2011-2012 Bill 4641: In-State Tuition for Military and Dependents - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 4641 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Daning, Knight, Crosby, Ott, King, Brannon, Southard, Erickson, McEachern, 10 J.E. Smith, Atwater, Spires, Gilliard, Battle, Bowers, R.L. Brown, Chumley, CobbHunter, Harrison, 11 Herbkersman, Hosey, Howard, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Murphy, Pitts, Tallon, Toole and Whipper 12 Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3868sd12.docx 13 14 Introduced in the House on January 19, 2012 15 Introduced in the Senate on April 3, 2012 16 Last Amended on March 28, 2012 17 Currently residing in the Senate 18 19 Summary: In-state tuition for military and dependents 20 21 22 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 23 24 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 25 1/19/2012 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 6) 26 1/19/2012 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works ( House Journalpage 6) 27 3/21/2012 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works 28 ( House Journalpage 57) 29 3/28/2012 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper 30 3/28/2012 House Amended ( House Journalpage 54) 31 3/28/2012 House Read second time ( House Journalpage 54) 32 3/28/2012 House Roll call Yeas103 Nays0 ( House Journalpage 55) 33 3/29/2012 House Read third time and sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 13) 34 4/3/2012 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 2) 35 4/3/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Education ( Senate Journalpage 2) 36 5/24/2012 Senate Committee report: Favorable Education ( Senate Journalpage 18) 37 5/29/2012 Senate Read second time ( Senate Journalpage 27) 38 5/29/2012 Senate Roll call Ayes40 Nays0 ( Senate Journalpage 27) 39 40 41 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 42 43 1/19/2012 44 3/21/2012 45 3/28/2012 46 5/24/2012 47 1 Indicates Matter Stricken 2 Indicates New Matter 3 4 COMMITTEE REPORT 5 May 24, 2012 6 7 H. 4641 8 9 Introduced by Reps. Daning, Knight, Crosby, Ott, King, Brannon, 10 Southard, Erickson, McEachern, J.E. Smith, Atwater, Spires, 11 Gilliard, Battle, Bowers, R.L. Brown, Chumley, CobbHunter, 12 Harrison, Herbkersman, Hosey, Howard, Long, Lowe, Lucas, 13 Murphy, Pitts, Tallon, Toole and Whipper 14 15 S. Printed 5/24/12--S. 16 Read the first time April 3, 2012. 17 18 19 THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 20 To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4641) to amend Section 21 5911250, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, 22 relating to instate tuition rates for military personnel and their, etc., 23 respectfully 24 REPORT: 25 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 26 recommend that the same do pass: 27 28 JOHN E. COURSON for Committee. 29

[4641-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 5911250, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 INSTATE TUITION RATES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL 14 AND THEIR DEPENDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, 15 SO AS TO REVISE THE CRITERIA UNDER WHICH 16 VETERANS WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND 17 THEIR DEPENDENTS MAY RECEIVE INSTATE TUITION 18 RATES. 19 20 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 21 Carolina: 22 23 SECTION 1. Section 5911250 of the 1976 Code, as last amended 24 by Act 246 of 2010, is further amended to read: 25 26 “Section 5911250. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of 27 law, during the period of their assignment to duty in South 28 Carolina, members of the Armed Services of the United States 29 stationed in South Carolina and their dependents are eligible for 30 instate tuition rates. When these armed service personnel are 31 ordered away from the State, their dependents are eligible for 32 instate tuition rates as long as they remain continuously enrolled at 33 the state institution in which they are enrolled at the time the 34 assignment ends or transfer to an eligible institution during the 35 term or semester, excluding summer terms, immediately following 36 their enrollment at the previous institution. In the event of a 37 transfer, the receiving institution shall verify the decision made by 38 the student’s previous institution in order to certify the student’s 39 eligibility for instate tuition rates. It is the responsibility of the 40 transferring student to ensure that all documents required to verify 41 both the previous and present residency decisions are provided to 42 the institution. These persons and their dependents are eligible for

[4641] 3 1 instate tuition rates after their discharge from the armed services 2 even though they were not enrolled at a state institution at the time 3 of their discharge, if they have evidenced an intent to establish 4 domicile in South Carolina and if they have resided in South 5 Carolina for a period of at least twelve months immediately 6 preceding their discharge. 7 (B) In addition to the provisions of subsection (A), a veteran of 8 the Armed Services of the United States who has been honorably 9 discharged , and their dependents, who are not otherwise eligible 10 for instate tuition rates, are entitled to receive instate tuition rates 11 at state institutions provided that within two years of the date of 12 discharge, they enroll at a state institution and have evidenced an 13 intent to establish domicile in South Carolina. These individuals 14 are eligible for instate tuition rates as long as they remain 15 continuously enrolled at a state institution or transfer to an eligible 16 institution during the term or semester, excluding summer terms, 17 immediately following their enrollment at the previous institution, 18 subject to provisions concerning such transfers as provided for in 19 subsection (A).” 20 21 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 22 Governor. 23 XX 24

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