Senate bill boosting oversight for SC charter schools wins unanimous support

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 1,357

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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COLUMBIA — A bill creating more oversight for charter schools, the management companies they hire and the authorizers that hold their contracts sailed through the Senate on Tuesday.

The Senate’s unanimous vote to send the proposal to the House came less than an hour before a House panel grilled the head of the Charter Institute at Erskine, the state’s second-largest charter school authorizer, over findings in a report an oversight agency released …

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