COLUMBIA, S.C. — The S.C. Senate yesterday (April 24) approved its version of the state budget and, like the House’s budget, it contains just about everything we could hope for.
- Tuition Grants Commission retained $20 million in lottery revenue.
- CHE Needs-Based Program retained $80 million of lottery funding. NOTE: Tuition Grants Program gets about 15% of that, based on enrollment.
- Merit Scholarships were fully funded at $286 million in lottery revenue.
- PASCAL was fully funded at $1.5 million in lottery revenue.
Because the Senate version of the budget is not exactly the same as the House’s a conference committee will be formed to hammer out a compromise budget.
The very good news is that the House and Senate agree on our priorities.
Higher Education Day at the S.C. Statehouse and more than 6,800 Tuition Grants thank-you letters