South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 62 - STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Article III - STUDENT AND INSTITUTION ASSISTANCE › Subarticle A - PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 62-320 - Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Application

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. The Commission on Higher Education will
				send information regarding the application process to all South Carolina high
				schools, home school associations and district superintendents. High schools
				and/or home school associations that do not receive information regarding the
				application process from the Commission on Higher Education by the beginning of
				each application process must contact the Commission for information. It is the
				sole responsibility of the high schools, home schools, home school
				associations, and district superintendents to contact CHE regarding the
				Palmetto Fellows Scholarship program including the application process. High
				school officials will identify students who meet the specified eligibility
				criteria by each established deadline. High school officials must submit
				applications (both electronic and paper documentation) no later than the
				established deadline(s) along with the appropriate signatures, official
				transcripts and test score verification to the Commission on Higher Education.
				High school officials must certify each eligible applicant's signature form.
				Students who are enrolled at out-of-state high schools are personally
				responsible for contacting the Commission on Higher Education about the
				application process and must adhere to the same established
				deadline(s).
B. The high schools
				and home school associations must submit a list to the Commission on Higher
				Education indicating the names of all students who meet the eligibility
				criteria at their high school. The list should indicate whether the student is
				submitting a completed application or declining the opportunity to apply. If
				the student declines the opportunity to apply, the high school will submit a
				form for each of these students, signed by both the student and the
				parent/guardian and indicating the reason(s) for not submitting an application.
				Students who decline to apply for the Scholarship forfeit any future
				eligibility under this Program.
C.
				Applications for early awards must be submitted to the Commission on Higher
				Education for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship by the date established each
				academic year. Students must meet one of the following set of academic criteria
				in order to be eligible to apply for the early awards (students cannot use the
				early awards criteria to apply during the late awards):
1. Score at least 1200 on the SAT or 25 on
				the ACT through the test administration date as determined by CHE of the senior
				year; earn a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA on the current South Carolina Uniform
				Grading Policy (UGP) at the end of the junior year; and rank in the top six
				percent of the class at the end of either the sophomore or the junior year;
				or
2. The alternate criteria of a
				score at least 1400 on the SAT or 31 on the ACT through the test administration
				date as determined by CHE of the senior year and earn a minimum 4.00 cumulative
				GPA on the UGP at the end of the junior year, without regard to class
				rank.
3. High schools or home
				school associations that do not rank as an official policy; or high schools
				whose grading policy deviates from the current South Carolina Uniform Grading
				Policy and do not convert the graduating class grades to the current South
				Carolina UGP to determine class rank, must use the alternate criteria of
				meeting the academic requirements for the Palmetto Fellow
				Scholarship.
4. High schools or
				home school associations shall not use ranking for the sole purpose of
				obtaining eligibility for the state scholarships.