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H. 3583

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Norrell
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19080wab17.docx

Introduced in the House on January 25, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2017
Last Amended on February 21, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Palmetto Fellows

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/25/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 18)
   1/25/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 18)
   2/16/2017  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works (House Journal-page 2)
   2/21/2017  House   Amended (House Journal-page 35)
   2/21/2017  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 35)
   2/21/2017  House   Roll call Yeas-100  Nays-5 (House Journal-page 36)
   2/22/2017  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 8)
   2/22/2017  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
   2/22/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education 
                        (Senate Journal-page 6)
   2/22/2017          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/25/2017
2/16/2017
2/21/2017
2/22/2017

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AMENDED

February 21, 2017

H. 3583

S. Printed 2/21/17--H.    [SEC 2/22/17 2:37 PM]

Read the first time January 25, 2017.

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 STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD MAY ELECT TO DEFER ENROLLMENT IN AN ELIGIBLE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION FOR TWO ACADEMIC YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, WITHOUT DECLINING THE AWARD; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, REGARDLESS OF ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, MUST BE CONSTRUED TO APPLY TO STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE IN THE SPRING OF 2017.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 59-104-20(H) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 162 of 2005, is amended to read:

"(H)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a student who met the initial eligibility requirements to receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school and has met the continuing eligibility requirements shall receive the award. A student selected as a Palmetto Fellow may elect to defer post-secondary enrollment for one year, until the fall term of the year immediately following the year of graduation, without declining the award. A student who received a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school but declined the award is eligible to reapply for the annual scholarship, providing he meets all of the initial and continuing academic eligibility requirements of the Palmetto Fellows program, if he transfers to a qualifying an eligible South Carolina institution of higher learning. The number of semesters or academic years a student attended an out-of-state institution are to be deducted from the number of semesters or academic years a student is eligible for the scholarship. All funding provided for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships regardless of its source or allocation must be used to implement the provisions of this subsection."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval of the Governor.

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