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South Carolina
Journal of Education Finance ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-01
Mazen Aziz, Sharda Jackson Smith

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South Carolina
Mazen Aziz (bio) and Sharda Jackson Smith (bio)

funding priorities for p-12 and/or higher education

The State's FY 2020-21 budget projected a $2 billion surplus compared to the previous FY, reflecting the most considerable annual revenue growth in the State's history. However, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak resulted in historic job losses, skyrocketing unemployment, and an economically devastating decline in tourism revenue.

The S.C. House of Representatives passed a budget proposal on March 11, 2020, with pre-pandemic surplus projections in mind. The legislators quarantined shortly after with the hope of resuming deliberations mid-September. Governor McMaster encouraged the legislature to pass a resolution keeping spending at previous fiscal year levels, to which they complied.

Currently, state legislators are facing a much reduced $7 million projected surplus and deliberate a much-tempered spending plan due to the drastic revenue loss. Deliberations will last through the end of September. What follows are budget allocations based on pre-pandemic revenue projections (i.e., a 1.2 billion surplus), which will be adjusted once the legislators ratify the final budget.

k-12

Base Student Cost

The pre-pandemic budget allocated an increase in the base-student-cost of State Aid to Classrooms by $10 from $2,489, a $416 million increase. The state formula for base-student-cost, however, requires $3,164 for a fully funded base-student-cost, which would cost $652 million.

Teacher Salaries

The budget proposed increasing teacher salaries by $3,000, bringing the minimum salary to $38,000. This seven percent increase equates to a $213 million investment in the FY 2020-21, which moves S.C. to the top 25 in national average teacher rankings from the current ranking of 41^st. This investment would have brought the average increase for teacher salaries to 26 percent in the last three years and would have exceeded the southeastern average by $2,456.

4K programs

Legislators proposed $52 million in funding for 13,000 low-income four-year-old children expanding the program to the 17 districts currently not providing the programs. It also allows attendance of a full-day 4K program at public, private, parochial, or day [End Page 351] centers of a parent's choosing.

Safer Schools

The State allocated $23.4 million to place a resource officer in every school in every county, all day every day, and $1.1 million for additional counselors for classrooms to help spot problems before they start.

Classroom Relief

The pre-pandemic budget proposed $400 for every teacher to reimburse for school supplies, a ban on cell phones during classroom instruction attached to a $21.7 million base-student-cost increase, and $71 million for mandated removal of all common-core textbooks. Additionally, the pre-pandemic budget allocated $60 million in one-time money for the Department of Education for capital improvements in the poorer and rural district, $26 million for new school buses, and $5 million for the State's public charter schools.

higher edeucation

The budget introduced the "Making College Affordable Again" provision, which proposed multiple measures to ease the financial burden of attending college in the State. The measures included,

• $26.1 million to freeze tuition for in-state students at public universities, colleges, and technical colleges by providing a five percent increase in higher education funding.
• $3 million to pay 100 percent of college tuition while serving in Army/Air National Guard.
• Removing the cap on colleges using private donation funds for low-income scholarships
• A tripling of new lottery dollars for low-income scholarships. $52.2 million for need-based grants to remove financial barriers and Increase access for low-income students.
• A $162 million investment to repair aging campus buildings and infrastructure at state higher education institutions. Fund distribution depended on in-state students enrolled.

changes to funding formula for p-12 and/or higher education

There were no substantive changes in the funding formula beyond the increase of the base student cost.

pressing state issues affecting p-12 and/or higher education

The $2 billion surpluses will more than likely go to COVID-19 relief, which might undercut the currently budgeted increase to the base student...

中文翻译：

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Mazen Aziz（生物）和Sharda Jackson Smith（生物）

P-12和/或高等教育的资助重点

该州的2020-21财年预算预计与上一财年相比有20亿美元的盈余，反映出该州历史上最可观的年度收入增长。但是，COVID-19大流行的爆发导致历史性的工作损失，失业率飙升以及旅游业收入的经济破坏性下降。

SC众议院在2020年3月11日通过了一项预算提案，同时考虑了大流行前的盈余预测。立法者不久后就隔离了，以期于9月中旬恢复审议。州长麦克马斯特（McMaster）鼓励立法机关通过一项决议，使开支保持在他们之前遵守的上一财政年度水平。

目前，由于巨大的收入损失，各州立法者面临的预算盈余大大减少了700万美元，并且正在考虑一项经过大刀阔斧的支出计划。审议将持续到9月底。接下来是基于大流行前收入预测的预算分配（即12亿美元的盈余），一旦立法者批准最终预算，该预算分配将进行调整。

k-12

基本学生费用

大流行前的预算分配给教室的国家援助基本学生费用从$ 2,489增加了$ 10，增加了4.16亿美元。但是，州基本学生成本的公式要求全额支付的基本学生成本为3,164美元，这将花费6.52亿美元。

教师工资

预算提议将教师薪金提高3,000美元，使最低薪资达到38,000美元。这7％的增长相当于在2020-21财年投资了2.13亿美元，使SC从目前的第41^名升至全国平均教师排名的前25^名。这项投资将使过去三年教师工资的平均增幅达到26％，并且比东南地区的平均水平高出2456美元。

4K程序

立法者提议为13,000个低收入的四岁儿童提供5200万美元的资金，以将该计划扩展到目前未提供该计划的17个地区。它还允许在父母选择的公共，私人，教区或日间[End Page 351]中心参加全天4K计划。

更安全的学校

纽约州分配了2,340万美元，每天在全县的每所学校每天派出一名资源官员，并分配了110万美元用于增加教室的辅导员，以帮助在问题开始之前发现问题。

课堂救济

大流行前的预算提议为每位教师偿还400澳元的学校用品，在课堂教学中禁止使用手机，同时增加2170万美元的基本学生费用，以及7100万美元用于强制删除所有通用核心教科书。此外，大流行前的预算为教育部拨款6,000万美元，用于改善贫困和农村地区的资本，向其拨款2,600万美元，用于购买新的校车，并向该州的公立特许学校拨款500万美元。