COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The latest South Carolina proposal to help parents send their children to private school is up for debate in a Senate committee.
The Senate Education Committee meeting Wednesday comes two weeks after a subcommittee took a rare vote to advance the measure without showing support or opposition for it.
State budget advisers expect the plan to cost the state $133 when all students would be eligible in 2023-24. Its cumulative loss to state revenue over 13 years would be more than $800 million.
Supporters contend more students than estimated would transfer, saving the state money.
The plan would give tax credits to parents who can afford to pay tuition upfront and provide scholarships to poor students. The businesses and people who donate toward those scholarships would take the tax credit.
