South Carolina § 59-8-135 Limitations on scholarships.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 59-8-135 — Limitations on scholarships.

South Carolina § 59-8-135

Title 59EDUCATION

Ch. 8EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND

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S.C. Code Ann. § 59-8-135 (2026).

Text

Beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year, the annual number of eligible students is limited by the following capacity:

(1)in School Year 2025-2026, the program is limited to ten thousand scholarship students; and (2) in School Year 2026-2027, and for all subsequent school years, the program shall be made available to at least fifteen thousand scholarship students but may be increased through an allocation in the general appropriations act at the direction of the General Assembly, based upon previously unmet demand for scholarships as evidenced by the prior year's applications.

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Beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year, the annual number of eligible students is limited by the following capacity: (1) in School Year 2025-2026, the program is limited to ten thousand scholarship students; and (2) in School Year 2026-2027, and for all subsequent school years, the program shall be made available to at least fifteen thousand scholarship students but may be increased through an allocation in the general appropriations act at the direction of the General Assembly, based upon previously unmet demand for scholarships as evidenced by the prior year's applications.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 8 (S.39), SECTION 1, eff June 3, 2023; 2025 Act No. 11 (S.62), SECTION 6, eff May 7, 2025. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 8, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor." 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 16, provides as follows: "SECTION 16. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Current eligible participants may continue receiving benefits under the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, until the end of the 2024-2025 School Year." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 11, SECTION 6, rewrote the section.