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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4188 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010524 Primary Sponsor:Hamilton All Sponsors:Hamilton, Lourie, Leach, Loftis, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, J.E. Smith and Webb Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20702sd01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Life Scholarship, eligibility requirements revised for freshman to receive, retain; School Districts, Colleges, Tuition History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010524 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-149-55 SO AS TO REVISE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO RETAIN A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP AS AN ENTERING FRESHMAN AND TO REVISE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO RECEIVE A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS WHO FAIL TO RETAIN A PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-50, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO CONFORM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 59-149-55.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-149-55. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 59-149-50:
(A) Students receiving a LIFE Scholarship as an entering freshman to retain it must earn a 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the first semester after taking and earning at least fifteen credit hours and must earn a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the second semester of their freshman year after taking and earning at least fifteen more credit hours. For purposes of determining the future eligibility of these recipients after their freshman year, all other requirements of this chapter apply except that the grades received by such entering freshman during the first semester of their freshman year at their option may or may not count toward their required cumulative grade point average.
(B) Students receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship who fail to retain it are eligible for a LIFE Scholarship under the same criteria entering freshman receiving a LIFE Scholarship are eligible under subsection (A)."
SECTION 2. Section 59-149-50(B) and (C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B) Except as provided in Section 59-149-55, 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.
(C) Except as provided in Section 59-149-55, students who were LIFE Scholarship recipients seeking a degree at such a public or independent institution of this State during their freshman or other year who failed to earn a cumulative 3.0 at the end of the term they attempted the requisite number of hours required by subsection (B) may regain eligibility if their cumulative grade average is a 3.0 at the end of the term they have attempted at least sixty hours if they are a sophomore or ninety hours if they are a junior."
SECTION 3. The provisions of Section 59-149-55 of the 1976 Code and Section 59-149-50(B) and (C) as amended by this act, are effective beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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