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🌱 How a Pickens legislator wants to reshape South Carolina teacher funding

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  • How a Pickens legislator wants to reshape South Carolina teacher funding

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  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 55, low: 35.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 61 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• South Carolina's teacher recruitment, retention programs could face cuts (wspa.com) — A Pickens-area lawmaker is helping lead calls to overhaul how South Carolina funds teacher recruitment and retention programs, arguing the state isn’t getting enough certified teachers for the millions it spends. The Education Oversight Committee wants to boost the successful Teaching Fellows program, cut National Board Certification funding, and push more money toward teacher pay as the General Assembly takes up the budget.
   

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