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 2)
5/25/2016 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
(Senate Journal-page 5)
5/26/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
5/31/2016 Senate Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted
(Senate Journal-page 53)
5/31/2016 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 53)
5/31/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 53)
6/1/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
6/1/2016 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 29)
6/1/2016 Senate Read third time and returned to House with amendments
(Senate Journal-page 29)
6/1/2016 Senate Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 29)
6/1/2016 Scrivener's error corrected
6/2/2016 House Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
(House Journal-page 36)
6/2/2016 House Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 36)
6/2/2016 Ratified R 260
6/8/2016 Signed By Governor
6/14/2016 Effective date 06/08/16
6/14/2016 Act No. 252
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
5/6/2015
5/21/2015
5/26/2015
1/27/2016
1/28/2016
5/25/2016
5/26/2016
5/31/2016
6/1/2016
6/1/2016-A
6/1/2016-B
(A252, R260, H4145)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 13-1-2030 SO AS TO CREATE THE "COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT" TO MEET CERTAIN CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE NEEDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND TO ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
"Coordinating Council of Workforce Development" created
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 13 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 13-1-2030. (A) There is established the 'Coordinating Council of Workforce Development' which is created to engage in discussions, collaboration, and information sharing concerning the state's ability to prepare and train workers to meet current and future workforce needs. The coordinating council shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) the Secretary of the Department of Commerce or his designee;
(2) the State Superintendent of Education or his designee;
(3) the Executive Director of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education or his designee;
(4) the Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce or his designee;
(5) the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education or his designee;
(6) the president or provost of a research university who shall be selected by the presidents of the research universities;
(7) the president or provost of a four-year college or university who shall be selected by the presidents of the four-year universities;
(8) the president of a technical college who shall be appointed by the Chairman of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education;
(9) a person appointed by the Superintendent of Education who has particularized expertise regarding Chapter 59, Title 59, the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act; and
(10) a representative from the business community appointed by the President of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
(B)(1) The coordinating council shall:
(a) develop and implement procedures for sharing information and coordinating efforts among stakeholders to prepare the state's current and emerging workforce to meet the needs of the state's economy. The primary workforce focus of the council shall be on persons over age twenty-one;
(b) make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning matters related to workforce development that exceed the council members' agencies' scope of authority to implement and legislation is required;
(c) recommend, to the General Assembly, programs intended to increase student access to and incentivize workforce training within state training programs or through programs offered by businesses through scholarships, grants, loans, tax credits, or other programs documented to be effective in addressing current and future workforce needs;
(d) develop a method for identifying and addressing long-term workforce needs;
(e) conduct an ongoing inventory of existing workforce programs to identify duplications among and within the programs and identify ineffective programs. The council may make recommendations concerning the appropriate actions necessary to eliminate duplication, improvements to ineffective programs so that the programs can achieve the desired result, or the elimination of programs that no longer meet workforce needs; and
(f) submit an annual progress report to the Governor and the General Assembly, by July first of each fiscal year, concerning the actions taken by the council during the previous fiscal year, and any recommendations for legislation or agency action. The council may submit additional reports on an ongoing basis as deemed necessary by the council chairman.
(2) The coordinating council may create subcommittees or advisory groups comprised of community or state or local government stakeholders to assist the council in carrying out the council's duties as contained in item (1).
(C) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce or his designee to the coordinating council shall be the coordinating council's chairman. (D) The Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Commerce, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education shall provide staff for the coordinating council."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2016.
Approved the 8th day of June, 2016.
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