The most important bill to pass since my last update was the requirement that new standards to replace Common Core be implemented in our public schools beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. This absolutely was a victory for our teachers and students, and I am proud to have been so closely involved with this effort. [...]
I am looking forward to the upcoming forum on Common Core on March 27th at 7pm in the Spartanburg County Council chambers. Some of you may know that the legislation to stop Common Core in South Carolina has been amended to keep it in the two subjects that we have and stop it in the [...]
The Senate has passed a bill to forgive school attendance for the number of days missed for snow. I proposed an amendment to eliminate altogether the state-mandated 180-day requirement and instead let districts set their own calendars. I agreed to file it as a separate bill instead, which I have done. The snow-day issue is [...]
