Our Position:
Refer to the LWVSC Program & Action Agenda for our current position on this issue and background/action information, as applicable.
Current Issues:
See Advocacy>Legislative Advocacy>Human Rights, Services for the latest testimonies related to education issues.
See Freedom to Read SC for resouces and efforts to oppose book bans and other censorship efforts.
Related Resources:
See State and Local Taxation for more complete information on public school funding.
The best resource for financial data is the Department of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. Look under Economic Reports, and you will find lots of data about Education Funding in South Carolina. For comparative national data, try The National Center for education Statistics. The South Carolina Department of Education offers a lot of data and numerous useful reports on education in the Palmetto State. The Commission on Higher Education maintains data on public higher education.
Updated Student Costs
2019 Update on Education Funding, Holley Ulbrich
Student Costs Report 2017
LWVSC's statement on the SC Supreme Court's ruling to end Abbeville Education Case (2017):
"The LWVSC supports efforts to make high-quality education available to all students in SC. The Abbeville case has been an important attempt to address that. Now that the Supreme Court has ended the Abbeville case, it is especially important that the General Assembly act responsibly to fulfill the needs of our children. Efforts to date have been promising, but most of the needed work remains to be done. We hope to see a genuine commitment to meaningful action from our legislators when they return to Columbia."
