Bill 1139

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1139
Ratification Number:       548
Act Number:                481
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the licensing and regulation
                           of nonpublic educational institutions

(A481, R548, S1139)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 201 OF 1977, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS OF LICENSURE, TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENT OF A LICENSE, AND TO LIMIT THE PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE OFFERED.

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

Authority to confer degree

SECTION 1. Section 4 of Act 201 of 1977 is amended to read:

"Section 4. No nonpublic educational institution established in this State has the authority to confer degrees upon any person in this State or elsewhere unless a license is first secured from the commission, and no nonpublic educational institution established elsewhere has the authority to operate in or confer degrees in this State unless a license is first secured from the commission. The commission shall approve through licensure the location of and programs offered by the institution. The commission shall prescribe regulations to amend a license if an institution desires to operate at a location or offer programs other than the location or programs approved by the commission. The commission may not license any institution to offer a program if the commission determines that the program adversely affects the goals of the commission's plan to eliminate segregation in public institutions of higher education. The commission shall prescribe regulations to make the determination."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.