The purpose of the James F. Byrnes High School Improvement Council is to:

• assist in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the five-year School Improvement Plan (also known as the "School Renewal Plan" or "Strategic Plan")
   

• assist in the preparation of yearly Plan updates
  
  

• assist the school in the development and implementation of the School Reading Plan as required by the Read to Succeed Act
  
  

• write the annual SIC Report to the Parents, which is to be distributed no later than April 30 of each year
  
  

• prepare, together with the Principal, the annual narrative for the SC School Report Card
  
  

• provide advice on the use of school incentive award expenditures (if allocated by the legislature and awarded to the school)
  
  

• provide other assistance as requested by the Principal or local school board.