South Carolina Senate Bill 908

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-11 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-104-20, Relating To The Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program So As To Extend Benefits Of The Program Beginning With The School Year 2024-2025 To Eligible Graduate Students Who Complete Their Undergraduate Work In Fewer Semesters Than Authorized For Eligibility; By Amending Section 59-149-10, Relating To Life Scholarships, So As To Provide That Life Scholarships May Be Available To Eligible Graduate Students As Indicated In The Commission On Higher Education's Regulations; By Amending Section 59-149-10, Relating To Life Scholarships So As To Extend Benefits Of The Program To Eligible Graduate Students Who Complete Their Undergraduate Work In Fewer Semesters Than Authorized For Eligibility; By Amending Section 59-149-30, Relating To Full-time Enrollment Requirement For Life Scholarship, So As To Provide That The Benefit May Be Available To Eligible Graduate Students; By Amending Section 59-149-60, Relating To Duration Of Scholarship For The Life Scholarship, So As To Provide That The Benefit May Be Available To Eligible Graduate Students As Indicated In The Commission On Higher Education's Regulations; And By Amending Section 59-149-90, Relating To Additional Degrees, So As To Indicate That Eligible Graduate Students May Receive Life Scholarships For Their Remaining Period Of Undergraduate Eligibility.

Extension of Palmetto Fellow Scholarship Awards and Life Scholarship Awards to Graduate Study

Sen. Luke Rankin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11		Scrivener's error corrected
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	104	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0908&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/908_20240109.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/908_20240111.htm