SC School Superintendant Discusses Funding With State Senators
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South Carolina's top educator spent the day, Wednesday, explaining to lawmakers how the school system should handle the economy. Superintendent Jim Rex wants districts to be able to lower some salarie...
South Carolina’s top educator spent the day, Wednesday, explaining to lawmakers how the school system should handle the economy. Superintendent Jim Rex wants districts to be able to lower some salaries…and furlough teachers. K-12 education has lost more than $334 million this past year. He wants lawmakers to give districts more flexibility in how they spend state money.
Published: January 29, 2009
Columbia, SC—South Carolina’s top educator spent the day, Wednesday, explaining to lawmakers how the school system should handle the economy.
Superintendent Jim Rex wants districts to be able to lower some salaries…and furlough teachers. K-12 education has lost more than $334 million this past year. He wants lawmakers to give districts more flexibility in how they spend state money.
Jim Rex, Superintendant, South Carolina Department of Education: “Increasingly, districts are doing furloughs also, as you know, and some layoffs, salary freezes, freezes in supplies and travel, program cutbacks. We’re delaying purchases of textbooks. We’re delaying purchases of bus replacements.“
Rex asked State Senators to quickly pass a bill that would suspend some state requirements…including teacher-to-student ratios, and grade specific testing.
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