South Carolina § 59-107-20 - Tuition fees required at state institutions.

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§ 59-107-20. Tuition fees required at state institutions.

Tuition fees (as such term is defined in Section 59-107-30) shall be required to be paid in such amount or amounts and under such conditions as the respective Board of Trustees, Area Commissions or, for any Technical Education College or Center not governed or supervised by an Area Commission, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, of such state institutions shall prescribe, with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the "State Fiscal Accountability Authority". The provisions of this section shall not be construed as requiring uniformity of tuition fees at such state institutions nor shall they preclude a higher scale for non-residents of South Carolina.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 22-22; 1953 (48) 169; 1966 (54) 2263; 1977 Act No. 249, Pt II, SECTION 2.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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