South Carolina resident attending an outofstate high school may be used provided it is calculated pursuant to a stateapproved, standardized grading scale at the respective outofstate high school. If the Commission on Higher Education determines that a stateapproved standardized grading scale substantially deviates from the South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale, the stateapproved standardized grading scale shall not be used to meet the eligibility requirements for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. (H) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a student who met the initial eligibility requirements to receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school and has met the continuing eligibility requirements shall receive the award. A student may receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for not more than ten semesters for an approved five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year degree program, or four semesters for a two-year degree program. A student who received a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school but declined the award to attend an out-of-state institution is eligible to reapply for the annual scholarship, providing he meets all of the initial and continuing academic eligibility requirements of the Palmetto Fellows program, if he transfers to a qualifying South Carolina institution of higher learning. The number of semesters or academic years a student attended an outofstate institution are to be deducted from the number of semesters or academic years a student is eligible for the scholarship. All funding provided for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships regardless of its source or allocation must be used to implement the provisions of this subsection. (I) The Commission on Higher Education shall, by regulation, define alternative qualifications for an exceptionally gifted student who is a resident of South Carolina and is accepted into an institution of higher learning without having attended or graduated from high school.” SECTION 7. Section 59-104-25(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 59-104-25. (A) A resident student who is at least a “Section sophomore junior attending a fouryear public or private institution of higher learning in this State, who is majoring in science or mathematics as defined below, and who is receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for the current year, shall receive an additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend equal to the cost
South Carolina resident attending an outofstate high school may be used provided it is calculated pursuant to a stateapproved, standardized grading scale at the respective outofstate high school. If the Commission on Higher Education determines that a stateapproved standardized grading scale substantially deviates from the South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale, the stateapproved standardized grading scale shall not be used to meet the eligibility requirements for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. (H) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a student who met the initial eligibility requirements to receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school and has met the continuing eligibility requirements shall receive the award. A student may receive a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for not more than ten semesters for an approved five-year degree program, eight semesters for a four-year degree program, or four semesters for a two-year degree program. A student who received a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Award as a senior in high school but declined the award to attend an out-of-state institution is eligible to reapply for the annual scholarship, providing he meets all of the initial and continuing academic eligibility requirements of the Palmetto Fellows program, if he transfers to a qualifying South Carolina institution of higher learning. The number of semesters or academic years a student attended an outofstate institution are to be deducted from the number of semesters or academic years a student is eligible for the scholarship. All funding provided for Palmetto Fellows Scholarships regardless of its source or allocation must be used to implement the provisions of this subsection. (I) The Commission on Higher Education shall, by regulation, define alternative qualifications for an exceptionally gifted student who is a resident of South Carolina and is accepted into an institution of higher learning without having attended or graduated from high school.” SECTION 7. Section 59-104-25(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 59-104-25. (A) A resident student who is at least a sophomore junior attending a fouryear public or private institution of higher learning in this State, who is majoring in science or mathematics as defined below, and who is receiving a Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for the current year, shall receive an additional Palmetto Fellows Scholarship stipend equal to the cost
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