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S. 390
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Moore and Setzler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20203sd05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 414
Introduced in the Senate on February 2, 2005
Tabled by the Senate on February 8, 2005
Summary: LIFE Scholarship
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/2/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-15
2/2/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-15
2/8/2005 Senate Recalled from Committee on Education SJ-7
2/8/2005 Senate Tabled SJ-7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY AND RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP INCLUDING A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE CALCULATION, FOR PURPOSES OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY, MUST BE INCLUSIVE OF THE STUDENT'S GRADE POINT AVERAGE AT ALL PUBLIC OR INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED BY THE STUDENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. 1. Section 59-149-50(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B) Students receiving a LIFE Scholarship to retain it and students currently enrolled in an eligible institution to receive such a scholarship must earn a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale each year and earn at least thirty credit hours each year for the maximum of semesters permitted at that institution by Section 59-149-60. The cumulative grade point average calculation, for purposes of LIFE scholarship eligibility, must be inclusive of the student's grade point average at all public or independent institutions, as defined in Section 59-149-10(B), attended by the student."
2. The provisions of Section 59-149-50(B) of the 1976 Code, as amended by this act, apply with regard to LIFE Scholarships awarded beginning with the 2004 fall semester.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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