Section 59-8-135 - Limitations on scholarships(A) Beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year, the annual number of ESTF students is limited by the following capacity:(1) in School Year 2024-2025, the program is limited to five thousand scholarship students;(2) in School Year 2025-2026, the program is limited to ten thousand scholarship students; and(3) in School Year 2026-2027, and for all subsequent school years, the program is limited to fifteen thousand scholarship students.(B) In 2027, and every five years thereafter, the department shall conduct an eligibility and use review of the program and shall make recommendations to the General Assembly to improve the program.Added by 2023 S.C. Acts, Act No. 8 (SB 39),s 1, eff. 6/3/2023. 2023 Act No. 8, Section 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor, provided that upon approval of this act by the Governor, the Department of Education shall begin undertaking and executing responsibilities incidental to the implementation of this act so that the provisions of this act may be fully implemented thirty days after approval by the Governor."