H 4072 General Bill, By M.F. Jaskwhich
    A Bill to amend Section 59-39-100, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the issuance of uniform high school diplomas and the units required for a diploma, so as to provide that a student completing the required units must be issued a standard high school diploma and to delete a provision which specifies that all diplomas must be uniform in respect to color, size, lettering, and marking; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 59-39-101 so as to provide that public and nonpublic high school graduates who meet certain specified criteria are designated as South Carolina Academic Scholars and shall receive a diploma designating them as such, to provide for the automatic admission to any state-supported college, university, or technical school of South Carolina Academic Scholars who meet certain criteria, and to provide that academic scholars attending a state-supported college, university, or technical school are entitled to certain tuition reductions; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 59-39-102 so as to provide that the State Board of Education shall establish criteria for the issuance of an applied Academic Honors Diploma which is a diploma signifying certain accomplishment beyond that required for a standard diploma as contained in Section 59-39-100.
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04/12/95	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-39
04/12/95	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-40