Rep. Erickson proposes the following amendment (LC-5164.AHB0027H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, Section 59-8-110(4)(iii), by striking the second undesignated paragraph and inserting:

  Notwithstanding the provisions of item (b), "Eligible student" also includes the child of active-duty military personnel who were killed while on active-duty status and the child of an active-duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has received permanent change of station orders to a military base and who, as a result, will reside in South Carolina for the current or upcoming school year; provided, however, the child must have attained the age of five on or before September first of the school year in which scholarship funds are awarded.