Despite Constitutional concerns, Senate panel greenlights do-over of private school voucher bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : And when students leave the public school system, state education spending obligations from the general fund would also be transferred to the state lottery, Hembree argued, essentially giving the plan a net zero impact on the state budget.
50% : The difference this time is that the program will be funded not by way of existing avenues, but through the South Carolina state lottery system, which already finances scholarships for higher education.
48% : "Let's be clear: The SC Tuition Grants program, aiding private college students, would not exist if the state constitution had not been amended in 1973," Oran Smith, a policy adviser for pro-school choice group Palmetto Promise, wrote on social media Jan. 8.
47% : While state law currently allows funds from the state lottery to be used to finance tuition at private, South Carolina-based institutions of higher learning, critics of the voucher plan argue the state constitution is explicit that public funds cannot be directly used toward private education, even if they are not sourced from the state's general fund.
37% : Previous in-house analyses of similar proposals have shown eventual costs could be even larger, leaving some contemplating whether the standing up of true "school choice" could prove detrimental to the majority of students still attending public institutions.

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