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2025-2026 Bill 3203 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3203

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
59-104-27 SO AS TO ESTABLISH DURATIONS FOR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS, AND 
TO MAKE PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR ACCELERATED 
UNDERGRADUATE-TO-GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-149-60, 
RELATING TO THE DURATION OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO MAKE LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS 
AVAILABLE FOR ACCELERATED UNDERGRADUATE-TO-GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.

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

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 104, Title 59 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
59-104-27. (A) A Palmetto Fellows 
Scholarship may be renewed annually, based on the date of initial college 
enrollment, for no more than a total of:

 (1) 
two terms toward a one-year certificate or diploma program;

 (2) 
four terms toward the first associate degree or two-year diploma program;

 (3) 
eight terms toward the first bachelor's degree or a program of study that is 
structured so as not to require a bachelor's degree and leads to a graduate 
degree;

 (4) 
ten terms toward the first approved five-year bachelor's degree; or

 (5) 
ten terms toward the first bachelor's degree and a master's degree offered 
together in an accelerated format, whether at one institution or cooperatively 
through two institutions.

(B) The 
Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement may be awarded, based on the date of 
initial college enrollment, for no more than a total of:

 (1) 
six terms toward the first bachelor's degree or a program of study that is 
structured so as not to require a bachelor's degree and leads to a graduate 
degree;

 (2) 
eight terms toward the first approved five-year bachelor's degree; or

 (3) 
eight terms toward the first bachelor's degree and a master's degree offered 
together in an accelerated format, whether at one institution or cooperatively 
through two institutions.

SECTION 2. Section 59-149-60 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
59-149-60. The student may receive a LIFE Scholarship for not more than ten 
semesters for a five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year 
degree program, four semesters for a two-year degree program, or six semesters 
for a three-year degree program. For purposes of this 
chapter, a five-year degree program includes an accelerated program designed 
for a student to progress through both a bachelor's degree and master's degree 
without stopping one degree program to start the other or meeting otherwise required 
criteria, such as completion of an undergraduate degree and submission of 
standardized testing scores.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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