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SC House considering its own private school voucher bill

One bill would create a 3-year program to give $5,000 in tuition assistance to 5,000 students eligible for Medicaid or who have parents in the military.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Leaders in the South Carolina House appear to be pushing their own bill to give poorer parents money to pay tuition at private schools. 

A House subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday that would create a three-year program to give $5,000 in tuition assistance to 5,000 students whose families are eligible for Medicaid or who have parents in the military. 

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The money can only be spent for tuition fees or books. 

A Senate subcommittee is considering its own voucher bill, which would allow parents to spend up to about $7,000 of public school money on private schools as well as tutoring, equipment or other needs.

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