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South Carolina Statutes, Title 59

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Title 59, Education

106 chapters · 2,049 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 592,049 Ch 53, Title 59, Chapter 53153 Ch 63, Title 59, Chapter 6396 Ch 25, Title 59, Chapter 2565 Ch 67, Title 59, Chapter 6764 Ch 119, Title 59, Chapter 11959 Ch 1, Title 59, Chapter 158 Ch 21, Title 59, Chapter 2152 Ch 19, Title 59, Chapter 1949 Ch 29, Title 59, Chapter 2949 Ch 150, Title 59, Chapter 15049 Ch 101, Title 59, Chapter 10144 Ch 125, Title 59, Chapter 12543 Ch 31, Title 59, Chapter 3142 Ch 71, Title 59, Chapter 7141

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-30 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, acting as the Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning and serving ex officio. (2) "Project" means any la…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-40 Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning
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There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the "Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning," hereinafter in this chapter called the authority. The authority is constituted a public instrumentality and the exerci…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-50 Purpose of authority; powers enumerated
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The purpose of the authority is to assist institutions for higher learning in the acquisition, construction, financing, and refinancing of projects, and for this purpose the authority is authorized and empowered to: (1) adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its affairs a…
S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-60 Expenses
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All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter and no liability shall be incurred by the Authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the …

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-70 Acquisition of property by authority

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The authority is authorized and empowered directly or by and through a participating institution for higher learning, as its agent, to acquire by purchase solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, or by gift or devise, such lands, structures, property, real …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-80 Transfer of property to participating institution after payment of bonds; option to renew lease or purchase project prior to retirement of bonds

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(A) When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project or projects owned by the authority and leased to a participating institution for higher learning, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance such …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-109-90 Bond anticipation notes; issuance, terms, form, and execution of bonds and notes

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(A) In anticipation of the sale of bonds, the authority may issue bond anticipation notes. (B) The bonds and notes of every issue shall be payable solely out of revenues derived by the authority pursuant to the financing agreement or agreements with respect to the project or proj…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-10 Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund; purpose

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The South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund is hereby created under the Commission on Higher Education to provide incentives to retain nurse faculty scholars, attract new nurse faculty, provide loans, grants, and scholarships to in-state resident nursing students, e…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-100 Appropriations

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The provisions contained in this chapter are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-20 Administration of fund; consultation

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(A) The Commission on Higher Education shall administer the provisions of this chapter and the funding provided to the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to implement the initiatives provided in this chapter. The commission shall make disbursements from the Critical Needs Nur…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-30 Use of funds; priorities

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(A) Of the funds made available for the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund, amounts must be used for the following nursing initiatives in recommended priority order: (1) faculty salary enhancements; (2) new faculty; (3) student scholarship, loan, and grant programs; (4) estab…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-40 Faculty salary enhancements

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(A) From the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund based on available funds, it is the intent of the General Assembly that faculty salary enhancements be provided for nursing faculty at accredited nursing programs at the public institutions of higher learning at the two-year, fo…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-50 New nursing faculty positions

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(A) From the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund, it is the intent of the General Assembly that new nursing faculty positions be added to accredited nursing programs at the public institutions of higher learning at the four-year and graduate level based on available funds. (B)…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-60 Scholarships, student loans, and grants

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(A) The Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Scholarship, Loan, and Grant Program is established to provide incentives and stipends to enable candidates seeking a higher degree to become qualified to teach full-time at an accredited nursing program at the public institutions of high…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-70 Office of Health Care Workforce research; purpose; duties and functions; funding

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(A) The Office for Health Care Workforce Research is hereby created within the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (SCAHEC). The purpose of the Office for Health Care Workforce Research is to analyze workforce supply and demand data and predict the need for registered…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-80 Use of simulation technology to educate nurses

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(A) It is the intent of this section to encourage the utilization of technology for new education models at all public institutions of higher learning in this State as defined in Section 59-103-5 with an accredited nursing program leading to an Associate Degree in Nursing, a Bach…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-110-90 Funds from private and federal sources

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To meet the nursing initiatives provided by this chapter, the Commission on Higher Education and public institutions of higher learning providing nursing education also may use funds provided for use in these areas that are derived from private or federal government sources.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-10 Scholarship for winner of essay contest sponsored by Governor's Committee on Employment of Physically Handicapped

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Each year the first place winner of the essay contest sponsored by the Governor's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped shall receive a four-year scholarship from the State-supported institution of his choice, provided he is otherwise qualified. The scholarshi…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-110 Tuition not charged children of firemen, law enforcement officers, and government employees totally disabled or killed in line of duty

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No tuition may be charged for a period of four school years by any state-supported college or university or any state-supported vocational or technical school for children of: (1) firemen, both regularly employed and members of volunteer organized units, organized rescue squad me…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-120 "Fireman" defined

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For the purposes of this article, a fireman shall be defined as any person performing general fire-fighting duties who is either employed by an official State, municipal or county fire department in this State, or is a member of any organized volunteer fire department within this…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-130 "Law enforcement officer" defined

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For the purposes of this article, a law enforcement officer means a: (1) person performing law enforcement duties at the request of and under the supervision of an official state, municipal, or county law enforcement agency in South Carolina when the person is totally disabled or…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-140 "Corrections officer" defined

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For purposes of this article a corrections officer shall be defined as any person who performs duties of security, control, or discipline over inmates at the request of and under the supervision of any official State, municipal, or county correctional institution and who was perf…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-145 "Government employee" defined

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For the purposes of this article, a government employee means a person who is required to participate in the state retirement system.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-15 Tuition assistance for permanent faculty and staff

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State-supported colleges or universities and state-supported post-high school vocational or technical colleges are authorized to provide assistance for educational expenses, including the payment, reimbursement, or remission of tuition or fees, to its permanent faculty and staff.…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-150 "State-supported college or university" defined

