South Carolina § 59-104-40 - Technical education system shall convert to semester calendar; limitation on offering of certain courses.
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§ 59-104-40. Technical education system shall convert to semester calendar; limitation on offering of certain courses.
(A) The technical education system in this State shall convert from the quarter calendar to the semester calendar, if funds are appropriated for this purpose. The Commission on Higher Education shall request state appropriations for the conversion to be funded and completed over a two-year period.
(B) The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, in consultation with the commission, shall limit the offering of courses designed for college transfer in those technical colleges that do not have approved college transfer programs. The offering of "college parallel" general education courses in institutions not authorized to award the associate in arts or associate in science degree is limited to those necessary to support approved nontransfer programs. The commission, after consultation with the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and with public senior colleges and universities, shall establish rules and procedures by which this limitation must be regulated. The commission shall establish procedures concerning courses acceptable for transfer as provided in Section 59-103-45(1).
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 629, SECTION 1; 1996 Act No. 359, SECTION 10.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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