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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4436 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000113 Primary Sponsor:Delleney All Sponsors:Delleney Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20833sd00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:LIFE Scholarships, transfer of recipient, criteria for eligibility; Colleges and Universities, Tuition, School districts History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000113 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRANSFERS TO OTHER ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS BY LIFE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, SO AS FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE CALCULATION OF CUMULATIVE CREDIT HOURS AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE AT PRIOR INSTITUTIONS TO DETERMINE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-149-80 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 418 of 1998, is amended to read:
"Section 59-149-80. (A) Students transferring from one eligible public or independent institution of this State to another are eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, if they continue to meet all eligibility requirements.
(B) To determine LIFE Scholarship eligibility, institutions must calculate the cumulative credit hours attempted at all prior eligible institutions and must calculate grade point average cumulatively based upon the grade point averages earned for all credit hours attempted at all prior eligible institutions."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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