South Carolina H 4738: Commission on Higher Education

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2025-2026 Bill 4738 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 21, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4738

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Committee Report

April 21, 2026

H. 4738

Introduced 
by Reps. Erickson and McGinnis 

S. Printed 4/21/26--S.

Read the first time March 31, 2026

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The committee on Senate 
Education

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4738) to 
amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 59-26-20, relating to 
certain duties of the State Board of Education and the Commission on Higher Education, 
etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully 
considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

GREG HEMBREE for 
Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY 
AMENDING SECTION 59-26-20, RELATING TO CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF 
EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATOR 
TRAINING, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE GOVERNOR'S TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP LOAN PROGRAM; 
BY AMENDING SECTION 59-26-35, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATOR 
PREPARATION REPORT CARD, SO AS TO REVISE DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-53-40, 
RELATING TO COLLEGE PARALLEL COURSES AND ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS, SO AS TO 
REMOVE RELATED BUDGETARY REVIEW REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMISSION; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-104-40, RELATING TO THE CONVERSION FROM THE QUARTER CALENDAR SYSTEM 
TO THE SEMESTER CALENDAR SYSTEM BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, SO AS TO 
REMOVE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 59-150-355, RELATING TO 
EDUCATION LOTTERY APPROPRIATIONS AND USES, SO AS TO REMOVE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS, 
AMONG OTHER THINGS; BY AMENDING SECTION 8-17-380, RELATING TO THE GRIEVANCE AND 
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCEDURE FOR ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO REMOVE 
REFERENCES TO THE COMMISSION; BY REPEALING CHAPTER 51, TITLE 11 RELATING TO THE 
SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH UNIVERSITY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; BY REPEALING SECTION 
39-9-230 RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF the METRIC SYSTEM BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 
AGRICULTURE WITH ASSISTANCE BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BY REPEALING SECTION 
59-54-20 RELATING TO THE STATE OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-101-340 RELATING TO ALLOCATION OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR A 
CERTAIN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-101-360 RELATING TO 
CERTAIN REVENUE FROM TAX ON CATALOG SALES CREDITABLE TO MAIL ORDER SALES TAX 
FUND; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-103-50 RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF 
PRIVATE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-103-120 RELATING TO THE 
ACCREDITATION AND CHARTERING OF CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGES; by repealing SECTION 
59-103-162 RELATING TO the SOUTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP; by 
repealing section 59-104-210 relating to the competitive grants program; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-104-230 RELATING TO THE ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS PROGRAM; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-104-410 RELATING TO THE RESEARCH INVESTMENT FUND; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-104-420 RELATING TO CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH INVESTMENT FUND 
USES; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-104-430 RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS FOR THE 
RESEARCH INVESTMENT FUND TO BE MADE AT THE END OF the FISCAL YEAR; BY REPEALING 
SECTION 59-104-440 RELATING TO THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE RESEARCH 
INVESTMENT FUND; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-105-60 RELATING TO THE MODEL SEXUAL 
ASSAULT POLICY CREATED BY THE CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT INFORMATION ACT; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-111-75 RELATING TO THE COLLEGE LOAN PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL 
GUARD MEMBERS; BY REPEALING SECTION 59-121-15 RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITADEL TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION; BY 
REPEALING SECTION 59-127-75 RELATING TO THE FELTON-LABORATORY SCHOOL AT SOUTH 
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 59-150-380 RELATING TO THE 
EDUCATIONAL LOTTERY TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM.

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

SECTION 
1. Section 59-26-20(n) of the S.C. Code is amended 
to read:

 (n) the Commission 
on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and 
the staff of the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, shall develop a 
Governor's Teaching Scholarship Loan Program to provide talented and qualified 
state residents loans not to exceed five thousand dollars a year to attend 
public or private colleges and universities for the purpose of becoming 
certified teachers employed in the public schools of this State. The recipient 
of a loan is entitled to have up to one hundred percent of the amount of the 
loan plus the interest on the loan canceled if he becomes certified and teaches 
in the public schools of this State for at least five y