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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Reese, Elliott and Ravenel
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3040sl03.doc
Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education
Summary: Public higher education, number of out-of-state freshman limited
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/4/2002 Senate Prefiled
12/4/2002 Senate Referred to Committee on Education
1/14/2003 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-27
1/14/2003 Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-27
7/2/2003 Scrivener's error corrected
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-60 SO AS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RESIDING OUT OF THE STATE WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF TEN THOUSAND OR MORE FULL-TIME STUDENTS TO TWENTY PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCEPTED STUDENTS FOR EACH ENTERING FRESHMAN CLASS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-60. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, a public institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, that has an enrollment of ten thousand or more full-time students shall limit the number of students residing out of the State to twenty percent of the total number of accepted students for each entering freshman class."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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