Apr 28, 2021
(Columbia, SC) The South Carolina House is not advancing a bill that would have prohibited transgender student-athletes from playing on girls teams in middle and high school.
It was rejected on a 13 to 11 vote by the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. This comes after South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman spoke out against the bill.
The House Judiciary Committee had tabled a similar measure last month.
Apr 14, 2021
Governor McMaster and South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced the new program yesterday.
The state s share of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust will be used to buy 235 new propane-fueled school buses.
It will also go toward the purchase of three electric transit buses to be used in Charleston and Florence.
SCEA wants more details about vaccine rollout By Jennifer Roberts | January 22, 2021 at 5:17 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 5:47 AM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - An advocacy group says school workers are continuing to be left in the dark about the vaccination process.
This comes after the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control held a media briefing providing no concrete updates about how teachers would get the vaccine.
South Carolina Education Association President Sherry East said teachers are essential workers who deserve to know how and when theyâll get the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine.
âWe really need to accelerate the plan,â East said.