South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4045

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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4045
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990505
Primary Sponsor:                  Stille
All Sponsors:                     Stille
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20155sd99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Subject:                          Tuition surcharge percentage provided on 
                                  students taking more credit hours; Colleges 
                                  and Universities


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990505  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-345 SO AS TO PROVIDE A TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT TUITION SURCHARGE ON STUDENTS WHO TAKE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FORTY CREDIT HOURS TO COMPLETE A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM AT ANY STATE-SUPPORTED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THIS STATE OR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF THE CREDIT HOURS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN ANY PROGRAM DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AS A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM AT ANY STATE-SUPPORTED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THIS STATE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-101-345. (A) A twenty-five percent tuition surcharge is imposed on students who take more than one hundred forty credit hours to complete a baccalaureate degree in a four-year program at any state-supported college or university of this State or more than one hundred ten percent of the credit hours necessary to complete a baccalaureate degree in any program designated by the Commission on Higher Education as a five-year program at any state-supported college or university of this State. The calculation of these credit hours taken at a college or university or accepted for transfer shall exclude hours earned through the College Board's Advanced Placement or CLEP examinations, through institutional advanced placement or course validation, or through summer term or extension programs.

(B) The tuition surcharges required by subsection (A) shall be imposed beginning with the 1999 fall semester or quarter. The Commission on Higher Education shall promulgate those regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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