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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3034 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Lucas All Sponsors:Lucas Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20002sd01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Date of Last Amendment:20010509 Subject:Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, students eligible for awarding of; Schools and School Districts, Colleges, Universities History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010514 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee ------ 20010510 Scrivener's error corrected House 20010510 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010509 Amended, read second time ------ 20010504 Scrivener's error corrected House 20010503 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW amendment House 20010207 Referred to Committee 21 HEPW House 20010207 Recalled from Committee 30 HWM House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 20001206 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill Revised on May 3, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 4, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 9, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 10, 2001 - Word format
AMENDED
May 9, 2001
H. 3034
S. Printed 5/9/01--H. [SEC 5/10/01 3:54 PM]
Read the first time January 9, 2001.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-104-25 SO AS TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDING OF PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 2001 AND THEREAFTER WHO ATTEND "MAGNET SCHOOLS" OR SCHOOLS WITH "OPEN ENROLLMENT".
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-104-25. (A) For the purposes of applying for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarships, beginning with students graduating in 2002 and thereafter, a 'magnet school' is defined as any public school within a school district whose enrollment is open to all students of that district with all of the following characteristics:
(a) is attended by students outside their attendance zone who could not attend it if it were not a magnet school;
(b) emphasizes an academic theme or specialization; and
(c) was established for desegregation purposes.
(B) For all students in magnet schools as defined in subsection (A), whenever a student meets all criteria for applying for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship except for rank in class, the student may use the rank in class from the high school he or she would have attended had there been no magnet school so long as by submitting an application for a Palmetto Fellow Scholarship, the magnet school student does not cause the regular high school to exceed the five percent limitation from its sophomore or junior class for these scholarships.
(C) The magnet high schools shall be responsible for obtaining official documentation from the regular high school that the magnet high school student is within the top five percent of either the sophomore or junior class. This documentation must be submitted with the student's Palmetto Fellows Scholarship application supporting documents. The official documentation shall include the name of the regular high school, the number in the class and whether it is the sophomore or junior year, and the student's exact rank in that class. Once the Commission on Higher Education has received all eligible applications, the commission shall ensure that the sending high schools do not exceed five percent of their classes with the inclusion of the magnet school applicants."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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