South Carolina Finance Update
Expansion of preschool for four-year-olds is gaining traction in the legislature, with a House education committee approving programs that would serve all Medicaid or free and reduced-price lunch eligible four-year-olds in the state. Last year’s pilot program was focused on serving the plaintiff districts that sued the state over adequate funding. The judge ruled that the state was not doing enough in early education to serve poor and rural students.