S.C. Code Ann. § 59-52-100 – Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education to take certain actions; articulation to post-secondary institutions; advanced standing in technical programs; prerequisite requirements for precollege curriculum; courses for potential teachers, guidance counselors; reporting

(A) The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education shall develop measures for articulation of high school courses to post-secondary technical institutions including procedures to enable qualified students to achieve advanced standing in technical college programs.
(B) Beginning with the 1995-96 school year, completion of applied academic courses in mathematics, science, and communications skills shall fulfill high school course prerequisite requirements as equivalent to precollege curriculum requirements for applicants to four-year post-secondary institutions, unless by December 1, 1994, a four-year post-secondary institution reports its reasons for not accepting those courses to the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Education Committee. School districts must certify that the applied academic courses offered are equivalent to the precollege curriculum requirements.
(C) The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Council of College Presidents, or their designees, through the Commission on Higher Education, shall clarify and strengthen articulation agreements between associate degree programs and baccalaureate degree programs.
(D) Actions taken related to all articulation measures must be reported to the School-To-Work Advisory Council no later than July 1, 1995.
(E) Four-year institutions having teacher education programs must offer courses to equip potential teachers and guidance counselors with skills necessary to integrate career guidance and career planning. These institutions must also train potential teachers in how to use applied methodologies for academic courses. Changes in course offering and course curriculum shall be reported to the School-To-Work Advisory Council no later than July 1, 1995.