A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-112-45 SO A TO PROVIDE THAT TUITION RATES FOR UNDERGRADUATE IN-STATE STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE MAY NOT INCREASE FOR A FOUR-YEAR OR EIGHT-SEMESTER TIME PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE A SIMILAR BUT MODIFIED INCREASE PROHIBITION FOR CURRENT STUDENTS AND CERTAIN OTHERS; TO PROVIDE DISCRETION FOR SCHOOLS TO EXTEND THESE PERIODS FOR PROGRAMS NOT NORMALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETION WITH THESE PERIODS AND IN OTHER EXTENUATING INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING WINTER AND SUMMER CLASSES, TOLLING FOR PERIODS OF MILITARY SERVICE, AND FOR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH STUDENTS DO NOT COMPLETE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE WITHIN THE FOUR-YEAR OR EIGHT-SEMESTER TIME LIMIT, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY.
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Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Last action Feb 6, 2018
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Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
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Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Dec 15, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
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3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Joshua A. Putnam
RRepublican
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Leola C. Robinson-Simpson
DDemocratic
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Nancy Mace
RRepublican
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