South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 632

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18774bh11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 1, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Requirements for public institution of higher learning

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/1/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
    3/1/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/1/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE ENTERING CLASS OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING OF THIS STATE MAY BE COMPRISED OF STUDENTS WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE STATE, AND TO EXCLUDE TECHNICAL COLLEGES FROM THIS PROVISION.

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 59-101-440.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, no more than twenty-five percent of the entering class of a public institution of higher learning of this State may be comprised of students who reside outside the State. The provisions of this section do not apply to technical colleges."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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