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For the purposes of this article, a State-supported college or university shall be defined as any two-year or four-year college or university supported by the State of South Carolina, including colleges or universities offering postgraduate or professional courses of study.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-160 "Total disability" defined

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For the purposes of this article, total disability shall mean the physical inability to perform work in any gainful occupation, which disability directly results from any injury received in line of duty. In cases of such total disability, the free tuition provided for herein shal…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-170 Application for free tuition

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Application for the free tuition provided for in this article shall be filed with the governing body of the institution and shall be accompanied by proof or evidence of the death or total disability of the parent of the applicant and such proof or evidence that the injury or deat…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-180 Penalties for misrepresenting eligibility

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Any applicant who wilfully misrepresents his eligibility for the free tuition provided for under this article, or any person who knowingly aids or abets such applicant in misrepresenting his eligibility for such benefits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convicti…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-20 Free tuition for certain veterans' children

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(A) A child of a wartime veteran, upon application to and approval by the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs, may be admitted to any state-supported college, university, or post high school technical education institution free of tuition so long as his work and conduct…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-25 Scholarships exempted from mid-year budget reduction

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If a mid-year budget reduction is imposed by the General Assembly or the State Executive Budget Office, the Commission on Higher Education appropriations for the LIFE Scholarship, need-based Grants, and the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship are exempt.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-30 South Carolina defense scholarship fund

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The South Carolina defense scholarship fund is hereby created for which the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the fiscal year 1962-1963. Additional appropriations to the fund may be made in annual general appropriation act…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-310 "Tuition" defined

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As used in this article, "tuition" shall mean the amount charged for registering for a credit hour of instruction and shall not be construed to mean any other fees or charges or costs of textbooks.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-320 Persons age sixty and over may attend classes without payment of tuition

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State-supported colleges and universities, and institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, are authorized to permit legal residents of South Carolina who have attained the age of sixty to attend classes for credit or noncredit…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-330 Rules and regulations

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The State Commission on Higher Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this article.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-340 Institutions to which article applies

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The provisions of this article apply to: (1) those institutions enumerated in Section 59-107-10 and to the branches and extensions of those institutions; (2) those institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-350 Persons attending under article not counted in computing enrollment

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Persons attending classes under the provisions of this article, on a space available basis without payment of tuition, shall neither be counted in the computation of enrollment for funding purposes nor considered on a formula basis for the issuance of capital improvement bonds.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-360 Proof of eligibility

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The officials of such colleges, universities or institutions charged with administration may require such proof as they deem necessary to insure that the person applying to the college, university or institution is eligible for the benefits provided by this article.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-370 Penalties for misrepresenting eligibility

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Any applicant who wilfully misrepresents his eligibility for the tuition benefits provided for under this article, or any person who knowingly aids or abets such applicant in misrepresenting his eligibility for such benefits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conv…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-40 South Carolina defense scholarship fund; Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963 and Nurse Training Act of 1964

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The provisions of Section 59-111-30 shall apply to students and institutions of higher learning which otherwise qualify under the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963 (P.L. 88-129) and the Nurse Training Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-851).

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-50 Persons defaulting on certain student loans precluded from employment by State

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No person who has wilfully defaulted on a National Direct Student Loan, a National Defense Student Loan, a Guaranteed-Federally Insured Student Loan, a Nursing Student Loan, a Health Professions Student Loan or a Law Enforcement Educational Loan shall now or hereafter be employed…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-510 Medical and Dental Loan Fund

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The Department of Health and Environmental Control, hereinafter referred to as "the Department", shall aid, assist, promote, and administer a fund to be known as "The South Carolina Medical and Dental Loan Fund" with sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-520 Consideration of applications and granting of loans

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The Department shall receive and consider all applications for loans made by students who have been legal residents of South Carolina for a period of at least one year immediately preceding their application who desire to become physicians or dentists and who are acceptable for e…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-530 Amounts and conditions of loans or scholarships

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A loan shall not exceed ten thousand dollars per annum, for not exceeding four years, to defray tuition, living expenses, and other school related expenses. The loan must be based upon the condition that the applicant apply for a license to practice medicine, dentistry, or child …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-540 Loan contracts

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Before being granted a loan each applicant shall enter into a contract with the Department, which is considered a contract with the State of South Carolina agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan is granted to him. The contract shall include such terms and provis…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-550 Department authorized to enter and cancel contracts with medical and dental schools for admission of students

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The Department may make inquiry of the medical or dental schools which are approved for applicants to attend, and make arrangements and enter into contracts with those institutions for the admission of students granted loans by the Department. The Department, upon proper notice, …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-560 Penalty for failure to complete contract

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If the recipient of a loan fails without justifiable cause to practice medicine or dentistry in accordance with the terms of his contract, a penalty for failure to complete the contract must be imposed by the Department which at a minimum shall consist of a demand for the entire …

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-570 Deposits and disbursements

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The funds appropriated for the purposes of this article and all sums received in repayment of loans must be placed in the State Treasury to the credit of The South Carolina Medical and Dental Loan Fund. Loan payments must be paid out of this fund upon a voucher to the State Compt…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-580 Rules and regulations

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The Department may promulgate reasonable regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article.

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-60 Scholarship, free tuition, and other financial assistance for trustee or member of immediate family prohibited; exceptions

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(A) No person who is a member of the board of trustees or other governing body of a state institution as defined in Section 59-112-10 or member of his immediate family may receive a scholarship, free tuition, or other financial assistance except as provided in subsection (B). "Im…

S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-710 "Qualifying institution" or "institution" defined

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For purposes of this article, "qualifying institution" or "institution" means a state-supported post-secondary educational institution offering a master or doctoral degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences on July 1, 1994.