On Tuesday, the South Carolina legislature gave final passage to S0039 (full text) which gives lower income families access to school vouchers of up to $6000 per student through the newly created Education Scholarship Trust Fund. The funds may be used at approved public or private schools for tuition, textbooks, computers and tutoring. In the first year of the program, vouchers will be available to 5,000 students. By the third year this increased to 15,000. The State reports on the legislation.
