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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4341 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Ott All Sponsors:Ott, Stille, Littlejohn, Whipper, W. McLeod Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20848sd00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:LIFE Scholarships, SAT or ACT test scores, eligibility requirements; School districts, Colleges, Tuition History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000113 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. W. McLeod House 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 19991208 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN "SAT" OR EQUIVALENT "ACT" SCORE OF 1000 OR BETTER IS REQUIRED FOR A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP AND TO ELIMINATE THE GRADUATED INCREASES IN THE "SAT" REQUIREMENT BEGINNING WITH SCHOOL YEAR 2000-2001.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-149-50(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 418 of 1998, is amended to read:
"(A) To be eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, a student must be either a member of a class graduating from a high school located in this State on or after May, 1995, a home school student who has successfully completed a high school home school program in this State in the manner required by law on or after May, 1995, or a student graduating from a preparatory high school outside this State on or after May, 1995, while a dependent of a parent or guardian who is a legal resident of this State and has custody of the dependent, and these students must also meet the requirements of subsection (B). In addition, beginning with the 1998-99 school year for those students who graduate from high school on or after May, 1998, the student must have graduated from high school with a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade average on a 4.0 scale, and have scored 1000 or better on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or have the equivalent ACT score, 1050 or better beginning with school year 2000-2001, and 1100 or better beginning with school year 2002-2003; provided that if the student is to attend such a public or independent two-year college or university in this State, including a technical college, the SAT requirement does not apply. If a student chooses to attend such a public or independent institution of this State and does not make the required SAT score or the required high school grade point average, as applicable, the student may earn a LIFE Scholarship after his freshman year if he meets the grade point average and semester credit hour requirements of subsection (B)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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