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Bill 299

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      299
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell, Passailaigue, McGill
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\gfm\002grad.efd.doc
Companion Bill Number:            3565
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Education Committee 04 SED
Subject:                          LIFE scholarship, 3.0 cumulative grade 
                                  point average defined as eighty or above on 
                                  hundred-point scale, College, Tuition


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990113  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19981216  Prefiled, referred to Committee        04 SED


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR LEGISLATIVE INCENTIVES FOR FUTURE EXCELLENCE (LIFE) SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO DEFINE A 3.0 CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE AS AN EIGHTY OR ABOVE ON A HUNDRED-POINT SCALE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-149-50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 418 of 1998, is further amended by adding:

"(E) For the purposes of this chapter, a 3.0 cumulative grade point average is equal to an eighty on a one hundred-point grading scale."

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

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