2 years into K-12 voucher program, SC leaders don’t know how students are performing

Just one in 10 of the students initially enrolled in the program's first year submitted viable testing results, an oversight agency found.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 21, 2026

Words: 1,791

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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COLUMBIA — As the third year of a program that gives state money to K-12 students for educational needs, including private school tuition, begins, state leaders don’t know how those students are doing academically.

Under state law, students receiving the roughly $7,500 scholarships to spend on private school tuition, tutoring and other educational needs must take an end-of-year test. Legislators added that requirement to the program, known as the Education Scholarship Trust Fund, to …

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