{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-53-30","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-53-30","heading":"Open admissions; tuition and fees; literacy and vocational programs; parallel programs.","body":"Institutions of the South Carolina Technical Education System shall maintain open admissions policies unless determined to be economically unfeasible by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and establish and maintain low tuition and fees in order to provide access to post-secondary education and insure that such educational opportunities shall not be denied to anyone.\nUpon request and justification and with the approval of the State Board of Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to contract with local school districts to offer adult literacy courses and programs and secondary-level vocational courses and programs.\nUpon request and justification and with the approval of the Commission on Higher Education, the Board may authorize an institution within its jurisdiction to offer two-year college parallel programs. The Commission on Higher Education shall approve all criteria for college parallel courses.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 53 Technical and Vocational Education and Training","ARTICLE 1 State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c053.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:01:39Z","sha256":"200b085959f99ec4123e5af433875e773f0655eea26d41e2c5b13e4d36a0c176","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-53-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-53-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}