S.C. Measure Ties State Funding to School Achievement

By Jessica Portner

School districts in South Carolina that refused to remove principals from poorly performing schools would lose part of their state education funding under a bill making its way through the legislature.

The measure is part of a larger effort launched by state schools Superintendent Barbara Nielsen that is designed to hold each of the state's 1,100 schools accountable for its students' performance.

The so-called South Carolina School Accountability Act also would reward schools that...