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Nine South Carolina House Republicans have urged the state's Ways and Means Committee to eliminate all state funding for South Carolina State University after the HBCU rescinded Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette's commencement invitation following student protests and safety concerns. The funding threat targets an institution where 77% of students receive Pell Grants and which the federal government has already identified as having been shortchanged nearly $470 million over three decades compared to Clemson University.