S.C. House bill would offer in-state college tuition for students from North Carolina, Georgia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) – In-state tuition for schools in South Carolina may quickly turn out to be a actuality for some college students from outdoors the state.

A invoice within the South Carolina Home of Representatives would enable colleges to supply in-state tuition “to college students who legally reside in a state that borders South Carolina and in any other case meet admissions standards.”

FULL BILL | Home Invoice 3325

Seven state colleges could be impacted by the invoice, together with Coastal Carolina College, Horry-Georgetown Techincal School and Francis Marion College. Winthrop College, USC Beaufort, USC Upstate and USC Aiken have been additionally named within the laws.

The invoice additionally extends to cowl undergraduate, graduate or any mixture of the 2 educational ranges. Every college would even be allowed as much as 250 of those scholarships every educational yr.

If handed and signed in its present type, the invoice would go into impact from the 2024-25 educational yr by the 2029-30 educational yr.

As of Thursday, the invoice is being mentioned within the Home Training and Public Works Committee.

It’s unclear if will probably be dropped at the ground for a vote in the course of the present Basic Session.

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