The Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) and the South Carolina Technical College System comply with the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
TCL attempts to provide comprehensive and expedient public access to records in accordance with the requirements of state law.
Pursuant to section 30-4-30 (c), a response to a written FOIA request must be made within 10 business days (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays are excluded) of receipt of the written request, and the documents will be produced no later than 30 calendar days after the response date.
If the documents requested are more than two years old, the response time is then 20 business days, and the documents must be produced no later than 35 calendar days from the response date.
Please email all FOIA inquiries to: tclnews@tcl.edu.
Fee Schedule*
| Hourly rate (dependent on the actual position of required staff to fulfill request) | $30/hour – $50/hour |
| Black/white copy rates | $.10/copy |
| Color copy rates | $.15/copy |
*An hourly fee may apply to transferring documents into electronic format. A deposit up to 25% of anticipated costs may be required. Subject to change.