An education reform bill for South Carolina is looking less likely to pass this year.
What was promised as a sweeping education reform bill that includes pay raises for teachers probably won’t be done by the time legislators head home for the year in May.
That’s according to State Senator Ross Turner, who cast doubt on the bill’s chances of completion in the short-run.
Saying it’s going to be hard to get a final product out of both houses before the end of the year, Turner estimated that it will be the first of the next year before the final education bill comes through.
The bill has emerged as this year’s top legislative priority.
Governor McMaster earlier came out to urge state lawmakers to pass the measure this year. Otherwise, he said, “it is going to hurt us in many ways.”
As for how the governor is going to react to the likely delay on the bill, Turner said “I can’t really worry about whether the governor is going to like it or not.”