Members must be appointed by the State Board of Education unless otherwise indicated. (1) The advisory committee shall consist of eleven members as follows: (a) South Carolina Association of School Administrators, the executive director or his designee; (b) South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the executive director or his designee and one additional representative from the chamber; (c) South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, the chair or a business designee; (d) South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the chair or his designee; (e) South Carolina School Boards Association, the executive director or his designee; (f) South Carolina Alliance of Black Educators, the president or his designee; (g) one teacher and one parent to be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and (h) one charter school principal and one charter school board member to be appointed by the Governor. (2) As an application is reviewed, a representative from the board of trustees or area commission from which the committee is seeking sponsorship and a representative of the charter committee shall serve on the advisory committee as ex officio nonvoting members. If the applicant indicates a proposed contractual agreement with the local school district in which the charter school is located, a representative from the local school board of trustees of that district shall serve on the advisory committee as an ex officio, nonvoting member. (3) Appointing authorities shall give consideration to the appointment of minorities and women as representatives on the committee. (4) The committee shall establish bylaws for its operation that must include terms of office for its membership. (5)(1) An applicant shall submit a letter of intent at least ninety days before submitting an application to the board of trustees or area commission from which it is seeking sponsorship and a copy to the South Carolina Department of Education. (2) An applicant shall submit the application to the advisory committee and one copy to the board of trustees or area commission from which it is seeking sponsorship and one copy to the South Carolina Department of Education. In the case of the
Members must be appointed by the State Board of Education unless otherwise indicated. (1) The advisory committee shall consist of eleven members as follows: (a) South Carolina Association of School Administrators, the executive director or his designee; (b) South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the executive director or his designee and one additional representative from the chamber; (c) South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, the chair or a business designee; (d) South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the chair or his designee; (e) South Carolina School Boards Association, the executive director or his designee; (f) South Carolina Alliance of Black Educators, the president or his designee; (g) one teacher and one parent to be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and (h) one charter school principal and one charter school board member to be appointed by the Governor. (2) As an application is reviewed, a representative from the board of trustees or area commission from which the committee is seeking sponsorship and a representative of the charter committee shall serve on the advisory committee as ex officio nonvoting members. If the applicant indicates a proposed contractual agreement with the local school district in which the charter school is located, a representative from the local school board of trustees of that district shall serve on the advisory committee as an ex officio, nonvoting member. (3) Appointing authorities shall give consideration to the appointment of minorities and women as representatives on the committee. (4) The committee shall establish bylaws for its operation that must include terms of office for its membership. (5)(1) An applicant shall submit a letter of intent at least ninety days before submitting an application to the board of trustees or area commission from which it is seeking sponsorship and a copy to the South Carolina Department of Education. (2) An applicant shall submit the application to the advisory committee and one copy to the board of trustees or area commission from which it is seeking sponsorship and one copy to the South Carolina Department of Education. In the case of the