No tuition may be charged for a period of four school years by any state-supported college or university or any state-supported vocational or technical school for children of:
(1) firemen, both regularly employed and members of volunteer organized units, organized rescue squad members, members of the Civil Air Patrol, law enforcement officers, or corrections officers, as defined herein, including reserve and auxiliary units of counties or municipalities who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 1964;
(2) government employees who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty while working on state time on or after July 1, 1996, as a result of a criminal act committed against them which constitutes a felony under the laws of this State.
The tuition authorized to be paid by this section applies only to undergraduate courses or curriculum and may be paid for a period not exceeding four years, regardless of the number of state-supported colleges, universities, or state-supported vocational or technical schools the child attends.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-71; 1968 (55) 2300; 1969 (56) 659; 1971 (57) 457, 481; 2000 Act No. 281, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 59-111-15. Tuition assistance for permanent faculty and staff.
Section 59-111-20. Free tuition for certain veterans' children.
Section 59-111-25. Scholarships exempted from mid-year budget reduction.
Section 59-111-30. South Carolina defense scholarship fund.
Section 59-111-50. Persons defaulting on certain student loans precluded from employment by State.
Section 59-111-75. College loan program for National Guard members.
Section 59-111-120. "Fireman" defined.
Section 59-111-130. "Law enforcement officer" defined.
Section 59-111-140. "Corrections officer" defined.
Section 59-111-145. "Government employee" defined.
Section 59-111-150. "State-supported college or university" defined.
Section 59-111-160. "Total disability" defined.
Section 59-111-170. Application for free tuition.
Section 59-111-180. Penalties for misrepresenting eligibility.
Section 59-111-310. "Tuition" defined.
Section 59-111-320. Persons age sixty and over may attend classes without payment of tuition.
Section 59-111-330. Rules and regulations.
Section 59-111-340. Institutions to which article applies.
Section 59-111-350. Persons attending under article not counted in computing enrollment.
Section 59-111-360. Proof of eligibility.
Section 59-111-370. Penalties for misrepresenting eligibility.
Section 59-111-510. Medical and Dental Loan Fund.
Section 59-111-520. Consideration of applications and granting of loans.
Section 59-111-530. Amounts and conditions of loans or scholarships.
Section 59-111-540. Loan contracts.
Section 59-111-560. Penalty for failure to complete contract.
Section 59-111-570. Deposits and disbursements.
Section 59-111-580. Rules and regulations.
Section 59-111-710. "Qualifying institution" or "institution" defined.
Section 59-111-760. Annual accounting of funds; reports.
Section 59-111-770. Final disbursements from fund; dissolution of fund.