In-state college tuition rates have been frozen in SC for 5 years. That may change

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In-state college tuition rates have been frozen in SC for 5 years. That may change

For five years in a row, in-state students at the state’s public colleges and universities have paid the same tuition rates in part because lawmakers set aside millions of dollars for tuition mitigation. But the state’s public institutions of higher learning say the money from the General Assembly to keep tuition rates frozen hasn’t covered rising operating costs. Now the House budget proposal ...