Superintendents Recommend Districts Choose School Cuts
Myrtle Beach AP report says the state Association of School Superintendents urged districts to trim up to five days from the 1982 83 school year to meet 32 million in mandated cuts. They asked the General Assembly to allow three regular days and two teacher in service days. Local flexibility remains as the Budget and Control Board orders 4.6 percent reductions.
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Myrtle Beach
State Association of School Superintendents
General Assembly
Charlie G. Williams
State Budget and Control Board
South Carolina School Districts Face Cuts If Shutdown Not Granted
Superintendents warn that without authority to close schools, districts may lay off teachers and staff. State officials estimate a statewide shutdown could save about 3 million dollars daily. Action from the General Assembly in January is uncertain. Schools must submit absorption plans by October 15. Williams seeks AG opinion on cutting the work year legality.
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General Assembly
Williams
Attorney General's Office
Daniel Russell Differ in Style and Platforms in SC Debate
In Columbia Mike Daniel and Norma Russell spar over prison crowding and Gov. Riley's veto of 5 percent state worker pay raises. Russell blasts Daniel on records, while Daniel defends the veto citing job losses avoided. She backs tougher sentences. he favors regional housing for non-violent inmates and expanded restitution programs.
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Columbia
Mike Daniel
Norma Russell
South Carolina
Dick Riley
North Augusta
Russell
Daniel
Lexington County
House
Riley
Pyramid Action Slated Today
The state AG plans to press pyramid scheme cases at the Oconee County Courthouse this afternoon before Circuit Judge Lee Chandler. The office seeks $5000 per member recruited and to halt further recruitment by out-of-state pyramid clubs, while residents urge the state to back off.
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Walhalla
Upstate
Oconee County
Lee Chandler
Attorney General's Office
Textile suit dismissed over jurisdiction in Greenville
A circuit judge threw out the lawsuit of 59 year old Jesse W. Pike of Woodruff claiming illegal firing for his labor activity and Workers Rights Project membership. The judge ruled the case did not fall under state court jurisdiction.
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Greenville
Jesse W. Pike
Woodruff
Workers Rights Project
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