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Senate Amendment 34A
S 935 - Session 124 (2021-2022)
Education Scholarships Account, created
Senator FANNING proposed the following amendment (WAB\935C052.RT.WAB22):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 2, Section 59-8-150 by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:
/( ) An education service provider must be governed by a board of trustees who serve staggered terms of four years in length. A board member may not serve:
(1) in a holdover status beyond the expiration date of his term; or
(2) more than two terms. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 59-8-160(A) and (B) and inserting:
/(A) There is created the ' ESTF Review Panel' that shall serve as an advisory panel to the department.
(B) The review panel shall consist of sixteen members, pursuant to the following:
(1) the Governor or his designee, who shall serve as the chair of the panel;
(2) three members to be appointed by the Governor;
(3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(4) one member appointed by the President of the Senate;
(5) one member appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee;
(6) one member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee;
(7) two parents of ESA students to be appointed by the Governor;
(8) the State Superintendent of Education or their designee;
(9) the South Carolina Department of Education's Deputy Superintendent for College and Career Readiness or their designee;
(10) the South Carolina Department of Education's Director of Assessment or their designee; and
(11) three members of the State Board of Education appointed by the Chair of the State Board of Education. /