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EXPLANATION: Make provisions applicable to funding
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 406, paragraph 11.1, line 19, by striking:/ The / and inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, the/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 406, paragraph 11.3, line 28, by striking:/ Of the funds appropriated to the Commission on Higher Education /and inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 406, paragraph 11.3, line 31, after /Education/ by inserting /or its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 406 , paragraph 11.4, line 34, by striking:/ Funds/
and by inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, funds/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407 , paragraph 11.4, line 1, after /Education/ by inserting /or its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407, paragraph 11.5, line 3, by striking /With/ and inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, it is/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407 , paragraph 11.8 , line 15, by striking /Members/ and inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, is directed to ensure that members/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407 , paragraph 11.9, line 24, after /Education/ by inserting /or its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407, paragraph 11.10 , line 27, by striking /For/ and inserting:/From the carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on higher Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, for/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 407 , paragraph 11.11, line 34, after /Education/ by inserting:/or its successor entity
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 408, paragraph 11.13 , lines 3-4, by striking the proviso in its entirety.
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 408 , paragraph 11.15 , lines 11 and 15, after /Education/ by inserting:/or its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 409, paragraph 11.19 , line 14, after /Education/ by inserting:/or its successor entity/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 409, paragraph 11.21, line 25, after /Office/ by inserting: /the Commission on Higher Education or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 409, paragraph 11.22, line 32, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 409, paragraph 11.23, line 33, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410 , paragraph 11.24 , line 1, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410 , paragraph 11.25, line 6, after /ensure/ by inserting: /to the Commission on Higher Education or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410 , paragraph 11.27, line 13, after /remitted/ by inserting: /by the Commission on Higher Education or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410, paragraph 11.28 , lines 18 and 20, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410 , paragraph 11.29, line 25, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410, paragraph 11.30, line 29, after /Education/ by inserting: /or its successor entity,/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 410 , paragraph 11.31, line 33, by striking: /Each/ and by inserting:/The Commission on Higher Education or its successor entity shall ensure that each/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11,
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 411 , after line 14, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(Transferability) Transfer students from two-year public
institutions of higher learning accepted to public research
institutions and four-year colleges and universities with an
earned Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree are
guaranteed the award of at least sixty credit hours of transfer
coursework and will have all general education requirements
waived. Course prerequisites and minimum credit requirements
for the awarding of degrees shall still apply. From the carry
forward funds authorized to the Commission on Higher Education
or funds appropriated to its successor entity, the commission or
successor entity, in consultation with the State Board for
Technical and Comprehensive Education and the public
institutions of higher learning, will develop policies by May 2,
2016, for implementation of the provisions herein effective
beginning in fall 2016./
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11,
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 411 , after line 14, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(Uniform Acceptance Letter Deadline) From the carry
forward funds authorized to the Commission on Higher Education
or funds appropriated to its successor entity, the commission or
successor entity, shall work with all institutions of higher
learning to establish a uniform deadline for acceptance letters
for the fall semester for incoming freshmen./
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11,
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 411 , after line 14, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(Comprehensive Academic Program Evaluation) From the
carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on Higher
Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, the
commission or successor entity shall not grant a new academic
program at an institution of higher learning until a
comprehensive evaluation has been conducted on all the academic
programs at that institution. The commission or its successor
entity, shall develop criteria to evaluate whether existing
academic programs are essential and valuable to the institution
and to the students enrolled in the institution. The commission
or its successor entity, shall submit the evaluation criteria to
the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of
the House Ways and Means Committee./
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 11,
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 411 , after line 14, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(Higher Education Continuous Improvement Goals) From the
carry forward funds authorized to the Commission on Higher
Education or funds appropriated to its successor entity, in an
effort to encourage improvements in higher education, attainment
of the following goals will be considered with appropriation
requests. Clemson University, the Citadel, and the University
of South Carolina Columbia Campus shall improve their percentage
of full-time in-state undergraduate students by 2% of total
enrollment in the fall class of 2015 and by 5% by 2020. The
Medical University of South Carolina shall increase graduate
percentage of in-state students by 2%. Coastal Carolina
University, the University of Charleston, Francis Marion
University, Lander University, USC Aiken, USC Beaufort, USC
Upstate, and Winthrop University shall increase retention by 2%
over two years and shall increase the four-year graduation rate
by 3% over 4 years. The state's technical schools shall
increase job placement by 2% over two years./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.