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Bill 3705

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3705
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010314
Primary Sponsor:                  Education and Public Works Committee HEPW 
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All Sponsors:                     Education and Public Works Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20292ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Education Committee 04 SED
Subject:                          Regulation No. 2514, Higher Education 
                                  Commission, Palmetto Fellows Scholarship 
                                  Appeals; Colleges and Universities


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010322  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee
House   20010322  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20010321  Read second time
House   20010314  Introduced, read first time


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Revised on March 14, 2001 - Word format

INTRODUCED

March 14, 2001

    H. 3705

S. Printed 3/14/01--H.

Read the first time March 14, 2001.

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO LIFE AND PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP APPEALS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2514, 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 LIFE and Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Appeals, designated as Regulation Document Number 2514, 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.

In June 1988, the Palmetto Fellow Scholarship Program was signed into law under Act 629, the cutting edge legislation to foster scholarships among the state's post-secondary students and retain outstanding South Carolina high school graduates in the State through awards based on scholarship and achievement. On June 19, 1998, under House Bill 4535, Legislative Incentives for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarships was signed into law to cover the cost of attendance up to specified limits, to eligible resident students attending eligible public or independent two-year and four-year institutions of higher learning in the State of South Carolina.

    Both statutes require that the Commission on Higher Education promulgate regulations and have administrative responsibility over the LIFE and Palmetto Fellows Scholarship programs. The Commission on Higher Education will promulgate regulations for the process in which a student who has been denied scholarship eligibility may file an appeal.

    The appeals regulations will define the process, criteria, and circumstances in which a student may file an appeal. The regulations will provide students and administrators a timely, equitable, and consistent appeals process.

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