School groups warn budget cuts threaten SC teachers
The South Carolina School Boards Association finds the House budget endangers over 520 teaching positions by cutting nearly 50 million from school programs and technology. Greenville and Charleston counties face the largest losses, with funds redirected to aid districts labeled impaired under the 1996 Education Accountability Act.
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South Carolina School Boards Association
Greenville
Charleston County
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Paul Krohne
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Ways and Means Committee
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Senate
Rita Allison
Boy saves self after losing leg in train incident
A 10-year-old boy near Abbeville lost a leg after a train strike but saved his life by applying a belt as a tourniquet learned from his mother who trained as a nurse. He dragged 50 feet along tracks, attempted to flag down cars, then survived to receive hospital care and possible limb replacement.
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Mary Revels
Partridge
Revels
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Shriners Hospital
Greenville
Ronnie Ashley
Ashley
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