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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3565 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990218 Primary Sponsor:Hinson All Sponsors:Hinson, Knotts, Dantzler, Law, Whatley, Battle, J. Brown, Campsen, Chellis, Clyburn, Davenport, Gourdine, McGee, McKay, Phillips, Stuart and Young-Brickell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20212std99.doc Companion Bill Number:299 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:LIFE Scholarships, 3.0 cumulative grade point average, eighty or above on hundred- point scale; Colleges, Universities History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990218 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee 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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