Performance Funding Development YEAR 7 (FY 2002-2003) Performance Funding Guidelines and Updates (external link) USC & Peers/Aspirant Peers on US News Indicators, 2003 Edition (.pdf) Year 7 CHE Approved Peers for Performance Funding YEAR 6 (FY 2001-2002) Year 6 Performance Funding Data (external link) Year 6 Performance Funding Workbook Supplement (external link) Year 6 CHE Approved Peers for Performance Funding YEAR 5 (FY 2000-2001) Year 5 Performance Funding Data (external link) Year 5 CHE Approved Peers for Performance Funding Year 5 Performance Funding Notebook (external link - .doc) Year 5 Performance Funding Notebook (external link - .pdf) YEAR 4 (FY 1999-2000) Year 4 Performance Funding Calendar Year 4 Performance Funding Data (external link) Process for the Development of Staff Recommendations on Proposed Institutional Benchmarks Performance Funding Regulations Other Useful Information Legal Source of Performance Funding - Act 359 of 1996 S.C. Code of Laws Title 59 Chapter 103 State Commission On Higher Education (external link) S.C. Code of Laws Title 59 Chapter 104 Initiatives For Research And Academic Excellence (external link) Regulations Pertaining to Performance Standards and Funding and the Reduction, Expansion, Consolidation or Closure of an Institution (.doc)