State has the worst graduate rate in the nation
Columbia South Carolina tops the Nation in graduation failures per Education Week. The report notes Utah leads with 83.8 percent while the national average sits around 70 percent for 2003 04. Critics urge reform and voucher expansion amid rising spend.
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South Carolina Rejects Federal National ID Mandate
Gov Mark Sanford signed a law rejecting the federal act that would set new national driver license standards. SC declines to participate citing taxpayer cost and potential long lines at DMV offices. Sanford urges states to implement ID changes in their own way.
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South Carolina Spearheads Opposition to Real ID Act
South Carolina Senate sponsor Lanny Martin says the state will not join the federal Real ID system. South Carolina joins Montana Washington Oklahoma and Maine as refusals with New Hampshire moving toward a similar bill. Critics call the act a national ID card with high costs threatening states.
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SBA offers disaster loans to SC counties hit by April cold snap
Small businesses in Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Barnwell Edgefield Hampton Jasper McCormick and Oconee counties along the Georgia border qualify for SBA disaster loans after an April cold snap damaged crops across the Southeast. SBA official Frank Skaggs notes disasters cross county lines.
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