House Proposes $9M for Teachers in High-Poverty Districts
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Teachers in 42 high-poverty school districts in South Carolina could get a salary boost under a one-year experiment passed by the House. The proposal distributes $9 million to districts where at least 80 percent of students live in poverty. District officials must use the money for teacher recruitment and retention. But they’re given leeway on the…
