Ian Grenier

ORANGEBURG — S.C. State University's board of trustees cut the non-voting board seats held by some campus and alumni leaders, including the presidents of its faculty senate and student government association.

S.C. State University is facing a lawsuit from the nonprofit foundation that’s meant to support the Orangeburg HBCU.

Updated ORANGEBURG — Leaders of S.C. State University's alumni and student government associations will speak at its May 8 commencement ceremony after the university last week cancelled plans for Lt.

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COLUMBIA — State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver vetoed the Marlboro County school board's pick for its next superintendent, calling the search process “irreparably failed” in a May 8 letter.

By Ian Grenier and Anna B. Mitchell [email protected] [email protected]

COLUMBIA — State lawmakers wrapped up their regular session May 14 having passed numerous pieces of legislation touching on South Carolina's public schools.

Updated COLUMBIA — Richland County deputies arrested a Caughman Road Elementary School teacher May 19, according to a Richland One school district spokeswoman.

Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputies recently arrested a teacher at a Columbia-area elementary school for charges involving children.

COLUMBIA — A charter bus carrying students from Fairfield Middle School crashed on Interstate 95 in Florida during an end-of-year trip May 21, the Fairfield County district said.