S.C. Legislators Want Statewide Teacher Furloughs
Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina teachers would take a pay cut and students would take fewer tests under cost-cutting measures that won initial legislative approval Tuesday.
A House panel crafting the education budget for the next fiscal year voted unanimously to require that teachers statewide take a five-day furlough and that administrators take 10 days, saving roughly $100 million in salaries.
Lawmakers meanwhile avoided debate on a proposal to allow students in poorly performing schools to cross district lines to...
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