In 2023, the legislature passed the S.C. Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act that called for allotting public funds in the state budget to help parents pay to send students to private schools..

SC Senate revived plans to subsidize cost of in-state private school tuition with lottery fund dollars, sending a newly drafted version to the House this week.

The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Tuesday which would allow parents to receive vouchers for private schools.

The Senate passed legislation Thursday that provides up to 15,000 scholarships for private K-12 tuition using lottery profits. The 32-12 vote, mostly along party lines, capped two weeks of debate that saw friction among Republicans as some tried to make all students eligible.