Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:313 Ratification Number:262 Act Number:255 Primary Sponsor:Setzler Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Higher Education Commission, educational reports Date Bill Passed both Bodies:Jan 15, 1992 Computer Document Number:313 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Feb 19, 1992 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:Jun 06, 1991 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Feb 19, 1992 Last History Type:Act No. 255 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Setzler Mullinax Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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313 ------ Feb 19, 1992 Act No. 255
313 ------ Feb 19, 1992 Signed by Governor
313 ------ Feb 13, 1992 Ratified R 262
313 Senate Jan 15, 1992 Concurred in House amendment,
enrolled for ratification
313 House Jan 14, 1992 Read third time, returned to
Senate with amendment
313 House Jun 06, 1991 Unanimous consent for third
reading on next Legislative
day
313 House Jun 06, 1991 Amended, read second time
313 House Jun 05, 1991 Recalled from Committee 21
313 House Mar 14, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
313 Senate Mar 13, 1991 Read third time, sent to House
313 Senate Mar 12, 1991 Amended, read second time,
ordered to third reading with
notice of general amendments
313 Senate Mar 07, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 04
with amendment
313 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 04
time, referred to Committee
313 Senate Nov 19, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 04
Committee
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(A255, R262, S313)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-350 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO SUBMIT CERTAIN ANNUAL REPORTS RELATING TO THIS STATE'S PUBLIC, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINNING IN 1993, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORTS AND FOR THE SECURING OF INFORMATION FOR THE ANNUAL REPORTS FROM THIS STATE'S TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Annual reports
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-350. (A) The Commission on Higher Education shall submit an annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly. The annual report must be published prior to January fifteenth of each year beginning in 1993 and presented in a readable format so as to easily compare with peer institutions in South Carolina and other Southern Regional Education Board states the state's public, post-secondary institutions. Prior to publication, the Commission on Higher Education shall distribute a draft of the report to all public, post-secondary institutions and shall allow comment upon the draft report. The Commission on Higher Education shall develop and adopt a format for the report and shall insure consistent reporting and collecting of the data in the report by the institutions.
(B) Each four-year, post-secondary institution shall submit to the commission the following information for inclusion in the report, with the South Carolina Department of Corrections' students identified and reported separately:
(1) the number and percentage of accredited programs and the number and percentage of programs eligible for accreditation;
(2) the number and percentage of undergraduate and graduate students who completed their degree program;
(3) the percent of lower division instructional courses taught by full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and graduate assistants;
(4) the percent and number of students enrolled in remedial courses and the number of students exiting remedial courses and successfully completing entry-level curriculum courses;
(5) the percent of graduate and upper division undergraduate students participating in sponsored research programs;
(6) placement data on graduates;
(7) the percent change in the enrollment rate of students from minority groups and the change in the total number of minority students enrolled over the past five years;
(8) the percent of graduate students who received undergraduate degrees at the institution, within the State, within the United States, and from other nations;
(9) the number of full-time students who have transferred from a two-year, post-secondary institution and the number of full-time students who have transferred to two-year, post-secondary institutions;
(10) student scores on professional examinations with detailed information on state and national means, passing scores, and pass rates, as available, and with information on such scores over time, and the number of students taking each exam; and
(11) appropriate information relating to each institution's role and mission.
(C) Each two-year, post-secondary institution shall submit to the commission the following information for inclusion in the report:
(1) the number and percentage of accredited programs and the number and percentage of programs eligible for accreditation;
(2) the number and percentage of undergraduate students who completed their degree program;
(3) the percent of courses taught by full-time faculty members, part-time faculty, and graduate assistants;
(4) placement rate on graduates;
(5) the percent change in the enrollment rate of students from minority groups and the change in the total number of minority students enrolled over the past five years;
(6) the number of students who have transferred into a four-year, post-secondary institution and the number of students who have transferred from four-year, post-secondary institutions; and
(7) appropriate information relating to the institution's role and mission.
(D) The Commission on Higher Education also shall develop with the cooperation of the public, post-secondary institutions, a uniform set of questions to be included in surveys to be used by each public, post-secondary institution in determining alumni satisfaction. The survey instruments must address the issues of overall satisfaction, satisfaction with major instruction, impact of general education, and current societal participation of alumni. Every two years the graduating class of three years prior must be surveyed by each institution using appropriate statistical techniques. Information from these surveys must be included every two years in the annual report as required herein.
(E) The Commission on Higher Education shall make no funding recommendation, capital outlay recommendation, distribution or certification on behalf of any public, post-secondary institution that has not submitted the information required pursuant to this section.
(F) After discussions with the institutions, the Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Education Committee shall develop the format for the higher education report as required herein.
(G) The Commission on Higher Education is required to submit an annual report on the progress of institutions of higher education in implementing assessment programs, and in their achievement of effectiveness goals.
(H) The report required by this section must be filed in magnetic media form if the information is available in that form."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 19th day of February, 1992.