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"Civic engagement in public education"
The SC School Improvement Council was first established in South Carolina law over three decades ago to provide the member training, technical assistance, statutory accountability, and other operational resources vital to the continued success of community-based School Improvement Councils in each of the state’s 1,100-plus K-12 public schools.
Whether you’re a parent, teacher or student elected to your local SIC, a community or business representative appointed to your Council, a school or district administrator, or a member of the public committed to quality public education in South Carolina, you can find information on this website through downloadable files and direct links to other sites that will help you get the facts you need to understand the vital roles you play in the life of our schools and the futures of our children.
LEVEL TWO RILEY AWARD DEADLINE
Applicants selected for Level Two of the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award will be notified by Monday, January 12th, 2009. Supplemental portfolio materials should be submitted by Monday, February 2nd, 2009. Click here for further information.
SC-SIC Board of Trustees Passes Education
Reform Resolution
On Sept. 12, 2008, the SC-SIC Board unanimously passed a Resolution to support the amendment of Section 3, Article XI of the Constitution of South Carolina. The amendment will insert the language, “a high quality education, allowing each student to reach his highest potential” into our state constitution. This new language will replace South Carolina’s current state standard of “a minimally adequate education.”
You can visit the GoodbyeMinimallyAdequate.com site and sign a petition supporting the amendment. Legislation to change the state constitution must be passed by a 2/3rds vote of the Senate and House of Representatives in order to put the amendment on the general election ballot for public vote in November, 2010.