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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
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Introduced in the Senate on February 16, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
Summary: LIFE, HOPE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarships
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/16/2011 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
2/16/2011 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
(Senate Journal-page 6)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENT WHO OTHERWISE QUALIFIES FOR THE LIFE, HOPE, OR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP BUT WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL IN ANOTHER STATE BECAUSE NO PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OFFERS HIS CHOSEN MAJOR SHALL RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR WHICH HE QUALIFIES TO BE USED FOR PAYMENT OF TUITION AT THE OUT-OF-STATE INSTITUTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 101, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-35. A South Carolina resident who otherwise qualifies for the LIFE Scholarship established pursuant to Section 59-149-10, the HOPE Scholarship established pursuant to Section 59-150-370, or the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship established pursuant to Section 59-104-20, but who attends school in another state because no public college or university offers his chosen major, shall receive the scholarship for which he qualifies to be used for payment of tuition at the out-of-state institution."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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