Association Information

MISSION

The South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners works to provide orientation and education for area commissioners and to provide advocacy and unity for the 16 technical colleges they represent.

PURPOSE

The association ensures the effectiveness of the system’s area commissioners and their colleges by educating commissioners, advocating for college needs and priorities at the state level, and providing a unifying link between the institutions that allows information and best practices to be shared.

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GOVERNANCE

Each duly appointed member of an Area Technical College Commission is automatically a member of the Association provided the Commission has paid its annual membership dues.

Each Area Technical College Commission, through a process established by the respective Commission, shall name one Commissioner as a director of the Association and shall notify the Association of its selection. Should the director be unable to attend an Association meeting, his or her Commission may choose an alternate who shall have voting privileges.

The Chairman, or designee, of the South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the Chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Technical College Presidents, shall be ex officio members of the Association. Ex officio members shall be entitled to all privileges of membership except elective office and voting.