Below, you can find press releases and media coverage of Palmetto Promise Institute’s ESTF Families Rescue Fund, which helps pay the tuition of families in South Carolina’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund program whose scholarships were ripped away by the SC Supreme Court.
To learn more or contribute, contact Wendy Damron at wendy@palmettopromise.org or donate here to help us meet our goal of $3 million to keep ESTF students in their schools of choice for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year.
You can also give to the Rescue Fund by mailing a designated check to Palmetto Promise Institute at PO Box 12676, Columbia, SC 29211.
School Choice Champions Emerge During Debate
In the midst of the ongoing school choice debate over “unbundlers” in the ESTF program, three school choice champions rose above the rest: Senator Jason Elliott (R-Greenville), Senator Larry
House Agrees to $309M Senate Income Tax Roll Back, Cuts Overtime & Bonus Taxes, Too
South Carolina taxpayers were the winners this week in a friendly game of chicken between the Senate and the House over how deeply to cut the state’s top marginal
SC Lawmakers Seem to Be Allergic to Educational Opportunity
This article, published originally in The Daily Signal, features commentary from Palmetto Promise Visiting Fellow and Acting Director of the Center for Education Opportunity at the Heritage Foundation Jonathan
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