More public colleges and universities in South Carolina are requiring people wear masks on campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after the state's Supreme Court ruled the schools can legally do so.

The state's top prosecutor says the University of South Carolina can't lawfully require students and staff to wear face coverings on campus this fall, despite increasing cases of coronavirus, thanks to recent legislative action. University officials said last week they would require "face coverings to be worn at all times inside all campus buildings" except dorms, private offices or dining halls.

A South Carolina newspaper is suing a school district over officials' lack of transparency in their handling of the resignation of a popular superintendent last month. The State newspaper in Columbia says it filed the lawsuit last week against the Lexington-Richland 5 school district. The newspaper argues that the school board approved a settlement with former superintendent Christina Melton behind closed doors. The suit alleges that's a violation of open meeting laws because board members didn't hold a public discussion or vote. Melton resigned unexpectedly last month, shortly after being named South Carolina's Superintendent of the Year.

64-year-old Converse University President Jeffrey Barker was killed Wednesday evening when his bicycle ran off a Spartanburg street. Barker worked at Converse University for 20 years and planned to retire as provost in 2021. But school leaders convinced him to stay on as president after the previous leader left for a different school. He took over at the beginning of July.

A new law in South Carolina allows the state education superintendent to fire the entire school board in districts that have too many schools rated as "underperforming."

South Carolina's public schools chief says the state's governor had no legal basis for allowing parents to opt their children out of wearing masks in schools. Education Department officials wrote to districts Wednesday that Gov. Henry McMaster is "inciting hysteria and sowing division" as the school year ends. The governor on Tuesday issued an executive order letting parents opt their children out of wearing masks in public schools, citing widespread coronavirus vaccine access for adults across the state. A spokesman for McMaster did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the department's decision.

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