State & Local Taxation

State & Local Taxation

 

Our Position:

Refer to the LWVSC Program & Action Agenda for our current position on this issue and background/action information, as applicable. 

Current Issues:

Education Funding in South Carolina 

Senate Committee on Education Funding Reform – An ad hoc committee was convened to explore the important issues around education funding in South Carolina and to draft a bill to be filed in 2021 for the general reform of secondary education funding in South Carolina. Testimony was written by League Co-President, and respected economist specializing in South Carolina local and state government revenues, Holley Ulbrich. See below.  She also gave extensive oral testimony to the committee.

Related Resources/Studies/Campaigns:

  • Public Education Funding (2018)
  • Education Funding (2018 presentation for Hilton Head)
  • Tax presentation (2013) by Dr. Holley Ulbrich, LWVSC Director Taxation Policy; Jim Self Center Senior Scholar, Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University 
  • South Carolina's Education Funding Puzzle: a series of LWVSC policy briefs on how public education is financed in the state