H 5351

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 5351
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE APRIL 16, 2026, AS "SOUTH CAROLINA
HIGHER EDUCATION DAY."
Whereas, the South Carolina
Commission on Higher Education has provided strategic and collaborative
leadership to public colleges and universities for fifty-nine years; and
Whereas, South Carolina
Independent Colleges and Universities has represented independent, private
institutions of higher education for seventy-three years; and
Whereas, the South Carolina
Technical College System has overseen public technical institutions of higher
education for sixty-five years; and
Whereas, seventy-four
institutions of higher learning across South Carolina serve more than two
hundred and fifty-two thousand students, of whom seventy-four percent are South
Carolina residents; and
Whereas, an accessible and
affordable higher education for every South Carolinian is essential to ensuring
that our State has the trained and skilled workforce to compete for jobs and
investments in the future; and
Whereas, higher levels of
education provide many benefits not only to students, but their families, and
the communities in which they live and work; and
Whereas, public and independent
colleges and universities in the Palmetto State share a common commitment to
promoting critical thinking and creativity by preparing their students to be
engaged citizens; and
Whereas, graduates of
colleges and universities serve in positions of leadership throughout South
Carolina, helping to secure the brightest future for our State. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize April 16, 2026,
as "South Carolina Higher Education Day."
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