SC Senate to debate $10 billion budget this week The South Carolina State House in Columbia. (Source: WCSC/WIS) By Associated Press | April 25, 2021 at 4:32 PM EDT - Updated April 25 at 4:32 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina senators are getting ready to debate a state budget that ended up with a lot more money than expected.
Debate begins Tuesday on the roughly $10 billion spending plan that starts July 1.
It includes a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers.
In all, South Carolina lawmakers have nearly $1.7 billion extra to spend in the 2021-22 fiscal year. And that does not count $2.1 billion of federal stimulus money Congress approved in March that South Carolina has years to spend.
South Carolina Senate to Debate $10 Billion Budget this Week
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1of3South Carolina Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Summerville, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of the state s roughly $10 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year.Jeffrey Collins/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3South Carolina Sen. Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia, talks to Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Hopkins, right, after a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of the state s roughly $10 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year.Jeffrey Collins/APShow MoreShow Less
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South Carolina Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Summerville, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of the state s roughly $10 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The COVID-19 economic downturn was not as bad as feared in South Carolina, so lawmakers suddenly have a lot more money to spend.
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday set aside money for a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers as the panel approved its version of the roughly $10 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.