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In 2014, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state had failed to provide a "minimally adequate" education to children in all parts of the state as required by the state's constitution. [11] South Carolina has 1,144 K–12 schools in 85 school districts with an enrollment of 712,244 as of fall 2009.
The Department of Education's Instructional Television (SCDE ITV) team, part of the South Carolina Office of eLearning, [2] works with South Carolina Educational Television (ETV) to provide resources and services to South Carolina public schools, including instructional television (ITV) for distance learning. ITV is responsible for the ...
The South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984, known informally as the EIA, is a landmark South Carolina statute enacted by the state legislature and signed into law by governor Richard Riley on June 28, 1984. It is recognized as being one of the most robust education reform efforts to occur at the state-level in the United States. [1]
A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educational matters to schools and residents.
Interest payments on public elementary and secondary school debt per pupil were 22 percent higher in 2016–17 than in 2000–01. During this period, interest payments per pupil increased from $312 in 2000–01 to $415 in 2010–11, before declining to $379 in 2016–17 (all in constant 2018–19 dollars).
It has local affiliates in each of the state's 81 public school districts. [4] As the state affiliate of the National Education Association--the largest labor union in the United States [5]-- The SCEA is the only union for educators and public school employees in South Carolina. The SCEA regularly comments on state-level educational issues and ...
The South Carolina superintendent of education is the executive of the South Carolina Department of Education.The superintendent is responsible for overseeing the 1.5 billion dollar budget of the department [2] and ensuring that schools and schools districts are abiding by federal and state laws as well as the requirements established by the department.
The South Carolina state legislature appropriates a per pupil amount through an annual budget proviso––$3,600/student for those attending a brick-and-mortar school, $1,900 for those enrolled in a virtual school, and 4,300/student for those enrolled in a special education program.