South Carolina Code 63-11-1730. Board of trustees; promulgation of comprehensive long-term initiative; regulations; policies
(1) develop and promulgate a comprehensive long-range initiative for improving early childhood development and increasing school readiness and literacy, which shall include the specific requirements of Chapter 152 of Title 59;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-11-1730
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) in accordance with the APA, promulgate regulations and establish guidelines, policies, and procedures for the continued implementation of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative;
(3) provide oversight on the continued implementation and evaluation of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness initiative at the state and local levels;
(4) establish and promulgate grant qualification requirements and a formula by which allocations for qualifying partnership grants shall be calculated;
(5) ensure the provision of technical assistance, consultation services and support to First Steps Partnerships including: the creation and annual revision of county needs assessments; the prioritization, implementation, and evaluation of each First Steps Partnership‘s strategic plans based on needs assessments; and the identification of assets from other funding sources;
(6) assess and develop recommendations for ensuring coordination and collaboration among service providers at both the state and county level, for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and funding and other programs and funding sources, as allowable, as necessary to carry out the First Steps to School Readiness initiative, including additional fiscal strategies, redeployment of state resources, and development of new programs;
(7) establish and promulgate results-oriented measures and objectives and assess whether services provided by First Steps Partnerships to children and families are meeting the goals and achieving the results established for the First Steps initiative pursuant to Chapter 152 of Title 59;
(8) receive gifts, bequests, and devises for deposit for awarding grants to First Steps Partnerships;
(9) report annually to the General Assembly by January first on activities and progress to include recommendations for changes and legislative initiatives and results of program evaluations;
(10) establish and promulgate internal policies and procedures to allow the board to operate optimally, which shall include, but not be limited to, an established and consistent process for decision making;
(11) develop, implement, and document an annual performance process for the Director of the Office of South Carolina First Steps;
(12) establish and promulgate bylaws for adoption by local First Steps Partnerships;
(13) establish core personnel policies and procedures for adoption by local First Steps Partnerships;
(14) develop a standard process by July 1, 2024, for reviewing submissions made by local partnerships as it relates to the hiring, salaries, and annual performance evaluations of local partnership executive directors pursuant to Chapter 152 of Title 59;
(15) establish and promulgate internal evaluation policies and procedures for local partnerships for annual review pursuant to Chapter 152 of Title 59; and
(16) arrange for the conduction of an independent external program evaluation pursuant to Chapter 152 of Title 59.