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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
April 25, 2005
S. 415
Introduced by Senators Fair, Thomas, Verdin, Campsen, Grooms and Bryant
S. Printed 4/25/05--S.
Read the first time February 8, 2005.
TO AMEND SECTION 59-104-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENT STUDENT WHO ATTENDS OR WILL ATTEND A PUBLIC OR INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION, AND TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-104-20 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 3G of Act 356 of 2002, is further amended by adding subsections (E) and (F) at the end to read:
"(E) A Palmetto Fellows Scholarship is available to an eligible resident student who attends or will attend an eligible four-year public or independent institution.
(F) For purposes of subsection (E):
(1) 'Public or independent institution' means:
(a) a South Carolina public institution defined in Section 59-103-5, excluding a public two-year or technical institution, and an independent institution as defined in Section 59-113-50, excluding an eleemosynary junior or independent two-year institution; or
(b) a public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina.
(2) 'Resident student' means:
(a) a student who is either a member of a class graduating from a high school located in this State, a home school student who has successfully completed a high school home school program in this State in the manner required by law, or a student graduating from a preparatory high school outside this State, while a dependent of a parent or guardian who is a legal resident of this State and has custody of the dependent; and
(b) a student classified as a resident of South Carolina for in-state tuition purposes under Chapter 112 of this title at the time of enrollment at the institution."
SECTION 2. Section 2-77-15 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-77-15. For purposes of this chapter:
(1) 'Eligible institution' means a four-year institution of higher learning: at which sixty percent or more of the enrolled undergraduate students are low-income and educationally disadvantaged students.
(a) at which sixty-percent or more of the enrolled undergraduate students were low-income and educationally disadvantaged students, for the four consecutive years immediately preceding the then current year;
(b) that is defined in Part B, Subchapter 111, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code;
(c) that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
(d) that is organized as a nonprofit corporation or is a public institution; and
(e) that has its main campus located in South Carolina.
(2) 'Federal funding program' means:
(a) Section 507(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Land Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note), as amended; or
(b) Part B, Subchapter III, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code.
(3) 'Low-income and educationally disadvantaged student' means a student who receives a Pell Grant."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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