The South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee completed its work on the state budget this afternoon.
The Ways and Means version of the budget contains the following specifically for Clemson University:
Clemson E&G
- $3 million in recurring funding for the Center for Energy Systems at the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI)
- $1 million in nonrecurring funding for Undergraduate Student Engagement Programs
Clemson PSA
- $1 million in recurring funding for Advanced Plant Technology at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence
- $3 million in nonrecurring funding for the Advanced Plant Technology Laboratory at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence
- $500,000 in recurring funding for Precision Agriculture
- $300,000 in recurring funding for the Veterinary Diagnostic Center at Livestock-Poultry Health in Columbia
The committee did not include a cost-of-living pay increase for state employees in its version of the budget.
The committee’s version of the budget includes a 6.8 percent increase in the cost of health insurance for state employees, which would be paid by the state. Under this plan, state employees would see a 20 percent co-pay increase.
The budget now goes to the full South Carolina House of Representatives for consideration.
