South Carolina H 3331: Matriculation and incidental fees

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2025-2026 Bill 3331 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3331

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-104-20, RELATING TO THE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SO AS 
TO PROVIDE THAT A STUDENT WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP 
AND IS ENROLLED IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA TEACHING FELLOWS PROGRAM IS ELIGIBLE FOR 
A SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT SHALL COMMIT 
TO TEACH IN A SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR SEVEN YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, 
AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF A STUDENT DOES NOT TEACH IN A SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC 
SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, THE STUDENT SHALL RETURN A 
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP.

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-104-20 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 (J)(1) A student who meets the 
requirements of this section and is enrolled in the South Carolina Teaching 
Fellows program administered by The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, 
and Advancement is eligible for a supplemental teaching scholarship equal to 
the student's remaining tuition after the Palmetto Fellows scholarship and the 
Teaching Fellows scholarship have been applied to the student's tuition. A 
student who receives a supplemental teaching scholarship pursuant to this 
subsection shall commit to teach in a South Carolina public school for seven 
years after graduation.

 (2) 
If a student does not teach in a South Carolina public school for seven years 
after graduation, the student shall return one seventh of the value of the 
supplemental teaching scholarship described in item (1) for each year of the 
first seven years after graduation that the student is not a South Carolina 
public school teacher. A student may apply for a waiver if the student enrolls 
in a master's degree program related to education. The Department of Revenue 
may garnish a person's income tax refund for failure to satisfy the financial 
responsibility requirements of this item.

 (3) 
Each year in the annual general appropriations act, the General Assembly shall 
appropriate the funds necessary to fund the supplemental teaching scholarships 
awarded pursuant to this subsection.

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

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