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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Neilson, Bales and Townsend
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10187sj04.doc
Introduced in the House on April 14, 2004
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Life Scholarship, fifth year eligibility
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/14/2004 House Introduced and read first time HJ-95 4/14/2004 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-95 4/14/2004 Scrivener's error corrected
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DURATION OF A SCHOLARSHIP, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STUDENT MAY RECEIVE A FIFTH YEAR OF SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY IF HE IS ENROLLED IN AN APPROVED FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM OR A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM WHERE THE FIRST DEGREE AWARDED IS A MASTER'S DEGREE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-149-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-149-60. (A) The student may receive a LIFE Scholarship for not more than ten semesters for a five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year degree program, or four semesters for a two-year degree program.
(B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), a student may receive a fifth year of scholarship eligibility if he is enrolled in an approved five-year bachelor's degree program or a five-year program where the first degree awarded is a master's degree."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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