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Conway SC WPDE – The South Carolina Senate has adopted a bill that will allow the use of vouchers for private schools on Tuesday.

Such an account was established as unconstitutional last year, but this new bill changed the source of funding so that taxpayers’ money does not pay for these private school vouchers.

The new proposal will use funds from the South Carolina Education lottery.

The Senate adopted the bill 31 to 9.

Currently, the State Education Lottery is funding school buses, resources and technologies for K-12 schools, public access TV, as well as scholarships and grants for higher education.

“I think it’s like a public switch. Then the public must be able to decide. As perhaps in your lottery ticket it says “I wish or do not wish the money on my lottery tickets to go to private education,” said South Carolina Education President, Sheri East.

As early as September, the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a part of the Law on the Educational Fund, which was a similar measure that allowed parents to use public money for private schools.

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Some legislators believe that this last bill will have a legitimate challenge as it uses lottery money to fund scholarships, not money from the common fund funded by taxpayers.

“There are still struggles in the public school system to have all this extra money. So if you have all this extra money, why not throw it to the I95 shame corridor,” East said.

Local Hurry County, David Warner, has a child who goes to a private school and a child who does not do it because “every child has different needs.”

He said parents should be able to choose the best for their children, regardless of their income.

“This will not completely take public schools. There are many families who still want to take their children to a public school,” Warner explained.

In South Carolina, the financing of public schools is largely based on the number of students present, which means that if more students decide to go to private schools, it may decrease individual school.

“This is not about funding, but about financing students,” Warner said.

The House of South Carolina’s Representatives must still adopt the legislation before he can go to the governor’s desk Henry McMaster in order to be signed by law.