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2013/05/24 20:03
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Proposal to expand 4-old kindergarten could carry...
The benefits may be disputed but legislators are moving forward with a proposal to expand four-year-old kindergarten in the state. It's a plan that carries a heavy price-tag and high demand from...
Jerry Govan Mick Zais
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2013/05/22 04:25
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SC House bill would end ‘school choice’ for stude...
COLUMBIA — A decades-old form of “school choice” is under fire from lawmakers who say it is not fair to all S.C. families. A House bill that advanced Tuesday would repeal a 1962 state law that allows...
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2013/05/22 00:02
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Statewide Book Fair Gives Free Books To Children
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- It's about that time where students put down their textbook--and too often, don't pickup another book until summer is over. "If we're counting the books that I have downstairs,...
David Bishop Mick Zais WLTX SC
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2013/05/20 03:27
2013/05/20 03:27
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Upgrade bus system
The priorities of our state lawmakers are hard to fathom in many aspects of the budgeting process. But it is especially alarming that they don’t care enough about the welfare of our children to...
Senate Mick Zais
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2013/05/16 23:16
2013/05/16 23:16
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Mount Pleasant parents urged to voice bus concerns
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) – The Jennie Moore Elementary Improvement Council sent letters to parents Wednesday urging them to let their voices be heard about school buses. "The intent of the School...
Mick Zais WCIV Mount Pleasant Harman On Time Radio Raymond Cleary
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2013/05/16 13:58
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SC could cut high school graduation exit exam
COLUMBIA, SC Exit exam scores at Darlington High School are rolling in this week, said principal Greg Harrison, bringing difficult news to some seniors. “Breaking that news to them – that they didn’t...
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2013/05/15 20:10
2013/05/15 20:10
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SC's aging school buses costing taxpayers million...
State Superintendent Mick Zais is very blunt when describing the school bus situation in South Carolina. "We have some buses in our fleet that are 25 years old and older," said Zais. "Children are...
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2013/05/15 17:56
2013/05/15 17:56
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SC budget allows ads on school activity buses
South Carolina school districts may have a new option for fundraising next school year — selling advertisements on activity buses. Legislators' budget plans for 2013-14 include a clause permitting...
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2013/05/15 16:04
2013/05/15 16:04
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Downed power line prompts closure of Ravenel Brid...
Couple sues state over toddler's sexual-reassignment surgeryCouple sues state over toddler's sexual-reassignment surgery A Midlands couple is suing the state to challenge its decision to perform...
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2013/05/14 17:13
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Senate budget plan could include $15M for buses
By SEANNA ADCOX Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Senate's 2013-14 budget could buy $15 million worth of new school buses for South Carolina's aging fleet. Senators considered Monday an...
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2013/05/14 00:02
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Education Superintendent Wants Extra Lottery Mone...
By Robert Kittle South Carolina will take in $27 million more than expected from the state lottery this year, and the state's education superintendent wants to spend all of it on new school...
2013/05/09 22:19
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Economic advisers: SC lottery revenue is up
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's economic advisers say the state lottery is generating more profits than expected, allowing legislators to designate more money to school buses, libraries and...
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Economic Mick Zais The Associated Press
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2013/05/02 22:39
2013/05/02 22:39
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General Assembly closer to ending exit exam as gr...
Under a measure passed by the South Carolina House, high school students would no longer have to pass the state exit exam to graduate. The House passed the bill on Tuesday and sent it to the Senate,...
Phil Owens State Department of Education Senate South Carolina House Committee on Education
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2013/05/02 22:06
2013/05/02 22:06
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Pickens County teacher named S.C. Teacher of the ...
COLUMBIA — A Pickens County teacher has been named S.C. Teacher of the Year for 2013-2014. Darleen Sutton, a first-grade teacher at Pickens Elementary School, was honored at a ceremony in Columbia...
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2013/05/01 22:39
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Bill expanding 4-year-old kindergarten advances
COLUMBIA — After years without headway, an effort to expand full-day 4-year-old kindergarten to more poor children in South Carolina advanced Wednesday in the Senate. A 6-1 vote sent the measure to...
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2013/05/01 19:16
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Bill expanding 4-old kindergarten advances
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An effort to expand South Carolina's full-day 4-year-old kindergarten program to more poor children is advancing in the Senate. A Senate panel voted 6-1 Wednesday to send the...
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Senate Mick Zais Robert Hayes Hugh Leatherman Senate Finance Committee
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2013/04/26 21:48
2013/04/26 21:48
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Court orders Dept. of Education to hear SC's appe...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal government should not have reduced its funding to South Carolina before allowing an appeal, and that the state should get its money back until...
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2013/04/23 02:16
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Local mechanic says fixing buses is a challenge
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – A general manager for a local mechanic's shop says all the stories about bus problems are true. Jeep White is the general manager for General Diesel. The shop looks...
NORTH CHARLESTON WCIV Durham Mick Zais
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