Current Status Bill Number:3305 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970128 Primary Sponsor:Stille All Sponsors:Stille, Stuart, Meacham, Young-Brickell, Vaughn, Kelley, Witherspoon and Barfield Drafted Document Number:gjk\23229sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Tuition surcharge provided on students taking more than certain number of credit hours; Colleges and Universities
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House 19970128 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
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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 1997 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.