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.
AN OPEN LETTER: Pass the REINS Act
Palmetto Promise Institute Founding Chairman and longtime REINS Act champion Jim DeMint penned this open letter to the South Carolina legislature calling for them to pass the Small Business
Bill allowing home delivery of alcohol makes first step in South Carolina House
Last week, I testified before the South Carolina House Judiciary General Laws Subcommittee on Representative Weston Newton’s H.3857, a bill that would permit home delivery of alcohol. We wrote
‘A kick in the pants’: SC bill banning minimum grades in schools advances in House
On February 10, 2026, I was fortunate enough to testify before the House K-12 Subcommittee on South Carolina Representative Pedalino’s H.5073, which would prohibit schools and school districts from
Promoting Public Policy that Helps South Carolinians Flourish
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