Rex outlines plan to reform funding and standards in SC schools
South Carolina Education Superintendent Jim Rex told lawmakers a comprehensive tax reform is needed to fund public schools fairly. He backs bipartisan, state wide promotion, teacher pay tied to performance, higher starting salaries, and revising testing and funding formulas to boost innovation and parental choice.
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HomeGold executive accused of securities fraud in collapse case
Prosecutors say Ronald Sheppard, former HomeGold chief, lied to investors as HomeGold and its Carolina Investors unit failed in 2003. About 8,000 investors lost around $275 million in one of South Carolina’s largest bankruptcies.
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