January 6, 2006

Outlook for Higher Education in the 50 State Legislatures

By ANNE K. WALTERS

SOUTH CAROLINA

Dates of session

January 10 to June 1

Budget request

  • $695.8-million, a 7.7-percent increase.

Outlook for budget request

  • Fair. The state's improving economy has led to increasing tax revenue, a development that is prompting higher-education officials to urge lawmakers to reverse the damage done to public colleges' budgets in recent lean years. But the needs of elementary and secondary education and other programs will

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