South Carolina: Supreme Court Strikes Down Voucher Plan!
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster thought he could use some of the state’s CARES Act money to create a voucher program.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina just struck down his illegal scheme to divert money from public schools to private and religious schools.
From TheState.com:
Public money cannot be spent on South Carolina’s private schools, the S.C. Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday afternoon.
The unanimous 5-0 decision was a high-profile defeat for Gov. Henry McMaster, who earlier this year announced he was designating $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to go to pay one-time tuition grants of up to $6,500 per student for about 5,000 private school K-12 students across the state.
“We hold the Governor’s decision constitutes the use of public funds for the direct benefit of private educational institutions within the meaning of, and prohibited by, Article XI, Section 4 of the South Carolina Constitution,” CONTINUE READING: South Carolina: Supreme Court Strikes Down Voucher Plan! | Diane Ravitch's blog