South Carolina joins school choice wave as governor signs voucher program into law

Gov. Henry McMaster signed a school choice bill into law allowing some families in South Carolina access to vouchers for private schools and other education costs.

The law gives the Palmetto State’s low- and middle-income families the opportunity to apply for a $6,000 voucher for each child for education-related expenses through the Education Scholarship Trust Fund program. Kassy Dillon is a reporter for Digital Originals. You can reach her at kassy.dillon@fox.com and follow her on Twitter at @kassydillon.

"Among the benefits are not just preparing our people to live happy, strong, healthy, meaningful lives — the impact on our economic growth will be enormous," McMaster said. He noted that the specific ideas in the legislation came from other states.