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Clyburn asks federal officials to probe SC gov grant program

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 9:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two congressional leaders, including the South Carolina congressman at the helm of a special subcommittee managing a multitude of issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, are asking the nation's top education official to review a proposal by South Carolina's governor to allocate millions of dollars so that students can attend private and religious schools, a program that they call “a voucher scheme."

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