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SC House budget provides huge increases for K-12 education

SC House of Representatives gave final approval to new state budget on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Russ McKinney
SC House of Representatives gave final approval to new state budget on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

The State House of Representatives this week approved a new $14 Billion spending package. The new budget proposal now goes to the Senate.

With over $4 Billion of additional money to spend, House members approved teacher and state employee pay raises, millions of dollars for interstate highway improvements, and $600 Million to pay for a phased-in reduction of personal income taxes.

Aside from proposed personal income tax cuts, the greatest beneficiary of the flush budget is the state’s public school system.

Russ McKinney has 30 years of experience in radio news and public affairs. He is a former broadcast news reporter in Spartanburg, Columbia and Atlanta. He served as Press Secretary to former S.C. Governor Dick Riley for two terms, and for 20 years was the chief public affairs officer for the University of South Carolina.