2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 2 - General Assembly
CHAPTER 77 - SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHER EDUCATION EXCELLENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Section 2-77-15. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) "Eligible institution" means a four-year institution of higher learning:

(a) at which sixty percent or more of the enrolled undergraduate students were low-income and educationally disadvantaged students, for the four consecutive years immediately preceding the then current year;

(b) that is defined in Part B, Subchapter III, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code;

(c) that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;

(d) that is organized as a nonprofit corporation or is a public institution; and

(e) that has its main campus located in South Carolina.

(2) "Federal funding program" means:

(a) Section 507(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Land Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note), as amended; or

(b) Part B, Subchapter III, Chapter 28, Title 20 of the United States Code.

(3) "Low-income and educationally disadvantaged student" means a student who receives a Pell Grant.

HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 24, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 162, Section 2, eff June 14, 2005.

Effect of Amendment

The 2005 amendment rewrote item (1).