House subcommitee votes to shutdown SC State for 1 fiscal year
(My comment: I wonder if this is a harbinger or an isolated case.)
COLUMBIA (WIS —South Carolina legislators will continue to debate shutting down South Carolina State University for a year after a proviso passed a House subcommittee. The problems at South Carolina State University have been brewing for years before reaching a boiling point on Tuesday with a House subcommittee voting to shutter the school for one fiscal year beginning in July.
The Higher Education Subcommittee's plan would shut down the university on July 1, 2015 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and reopen in 2017. That plan would suspend all athletics programs, fire President Thomas Elzey, dismiss faculty and state employees, terminate the Board of Trustees.
During that year of closure, a Blue Ribbon Committee would look at the school's finances, rehire necessary staff, reconstitute the athletics programs, and set curriculum before reopening the doors. The state would also foot the bill for the university's debts and loans. Meanwhile, South Carolina State students would be relocated to schools around the state and their college would be paid for as long as a student maintains a 2.5 GA.
University President Thomas Elzey just two weeks ago told the Higher Education and Technical Colleges Subcommittee that he and his administration will not be playing games with the numbers as had been happening in the past. (my comment: how’s that again? If they were doing it in the past, why weren’t they held accountable for it then?)
http://www.wyff4.com/news/house-subcommitee-votes-to-shutdown-sc-state-for-1-fiscal-year/31196114
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