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.
House Tackles Roads & Bridges, Adds Reforms to Senate Blueprint
Under the leadership of Rep. Heather Crawford (R-Horry) and Rep. Shannon Erickson (R-Beaufort), the South Carolina House of Representatives took up a Senate version (S.831) and its own version
The Open Door(s) of Open Enrollment in South Carolina
Just yesterday, April 28th, the South Carolina Department of Education (“the Department”) released the open enrollment guidelines required by Section 12 of S.62, the bill that re-established the Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) after it
The Other Target of Billboard Lawyers
As Palmetto Promise has discussed regularly on this blog, there is a glaring problem with the South Carolina civil justice system that allows what we have termed “billboard lawyers”
Promoting Public Policy that Helps South Carolinians Flourish
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