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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3946 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990420 Primary Sponsor:Education and Public Works Committee HEPW 21 All Sponsors:Education and Public Works Committee Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20565ac99.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:Regulation No. 2360, Higher Education Commission, LIFE Scholarships History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990428 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee House 19990428 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990427 Read second time House 19990422 Debate adjourned until Tuesday, 19990427 House 19990420 Introduced, read first time Versions of This Bill Revised on April 20, 1999 - Word format
INTRODUCED
April 20, 1999
H. 3946
S. Printed 4/20/99--H.
Read the first time April 20, 1999.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE INCENTIVES FOR FUTURE EXCELLENCE (LIFE) SCHOLARSHIPS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2360, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Commission on Higher Education, relating to Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarships, designated as Regulation Document Number 2360, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
House Bill 4535, Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarships, was approved by the General Assembly during the 1998 legislative session and signed into law on Friday, June 19, 1998. This bill authorizes funding for scholarships in the amount of two thousand dollars to eligible students attending four-year public and independent colleges and universities, and scholarships in the amount of one thousand dollars to eligible students attending two-year public and independent colleges and universities in South Carolina. The goals of the LIFE Scholarship Program are to: increase access to higher education, improve the employability of South Carolina's students so as to attract business to the State, provide incentives for students to be better prepared for college, improve SAT scores, and graduate students from college on time. The bill authorizes the Commission on Higher Education to create regulations for administration of the LIFE Scholarship program.
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